NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS
Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it will
disburse a pledged $20 million to 18
organizations to support eliminating sexual harassment in the
workplace. These organizations represent different critical
approaches to combatting sexual harassment, including efforts to
change culture and improve gender equity in the workplace, train
and educate employees, and provide victims with services and
support. CBS' support of these endeavors ties into the Company's
ongoing commitment to strengthening its own workplace
culture.
Grant funds will go toward assisting these organizations in
expanding their existing work and developing new programs that will
reach new and diverse communities.
Complete list of CBS grant fund recipients include the
following:
- Catalyst
- Collaborative Fund for Women's Safety and Dignity (Rockefeller
Philanthropy Advisors)– re granting
- Free the Bid
- Freedom Forum Institute – Power Shift Project
- Futures Without Violence
- Girls for Gender Equity / 'me too.' Movement
- International Women's Media Foundation
- National Women's Law Center
- New York Women's Foundation – re-granting
- Press Forward
- Producers Guild of America Foundation
- RAINN
- STRIVE International
- Sundance Institute's Momentum program
- TIME'S UP Entertainment
- TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund
- Women in Film Los Angeles
- Women's Media Center
CBS will give a portion of the grant to two organizations, the
Collaborative Fund for Women's Safety and Dignity (through
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors) and the New York Women's
Foundation, in order to disburse smaller grants to additional
organizations.
CBS worked with expert advisory firm RALLY, an issue-driven
communications firm, to determine the criteria for the grants and
develop a strategy that will support new and existing work. The
resulting strategy takes three approaches to creating safer and
more equitable workplaces: increasing the number of women in
positions of power, promoting education and culture change, and
supporting victims of harassment and assault.
This grant announcement is part of the Company's separation
agreement with the Company's former chief executive officer, which
states the donation was deducted from any severance benefits that
may be due to him.
Both the Collaborative Fund for Women's Safety and
Dignity and the New York Women's Foundation will be announcing
Request for Proposals (RFPs) for organizations to apply for
additional funds.
About CBS Corporation:
CBS Corporation
(NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company that creates and
distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms
to audiences around the world. The Company has businesses with
origins that date back to the dawn of the broadcasting age as well
as new ventures that operate on the leading edge of media. CBS owns
the most-watched television network in the U.S. and one of the
world's largest libraries of entertainment content, making its
brand — "the Eye" — one of the most-recognized in business. The
Company's operations span virtually every field of media and
entertainment, including cable, publishing, local TV, film, and
interactive and socially responsible media. CBS' businesses include
CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS
Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), Network 10 Australia,
CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, CBS Television
Distribution, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS
Interactive, CBS Films, Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, Pop
(a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Lionsgate),
Smithsonian Networks, Simon & Schuster, CBS Television
Stations, CBS EcoMedia, and CBS Experiences.
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