Meaningful investments. A tangible impact on our communities.
At DemandTec, we take our social responsibilities seriously, integrating our commitment into all of our business practices.
You can see it in how we treat our employees, how we encourage diversity, and the way we reduce our impact on the environment. We make meaningful investments in our communities, identifying areas where our employees can make a tangible impact – and generously donating our time and money to deserving organizations.
The DemandTec Foundation
Our commitment encompasses four themes – education, health, poverty, and disaster relief. To accomplish our goals, we established the DemandTec Foundation. Created in close partnership with two respected Bay Area organizations, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Entrepreneur's Foundation, our foundation provides ongoing funding for causes important to our employees.
Programs we support
The DemandTec Retail Challenge
Our flagship philanthropy program, the DemandTec Retail Challenge, was started in 2005 as a local competition in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we expanded it nationally.
Our goal is to present math, science, and business concepts creatively through an online simulation that give students a taste for how retailers and consumer products manufacturers make pricing, inventory, and promotional decisions.
Students compete to win scholarships and for a chance to participate in the Grand Championships at NASDAQ in New York City. Any individual, corporation, and/or school can participate. Learn more by visiting the DemandTec Retail Challenge website.
The Labovitz School of Business at the University of Minnesota Duluth
DemandTec has partnered with the Labovitz School of Business & Economics (LSBE) at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) to support the university's new program training students with skills for careers in the retail and consumer products industries. The Retail Marketing Analytics Program (ReMAP) will provide undergraduate UMD students with an educational curriculum that can be directly applied to rewarding careers in the retail and consumer products industries.
Stanford Blood Center
Three times each year, DemandTec invites the Stanford Blood Center to our corporate headquarters so our employees can donate blood for the Stanford Hospital and the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Family Giving Tree
Each year, DemandTec participates in the Family Giving Tree backpack drive. This program helps buy back-to-school backpacks and supplies for students in need so they can start school prepared to learn and succeed.
Second Harvest Food Bank
DemandTec is proud to support the Share Your Lunch food drive. Our employees collect food and raise funds to feed children in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties during the summer months, when school is out and there are no free or reduced-priced meals for children from low-income families.
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Corporate Challenge
This annual global celebration of corporate teamwork, camaraderie, and community giving is a program that DemandTec participates in internationally – from races in San Francisco to Chicago and China.
Greater Chicago Food Depository
DemandTec employees in our Chicago office volunteer at this local food bank and pack food for food bank recipients.
Shelter Network
As Thanksgiving nears, DemandTec employees donate holiday dinner baskets to homeless families and individuals, so they can reestablish self-sufficiency and return to permanent homes of their own. At Christmas, we participate in the Holiday Adopt a Family program to help provide gifts and grant holiday wishes for families in need.
Ronald McDonald House
Six times a year, our employees provide dinner for families of children with life-threatening illnesses who are receiving specialized treatment at local hospitals.
And More
In addition to our regular schedule of community work, DemandTec takes on new programs as requested by employees. For example, we recently participated in the American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days, a drive to benefit those affected by the earthquake in Japan, and a bone marrow drive for three individuals.
