Esri

Esri is a leading developer of geographic information system (GIS) technology. This technology enables organizations of all sizes in both the public and private sectors to take advantage of their geographic data. Geography plays a role in nearly every decision we make. Choosing sites, targeting market segments, planning distribution networks, responding to emergencies, or redrawing country boundaries — all of these problems involve questions of geography.

Organizations use GIS to visualize patterns, analyze relationships between places or phenomena, and create plans and solutions. They also increase their efficiency, reduce costs, and help people make faster and better decisions. GIS improves the processes of communication and collaboration for better coordination across organizations. These hundreds of thousands of individual GIS efforts contribute toward better management of our planet.

In addition to Esri's donation partnership with TechSoup and its own grant program, the company participates in public service initiatives, community outreach, and volunteerism among its 25 U.S. offices and its 85 international distributors, making grants to over 4000 public service organizations in the past two decades. Esri also regularly donates surplus office equipment and computer hardware to schools and nonprofit organizations and supports museums, public gardens, and street tree planting in towns, schools, and parks. See http://www.conservationgis.org for more information.