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July 16, 2026
Rivers of Steel Program Supported by Alcoa Foundation Featured on WPXI's Our Region's Business
A recent segment on WPXI's Our Region's Business highlighted the impact of the Alcoa Foundation's support for Rivers of Steel and its efforts to expand hands-on learning opportunities for students across the Pittsburgh region.
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July 08, 2026
Empowering Aboriginal businesses and jobseekers
A collaboration between the Waalitj Foundation and Alcoa Foundation providing pathways to employment for and business mentorship to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been extended for a further three years.
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July 02, 2026
Sparking Girls’ Interest in Technology Through Exploration and Interaction
The Alcoa Foundation is supporting Girl Tech Fest to spark young girls’ interest in technology, helping build essential skills and strengthen future economic opportunities within local communities.
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June 24, 2026
Strengthening Local Recycling Systems and Waste Management in Juruti
In Juruti, strengthening waste management systems is about more than infrastructure — it is about supporting more dignified communities, healthier environments and creating opportunities within the circular economy.
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May 15, 2026
Connecting Communities Through Water, Culture and Learning: Brazilian Water Museum Expands Global Impact
With funding support from the Alcoa Foundation, the Brazilian Water Museum has expanded its reach as a fully digital, interactive platform dedicated to environmental education, cultural preservation and community engagement around water resources.
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May 01, 2026
Hearing loss halved in Aboriginal children
Health, education, social and emotional wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal children in Western Australia are being transformed by the Alcoa Foundation Earbus Program, with rates of hearing loss nearly halving to 5.6 per cent across participating communities.
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April 27, 2026
Mid Sweden University Receives Alcoa Foundation Grant to Document South Sámi Reindeer Husbandry
In northern Norway, reindeer husbandry is deeply tied to culture and community.
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April 02, 2026
Ten years of Impact: Eight in ten students show improved readiness to learn through in-school mentoring
Students at Leda Primary School are benefiting from the long-term commitment of volunteers through the Alcoa Foundation-supported EdConnect mentorship program, with recent analysis showing eight out of 10 mentored students returned to class calmer, more settled and with a renewed readiness to learn.
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February 16, 2026
‘Secret Spies’ Inspiring Scientists of the Future in Western Australia
Students in Mandurah are getting first-hand STEM experience through the Alcoa Foundation-supported Cybernetic Water Monitoring Project led by Dr Alan Cottingham.
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December 16, 2025
Community Impact Campaign Delivers Global Reach, Deep Local Impact
The Alcoa Foundation is proud to highlight the outcomes of its 2025 Community Impact Campaign, a global volunteer and grantmaking initiative mobilizing Alcoans to deliver support, solidarity and sustainable impact in their communities around the world.
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December 09, 2025
Collaborating for Inclusion: Alcoa Foundation Reflects on 2025 IG Impact Fund Progress
As 2025 comes to a close, Alcoa Foundation is celebrating a year of progress through its Inclusion Groups (IG) Impact Fund—a philanthropic program that amplifies the voices and missions of Alcoa’s employee-led Inclusion Groups by supporting charitable organizations making a difference in communities around the world.
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December 03, 2025
Alcoa volunteers support Vinnies in WA and VIC
Alcoa Australia employees continue to make a difference in the local communities where we operate, rolling up their sleeves in support of volunteering efforts for St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies) in Mandurah and Bunbury, WA, and Portland, Victoria.
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November 11, 2025
Alcoa Foundation Invests in Inclusive Recycling in Juruti
Collaboration with Recicleiros to establish new Recycling Unit and create dignified work for local waste-picker families.
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October 20, 2025
Alcoa Foundation Supports Pittsburgh Education Programs, Contributing to Local STEM/STEAM Learning
The Alcoa Foundation has awarded grants to two local organizations—the Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation—to expand access to STEM/STEAM learning opportunities for underserved students across the region.
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September 05, 2025
Alcoa Foundation Announces Grant to Easterseals Rehabilitation Center
Alcoa Foundation is awarding a grant to Easterseals Rehabilitation Center (ESRC) to support integrated services at its Neurodevelopment Center.
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July 14, 2025
Noongar arts centre finds home and name
Following a transformative grant from the Alcoa Foundation announced in January this year, Bunbury’s new Noongar arts space has found a home and been named the Wardandi Wanil Art Centre.
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February 11, 2025
Alcoa Foundation Supports Amputees and Healthcare Resiliency in Ukraine
An Alcoa Foundation grant of $330,000 to Aspen Medical Foundation is helping war victims and medical staff in Ukraine, with 55 patients helped and more than 250 medical professionals trained so far in 2024.
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January 21, 2025
Alcoa Foundation Supports Bunbury Noongar Arts Space
The Alcoa Foundation announced it is part of a landmark partnership with the City of Bunbury (the City) and Gnaala Karla Boodja (GKB) Aboriginal Corporation to establish a dedicated Noongar arts space in Bunbury's city centre. This transformative grant from the Alcoa Foundation will enable the creation of a vibrant hub for First Nations art and culture, the first space of its kind in the south West region, marking a significant milestone.
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December 20, 2024
Employees expand Alcoa's positive impact through month-long Community Impact Campaign
More than 360 employees participated in the Alcoa Foundation's first annual Community Impact Campaign in November to expand positive impacts in the communities where Alcoa employees live and work.
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December 18, 2024
Program empowers educators in digital technologies
Primary school teachers in Mandurah, Western Australia, are championing digital technologies in the classroom, thanks to a unique, year-long professional development program delivered by Scitech and supported by Alcoa.
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December 10, 2024
Alcoa Foundation Supports Communities Amid Extreme Weather events
The Alcoa Foundation is working to provide disaster relief funding to those affected by extreme weather events in the United States and Spain. The contributions underscore the Foundation’s commitment to supporting community resiliency and disaster recovery in regions where Alcoa operates.
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November 27, 2024
EdConnect partnership expands to Victoria
A partnership enabling a school volunteer program to support around 1000 young Western Australian students each year since 2016 will be expanded in Victoria in 2025.
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November 15, 2024
Funding boost supports young domestic violence survivors
Children and young people in Perth’s southern suburbs will receive increased support to help them heal from their experiences with family and domestic violence (FDV), thanks to a new partnership between Anglicare WA and the Alcoa Foundation.
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November 14, 2024
Donation empowers girls through Waalitj Foundation program
Alcoa Foundation is empowering First Nations girls in Australia with a major donation towards a program to improve school attendance and education attainment. The donation of more than $120,000 to the Waalitj Foundation will help with delivery of the culturally appropriate Deadly Sista Girlz program.
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August 12, 2024
Donations Support Brazilian Flood Relief
Alcoa Foundation announces a grant for flood relief in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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August 09, 2024
Young Doctors for Life Program Inspires Youth Health Ambassadors
Alcoa Foundation announced a new project with Aspen Medical Foundation to help inspire Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth to become health ambassadors.
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February 08, 2024
Alcoa Foundation Grant Supports Prosthetics and Rehabilitation in Ukraine
Alcoa Foundation's $330,000 partnership with Aspen Medical Foundation will provide critically needed prosthetics in Ukraine and specialized training for rehabilitation providers to address the urgent and growing need for prosthetics among both civilian and military victims of the ongoing war.
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December 04, 2023
Earbus partnership launched
A partnership between Earbus Foundation and Alcoa Foundation has secured a further three years of ear health services for Aboriginal and at-risk children in Western Australia.
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October 18, 2023
Shellfish super-spies to improve aquatic ecosystems
Mussels fitted with sensors will be used to monitor the health of waterways in WA's Peel and Upper South West regions, thanks to a three-year partnership between Murdoch University’s Harry Butler Institute and the Alcoa Foundation.
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October 13, 2023
River restoration secured with ongoing grant
A restoration and monitoring project to reverse degradation of the Harvey River will continue for a further three years with more than $300,000 of funding from the Alcoa Foundation awarded to Murdoch University’s Harry Butler Institute.
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July 12, 2023
Empowering Women to End Poverty and Hunger in Guinea
Learn more about how Alcoa Foundation is supporting an initiative in Guinea focused on empowering women to fight poverty and malnutrition.
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July 03, 2023
Ear health boost announced during NAIDOC Week
Alcoa Foundation will provide Earbus Foundation of Western Australia with about $450,000 to deliver ear health services for Aboriginal and at-risk children in the Kwinana, Peel and Upper South West regions.
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April 24, 2023
Alcoa Foundation surpasses $20 million milestone in environmental giving
Protecting and preserving the environment has been a hallmark of the Alcoa Foundation since its founding. That legacy continues to grow, with more than 70 nonprofit partners receiving more than $20M million in environmental grants since 2017, when the legacy foundation separated into two standalone foundations. In celebration of Earth Day, here are three nonprofit partners and their projects that are helping Alcoa Foundation fulfill its mission of addressing local needs in a sustainable manner.
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April 04, 2023
Cooloongup couple wins Peel volunteer award
Alcoa Foundation Partner Edconnect announced winners of the Alcoa Foundation Peel Volunteer of the Year Award for 2022. Terry and Liz Stevenson were selected from 110 volunteers who supported 988 students with mentoring and learning support services throughout Kwinana, Peel and the upper South West region in 2022.
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March 06, 2023
Alcoa Foundation President discusses biodiversity offsetting and restoration project with partner IUCN
IUCN talked to Rosa Garcia Piñero, President of Alcoa Foundation, to understand the goals of the partnership.
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January 13, 2023
Alcoa Foundation grant supports Wesselman Woods boardwalk expansion, protection of rare ecosystem
Learn more about how an Alcoa Foundation grant is helping Wesselman Nature Society to expand visitors’ access to the organization’s nature preserve in Evansville, Indiana, near Alcoa Warrick Operations. This project supports Wesselman’s Eco-Access Initiative.
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January 11, 2023
Teach For All and Alcoa Foundation Launch Partnership to Improve the Quality of Education for All Children
Teach for All and Alcoa Foundation partner to improve education for children both globally and in Alcoa territories Pittsburgh and Sao Luis, Brazil.
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January 04, 2023
Check out Alcoa’s top headlines from 2022 showing how we’re reinventing the aluminum industry for a sustainable future
Discover Alcoa’s top 2022 news showing how we’re reinventing the aluminum industry for a sustainable future.
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December 20, 2022
Empowering young mothers in Guinea through income generation training
With support from Alcoa Foundation, 50 mothers from the Boké region of Guinea completed training in income generation activities and health education to improve their living conditions.
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December 09, 2022
Alcoa Foundation supports Earth Day Canada to reduce and convert organic waste
Learn more about Alcoa Foundation’s contribution to Earth Day Canada for the Quebec region to help reduce waste in landfills.
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October 12, 2022
Alcoa Foundation contributes $60,000 to local Pittsburgh organizations
Learn how Alcoa Foundation contributed donations to Presbyterian SeniorCare Network and Trade Institute of Pittsburgh for education and workplace development in local Pittsburgh communities.
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September 06, 2022
Alcoa Foundation announces aid to the Canadian Red Cross in support of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Quebec
Read how Alcoa is providing a $50,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross to support Ukrainian refugees arriving in Quebec
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August 15, 2022
Alcoa Foundation partner supports jobseekers in Pittsburgh
Learn how Alcoa Foundation support is helping Pennsylvanians gain needed skills to find sustainable work.
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July 27, 2022
Alcoa publishes annual United Nations Global Compact Communication on Progress report
Learn how Alcoa made significant progress toward the UN Global Compact 10 Principles in its 2021 Communication on Progress.
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July 07, 2022
Alcoa Foundation announces expanded partnership to aid First Nation's empowerment in Australia
The Alcoa Foundation announced a significant investment will be made towards First Nation’s empowerment in the Kwinana, Peel and Upper South-West region of Western Australia (WA). The partnership between the Alcoa Foundation and Waalitj Foundation was announced this week as part of NAIDOC Week events. Alcoa Foundation President Rosa Garcia...
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June 21, 2022
Alcoa Foundation supports summer educational experiences
Alcoa Foundation investments are making a difference in the lives of youth across Alcoa communities this summer through STEM related camps and access to other fun learning experiences. In addition to its robust environmental programming, the foundation contributes to programs that promote equitable access to education and skills building opportunities....
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June 16, 2022
Alcoa Foundation supports second round of social management training for Guineans
A new cohort of 20 trainees set off for Cameroon last month to begin a four-month classroom component of an intensive training program offered by Earthworm Foundation’s Centre of Social Excellence (CSE). Along with representatives from mining companies, government, and civil society, this year’s cohort includes five representatives from communities...
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May 12, 2022
Alcoa Foundation releases 2021 Annual Report, overviews Foundation impact through global giving
Learn how Alcoa Foundation provides pandemic relief to communities, supports environmental causes, access to education and skill building opportunities in its Annual Report.
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April 22, 2022
Alcoa Foundation continues legacy of investing for impact with environmental giving
The Alcoa Foundation has been at the forefront of positive environmental impact and sustainable work for local communities with strategic giving and financial grants to support environmental work with 65 partners since 2017.
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March 21, 2022
Alcoa Foundation announces aid to help people impacted by the conflict in Ukraine
Read how Alcoa is providing $500,000 in humanitarian aid to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to help vulnerable residents impacted by the conflict in Ukraine.
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February 11, 2022
Alcoa Foundation boosts protection of Western Australia’s unique and vulnerable wildlife
Learn how the Alcoa Foundation is committed to protecting vulnerable wildlife and environments through its efforts with Western Shield wildlife recovery program in Australia
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February 08, 2022
Giving voice throughout the value chain through intensive training in mining region of Guinea
Alcoa is advocating and supporting responsible mining practices, economic opportunity, and human rights in Guinea with an innovative training program in aluminum and bauxite
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February 03, 2022
Alcoa Foundation collaborates with Guinea organization to nurture young mothers
Learn how Alcoa supports human rights and positive social impacts where they work through a partnership with CJFLG in Boke’, Guinea through training for young mothers.
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February 03, 2022
Alcoa Foundation and Alcoa give flight to bird habitat protection programs
The Alcoa Foundation is creating and renewing long-term partnerships to protect and restore birdlife and nature around the world, in the US, Brazil, and Australia.
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November 14, 2021
Peel community & Alcoa Foundation mussels up 220kg of shellfish to help ecosystem
Learn how Alcoa supports Environmental efforts to clean waterways and waste via a $1.8MM partnership with The Nature Conservancy Australia to bring back shellfish reefs.
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October 25, 2021
Building local supplier capability: Alcoa awards contracts to Aboriginal-owned businesses
Alcoa’s Reconciliation Action Plan aims to increase Native Australian Islander economic participation through two significant contracts to Aboriginal-owned suppliers
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October 21, 2021
Alcoans lend helping hand in Western Australia
Alcoa Employees use $30,000 to fund local non-profit organizations for clinical research, medical and health support and other social services.
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September 08, 2021
Alcoans get into the act of reading with America’s queen of country music
The Alcoa Foundation proudly supports Dolly Parton’s nonprofit charity, the “Imagination Library,” growing the literacy of children, delivering 34,993 books to since 2015.
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September 07, 2021
Alcoa Foundation partners with EarthWatch to “clear the air” with data
Learn how Alcoa contributes to International Day of Clean Air, the environment, and sustainability by empowering employees to contribute valuable data.
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August 31, 2021
Alcoa Foundation and The Nature Conservancy join forces for songbird conservation
Learn how Alcoa Foundation and The Nature Conservancy have partnered to introduce "Foresters for the Birds," a program that strives to maintain habitats for wildlife in Indiana
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August 24, 2021
EdConnect and Alcoa Foundation partnership powers school success program
Alcoa Foundation will provide more than $245,000 to keep EdConnect’s ‘Connecting Generations for School Success Program’ operating in the South West over the next three years.
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August 19, 2021
Alcoa employees encourage students to aspire to university life
Read how the Alcoa Foundation with the Aspire UWA program addresses low education levels and high youth unemployment rate with university discovery sessions and campus visits
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August 02, 2021
Wirrpanda Foundation and Alcoa create opportunities for Indigenous business owners
Read how Alcoa is increasing economic opportunities for Indigenous Australians through both business and employment opportunities through the Wirrpanda Foundation
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June 03, 2021
Alcoa Foundation supports green STEM with projects linked to UN sustainability goals
Learn how the Alcoa Foundation is proud to continue to support green STEM education and environmental literacy efforts in collaboration with our Alcoa W5 partners.
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February 01, 2021
Social excellence course focuses on Guinea bauxite mining
In February, Guinean professionals began a 10-month training course focused on human rights in Guinea's Boké bauxite mining region. The 21 participants – mostly from Boké region – were nominated by local councils, non-governmental organizations, mining companies and government agencies. The course is funded by the Alcoa Foundation and implemented...
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