What is a Telecom Service Grant?
Victory Communication’s (“Victory”) telecom service grants are made through a business unit within the company that is called The Philanthro-Phone Project (“PHILANTHRO-PHONE” or “Grant Program”).
PHILANTHRO-PHONE receives a percentage of the revenue Victory generates by providing services to corporate clients under the program, and uses those funds to provide grants to nonprofits.
ALL VICTORY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO NONPROFITS UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM
VoIP Solutions
Virtualized Servers
PBX Call Center
Virtualized Desktops
Business Internet
Backup Recovery
Telecom services grants are structured to provide completely free voice, data, collaboration and meeting software services to nonprofit organizations (including any applicable federal, state and local taxes).
The value of the services provided to a nonprofit under the Grant Program will equal either the amount of:
- Grant funds generated by their corporate sponsor’s monthly spend with Victory (if a nonprofit is sponsored), or
- Accumulated general grant funds allocated by Victory to the nonprofit.
Benefits to Participants
There are three primary participants to the telecom services grant under PHILANTHRO-PHONE and each
receives a number of tangible benefits for its participation:
NONPROFIT GROUPS
- Reduce their operating costs;
- Can reallocate capital previously spent on communications to programatic and development activities;
- Benefit from advanced enterprise-class communications tools; and
- Gain access to an advanced suite of business tools including: online meeting and presentation software, video conferencing, and project and task management tools.
CORPORATIONS
- Have an incentive to re-evaluate current services and costs;
- Gain access to the industry’s leading products and services that are proven to enhance business performance;
- Choose from products and services are cloud-based, which means no large capital expenditures are required to move to Victory; and
- 5-10% of revenue generated by a company’s bill each month is allocated to provide free telecom services for a nonprofit of its choice.
Victory
- Can use its history, purchasing power, and resources to create a new corporate giving program and establish itself as a difference maker in that space;
- Expands its ability to reach new customers under a low marketing cost, grass roots program that creates a win-win in terms of technology and pricing for both corporations and nonprofits; and
- Now has a program that provides corporations with a philanthropic incentive to look at Victory solutions.
Program Overview
Once a proposal for services is accepted by a corporate customer it can decide if its telecom grant funds go into a general pool for a type of mission or a specific nonprofit group.
Monthly
Invoice
Corporate Customer / Nonprofit Sponsor
-
PHILANTHRO-PHONE
receives 5-10% of
monthly revenue 
Telecom
Service Grant
OR
Type of Mission - Examples
Environmental
Religious
Education
Animal
Health
Arts & Culture
Specific Nonprofit - Examples
Accruing Grant Funds
PHILANTHRO-PHONE
CORPORATE CUSTOMER A
$1,500+
5%
3 years
$75
$900
PHILANTHRO-PHONE
CORPORATE CUSTOMER B
$5,000+
7.5%
3 years
$375
$4,500
PHILANTHRO-PHONE
CORPORATE CUSTOMER C
$10,000+
10%
3 years
$1,000
$12,000
Grant Types & Goals
PHILANTHRO-PHONE
EXAMPLE BENEFICIARY A
Small Nonprofit
High speed internet, router to prioritize voice traffic, wiring, VoIP business phones, and 3-year grant term.
5-10
1st Year Grant Goal: 10
PHILANTHRO-PHONE
EXAMPLE BENEFICIARY B
Medium Nonprofit
High speed internet, router to prioritize voice traffic, wiring, VoIP business phones, and 3-year grant term.
11-30
1st Year Grant Goal: 6
PHILANTHRO-PHONE
EXAMPLE BENEFICIARY C
Large Nonprofit
High speed internet, router to prioritize voice traffic, wiring, VoIP business phones, and 3-year grant term.
31+
1st Year Grant Goal: 2
* The grant funds generated by a corporate client’s services may only cover part of the services requested by their nonprofit beneficiary
Program Reporting & Notes
Reporting
Victory will publish an annual report on January 15th of each year detailing the names of the corporate customers participating in the program, grant funds raised, and grant funds distributed to nonprofits.
Internet Service
Offices in different regions have different service providers available to them and varying data needs (e.g., a nonprofit that produces movies will have very different data needs than a nonprofit that provides legal services). Services will be priced and quoted on a case-by-case basis.
Grant Services Pricing
All initial services under the grants will be provided at Victory’s cost. If additional services are added following the original grant those will be billed at Victory’s nonprofit rates or donated at cost if grant funds are still available.
Government Taxes & Fees
Government taxes and fees for telecom services add approximately 22% to the cost of services. Under the grant program, approximately 22% of funds will be allocated to paying government taxes and fees on behalf of the nonprofits.
Term of Guaranteed Service
Victory’s contracts with corporate customers have a term of 3-years; therefore, it can guarantee services to nonprofits under the Grant Program for three years. Nonetheless, grants resulting from a corporate customer’s usage will continue for as long as the corporate customer’s account is in good standing — whether that is for three years or twenty years. If a nonprofit loses its corporate sponsor under the program, it will be prioritized under the general grant program, if no funds are available at the time under the general program it will be able to cancel services or continue services at highly discounted nonprofit pricing while looking for a replacement sponsor.
Partial Customer Listing
The following is a partial listing of Victory customers that represent a wide breath of sectors and industries:
