Target Donates $300 Million to the Fight Against COVID-19

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Back in March, Target announced their $10 million relief effort as part of their $300 million commitment to their team. Since then, Target has been collaborating closely with organizations to align support accordingly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Part of Target’s $300 million commitment will go to directly benefiting employees and their families.  Target pledged to increase its industry-leading pay by $2 an hour for its frontline workers until at least May 2nd.  Additionally, frontline workers over the age of 65, are pregnant or those with underlying medical conditions have been given up to 30 days paid leave.  This comes on top of expanding back-up care for all team members, temporarily waiving its absenteeism policy and covering quarantine and confirmed illness pay.  Bonuses have been given to 20,000 hourly store leads who manage individual departments.  Finally, $1 million will be donated to the Target Team Member Giving Fund, which was established in 2018, to assist team members who are most impacted by coronavirus

In state and local communities, Target is dedicating $5 million to foundations that support nonprofits addressing the greatest needs in their area, particularly for vulnerable, underserved and under-resourced communities.  Foundations receiving funds from Target include the Seattle Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund, which supports local orgs deploying emergency resources such as financial support and childcare, as well as the Greater New Orleans Foundation Disaster Response and Restoration Fund and its network of community organizations taking care of the elderly, homeless and more.

As part of their national response efforts, Target is giving $3 million to support national nonprofits assisting with response and recovery for impacted communities. The Center for Disease Philanthropy is one national organization that has received support from Target to continue their work building nonprofits’ response capabilities in addressing needs of the most vulnerable populations. Another recipient is Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization with a network of more than 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries.

Target is also mounting a global response, committing $1 million to support organizations that help to provide critical medical equipment and supplies to regions worldwide. These organizations include Project ECHO, an organization providing tele-medicine capabilities to remote locations and vulnerable communities in India and throughout the world; and UNICEF, which is delivering life-saving health supplies, building water and hygiene facilities and keeping kids connected to education while contributing to efforts to stop the spread of the virus.

In addition, Target supports the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The company is also one of the participating partners of Global Citizen’s One World: Together At Home, the global special event to support frontline health workers and the World Health Organization. Target’s grant will support ongoing work to track and understand the spread of the coronavirus, provide care to patients and essential supplies to frontline workers, and accelerate efforts to develop vaccines, tests and treatments.

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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.