Salesforce Foundation is the grantmaking foundation associated with Salesforce and dates to the company's 1999 founding and 1-1-1 philanthropy model. It supports education-focused nonprofits and public-school partners, with current emphasis on academic success, strong educators, career readiness and access to future-oriented skills. The legal foundation and its grants must be distinguished from Salesforce, Inc.'s broader corporate philanthropy and employee programs.
Salesforce.org is also not a synonym for Salesforce Foundation. Salesforce.org historically organized Salesforce's nonprofit and education technology business, but its domain now redirects to Salesforce's commercial Nonprofit Cloud page. Product donations and discounts through the Power of Us program, employee volunteer time, employee-directed matching and Salesforce Foundation grants are related parts of the company's social-impact model but are different resources.
The current Foundation page highlights named grantees and Salesforce-announced education grant totals, including a September 2026 announcement of $27 million in new education grants. That announced cohort amount is not a perpetual pool, AUM, independently verified outcome or generally available award range. No broad open Foundation grant application was verified, so this profile does not publish an application URL or check size.
Salesforce Foundation funds education systems and nonprofit partners that help young people thrive academically, support educators and connect learning to meaningful careers. Its strategy reflects Salesforce's 1-1-1 model but the Foundation's cash grants should be analyzed separately from donated products and employee time.
Public materials favor sustained, named partnerships and place-based education work over a general proposal marketplace. Prospective partners should demonstrate education-system relevance, equitable student outcomes, implementation capacity and credible measurement, while recognizing that alignment is not evidence of an open invitation.
Photo credit: Salesforce Foundation / salesforce.com (September 2026 page artwork)
Focus geography
Selected communities where Salesforce has established education partnerships, including major U.S. school systems and international partners. No complete open-country list is published.
Focus sectors
K-12 and youth education, educator support, academic success, career readiness, workforce pathways and responsible preparation for an AI-shaped economy.
Funder structure
Corporate foundation associated with Salesforce and its 1-1-1 model. It is distinct from Salesforce, Inc., employee giving, the Power of Us product program and the former Salesforce.org business identity.
Eligibility
Current pages showcase selected schools and nonprofits but do not provide general grant eligibility or an open form. Education alignment, equity, delivery capacity and trusted local relationships appear important but are not guarantees.
Decision process
No public organization-wide RFP calendar, rubric or award band was found. Salesforce announces selected cohorts and strategic partnerships; the $27 million announced in 2026 is a cohort total, not a standard cheque.
Impact approach
The Foundation supports institutions and intermediaries across academic, educator and career-readiness outcomes. Grantee stories and Salesforce totals are organization-reported unless an evaluation is separately identified.
Reporting expectations
Selected education partners should expect grant-specific milestones, financial reporting and student/educator output and outcome measures, with privacy protections for student-level information.
Geographic restrictions
Access is relationship- and portfolio-dependent, not universally available wherever Salesforce sells products. Product-program availability does not imply Foundation grant eligibility.
Alternatives and limitations
Organizations seeking Salesforce software should use the Power of Us route, not infer a Foundation grant. Those needing an open education RFP should consider public, community or education-focused foundations with published cycles.
Media attribution
Logo: Salesforce favicon served by the official Salesforce Foundation page. Hero: Salesforce Foundation / salesforce.com (September 2026 page artwork). Official external source URLs are retained only when verified upload is unavailable.
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