“Big Data with a Big Heart” – Tableau Foundation awards NVPC with grant to drive social impact with data

SINGAPORE, 22 June 2017 – Change makers around the globe are discovering that data is a
powerful ally in their efforts to create a better world. Tableau Software
(NYSE: DATA), working through Tableau Foundation, today announced that it has
awarded its first grant in Singapore to the National Volunteer &
Philanthropy Centre (NVPC).

The grant is valued at
over USD81, 000 (approximately SGD112, 153) and consists of Tableau licenses
and training services. Both NVPC and Tableau believe that data can have
enormous value to non-profit organisations, enabling them to increase
transparency and accountability, expand their relationships with funders,
discover new trends in their programmes, and tell more powerful stories about
their communities.

Tableau is a global
visual analytics leader that helps people to see and understand data. NVPC’s
Research and Giving.sg teams are now using Tableau to connect and visualize
governed data quickly, combine multiple views of data, gain actionable insights
and share secured information with key NVPC staff for data-driven decision
making on the go. With Tableau, it has increased the ease and efficiency for
NVPC’s Giving.sg team to perform targeted email marketing based on user
profiles and behaviours. The good results led to a significant 56% increase in donation
amounts on Giving.sg between April 2016 and April 2017.

Melissa Kwee, CEO of
NVPC said: “We are happy that Tableau is a Company of Good member and
partnering us to do good. At NVPC, we are committed to become a thought-leader
in the giving space that leverages data to drive and nurture Singapore’s giving
culture. Our team, armed with Tableau seeks to cultivate a data-first
environment, upgrade our skillsets, and enrich our storytelling capabilities to
our stakeholders. Through walking the talk, NVPC hopes to inspire and reach out
to other non-profit organisations in Singapore to harness the power of data and
analytics in their organisations.”

Tableau Software
exemplifies a member of the Company of Good, a programme by NVPC that
encourages companies to give in strategic, sustainable and impactful ways.
Tableau Software, working through the Tableau Foundation, is helping to
accelerate change by making free licenses of its powerful visual analytics
software to small non-profits, NGOs, and charitable community-based
organizations in 192 countries.

Tableau Asia Pacific
Senior Vice President, JY Pook commented: “We are honoured to be able to play a
part in NVPC’s journey towards promoting philanthropy and volunteerism in
Singapore. At Tableau, we have seen first-hand how teams in various industries
and of different sizes transform into effective and resourceful organisations
with the help of data analytics. We know that people who give their time and
resources to help the communities they know best are no different, and NVPC’s
efforts to put data in the hands of those decision makers can have an equally
powerful impact in helping to solve the world’s problems.” 2

In addition to this grant, Tableau
Foundation also makes free licenses of its powerful visual analytics software
to small non-profits, NGOs, and charitable community-based organizations across
the Asia Pacific region. That program is paired with the Tableau Service Corps,
a volunteer network of Tableau employees who are eager to help non-profits of
any size explore and do good with their data.

Finally, following on
this partnership with NVPC, Tableau Foundation is announcing its 2017 Community
Grant cycle. Eligible non-profit organisations in Singapore may apply for the
locally-focused cash and software grants at tableau.com/foundation/employee-and-community before 31
July 2017.