Microsoft, valued community partner

This year’s Techtacular Variety Hour on April 28th is presented by Microsoft, a valued corporate partner that has been with NPower since the beginning.

Microsoft was part of the original team that gathered around a brave new idea in 1999 when the notion first emerged to form a nonprofit to serve the technology needs of other nonprofits in the Puget Sound region. When the idea worked in Seattle, and the even braver idea emerged to go national with a network of NPower affiliates, Microsoft was there with millions in seed money to support the national expansion experiment.

Over the years Microsoft has contributed over $3 million in grants and over $1 million in in-kind support to NPower Seattle, enabling us to help thousands of nonprofits in our community use technology to broaden their impact. In addition, many of our valuable volunteers come from the Microsoft community, allowing NPower to connect these technologically savvy employees with nonprofits who can benefit from their expertise.

Microsoft’s commitment to improving the communities where their employees live and work is truly inspiring. You can tune in to Microsoft’s voice as a community leader in multiple ways:
•    The Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog
•    Microsoft Citizenship on Facebook and on Twitter @msftcitizenship
•    The Microsoft Corporate Citizenship website highlighting investments in workforce development, strengthening NOG’s, disaster and humanitarian response, and community engagement at home in Washington state

We are proud to have Microsoft on board as the presenting sponsor for this year’s Techtacular event, and offer our highest thanks for the support they have provided over the years. We can’t think of a better partner to work alongside to focus technology on mission in ways that advance both individual nonprofits and the sector as a whole.

-The NPower Northwest Team