The Coca-Cola Foundation Gives Back $84.5M in 2015 to Benefit Nearly 300 Organizations
Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO
Friday, February 12th, 2016
The Coca-ColaFoundation donated USD $84.5 million to nearly 300 organizations in 2015. These grants will directly benefit communities across more than 70 countries and territories, with approximately 95 percent of the grants focused on TheCoca-Cola Company’s core sustainability priorities of women, water and well-being.
“Since 1984, The Coca-ColaFoundation has given back more than $820 million to communities in more than 200 countries across the world,” said Bea Perez, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Coca-ColaCompany. “As the Foundation begins its 32nd year of giving back, we are proud of the increasingly diverse range of projects we support that make a meaningful difference for communities and the environment.”
In 2015, the Foundation awarded approximately $5.5 million to support women’s empowerment initiatives, $26.5 million to support water and environmental initiatives, $48 million to support community strengthening initiatives including education, youth development and HIV/AIDS, and $4.3 million for other important programs that support community improvement, arts and culture, and humanitarian/disaster relief rounding out to total of nearly $85 million given back to communities in 2015.