PepsiCo
PepsiCo’s Domestic Response
With a global pandemic wreaking havoc in millions of communities around the world, global food and beverage company PepsiCo and its philanthropic arm, The PepsiCo Foundation, are donating more than $50 million for food and other critical support needed in these vulnerable communities. As part of this effort, PepsiCo is providing funding for protective gear for healthcare workers as well as testing and screening services.
Due to many districts cancelling in-person classes in the United States, numerous students are left hungry with no school meals. In response to this crisis, The PepsiCo Foundation has provided $1 million and partnered Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign to fund emergency grants to organizations including schools, food banks, and community groups who are feeding kids. Additionally, The PepsiCo Foundation has provided $1 million and joined forces with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and the USDA to deliver nutritious meals to students of rural schools closed due to COVID-19, and has donated $250,000 to GENYOUth’s “For Schools’ Sake” Fund to aid in meal distribution to schools. These efforts, along with The PepsiCo Foundation’s own Food for Good nutrition program, will deliver at least 20 million nutritious meals to help increase children’s access to food nationwide during COVID-19.
PepsiCo has also donated $2 million to the Children’s Health Fund to aid mobile health clinics that are administering COVID-19 screening, testing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and support services in 21 communities.
PepsiCo is committed to helping entire communities navigate this difficult time. In order to support restaurant workers the have been particularly affected, the company has donated $2 million to the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation to support the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund and job training for women aimed at long-term economic recovery. Other contributions from PepsiCo include a $3 million donation to Team Rubicon to support food delivery operations for their partners Feeding America, Meals on Wheels and others in 100 locations across the United States, and a donation of $150,000 to the Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund to support the city’s most in-need residents.
Recognizing that New York has been particularly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, PepsiCo is committed to assisting communities throughout the state. In Westchester, for instance, The PepsiCo Foundation has contributed $500,000 to White Plains Hospital to bolster the hospital’s capacity and provide frontline medical workers with personal protective equipment, $100,000 to Feeding Westchester to give residents shelf-stable meals and fresh produce through mobile orders and drive throughs to limit contact, and $100,000 to United Way Westchester and Putnam to support area nonprofits responding to COVID-19. PepsiCo is donating $100,000 to the New York Community Trust Response and Impact Fund to accelerate FDA-approved rapid testing for COVID-19.The company has also provided $500,000 to The Robin Hood Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund to provide immediate financial support to nonprofits that serve vulnerable groups in New York City, and has provided $100,000 to the Bridgeport Rescue Mission to support COVID-19 testing in New York City as well.
The PepsiCo Foundation has significantly contributed to the communities in the United States. To learn more about PepsiCo’s responses to the COVID-19 outbreak, please click here.