The UPS Foundation to Award More Than $ 7.4 Million to Promote Diversity & Inclusion in Communities Around the World
June 23 2016 - 9:00AM
Today, The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship
programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it will award more than $
7.4 million in global diversity and inclusion grants to 36
different organizations. Grants will support inclusiveness and
economic empowerment opportunities for women and diverse people
across the globe.
“The UPS Foundation seeks to engage, empower and lift-up those
of us who have been underserved and underrepresented in communities
around the world,” said Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS
Foundation and chief diversity and inclusion officer at UPS.
“Collaborating with our partner organizations, our focus on
empowering and championing women and diverse people will create
stronger, more resilient societies, and, ultimately, a more
inclusive and diverse global workforce.”
Organizations receiving grants focus on: building economic
empowerment through microloans and financial planning, fostering
workplace inclusion, and driving global leadership development to
ensure women and young girls reach their full potential. An
overarching focus is on empowering women to pursue their dreams in
business and make a difference in their societies.
Among the recipients, The UPS Foundation is continuing its
partnership with Accion International, a nonprofit looking to build
a financially inclusive world. The grant will support the
organization’s work in Nigeria, where last year, The UPS
Foundation’s support helped Accion bring high-quality, affordable
financial services to nearly 125,000 individuals – 68 percent of
whom were women. Over the next three years, Accion will expand to
50 branch locations, reaching nearly 750,000 individuals by
2020.
Other grants focused on empowerment for women include:
- Funding to assist Opportunity International in expanding its
financial and training services to reach more than 40,000
low-income Columbian women
- Support of Catalyst for Women’s learning website, which
provides leadership training and business skills to women around
the world
- Partnering with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts (WAGGGS) to increase participation of young women and to
expand the leadership potential and capacity of WAGGGS’s member
organizations
In addition to empowerment for women, other 2016 diversity
grants from The UPS Foundation focus on the following:
Economic empowerment grants:
- Funding to expand the Council for Economic
Education’s Center for Economic and Financial Education,
teaching financial literacy to more than 250,000 students in
NYC
- Support of the Cuban American National Council
and its Financial Literacy and First Time Homebuyer Education
Workshops
- Development of Native Edge, an online business development and
training ecosystem through the National Center for American
Indian Enterprise Development
- Support for the National Urban Fellows
placement of a Class of 2017 National Urban Fellow
- Providing entrepreneurial skills development through the
National Urban League, Inc.
- Delivering career development and professional networking
resources to disabled individuals, awarded to the National
Organization on Disability and The Viscardi
Center
Education empowerment grants:
- Funding the Muhammad Ali Center’s UCREW
Program that provides students with opportunities to learn the
fundamentals of social entrepreneurship, and the development of
social enterprises
- Improving literacy, school engagement, college readiness and
youth development, awarded to Africare, CHOICES Education
Group, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, the National Black
Child Development Institute and the Nick Lowery
Youth Foundation
- Offering scholarships for continuing education through the
African Leadership Foundation, American
Indian College Fund, Brigham Young
University, Clark Atlanta University, the
Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Inc., Morehouse
College, Spelman College, the
United Negro College Fund, Inc., and 100
Black Men of America, Inc.
- Strengthening leadership and empowerment of students, awarded
to the National Council of La Raza,
Council of Independent Colleges, Girls
Incorporated, Strive for College, and the
Organization of Chinese Americans
Inclusion grants:
- Contributions to the Alexander Graham Bell Association
for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing’s Knowledge Center
website, supporting 250,000 children
- Support of the Human Rights Campaign
Foundation’s website as a source of information on LGBTQ
issues
- Growing the volunteer network for the Special Olympics
of Georgia, Inc.
- Funding to support Braille literacy programming for the
National Federation of the Blind
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 2015, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $110 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 or follow @UPS_News.
Kristen Petrella
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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