PepsiCo Takes Proactive Steps in the United States to Support Communities in Need

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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.

PepsiCo Provides Food and Essential Relief to Help Communities Worldwide Affected by COVID-19

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PepsiCo’s International Response

As the effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt, more healthcare systems around the world need proper funding to assist the healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic. In response, PepsiCo expanded their efforts to provide humanitarian relief to impacted communities around the world.

In Europe, where entire countries are on lockdown and many hospitals are over capacity, PepsiCo aims to support local health and relief systems in hardest-hit areas. The company has donated $5 million to organizations in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, and Turkey to support healthcare providers and provide more than 1 million servings of food for those in need and has given $2.5 million to charitable organizations across Europe through the U.N. Foundation. PepsiCo has also donated $600,000 to the Red Cross in Italy, Spain and France to fund personal protection equipment (PPE) and health equipment for medical responders, urgent health transportation for affected citizens, logistical support for health facilities, and essential goods for those unable to leave their homes due to quarantine. Further donations in Europe include a $500,000 grant to Spanish nonprofit Educo’s “Dining Scholarships” program, a $200,000 grant to Banco Alimentar Contra A Fome in Portugal to provide close to 750,000 meals for those in need, and $140,000 to the Belgium and Netherland Red Cross outposts to support the “Watch Out for Each Other” network that links volunteers to those in need of mental and practical support.

As Latin America is expected to see an increase in COVID-19 cases, PepsiCo is helping the region prepare by strengthening their local food bank capabilities. Through this effort, PepsiCo is providing more than 10 million meals in Mexico for out of school children and their families through nonprofits Un Kilo De Ayuda and Save the Children, and is providing more than 800,000 additional meals in Honduras, El Salvador, and Venezuela with nonprofits Rise Against Hunger and United Way. Additionally, the company has donated $1.5 million to The Global FoodBanking Network to allow food banks in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Uruguay to stock up on key food staples, as well as train staff on how to reduce COVID-19 transmission.

PepsiCo is also investing in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, focusing specifically on  meal distribution and healthcare. They have donated more than 40 million meals in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, and South Africa in partnership with local food banks and leading nonprofit partners. PepsiCo has also joined forces with the Akshaya Patra Foundation, the Smile Foundation and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics to provide more than 10 million meals and 25,000 COVID-19 testing kits in India. Further, the company has provided $1.6 million dollars in funding to Vietnam and the Philippines to initiate Vietnam’s “Millions of Meals” program, provide meals and medical supplies for citizens with the Vietnam Youth Union and the Vietnam Young Physician Association, and deliver assistance to over 7.6 million people in the Manila metro area with a $500,000 grant to Project Ugnayan.  In Australia and New Zealand, PepsiCo has committed more than $600,000 to deliver more than 1 million meals with Foodbank Australia and the Salvation Army Foodbank Project. As part of their work supporting healthcare systems, PepsiCo has donated over $280,000 to Tkiyet Um Ali’s Hospital Programs in Jordan and $100,000 to Lebanon’s Red Cross. Lastly, PepsiCo has provided $1.1 million  to The Hubei Red Cross and the China Women’s Development Foundation to fund  protective gear for healthcare workers in China and South Korea.

PepsiCo continues to expand its global effort to provide monetary support and necessities to communities in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, please click here.