Guidelines for Funding

Our Giving Philosophy

 

We are dedicated to investing in creative ideas and innovative approaches that can result in high-impact change in the following areas:

 

• Sustainability and the advancement of new environmental and energy technologies; and
• Infrastructure development and improvement in the area of sustainable, green technologies

We are also dedicated to supporting people and communities in need:

• In support of programs that contribute to the health and safety of our communities, and
• In times of disaster

We support programs that help to develop our future leaders:

 

• We give to programs that support leadership development, and
• We embrace initiatives that provide leadership opportunities for our youth

We embrace projects that couple the passion of our employees with opportunities to support important community organizations:

 

• We match qualified gifts of our employees, and
• We offer volunteer incentives in support of our employees’ service in the community  

General exclusions and restrictions

 

We generally do not fund requests that benefit:

• Individuals, with the exception of disaster response/relief or company-sponsored scholarship programs
• Other private foundations
• Groups that practice discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disabilities, race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry
• Sectarian or denominational religious groups, except for programs that are broadly promoted, available to anyone and free from religious orientation
• Political parties, candidates or partisan-political groups

We generally do not fund requests for these types of expenditures:

 

• Capital campaigns
• Travel expenses
• Loans or loan guarantees
• Debt reduction or past operating deficits
• Liquidation of an organization