Integral Fellows Awards Program
Purpose
The Integral Fellows award recognizes and supports a Microsoft alumnus who has made a meaningful difference in the daily lives of others by using his/her talents, time and resources to contribute to the world, whether on a local, regional, national, or global scale.
Award
Up to three (3) alumni will receive a $25,000 award to go to the 501(c)(3) organization with which they work in the form of a one-year unrestricted grant.
Philosophy
It is our goal to inspire great philanthropic work by recognizing and supporting those alumni who are already making significant contributions. Similar to our organization, we look for our Fellows to exemplify the following values:
- Entrepreneurship - We believe in taking the best of what we learned at Microsoft and using it to address our planet’s problems. We’re passionate about changing the world. We work hard, take risks, and are inspired by the amazing difference our alumni are making every day.
- Innovation - We believe that through our brightest ideas and most creative thinking we can look at the problems we face in a new way, in a new light, and find inspired solutions.
- Effectiveness - We know that real results are those which are measurable and make a lasting impact.
- Collaboration - We know that by working together we can accomplish so much more than we could on our own.
- Integrity - We value honesty, fair play, professionalism, and transparency.
2011 Integral Fellows award winners (from left): Tom Ikeda, Densho; David Risher, Worldreader, and Oliver Hurst-Hiller, Donorschoose.org.
We believe that our alumni are achieving measurable results in many capacities. They may have started a non-profit organization or may be an exceptional volunteer or manager. They may volunteer or be paid or unpaid staff. Their organization may be just starting to make a significant impact, and with additional help will be ready to scale. Or they may be well established, scalable and now achieving global success. This success may be a result of technology deployment or operational effectiveness. We know there are other significant achievements beyond what we have described above. We would love to have you share them with us!