Microsoft employees raised a record $113 million for nonprofit organizations in 2013, the Xbox and Windows company announced today in a blog post on its website. This figure is up from $105 million in 2012 and is the most dramatic year-over-year increase since 2010. In 2013,
Money raised by Microsoft employees went to a total of 19,123 nonprofit organizations worldwide. The $113 million figure includes employee cash donations, Microsoft's matching contributions, and $7.8 million from Microsoft to match employee volunteer hours.
Microsoft's volunteer program provides a contribution of $17 for every hour spent by their employees. In 2013, more than 7,400 Microsoft employees (of an estimated 100,932 total company headcount) participated in this program, accumulating nearly 460,000 volunteer hours to assist nonprofit groups.
Microsoft employees raised $59 million in 2013 for 4,858 nonprofit groups in Washington state, where Microsoft is headquartered. Some of these groups included the United Way of King County, the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Microsoft says its Employee Giving Program is among the largest of its type in the world, and in 2013, the company increased its matching funds available to each employee from $12,000 to $15,000. Also, every new Microsoft hire in 2013 was provided $50 from Microsoft to give to a nonprofit group of their choosing.
On a global scale, Microsoft employee donations went to groups like the American National Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, UNICEF, and World Vision. Since Microsoft introduced its charitable giving program in 1983, the company has raised over $1 billion for nonprofit groups.
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