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"We are committed to being an industry leader in creating a culture where every individual is valued, respected, and can fully contribute their best selves."
So says Hillary Wirtz, the senior director of culture and inclusion at Breakthru Beverage Group, one of the largest alcohol wholesalers in the US and the largest broker in Canada, per Fortune.
Wirtz and her team have been working to make that happen since the company's founding in 2016, and they've just released the company's 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
Among other things, the report notes that Breakthruwhich has operations in 16 US markets and Canadainvested $2.1 million in enterprise-wide donations in 2017, supported 361 charitable organizations, and participated in 40 volunteer events.
"What makes me the proudest is not the money we provide, but when our associates get involved in giving their time to help and mentor students, take care of those in need, and preserve and clean our environment for the next generation," says Charlie Merinoff, Breakthru's co-chairman.
The report also outlines the company's "values-based, inclusive, and people-centric culture," which includes five associate resource groups, thousands of Culture & Inclusion training hours, and a coast-to-coast Culture Ambassador network
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A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
The TEGNA Foundation, the charitable arm of media company TEGNA, is now accepting grant proposals for projects that "focus on improving the mental health of the communities they serve," according to...more
The Public Interest Law Foundation at Boston College Law School has been awarded a $225,000 three-year grant from the Cummings Foundation to help students provide pro bono legal services in...more
Foundation: North Texas Community Foundation
If disaster strikes in Arlington, Texas, the first thing the city will do is set up a fund to solicit donations and distribute them more quickly, the Dallas Morning News reports. "I'd rather have...more
"Children deserve the same medicines and care as adults," says Carlo Giaquinto, a paediatrician in Italy who noticed during the HIV epidemic of the 1980s that kids weren't included in clinical...more
The UN's first-ever International Day of Play will be held on June 11, 2024, and it's being hailed as a way to raise awareness of the importance of play in a changing world. A press release...more
A New Mexico nonprofit is looking for a director to help it "shift current agricultural and land stewardship practices in ways that produce good food, support meaningful livelihoods in rural places,...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Gulf Coast Community Foundation
If you're over 50 and in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday, you're in luck: The city is hosting a free event called Silver Pride to celebrate the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community, the...more
When Balazs Bognar moved to Tokyo from Urbana, Ill., at age 17, he had no idea he'd end up living there for the rest of his life. "He would take me and my mom and my brothers to cities around the...more
Foundation: Bloomberg Philanthropies
Starting in 2024, Detroit and New Orleans will be added to the seven US cities where Bloomberg Philanthropies has placed more than 1,700 high school and college students in paid summer internships...more
"Lots of people can't kick because they don't have the coordination, but everybody can throw catch." That's how a UK nonprofit is using basketball to help young people deal with mental health...more
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Global Companies Appeal for Needed Market Changes in Renewable Energy
Global companies like General Motors, Wal-Mart, Bloomberg, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, Novelis, Sprint, Proctor and Gamble and REI are calling out for necessary market changes to make it easier to buy and access more renewable energy.
