NetSuite Inc., a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites that include Accounting / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Ecommerce software for small and midsized businesses and divisions of large companies, today launched NetSuite Giving, a philanthropic initiative designed to revolutionize the operations of charities and social enterprises, just as NetSuite has helped to revolutionize the business operations of its small and mid-sized business customers.

Headed by NetSuite founder and CTO Evan Goldberg, NetSuite Giving kicked off its corporate giving program this month targeting charities, fair trade groups and green start-up companies. NetSuite Giving entails providing both charities and for-profit companies with software donations; and providing NetSuite employees with paid time off to volunteer for these organizations -- to support them in effectively using the NetSuite software. NetSuite Giving not only provides a technology solution to the selected charities and companies to enable them to run their business more efficiently, but also provides best practices in implementing and using the business software more effectively.

"NetSuite has transformed the business landscape for thousands of companies globally," said NetSuite Co-founder, Chairman and CTO Evan Goldberg. "My vision is to expand the use of this spectacular technology and innovation to also help companies and nonprofits make the world a better place to live."

Charities and social enterprises face challenges similar to their small and midsized business counterparts. They struggle with high costs of IT and the costs and complexity of integrating separate and fragmented software packages to run their businesses -- accounting, fund raising, ecommerce, case management, marketing and more. It has been estimated that in the U.S. charity sector alone, organizations could free up $60 billion a year by streamlining and restructuring the way in which they provide services and by reducing administrative costs. (Bradley, Bill, et al. May 2003. The Nonprofit Sector's $100 Billion Opportunity. Harvard Business Review. 81(5):94-103, 130.)