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SEATTLE -- Today Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced new initiatives as part of its long-standing commitment to use its scale and platform to positively impact the communities it serves. The company will invest $100 million to launch the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund focused on supporting small businesses and community development projects in Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) neighborhoods. In addition, Starbucks is partnering with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to share the museum’s educational resources and digital volunteer opportunities.

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“Starbucks has always been a company focused on caring for our partners, creating experiences for our customers and playing a positive role in our communities and throughout society,” said Kevin Johnson, Starbucks president and ceo. “We are excited to make this investment as it aligns with our Mission and Values and supports our aspiration to advance equity and opportunity in the communities we serve.”

Advancing racial equity and environmental resilience

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By 2025, the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund will invest $100 million to advance racial equity and environmental resilience by supporting small business growth and community development projects in neighborhoods with historically limited access to capital. The investments will initially focus on 12 U.S. metropolitan areas and their surrounding regions: Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and Washington D.C.

In partnership with community leaders, Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and other impact-focused financial institutions, the Fund will help provide access to capital intended to support small businesses and neighborhood projects, including those addressing the inequitable impacts of climate change.

As part of the initiative, Starbucks will work with partners like the Opportunity Finance Network to allocate funds to local CDFIs that will provide borrowers with access to capital, ongoing mentorship and technical assistance.

“Starbucks is investing in the survival of small business by working with CDFIs in key cities across America. CDFIs deliver affordable credit as well as training on disaster recovery and rebuilding – and that is exactly what small businesses need right now to withstand ongoing economic and climate changes,” said OFN President and CEO, Lisa Mensah. “With partners like Starbucks and CDFIs, these small businesses will have a fighting chance to recover, rebuild, hire workers and serve their local economy.”

The effort expands on Starbucks 2019 commitment to <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/starbucks-invests-10-million-in-small-business-in-chicago/">invest $10 million in four Chicago-based CDFIs</a>: Accion Chicago, Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF), IFF and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).

"As Chicago continues down the road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Starbucks commitment to bettering the cities and communities they serve has been incredibly invaluable," said Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. "Thanks to their investment, Chicago's CDFIs, such as Accion, CCLF and more, will be able to both continue the necessary work of increasing access to funding for our small businesses – especially those located in neighborhoods struggling with historic disinvestment – and support our ongoing, citywide efforts to provide COVID relief grants to our business community. I remain immensely grateful to Starbucks for their dedication to uplifting our neighborhoods – work that aligns with our city's INVEST South/West initiative."

<a href="https://www.greenerachicago.com">Green Era Sustainability</a> was among the first organizations to receive loans from CDFIs that Starbucks invested in last year. Green Era has been raising funds to construct a sustainable campus in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago. The campus will include a 2-acre clean energy generation facility, an urban farm, green houses, an outdoor fresh produce market, a visitor center with classrooms for community activities and a STEM education center. Among other positive impacts to the community, Green Era is expected to create 247 construction jobs and 25 permanent jobs.

“Starbucks investment means we’ve been able to drive more capital to small businesses and nonprofits that are innovating and providing critical services in local communities,” says Matthew Roth, IFF President of Core Business Solutions, who leads the agency’s CDFI wing. “The pandemic has highlighted how important CDFIs are in the financial ecosystem, ensuring capital reaches non-profits and small businesses serving low-income communities that are traditionally left out of mainstream finance.”

CDFIs often collaborate with multiple lenders to make large projects like Green Era’s sustainable campus possible. Two of Starbucks investees – IFF and CCLF – each made loans to Green Era to support the project, in addition to other impact-focused financial institutions. Additional financing for the project also came from Partners for the Common Good and Reinvestment Fund as well as the local impact investor Benefit Chicago.

“Given the severe impact of the pandemic on the long-disinvested communities CCLF serves, our lending is more important than ever to help these communities grow and thrive,” said Bob Tucker, Chief Operating Officer for the Chicago Community Loan Fund. “Our customers have urgent needs, and Starbucks investment in CCLF will help tremendously in bringing them the resources they need.”

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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

As part of Starbucks long-standing heritage of honoring Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy of service, the company announced a collaboration with NMAAHC to share the museum’s digital educational resources and opportunities through Starbucks digital platforms. &nbsp;

As part of the collaboration, Starbucks will invite partners and customers to participate in the Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project. Through the project, volunteers can help digitally transcribe handwritten records containing information from newly emancipated Black people during the Reconstruction period. The initiative helps African Americans discover their ancestors and historians better understand the years following the Civil War. These records will be used later in a museum exhibition planned for 2021 on the Reconstruction Era.

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The partnership builds on the company’s ongoing <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-announces-new-commitments-to-advance-racial-and-social-equity/">commitment to promote racial and social equity</a> on behalf of its partners and communities it serves.

Starbucks customers can access the <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-partners-with-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture/">museum’s content</a> through the Starbucks App and Starbucks Stories beginning January 12 through February.

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Women have the potential to empower and transform lives in coffee- and tea-growing communities. 

Since International Women’s Day 2018, The Starbucks Foundation has been working toward a <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-partners-with-malala-fund-to-invest-in-women/">goal to empower 250,000 women and girls in origin communities by 2025</a>. This effort has <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/the-starbucks-foundations-origin-grants-to-empower-women-and-girls/">already made a difference</a> in the lives of more than 66,000 women through programs around women’s leadership, access to finance, and healthy homes in coffee- and tea-growing communities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Over the past year, The Starbucks Foundation has awarded additional Origin Grants to help continue to break down barriers to education, promote clean water and sanitation (WASH), and create economic opportunities for women and girls. This brings the total number of foundation grantees working in coffee and tea-growing communities to 18, with grants totaling more than $5 million.

The Starbucks Foundation 2020 Origin Grants recipients include:&nbsp; 

Days for Girls | Kenya, 2020 – 2022

To empower 15,000 women and girls in Kenya’s tea communities through sustainable menstrual kits, health education, and social enterprises that shatter stigmas and create dignity and opportunity. The program will promote menstrual hygiene awareness, increased access to supplies, local advocates, and income generating opportunities for women and girls.

Girl Rising | India, 2019 – 2020

To create a new curriculum focused on changing gender norms and building skills for women and girls from tea estates in Assam, India. In partnership with Barefoot College, the program will equip teachers and strengthen the self-confidence, leadership and life skills of 1,500 adolescent girls from tea estates.

Grounds for Health | Ethiopia, 2020 – 2022

To improve access to life saving health screening services in coffee communities in Ethiopia to reach and break barriers for more than 30,000 women. Through expansion of health centers, delivery of health screening equipment and skill building for local health workers, the program will help early detection and treatment of cervical cancer in coffee-producing communities.

Instituto del Café de Costa Rica (ICAFE) | Costa Rica, 2019 – 2022

To support safe places for children of migrant coffee pickers to stay during the day with nutritional resources and educational games and tools that promote improved hygiene and well-being at Casas de la Alegria. ICAFE and local partners will offer Health Week programming that will serve over 800 girls and boys who are three years old and above, teaching and encouraging them to adopt health and hygiene behaviors.&nbsp;

Malala Fund | Brazil and Ethiopia, 2020 – 2021

To invest in and partner with local education leaders and innovators working to advance girls' education in Ethiopia and Brazil. Support will help advocates in creating girl-friendly school environments in Ethiopia and improving resources, girls’ access to education and retention in school in Brazil.

Mercy Corps | India, 2020 – 2022

To improve the living conditions of tea-growing communities in Assam, India through improved clean water and circular sanitation solutions including infrastructure, education and behavior change. This pilot program will create a scalable sanitation model while providing access to sanitation infrastructure and water supply for 300 households and training more than 3,800 women and their families in sanitation and hygiene practices. 

Village Enterprise | Kenya, 2020 – 2022

To equip more than 2,000 women in tea growing regions of Kenya with the knowledge, tools and mentorship to start sustainable businesses and savings groups. The entrepreneurship program also includes business skills and financial literacy training and mentorship and will support women in launching more than 700 new small businesses. 

2019 Origin Grant recipients

<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/the-starbucks-foundations-origin-grants-to-empower-women-and-girls/">The Starbucks Foundation 2019 Origin Grant recipients</a> to empower women and girls in communities that grow coffee, tea and cocoa include: Barefoot College, CARE, Days for Girls, Instituto del Café de Costa Rica, Lutheran World Relief, Malala Fund, Roger Federer Foundation, Send a Cow, UNICEF Ethical Tea Partnership and World Relief.

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The Starbucks Foundation awards 2020 Origin Grants to empower women and girls

Since 2018, The Starbucks Foundation has been supporting women and girls in coffee- and tea-growing communities through a variety of grants to organizations working in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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The Starbucks Foundation has a more than 20-year history of investing in communities across the U.S. and globally. Through Opportunity for All grants, The Starbucks Foundation helps support organizations creating pathways to lifelong opportunity and programs, which create job and training opportunities for people who may face barriers. 

In 2019, the Foundation awarded $1.4 million in Opportunity for All grants to 63 programs and organizations ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 per grant. Additionally, Starbucks partners (employees) can engage and volunteer with the grant recipients to help further their work in local communities. Since the Opportunity for All grants program launched in 2017, The Starbucks Foundation has provided a total of $4.1 million in grants.

Following are the 2019 Opportunity for All grant recipients:

Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA), Houston, TX

$30,000 grant to provide skills training and meaningful work experiences for disconnected youth.

Beautiful Day, Providence, RI

$20,000 grant to provide refugee youth with kitchen and farmer's market training.

Boston Private Industry Council, Boston, MA

$30,000 grant to assist supervisors, coaches, and teachers in helping young adults articulate the skills learned in a first job position and demonstrate their competencies and leadership.

The Bridge for Youth, Minneapolis, MN

$20,000 grant to give youth the opportunity to work and gain skills in apprenticeship positions and then advance to off-site employment.

Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL

$20,000 grant to reduce poverty within the LGBTQ community and increase diversity and inclusion in the workforce through a culinary training program.

The Choice Program at UMBC, Adelphi, MD

$20,000 grant to provide job and life skills training, coaching, and job placement services for youth.

City Year Detroit, Detroit, MI

$10,000 grant to support AmeriCorps members in nuturing a positive learning environment for students academic achievement and development.

City Year Memphis, Memphis, TN

$30,000 grant to support AmeriCorps members in leading students through employability and social-emotional skills development workshops for college and career readiness.

City Year Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

$10,000 grant to support AmeriCorps members as tutors, mentors and role models who make a difference for students in low-performing schools.

City Year New York, New York, NY

$25,000 grant to provide leadership and career development to prepare AmeriCorps members to be exemplary leaders in the classroom and beyond.

City Year Orlando, Orlando, FL

$25,000 grant to support learning and development training for AmeriCorps members focused on service delivery and workforce development.

City Year Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

$50,000 grant to provide training to staff around diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and support AmeriCorps members in service delivery.

City Year Seattle King County, Seattle, WA

$20,000 grant to support the training and professional development of AmeriCorps members to positively impact&nbsp; students’ academic and personal outcomes.

College Track, Los Angeles, CA

$30,000 grant to empower students from underserved communities to graduate and unlock career success.

Community Empowerment Association, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

$25,000 grant to support a workforce development and training program for local youth.

Dress for Success Denver, Denver, CO

$20,000 grant to prepare women residing in residential reentry centers for jobs, career expansion and leadership development.

Feeding Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL

$10,000 grant to provide job skills, industry certifications, and employment connections in culinary arts, logistics, and transportation sectors to individuals facing barriers.

Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, McAllen, TX

$17,160 grant to support training and work opportunities for second chance trustees, seniors, and special needs youth in south Texas.

Friends of Refugees, Clarkston, GA

$25,000 grant to narrow the gap in college and career readiness for refugee youth through a green technology project. 

Goodwill of the Olympics &amp; Rainier Region, Tacoma, WA

$25,000 grant to provide job training, placement and career advancement support for youth and adults and provide career exposure in the food and coffee service industry.

Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago, IL

$30,000 grant to impact unemployed and underemployed individuals through skills and life training via a foodservice workforce training program.

Hearts to Nourish Hope, Riverdale, GA

$20,000 grant to support services and pathways to successful employment for youth and young adults interested in the trade and hospitality sectors.

Highline College Foundation, Des Moines, WA

$36,000 grant to increase career skill development and work experience opportunities for youth with disabilities.

Hillsides, Los Angeles, CA

$30,000 grant to support youththrough a&nbsp; job readiness course, vocational education, internships and culinary apprenticeships.

Home of the Innocents, Louisville, KY

$10,000 grant to help young adults find and maintain permanent housing, seek and maintain employment, pursue educational opportunities and learn essential life skills.

EmployIndy, Indianapolis, IN

$35,000 grant to support Opportunity Youth through recreational activities, academic and educational skills, industry trainings, and referrals to job placements.

The Hope Program, Brooklyn, NY

$25,000 grant to provide soft and hard skills training, wraparound services, job placement, and career advancement programs for hard-to-reach youth.

International Institute of New England, Boston, MA

$25,000 grant to provide specialized vocational skills training and job-placement services to low-income immigrants and refugees.

International Rescue Committee San Diego, San Diego, CA

$40,000 grant to serve youth through work readiness training, paid internships, basic skills instruction and civic engagement and community service opportunities.

Jewish Social Service Agency, Rockville, MD

$10,000 grant to provide job readiness training, employment matching and soft skills development support to clients with disabilities.

JobTrain, Inc., Menlo Park, CA

$25,000 grant to provide low income youth with the career training, skills upgrades, academic support, and soft skills they need to succeed.

Junior Achievement of Northern California, Walnut Creek, CA

$10,000 grant to equip students with the skills needed to compete in high-demand, high-growth careers and provide them with opportunities to connect with various companies and mentors.

Junior Achievement of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA

$15,000 grant to bring workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy programs to students from low to moderate-income households.

Junior Achievement of Washington, Spokane, WA, and Kootenai County, ID

$25,000 grant to ensure the participation of&nbsp; youth in&nbsp; transformative high school leadership programs.

$25,000 grant to prepare Youth for entry into the workforce and increase sustainable employment and self-sufficiency through professional development and hands-on job training.

Liberty's Kitchen, Inc., New Orleans, LA

$30,000 grant to build the interpersonal, professional, and leadership skills of young adults through a hospitality-based program.

The Matthews House, Fort Collins, CO

$25,000 grant to teach youth the skills necessary to obtain and maintain employment alongside social emotional skills and resiliency to foster independent living.

Mental Health Association Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK

$20,000 grant to equip adults in recovery with transferable skills and barista training while eliminating barriers to future employment.

Mile High Youth Corps, Denver, CO

$15,000 grant to support outreach and activities to engage Opportunity Youth in programs that offer real work experience, develop technical and soft skills, and promote self sufficiency

Monument Crisis Center, Concord, CA

$25,000 grant to provide career readiness and life skills education and hands-on job training for underserved individuals.

Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Las Vegas, NV

$20,000 grant to support employment and wraparound services for unaccompanied homeless youth.

New Avenues for Youth, Portland, OR

$10,000 grant to provide job training and employment services for youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability.

Opportunity Village, Las Vegas, NV

$20,000 grant to provide pre-vocational training to help unemployed individuals with disabilities obtain community-based jobs.

PACE Center for Girls Broward, Wilton Manors, FL

$25,000 grant to provid girls employability skills and hands-on career development opportunities.

Prodigy Ventures Inc, Denver, CO

$20,000 grant to offer apprenticeships that help low-income and disconnected young adults secure meaningful, sustainable employment and experience economic mobility.

Refoundry, Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY

$15,000 grant to provide a craft and entrepreneurship program to employ and train people from justice-impacted communities.

Salt Lake Neighborhood Housing Services, Salt Lake City, UT

$10,000 grant to provide pre-employment training and life skills coaching to Opportunity Youth .

The Support Group, Chicago, IL

$10,000 grant to help improve career and technical work skills, college readiness, and employment experience of young adults.

Tarrant Area Food Bank, Fort Worth, TX

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The Starbucks Foundation’s 2019 Opportunity for All Grants

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This page shows data from our 2018 Report. For the most up-to-date goals and progress, see our <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2022/starbucks-global-environmental-and-social-impact-report-2021/">2021 Global Environmental &amp; Social Impact Report</a>.

Our 2018 Global Social Impact Report reflects our aspirations and marks our progress as a company in the areas where we can make the biggest impact – leading in sustainability, strengthening communities and creating opportunities. 

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We believe opportunities thrive every day in our stores. It’s inherent in our values, the benefits that we provide for our partners, and the way we work to make a difference in our communities and around the planet. It is rooted in our belief that it is possible to do good in the world and do well in business at the same time.

We hope to not just create opportunity, but equal opportunity. In March 2018 we announced we had achieved 100 percent pay equity for men and women and people of all races in the United States performing similar work&nbsp;along with a commitment to achieve gender pay equity in all company-owned markets globally. We announced&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/pay-equity-around-the-globe/">100 percent gender pay equity in Canada and China</a> one year later, and have joined the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/25-companies-join-starbucks-to-end-u-s-gender-pay-gap/">Employers for Pay Equity consortium</a> to help close the U.S. gender pay gap. We strive to make our workplace an inclusive one, supporting&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2017/support-for-daca-and-dreamers-we-stand-with-our-partners/">our DACA partners and all Dreamers</a> and efforts to offer a second chance to Americans who have been incarcerated. We have <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2018/they-are-lifesaving-starbucks-offers-expanded-benefits-for-trans-people/">expanded benefits for transgender partners</a> and been recognized as&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2017/human-rights-campaign-recognizes-starbucks-as-top-employer/">a top employer for LGBTQ workplace equality</a>.

We are investing in pathways to opportunity through employment, education and training. Since Starbucks began offering partners an online bachelor’s degree program through Arizona State University with full tuition coverage,&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/starbucks-college-graduates-where-are-they-now/">more than 2,400 have graduated</a> and 12,000 more are currently enrolled. There is no requirement to stay with the company: graduates are free to pursue their dreams wherever they take them.

We have made a&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2017/starbucks-expands-hiring-goals/">series of hiring commitments</a> to welcome new partners from communities that may experience barriers to employment, with goals to hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses; 10,000 refugees; and 100,000 young adults not currently working or in school.

And we’re finding new ways to engage partners in meaningful initiatives. We recently completed a six-month pilot for the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-new-innovative-employer-led-service-program/">Starbucks Service Fellows</a> with 36 Starbucks store partners working 20 hours in their store each week while spending another 20 hours with a local nonprofit. These models will inform how we catalyze our partners to build enduring change in our communities.

Goal: Hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2025 Since 2013, we’ve hired 22,500&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/productions/veterans/">veterans and military spouses</a>, including 3,000 in 2018, and reached the milestone of 50 Military Family Stores.

Goal: Employ 100,000 Opportunity Youth by 2020 Since launching the&nbsp;<a href="https://100kopportunities.org/">100,000 Opportunities Initiative</a> coalition with other employers in 2015, Starbucks has hired 71,145 Opportunity Youth, 16- to 24-year-olds who are out of work and not in school.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Goal: Employ 10,000 refugees globally by 2022 We have welcomed and hired 1,672 refugees in the United States, Canada and Europe.&nbsp;We rely on partners to self-identify, which leads us to believe the total number of refugees hired is actually much higher.

Goal: Graduate 25,000 partners by 2025 through the Starbucks College Achievement Plan 12,000 partners are currently enrolled in the program and 2,400 have earned a bachelor’s degree since 2014. We are also&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2017/starbucks-pathway-to-admission-program/">building accessibility</a> and improving performance through our <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2017/starbucks-pathway-to-admission-program/">Pathways program.</a>

Goal: At the senior leadership level, 50% women and a 50% increase in representation by people of color over 2015 Among our senior leaders (senior vice presidents and above) 42% are women, an increase of 13% since 2015, and 19% are people of color, which is the same percentage as 2015. We have seen an increase in representation for people of color at the vice president and director levels since 2015.

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