"Entrepreneurs Foundation (EF)gave LoopNet the stepping stones needed to create an award winning community involvement program. EF's expertise, vision and passion of its staff made it easy for me personally to venture into an area that I had absolutely no experience in. LoopNet's partnership with EF continues to be an invaluable source even as our program enters its 4th year"
Darlene Rodriguez, VP of Human Resources
"DemandTec is committed to being a company our employees are proud to work for, and one that supports the altruistic nature of our team members. Organizations like the Entrepreneurs Foundation help build employee morale and cohesiveness, and the growing relationship between DemandTec and EF is a great example of how corporations and non-profits can combine to promote volunteer efforts. After all, when given the opportunity, everyone has the time and ability to make a difference."
Dan Fishback, President and CEO of DemandTec, Inc.
"Entrepreneurs Foundation (EF) acts as an outsourced "Director of Community Service" for venture-backed companies. I like EF for a few reasons. One, EF has turned out to be great team-building effort for portfolio company management. Two, this is a way I can contribute to the community while doing what I already do with my portfolio. Three, EF doesn't have their own agenda, they pursue whatever a company wants. Finally, as an EF supporter I have a simple and leveraged way to expose new people to the personal and cultural benefits of charitable efforts."
Sean Foote, Labrador Ventures
"EF has been instrumental in helping DemandTec transition from a small Philanthropy Committee fueled by individuals' moral fiber that generally pushed initiatives out to the company to a corporate global citizenship framework consisting of crossfunctional teams serving multiple geographies. EF provided us with the consulting and tools for revisiting our mission and defining a discrete set of meaningful themes, which helps us focus our resources on initiatives where we can make the greatest impact."
Tom Fenstermacher, DemandTec
"The strength of Silicon Valley as an entrepreneurial spawning ground is based on community. Silicon Valley's advantage is much more than just having entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, lawyers, bankers, and universities. It's all of the other industries and people that support the entrepreneurial environment, the community that surrounds the start-up company and its employees. As a result, it's critical for both start-up and larger, established companies to be good corporate citizens, to give back to the community from which they draw their strength. Entrepreneurs Foundation is the best organization we've seen that provides that bridge between the entrepreneurial company and the local community."
Fred Wang, Trinity Ventures
"Entrepreneurs Foundation does a lot of things well, but one thing it is particularly good at is strengthening the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders. One of the hallmarks of strong business leaders is that they care not only about their shareholders, customers, and employees, but they also care about the communities in which they operate. They lead by example and set a strong tone of community involvement and corporate philanthropy. This ultimately pays dividends for everyone: the company, the community and the entrepreneurial leaders themselves."
Don Wood, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
"It's empowering as an employee to be a part of a company that recognizes the importance in giving back to the community. LoopNet shows a lot of integrity by going above and beyond by encouraging and creating opportunities for every employee to become actively involved in giving back to the community. It's a great feeling to support causes important to us and really come together to do something impactful for others."
Andrea Bottone, LoopNet Employee
About Us
Entrepreneurs Foundation (EF) was founded in 1998 to make it easy for companies to meaningfully engage in their communities through strategic corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility programs. Through Entrepreneurs Foundation, over 880+ companies in the United States and Israel have created corporate foundations and community benefit programs.
In partnership with Entrepreneurs Foundation, companies leverage their corporate assets to create customized philanthropy and community programs that meet corporate objectives and serve social needs. Entrepreneurs Foundation provides expertise, resources, best practices and a network to companies so that maximum corporate and community benefit is achieved. Additionally, Entrepreneurs Foundation provides a unique model for pre-public companies to invest in their communities by seed funding corporate foundations with pre-IPO stock.
