$3M in UPS grants help community-based groups across the Americas
The UPS Foundation, the charitable division of United Parcel Service, has awarded $3 million in grants to groups that focus on problems such as AIDS, hunger and illiteracy.
The grants were funneled through the foundation's Region/District Grant Program, a project allowing local UPS employees to recommend organizations the foundation should fund.
The Region/District Grant Program provides money each year for each of UPS' 11 domestic regions, plus those in Latin America and Canada. Grants usually range from $10,000 to $100,000 and often are tied to UPS' Neighbor to Neighbor program, in which more than 35,000 company employees volunteer in the community.
Committees of UPS employees make site visits and recommend which community groups should be funded. Recommendations made at the regional level are approved by the UPS Foundation.
Evern Cooper, the foundation's executive director, says UPS is in a position to see "first-hand some of the critical social and economic problems facing our communities."
The grant program gave more than $36 million to charity in the past 15 years. Some of the latest grant recipients include:
The Galilean Home Ministries in Liberty, Ky, will get $100,000 to put towards an activity center for mentally and physically challenged youth;
Schools on Wheels Inc. in Malibu, Calif., will use its $100,000 grant to purchase computers and educational materials for its program of tutoring homeless children;
The Angel Connection Inc. in Randolph, N.J., will get a $50,000 grant to expand services to families and individuals living with AIDS.
The Habitat for Humanity of Greater Columbus in Ohio will put its $50,000 grant toward a home's construction;
The Casa de la Amistad in Tepepan Xochimilco, Mexico, will get $25,000 to provide services for indigent children with cancer.
The Atlanta-based UPS Foundation was founded in 1951.
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