Forty-four community organizations around the world will receive a total of $6 million in grant awards from The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company. The grants, approved during the second quarter, support community initiatives aimed at improving education, fitness and nutrition programs, community recycling and access to clean water.
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“We continue to support local initiatives around the world that are important to our consumers in their own communities,” said Ingrid Saunders Jones, Senior Vice President, Global Community Connections for The Coca-Cola Company, and Chairperson of The Coca-Cola Foundation. “We believe our investment in these 44 community organizations will help people worldwide build stronger, healthier and sustainable communities.”
Since the beginning of the year, The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded more than $38 million to 123 organizations. Of the $6 million allocated during the second quarter, approximately $5.4 million support the Foundation’s community investment priorities, including:
$1.9 million to healthy active living programs
$1.6 million for water stewardship projects
$1.5 million to educational initiatives
Approximately $1 million will support other local community priorities, such as recycling, youth development, arts and culture, and civic initiatives.
Organizations receiving funding include:
Water Stewardship
Fundación para la Sostenibilidad y la Equidad (ALIARSE), “Water Vilgilants Program,” Costa Rica, $30,000
Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development, “Non-Conventional Water Resource Program,” Malta, $800,000
Universitat Jaume I, “Seawater Intrusion Recharging Coastal Aquifers with Regenerated Water,” Spain, $143,000
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc., “No time to Waste: Keeping our River and Citizens Healthy,” United States, $25,000
World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan, “Ayubia National Park: Improving Sub-Watershed Management,” Pakistan, $99,975
World Wildlife Fund, Inc., “Great Barrier Reef Sustainable Freshwater Revitalization Project,” United States, $500,000
Recycling
Akyikat International Charity Foundation Public Foundation, “Water-Source of Life,” Kyrgyzstan, $50,000
Fundacion Galapagos Ecuador, “Coastal Clean-up” Ecuador, $20,000
Junior League of Mexico City, IAP, “Reciclable Por Naturaleaza (Recycle for Nature) Program,” Mexico, $100,000
Kazakh Society of Nature Protection, “Cleaning River Banks and Lake Shores,” Kazakhstan, $125,000
Piedmont Park Conservancy, “Recycling in Piedmont Park,” United States, $20,000
The Coca-Cola Foundation has contributed more than $451 million in support of sustainable community initiatives worldwide.
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