The UPS Foundation Awards More Than $2.3 Million To Expand Global Volunteerism
February 01 2017 - 9:30AM
- UPS Drives United Nations’ Sustainable
Development Goals Through
Service
- UPSers Hit Record 2.7 Million Employee Volunteer
Hours
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs
for UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it is awarding grants totaling more
than $2.3 million to non-profit organizations to increase global
volunteerism. Grants will support initiatives to bolster global
communities, including disaster preparedness and recovery, youth
literacy and skills development and veterans training.
The UPS Foundation also announced UPS employees completed a
record 2.7 million hours of volunteer service in 2016 providing
more than $62 million in economic impact to nonprofits and NGOs
around the world. UPS is on track to meet its goal to contribute 20
million global volunteer hours by the end of 2020.
“UPS believes in the power of volunteerism, and we have a long
history of mobilizing our 444,000 employees around the world to
contribute their time, energy and expertise to support the global
communities in which we operate,” said Eduardo Martinez, president
of The UPS Foundation and chief diversity and inclusion officer at
UPS. “UPS is a founding member of IMPACT 2030, a business-led
global collaboration with the United Nations, the public and
private sectors, and, civil society organizations. Impact 2030’s
mission is to encourage, focus, and measure private sector
volunteering around the world to advance the United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are also working in
partnership with leading organizations on multiple fronts to
support and energize this global effort to change the world by
leveraging the volunteer movement.”
Among the grant recipients is the Points of Light Foundation, a
long-time The UPS Foundation community partner. The Points of Light
Foundation grant will include the mobilization of more than 250,000
volunteers and more than 6,500 veterans to support initiatives
around disaster preparedness, response and recovery training as
well as a Military Families and Veterans training program. In
addition, UPS’s Nick Costides, global vice president of information
technology, has joined the Points of Light Foundation Board of
Directors.
The UPS Foundation also will award grants to the following
organizations, among many others:
- BoardSource, to back programs that strengthen non-profit board
leadership capacity and technology investment
- Innovations for Learning, to improve early grade literacy
proficiency through tutor training and support as part of its
TutorMate project
- The International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), for
continued support of the IAVE Global Network and the GCVC Disaster
Research Working Group
- Junior Achievement Worldwide, in support of its “Be
Entrepreneurial” youth development program that teaches business
skills, financial literacy and work readiness to high school
students in South Africa and Mexico
- The National Youth Leadership Council, to encourage youth
development programs for K-12 students in Georgia, Texas and
Washington D.C.
- The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, for its non-profit Legal
Check-Up Program which pairs non-profits with trained attorneys who
conduct in-kind legal audits
- Toolbank USA, to advance the Toolbank Disaster Services
response network which provides volunteers with tools and resources
for effective disaster recovery
- The Taproot Foundation (Tapfound Inc.), to aid its skills-based
volunteerism efforts which provide non-profit organizations in five
major U.S. cities with marketing, design, human resources,
technology and strategic planning expertise
These grants are part of The UPS Foundation’s commitment to
global volunteerism. For more information about UPS’s philanthropic
and volunteerism efforts, please visit www.UPS.com/Foundation.
About The UPS Foundation
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages
and freight; the facilitation of international trade, and the
deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the
world of business. Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a
legacy as a caring and responsible corporate citizen, supporting
programs that provide long-term solutions to community needs.
Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship
programs and is responsible for facilitating community involvement
to local, national, and global communities. In 2016, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $116 million in
charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation. To get UPS news direct, visit
pressroom.ups.com/RSS.
Kristen Petrella
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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