In 2011, the combined community giving of Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation reached US$38 million. Alcoa Foundation provided US$21.1 million in grants in 21 countries where Alcoa operates, with Alcoa and Alcoa-related foundations contributing another US$16.9 million to support projects and partnerships with non-governmental and nonprofit organizations around the world.
Alcoa Foundation continued its emphasis on strategic partnerships in the themes of environment and education. Examples of specific 2011 grants can be found in the Partnerships + Programs section. For information on community giving in a specific country, visit the Where We Work section.
Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation Combined Community Giving
Millions of U.S. dollars
Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation
Combined Community Giving by Region
As part of Alcoa’s and Alcoa Foundation’s commitment to the communities where the company operates, we work with communities to develop exit strategies to assist local organizations whenever we have businesses or locations that will or might be affected by a plant divestiture or closing. The purpose is to leave a grant commitment behind in the affected community. These strategies consider the timing of the action, multi-year grants already committed to nonprofit organizations in the community, historical grant-making levels, community needs and expectations, and other commitments that are in effect.
In 2011 Alcoa Foundation made eight exit grants totalling $70,500 in Badin, North Carolina, as a result of the closure of the smelter in that community.
Disaster Relief
Alcoa Foundation disaster relief grants are a visible sign of our connection to communities in their time of great, immediate, and long-term need. These grants help bridge the community recipient’s gap between stability and a catastrophic event.
There are three categories where the disaster grant process is activated within Alcoa Foundation:
A disaster within an Alcoa location community.
A disaster within a community, state, or nation with importance to Alcoa in one form or another.
A disaster of a global magnitude where humanitarian support is an essential expression of corporate social responsibility.
Disaster relief efforts for 2011 included the following communities:
Bastrop County, Texas —US$15,000 for restoration of the Lost Pines ecosystem which was impacted by wildfires.
Central Park Conservancy, New York —US$25,000 for recovery efforts after the October 2011 snowstorm.
The Salvation Army, Australia—US$10,000 for relief to victims of the Roleystone fires.
St. Vincent de Paul Society, Australia —US$10,000 for relief to victims of the Lake Clifton fire.
Australian Red Cross Society, Australia —US$50,000 for victims of the widespread flooding in Australia.
American Red Cross, United States —US$50,000 for relief for victims of the Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami.
American Red Cross, United States —US$25,000 for victims of the flooding in Bangkok.
American Red Cross, Pennsylvania —US$25,000 for relief for victims of the Lancaster flooding.
American Red Cross, Pennsylvania -- US$35,000 for relief for victims of the Bloomsburg flooding.
American Red Cross, New York — US$15,000 for relief for victims of the flooding in Ulster County.
American Red Cross, California -- US$15,000 for relief for victims of the 2010 floods in California.
American Red Cross, United States - US$15,000 for relief for victims of the Missouri storms.
Societe canadienne de la Croix-rouge, Canada -- US$15,000 for victims of the flooding in Quebec
American Red Cross, Virginia -- $7,500 for victims of the tornado which struck Hampton
