The Coca-Cola Foundation
est. 1984
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Contact Information:
1 Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia 30313
Phone: 404.676.2568
Fax: 404.676.8804
Overview:
The Coca-Cola Company is a local business on a global
scale. As our business has expanded over the years, so has our community
support grown to create and support projects most relevant to local
communities around the globe. We are committed to investing our time,
expertise and resources to help develop and maintain vibrant, sustainable
and local communities.
At the Coca-Cola Foundation, we help keep that commitment
every day by partnering with organizations around the globe to support
initiatives and programs that respond in a meaningful way to community
needs and priorities.
Through our global foundation, funded by The Coca-Cola
Company, we are concentrating our community support in several priority
areas. Across the globe, we support initiatives focused on:
- Water Stewardship
To support access to clean water and sanitation, watershed protection
in water-stressed regions, utilization of water for production and
or multiple use systems that do more than provide clean drinking
water, education and awareness programs that promote water conservation
within communities and industry
- Healthy and Active Lifestyles
To support access to exercise, physical activity and nutritional
education programs, programs that motivate behavior modification,
and programs that encourage lifestyle/behavioral changes
- Community Recycling
To increase liter abatement efforts, advance recovery and reuse,
increase community recycling awareness, and support research and
innovation
- Education
To support scholarships, school drop-out prevention, access to education
programs, and other education initiatives, per local business unit
priorities
In Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America and the Pacific,
we support student scholarships and other educational programs and
initiatives. HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness programs are also community
priorities in Africa and Latin America.
The Coca-Cola Foundation is our Company's primary international
philanthropic arm. Founded in 1984, the Foundation was established
in the U.S. as a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Foundations
grants are awarded throughout the year on business plan priorities,
tax requirements, legal compliance and approval by the Foundation's
Board of Directors.
The Foundation has contributed more than $155 million in support
of education.
Our community commitment is shared across the Coca-Cola
system. When natural disasters strike, The Coca-Cola
Foundation and the entire Coca-Cola system respond to
offer emergency relief. Through the Coca-Cola Matching
Gifts Program, eligible employees make personal contributions to qualified
organizations and The Coca-Cola Foundation matches those
contributions on a 2-for-1 basis.
The Foundation has contributed $164 million in support of community
programs and initiatives.
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