City and County of San Francisco City Administrator Yammer/Microsoft Community Benefit Agreement 2013 Progress Report as of October 3, 2013

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1 City and County of San Francisco City Administrator Yammer/Microsoft Community Benefit Agreement 2013 Progress Report as of October 3, Microsoft will encourage employees to volunteer in the Central Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods by sponsoring at least two volunteer days in 2013 where employees will be enabled by senior management to participate in volunteerism. Employees will be compensated for these community volunteer activities as if they were usual work days. Yammer has sponsored 1 company-wide day of giving where 80% of in-town employees participated. We had over 200 employees volunteering at 13 organizations Date : 4/12/ Microsoft s community liaison and employees will select community-based organizations for volunteer days, consistent with the Citizens Advisory Committee framework, and will notify the City Administrator s Office of its selections. Areas of interest expressed by Microsoft in year one include access to quality affordable food, educating youth, preparing transitional age youth (18-24) for higher education/employment, services for seniors, and affordable housing and homeless programs for women and families. Tenderloin Community School, De Marillac Academy, Compass Family Services, Hamilton Family Center, Episcopal Community Services, Boys & Girls Club, Salvation Army, Tenderloin YMCA, TNDC Community Garden, The Arc of SF, DPW Giant Sweep, GLIDE, Larkin Street Youth, St. Anthony's Dining Room and Tenderloin Tech Lab 3. In addition to volunteer days, Microsoft will encourage employees to participate in donation drives and organize at least one food or toy drive in We organized a clothing drive for St. Anthony's clothing program donating a few hundred pounds of clothes and $600 worth of new undergarments Total value of donation = $1200 Date : 4/12/ Microsoft will work with the Department of Aging and Adult Services to identify organizations supporting seniors and partner with them to provide nourishing meals and/or social visits. We have worked on an ongoing basis with ECS (monthly) and plan to reach out to Curry Senior Center Drafted October 3, 2013 Yammer/Microsoft P a g e 1

2 5. Microsoft will encourage employees to join Boards of Directors of local community nonprofits, to lend their fiscal and personal expertise to governance of local community based organizations. Jason Rodrigues joined board of Hospitality House Date : 5/03/ At least 10 nonprofit organizations in the Central Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods will receive licenses for Yammer Enterprise along with access to a Customer Success Manager ( CSM ). The CSM will work with the organization to develop a successful Enterprise Social Network strategy that aligns with your objectives. No update 7. Microsoft will participate in the TechSF initiative by attending at least one TechSF event in 2013, and maintaining regular contact with the City Administrator s Office of Innovation on its progress. Yammer hosted Nerd Underground Date : 5/22/ Microsoft employees will be encouraged to participate in at least one event per year to share tips on how to gain employment with similar firms. Yammer hosted Nerd Underground Date : 5/22/ Microsoft will partner with local organizations to identify interested parties and host a financial literacy workshop at its Yammer office. 10. Microsoft will support qualifying NGO s in the Central Market and Tenderloin neighborhood with donated software, through its partner TechSoup. Update: $496,000 software donation to Larkin Street Youth Services in support of Hire Up: Education and Employment Services for Youth that we made available in July. Drafted October 3, 2013 Yammer/Microsoft P a g e 2

3 11. Through its subsidiary Yammer, Microsoft will donate computer hardware to local NGO s. With an estimated market value of no less than $10,000. $16,000 worth of monitors (60) to Tenderloin Tech Lab $3,500 worth of computer equipment to 6th Street Safety Hub (Project Homeless Connect) $5,500 worth of computer equipment to SF ED Fund Date : 3/28/2013 (tech lab) 3/06/2013 (safety hub) 5/06/2013 (SF Ed Fund) 12. Through its subsidiary Yammer, Microsoft will establish a hyper local nonprofit grant program supporting nonprofits with cash contributions. This program will have a budget no less than $60,000. We have granted over $60k to date with the following breakdown: 37% to Education, 9% food justice, 33% homelessness, 21% arts. Organizations benefiting: Bicycle Coalition, Episcopal Community Services, LEVYdance, LINES Dance Center, Boys Hope Girls Hope, Aim High, TNDC, Hamilton Family Center, Compass Family Services, Project Inform, De Marillac Academy, BuildOn, Tenderloin Community School Date : Various 13. Microsoft will encourage employees to volunteer as tutors at local schools, including the Tenderloin Community School, Bessie Carmichael Elementary School and other independent schools in the Central Market and Tenderloin area. 14. On at least one occasion, Microsoft will send a group of at least 10 employees to the Tenderloin Community School to assist teachers with classroom activities. 15 employees were sent to Tenderloin Community School Date : 3/22/ Through Microsoft s YouthSpark initiative, it will work with one of its national partners: Boys & Girls Clubs, Year Up, City Year, or NFTE to advance technology awareness in youth. Worked with Boys & Girls Club 16. Microsoft will partner with at least one organization serving transitional age youth (aged 18-24) to provide opportunities for internships, mentoring, or matching grants for youth led programs. Drafted October 3, 2013 Yammer/Microsoft P a g e 3

4 Worked with Boys Hope Girls Hope 17. Microsoft will work with local organizations to host one or more lunches at the Yammer office with kids and teens to expose them to working life at a technology company. 18. Microsoft will encourage employees to attend local arts and cultural programming by at least three times annually, organizing and paying for groups of employees to attend local performances and making information on these opportunities available. We encouraged our employees to attend Summer of Art presents What s On Stage? Spring Season at UN Plaza, 2 LEVYdance performances, 2 shows of Alonzo King LINES Ballet 30th Anniversary Spring Season. We paid for 30 employees to attend the Alonzo King shows and paid for a month-long in-office dance series hosted at Yammer by an instructor from the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center. Date : Various 19. Microsoft will explore options to partner with local artists by commissioning works for the 1355 Market St Office. 20. Microsoft will make employees aware of the Department of Public Works Community Clean Team event in District Six next year so they may participate. 30 employees participated in the city s Giant Sweep Date : 4/12/ Microsoft will participate in the public process to determine improvements to local transportation, including the process to renovate BART station entrances. 22. If there is a Sunday Streets event in Central Market/Tenderloin, Microsoft will make employees aware of it. 23. Microsoft will consult with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition on ideas for improvements in the Central Market and Tenderloin that would benefit those who bicycle. Drafted October 3, 2013 Yammer/Microsoft P a g e 4

5 We hosted the SF Bicycle Coalition for a conversation about bike sharing which featured supervisors Chiu, Kim, and Weiner. We also participated in Bike 2 Work Day events by hosting 2 stations and encouraging our employees to bike to work that day and every other day. 24. Microsoft will encourage employees to volunteer and contribute financially to community gardens as well as work at local food pantries. TNDC Community Garden, St Anthony s Dining Room 25. Microsoft, in concert with other CBA companies, will assist the Mayor s Office of Innovation in the City s effort to conduct an assessment of opportunities to expand digital inclusion at nonprofit locations and in public rights of way in the local area, a process that will result in recommendations by the end of We have spoken briefly with Shannon Spanhake & Jay Nath on this topic. In Process 26. Microsoft, in concert with other CBA companies, will engage with the Mayor s Office of Innovation and the City Administrator s office, to explore ways for implementing any of the recommendations contained in the City s assessment described above. In Process 27. Microsoft will commit to use commercially reasonable efforts to purchase goods and services from small businesses, local caterers, suppliers, and restaurants in the local community in We have spent over $25,000 at local restaurants and bars and over $2 million on catering from a local TL caterer, Green Heart Foods Update: Microsoft was able to validate $747, Microsoft designates Jason Rodrigues as the community liaison. Jason can be reached at jason@yammer-inc.com. Update: Jonathan Noble is the new Liaison for Community Benefits Agreement Drafted October 3, 2013 Yammer/Microsoft P a g e 5