BUSTAMANTE, Costa Rica – For Kattya Hidalgo, the chickens came first. Then the eggs. It’s not clear which bring her more joy.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Hidalgo, 46, is part of a cohort of women farmers who work with <a href="https://www.beanvoyage.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bean Voyage</a>, a Costa Rican nonprofit supported in part by The Starbucks Foundation, that empowers smallholder women coffee farmers with training in farming techniques, climate change, business fundamentals, financial literacy and project management.&nbsp;&nbsp;

After they finish a year-long curriculum, they can apply for seed money to start income-diversification projects.&nbsp;

With $300 last year, Hidalgo bought eight chickens and built a coop.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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“Hens caught my attention the most because here at home, we rarely eat meat. We prefer to eat eggs,” Hidalgo says. “But eggs are very expensive. We would limit ourselves to one egg a day. If you had eggs for lunch, you had no right to eat eggs at night.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“I can’t explain to you the joy of seeing the first eggs, seeing my children – ‘Mommy, eggs!’ – eating eggs produced by me.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

Since March 2022, <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/the-starbucks-foundation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Starbucks Foundation</a> has awarded 10 grants totaling nearly $3 million to nonprofits working with women in coffee and tea-growing communities across seven countries, including Bean Voyage. This announcement, on International Women’s Day, is part of the Foundation’s continuing <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2022/the-starbucks-foundation-commits-to-uplift-one-million-women-and-girls-in-origin-communities-by-2030/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">goal to positively impact 1 million women and girls in “origin communities” by 2030</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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“We’re proud to work with nonprofits to reach women in coffee and tea-growing communities like Kattya,” says Alicia Vermaele, executive director of The Starbucks Foundation. “Through our Origin Grants, we’re helping to create opportunities and promote more equitable access to resources that enable women to improve their lives and livelihoods. We know that when we invest in a woman, we uplift not only that woman, but also her family and her community – leading to a brighter future for all.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

With these grants, The Starbucks Foundation expects to reach an additional 60,000 women and girls over the next three years.&nbsp;

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In January, Sunghee Tark, co-founder and CEO of Bean Voyage, visited Hidalgo’s farm to check in on her and her hen project. Tark started the nonprofit in 2016 with her friend, Abhinav Khanal, after they graduated from college, in response to the millions of “invisible” women who work on coffee farms around the world. They chose the name Bean Voyage to help women coffee producers “feel like they’re traveling the world through their coffee,” Tark says.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“Because of how the coffee industry has been structured, and then the cultural elements in many parts of the world, including Latin America, a lot of times, the work that women do isn’t necessarily valued the same way as the work that men do,” Tark says.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“As an organization, we believe that if women are provided with the resources and then the right conditions, they will know what to do moving forward. What we do is make those resources available so they can actually go out and build their own future for themselves.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

For 22 years, Hidalgo worked as a legal assistant in San José, the bustling capital of Costa Rica. But then her boss, a lawyer, died. She and her family moved back to the countryside, where she’d grown up, and took over a coffee, fruit and vegetable farm. Though she was enthusiastic, there was a lot to learn. That’s when she heard about Bean Voyage and became intrigued by its mission.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“We live not only in a country, but in a world of aggression, where women have always been given very little space,” Hidalgo says. “Here and everywhere, people have always believed that men are the ones in charge, the ones who have to bring food to the table, and that women are only meant to raise children, and it's not like that. We live in times of equality when both you and I can work, and we both can contribute.”&nbsp;

Hidalgo says she’s learned so much from Bean Voyage – not only about better farming techniques but also about being a leader in her community, climate change adaptation and business and entrepreneurship. She sometimes sells her extra eggs to neighbors, which provides additional income. And she hopes to export her coffee one day.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“I want to keep learning. I no longer see myself as someone who struggles to learn,” she says. “On the contrary, I want to learn more every day and become even better than what I am.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

“I love them. You have no idea,” she says, laughing. “My hens will die of old age, but I won’t eat them.”&nbsp;

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New round of grants from The Starbucks Foundation will help uplift women and girls in coffee-growing communities

Stories to inspire and nurture the human spirit

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When Angie was a teenager growing up near Minneapolis, Minnesota, she attended meetings throughout high school with an organization called <a href="https://treehousehope.org/">TreeHouse</a>, which is committed to bringing hope to teens by providing free transportation and meals, support groups, one-to-one mentoring and financial and college readiness.

She still vividly remembers one of the volunteers, Cheryl, who donated her time and money to help make delicious home-cooked meals for the kids, including – when Angie was 16 years old – a Thanksgiving spread with baked turkey, mac and cheese and pumpkin pie.

“All the things you see in movies … I was like, I finally understand what it means to be full on Thanksgiving,” says Angie, 23. “I’d never had a Thanksgiving up until that point, and I was just so taken aback. (The TreeHouse volunteers) were all happy, and they were talking about the things that they were thankful for.

“They told us that they were thankful for us, for being us.”

That validation, Angie says, helped her become who she is today: a Starbucks store manager in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a college student studying accounting, in position to give back to the organization that once helped her.

Before the pandemic, she volunteered during TreeHouse’s meal nights. During the ensuing shutdown, she reached out to kids through texts and Zoom, helping with issues like social isolation and distance learning.

“This organization was a vital part of my upbringing,” Angie says. “For the first time in my young life I had reliable adults, a meal to look forward to every Tuesday and Thursday and stability even through my very unstable life.”

Earlier this year, she helped TreeHouse secure a $1,000 Neighborhood Grant from <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/the-starbucks-foundation/">The Starbucks Foundation</a>, to help maintain its fleet of vans for transporting teens to and from programming and activities. It required filling out an in-house nomination form through the Starbucks partner (employee) hub portal. Angie wrote about her history with TreeHouse and why she thought TreeHouse deserved a grant.

“I just feel so happy they were able to get that money, and continue doing what they’re doing, because it’s awesome work,” Angie says. “I feel grateful that I am in a place now that I can, at least somewhat, help – a little bit, just a tiny bit for the amount that they were able to help me.”

Leveraging Starbucks values and resources

Since 2019, The Starbucks Foundation has awarded more than $10 million to more than 6,000 nonprofit and charitable organizations through its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2021/strengthening-communities-through-neighborhood-grants/">Neighborhood Grants initiative</a>. All the organizations have been nominated by Starbucks partners. The program operates under the guiding principle that Starbucks partners know their communities best, and local impact is most meaningful when it starts with them.

The next opportunity for Starbucks partners to nominate organizations is during Season of Cheer from Dec. 5-18. The focus will be on organizations working on homelessness, hunger relief and supporting youth and families. Partners are encouraged to choose organizations they are actively engaged with.

For Angie, Starbucks was her first job; she started as a barista at age 16. She enjoyed talking to people and took pride in her work. Encouraged by one of her store managers, she applied for leadership positions and started taking classes towards her accounting degree through the <a href="https://www.starbucks.com/careers/working-at-starbucks/education/">Starbucks College Achievement Plan</a>, which provides 100 percent tuition coverage at Arizona State University’s online program.

When she learned she could serve her community through the Neighborhood Grants program, she immediately thought about TreeHouse. The Twin Cities-based organization, which has a mission to “end hopelessness among teens,” creates safe spaces for young people and helps them take on barriers to employment and education. TreeHouse serves more than 3,000 teenagers at more than 50 sites across 10 states.

“I am passionate about this organization because I see the work that they have done with my old middle- and high school peers and myself,” Angie says. “We never felt alone or unheard.

“I feel like, I’ve only ever been on the receiving end. I want someone, like a little Angie somewhere out there, to get the same things I did … People were so selflessly willing to help me. I hope that I can do the same.”

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Angie, a store manager in St. Paul, Minnesota, volunteers with TreeHouse, a youth organization that mentored her as a teen. She also helped the organization receive a Neighborhood Grant from The Starbucks Foundation.

Full circle: Starbucks partner gives back to non-profit that helped her as a teen

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The Starbucks Foundation, in partnership with licensee partners, is awarding $2 million to more than 50 local organizations in more than 30 international markets in its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/global-community-impact-grants/">first-ever round of Global Community Impact Grants</a>. Supporting youth empowerment emerged as the most common theme among recipients, followed by inclusion and diversity. This announcement comes on the heels of <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2022/the-starbucks-foundation-launches-global-community-impact-grants-initiative/">a pledge last month</a> to invest $30 million by 2030 toward driving locally relevant impact in communities where Starbucks operates around the world.

“Since the beginning, Starbucks has been about more than coffee. We are a people company, driven by Our Mission to inspire and nurture the human spirit of all who touch Starbucks,” said Michael Conway, group president, International and Channel Development at Starbucks and board member of The Starbucks Foundation. “Our partners (employees) know their communities best, and we’re proud to work alongside our licensed business partners around the world to deepen our collective impact and invest in meaningful ways that will help people and communities thrive.”

Inaugural recipients are working in six cause areas that build on the <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/people/">Starbucks people-positive agenda<ins>,</ins></a> including:

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Deepening local impact on a global scale

While The Starbucks Foundation has been providing grants worldwide for more than 25 years, these Global Community Impact Grant recipients were nominated by licensees, which operate Starbucks stores in international markets. Recipients were nominated by licensee leaders in more than 30 markets across three regions – Asia Pacific, Europe Middle East &amp; Africa, and Latin America &amp; the Caribbean – and reflect causes meaningful to local communities.

To deepen impact, licensees also co-invest in the initiative by matching funds and leveraging other resources, from providing in-kind donations to encouraging Starbucks partners (employees) to volunteer their time.

Alsea, a licensee and operator of stores in Mexico and other countries, is passionate about ending hunger and empowering youth. Building on seven years of partnership with The Starbucks Foundation, Alsea Foundation will provide additional funding for grants this year to reach vulnerable young people in Mexico. “We have impacted more than 15,000 lives and we look forward to expanding our partnership, together,” said Ivonne Madrid, director of Alsea Foundation.

The recipients of the Global Community Impact Grants include a mix of longstanding nonprofit partners and charities that are collaborating with Starbucks partners for the first time.

Strengthening existing relationships, building new ones

In Indonesia, The Starbucks Foundation and PT. Sari Coffee Indonesia, which operates Starbucks stores in Indonesia, have worked with <a href="https://www.prestasijunior.org/">Prestasi Junior Indonesia</a> since 2019 in support of teaching youth about entrepreneurship through experiential learning. In 2021, more than 450 volunteers were mobilized to conduct experiences with 1,250 students in six cities. Now one of the first recipients of a Global Community Impact Grant, Prestasi Junior Indonesia will continue to deepen impact through a creative youth entrepreneurship program that will support youth in gaining business skills and building their own micro-enterprises over the coming school year.

In Korea, the first Starbucks Community Store’s nonprofit partner is <a href="https://www.childfund.or.kr/eng/main.do">ChildFund Korea</a>. Since 2015, Starbucks Coffee Korea (now SCK Company) has supported 71 students through the Starbucks Youth Leadership Program, offering academic scholarships, leadership and communication skills training and mentorship for primary school-aged children. Starbucks Korea also has a strong relationship with <a href="https://www.jakorea.org/front/main.do">Junior Achievement Korea</a>. Through the Build Success Skills program, more than 1,400 Starbucks partners have helped provide skills training to over 17,700 vocational school students.

The newest grants from The Starbucks Foundation will continue to support these initiatives that focus on helping young people access opportunities to participate in the economy.

In addition to The Starbucks Foundation funding, SCK Company is co-investing in academic scholarships, global experience opportunities and internships at the Korea support center.

In Ireland, Starbucks Coffee Company (Ireland) Ltd, operated by licensee EE Group, nominated <a href="https://jigsaw.ie/">Jigsaw, </a>a local nonprofit that provides mental health support to youth. With the Global Community Impact Grant, Jigsaw will offer Jigsaw Connect, an integrated and holistic suite of services and support to young people experiencing mental health difficulties. Starbucks partners will engage as community ambassadors to<ins> </ins>encourage understanding, increase knowledge of Jigsaw’s services and foster collaboration.

Celine, a director for the licensee, said in her nomination letter that she learned about Jigsaw from a long time Starbucks partner whose young daughter was struggling with escalating anxiety. “As [her daughter] is visually impaired from albinism, she cannot recognize her school colleagues.,” Celine wrote. “They think she’s just rude rather than attributing this to a sight issue, they don’t understand the trauma she goes through daily. My heart broke for her...I asked [the Starbucks district manager] if she was getting any help – she said Jigsaw was the only charity who really listened to her daughter and [they] found the service invaluable.”

This insight inspired Celine to explore other ways partners can support young people across Ireland. In addition to receiving a Global Community Impact Grant, EE Group has committed to giving a minimum of $25,000 and is planning fundraising activities in the hope of raising an additional $50,000.

About The Starbucks Foundation

The Starbucks Foundation strengthens humanity by transforming lives across the world, with a focus on enabling community resiliency and prosperity and uplifting communities affected by disaster. Established in 1997, The Starbucks Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization under U.S. law. Learn more at <ins><a href="https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/starbucks-foundation">sbux.co/foundation</a></ins>.

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Part of an initiative to invest $30 million by 2030, The Starbucks Foundation’s first batch of funding will be given to more than 50 nonprofits, nominated by Starbucks international partners (employees) who are empowered to drive change locally.

The Starbucks Foundation’s first Global Community Impact Grants focus on youth issues, diversity and inclusion

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Seattle – The Starbucks Foundation today announced a $30 million investment by 2030 in a new Global Community Impact Grants portfolio designed to drive locally relevant impact in the communities where Starbucks operates around the world. To scale the initiative, The Starbucks Foundation is inviting partner companies (licensees) which operate the Starbucks brand across its three international regions – Asia Pacific; Europe, Middle East &amp; Africa; and Latin America &amp; the Caribbean – to nominate local nonprofit organizations for grants. These grants are intended to fund programs that create meaningful local or regional impact and expands on the company’s people positive ambition to enhance the well-being of all who connect with Starbucks.

For the inaugural round of grants, which will be awarded this April as part of Starbucks 12th annual Global Month of Good, the company’s international licensees nominated over&nbsp;80 local nonprofit organizations&nbsp;from more than&nbsp;40 markets. Grants will be awarded for causes aligned to The&nbsp;Starbucks Foundation’s community impact goals, including youth empowerment, inclusion &amp; diversity, social services, hunger relief,&nbsp;economic opportunity,&nbsp;and coffee-, tea- and cocoa-growing communities.&nbsp;

​As part of the initiative, licensees were&nbsp;encouraged to co-invest with The Starbucks Foundation and leverage other resources, including providing in-kind donations and encouraging Starbucks partners (employees) to volunteer, for&nbsp;greater impact:

“In every market we serve, Starbucks partners are making a positive impact in their local communities. We are excited to support them and the organizations they believe in to strengthen those communities, catalyze connections, and amplify the great work already being done,” said Michael Conway, group president, International and Channel Development&nbsp;at Starbucks and board member of The Starbucks Foundation. “We’re also proud to work with our licensed business partners through co-investment to deepen our impact with this truly global effort,” he added.

The Global Community Impact Grants program builds on other initiatives of The Starbucks Foundation including:

“Alsea Foundation is proud to join The Starbucks Foundation by listening, investing in our communities, and making a positive impact for people across the countries where Alsea operates Starbucks stores,” said Ivonne Madrid, director of Alsea Foundation. “Since 2014, we have impacted more than 15,000 lives and we look forward to expanding our partnership, together.”

The Starbucks Foundation strengthens humanity by transforming lives across the world, with a focus on enabling community resiliency and prosperity and uplifting communities affected by disaster. Established in 1997, The Starbucks Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization under U.S. law.&nbsp;Learn more at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/starbucks-foundation">sbux.co/foundation</a>.

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Grants will be awarded for causes aligned to The Starbucks Foundation’s community impact goals, including youth empowerment, inclusion & diversity, social services, hunger relief, economic opportunity, and coffee-, tea- and cocoa-growing communities.

The Starbucks Foundation Launches Global Community Impact Grants Initiative, Investing $30 Million by 2030

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At Starbucks we aspire to be people-positive by enhancing the well-being of all who connect with Starbucks, from our partners (employees) to customers, coffee farmers and communities around the world.

Our purpose has always gone beyond the pursuit of profit and beyond making great coffee. We have a responsibility <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2022/on-international-womens-day-meet-5-women-crucial-to-bringing-coffee-to-you/">to care for people across the entire supply chain</a> who make coffee possible – from bean to cup, farmer to customer.

“To create a sustainable future of coffee, we must care for the well-being of the farmers and communities that grow coffee, tea and cocoa around the world,” said Michelle Burns, Starbucks executive vice president of Global Coffee Tea and Cocoa and board member of The Starbucks Foundation. “While we continue to provide holistic support to all farmers, helping to improve their lives and livelihoods, we know that when we invest in women, we are also investing in her community.”

That’s why in 2018, The Starbucks Foundation set a goal to empower 250,000 women and girls in coffee-, tea- and cocoa-growing communities by 2025. In 2022 we met this goal – three years ahead of schedule – thanks to partnerships with nonprofit organizations around the world. Now, The Starbucks Foundation has set a new goal to positively impact 1 million women and girls in coffee-, tea- and cocoa-growing communities by 2030 as part of Starbucks people positive ambitions. 

“Our longstanding and trusted partnership with The Starbucks Foundation has allowed us to lean into our respective expertise and truly collaborate around our shared vision to strengthen communities around the world,” said Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, CEO of Mercy Corps, one of The Starbucks Foundation’s grantees. “We are passionate about meeting the unique needs of women and girls globally and recognize the vast gender disparities between men and women.”

This progress includes more than 40 grants totaling $14 million from The Starbucks Foundation to nonprofit organizations since 2018. These grants promote women’s leadership, economic opportunities and access to clear water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in coffee-, tea- and cocoa-growing communities in 17 countries.

Read more about our commitment to women and girls <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2022/starbucks-reaches-goal-of-supporting-women-and-girls-in-coffee-and-tea-origin-communities/">here</a> and see the list of The Starbucks Foundation’s recently awarded grants below.

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See the list of The Starbucks Foundation’s recently awarded origin grants to uplift women and girls in coffee-, tea- and cocoa-growing communities.

The Starbucks Foundation commits to uplift 1 million women and girls in origin communities by 2030

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This holiday season, The Starbucks Foundation donated a total of $1 million to three outstanding nonprofits by asking customers and partners (employees) to vote for the causes closest to their hearts. It’s just one part of the year-round giving by The Starbucks Foundation, and Starbucks, to empower youth, support frontline responders, alleviate hunger and so much more.

$500,000 will go to World Central Kitchen

<a href="https://wck.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">World Central Kitchen</a> uses the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies in times of crisis and beyond.

$300,000 will go to Big Brothers Big Sisters

<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.bbbs.org" target="_blank">Big Brothers Big Sisters</a> creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.directrelief.org" target="_blank">Direct Relief</a> equips health professionals in resource-poor communities to meet the challenges of diagnosing, treating and caring for people in need.

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Strengthening communities all year round

The Starbucks Foundation’s 2021 investments in communities

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This holiday season, The Starbucks Foundation donated a total of $1 million to three outstanding nonprofits by asking customers and partners to vote for the causes closest to their hearts.

The Starbucks Foundation donates $1 million to help strengthen communities

You voted, we gave: The Starbucks Foundation donates $1 million to help strengthen communities

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In response to the relief efforts underway&nbsp;following the tornadoes in the Midwest this weekend,&nbsp;The Starbucks Foundation contributes&nbsp;$50,000&nbsp;of its broader commitment to strengthen communities.

The Starbucks Foundation will contribute $50,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief in response to the tornadoes in the Midwest. This contribution is part of The Starbucks Foundation’s $1 million commitment to the Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program – an effort designed to help make resources available for people and communities as soon as needs arise. 

In addition to this contribution from The Starbucks Foundation, effective December 13 Starbucks will offer customers the opportunity to donate to the Red Cross directly through the point of sale in nearly 9,000 U.S. company-operated locations.

In response to the relief efforts underway for Hurricane Ida and the western wildfires, The Starbucks Foundation contributes $400,000 of its broader commitment to strengthen communities. 

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Building on a longstanding commitment to advance opportunity for all, in 2020 The Starbucks Foundation <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/our-commitment-to-inclusion-diversity-and-equity-at-starbucks/">committed to invest $5 million in nonprofits</a> that serve Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) youth.

As a next step in this initiative, The Starbucks Foundation announced the first group of nonprofit grant recipients in March 2021: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America, City Year, Junior Achievement USA and The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR). Additional nonprofits received grants in fall 2021: Covenant House, Public Allies and YWCA USA.

“At Starbucks, we believe it is our responsibility to build bridges and advance social and racial equity on behalf of our partners and communities,” said Virginia Tenpenny, chief social impact officer at Starbucks and executive director of The Starbucks Foundation. “We are honored to partner with nonprofits that share our aspiration for thriving and equitable communities, and which have decades of experience empowering young people. The Starbucks Foundation looks forward to supporting continued innovation of programs that address systemic barriers to equitable outcomes and can contribute to closing the racial opportunity gap.”

The Starbucks Foundation grants will support initiatives that focus on:

These initiatives will drive impact through national- and local-level programs in communities across the United States. As of January 2022, programs supported by the Foundation’s grants have impacted more than 100,000 youth. Here are more details:

The news follows the rollout of <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/the-starbucks-foundation-awards-neighborhood-grants-to-advance-racial-equity/">$1.5 million in Neighborhood Grants</a> from The Starbucks Foundation in October focused on supporting organizations that are Black-led and/or serve Black and Indigenous communities and are dedicated to promoting economic mobility and opportunity and health and social services in local communities. The Starbucks Foundation’s 20+ year history of closing the equity gap for youth also includes grants totaling more than $7 million over five years (2015 – 2019) to organizations creating pathways to lifelong opportunity for youth and underserved communities.

The Starbucks Foundation strengthens humanity by transforming lives across the world, with a focus on enabling community resiliency and prosperity and uplifting communities affected by disaster. Established in 1997, The Starbucks Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization under U.S. law. Click <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/the-starbucks-foundation/">here</a> to learn more.

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The Starbucks Foundation has committed to invest $5 million in nonprofits that serve Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) youth.

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The Starbucks Foundation is halfway to its goal to empower 250,000 women and girls in coffee- and tea-growing communities by 2025

Our commitment to ensuring a sustainable future of coffee for all starts with strengthening the communities that grow coffee and tea around the world. Women play key roles in these communities for their households, farms and businesses. We believe that investing in women and girls in coffee- and tea-growing regions makes a significant impact for both families and their broader communities.

The Starbucks Foundation’s Origin Grants help these communities continue to break down barriers to education, promote clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and create economic opportunities for women and girls.

On International Women’s Day in 2018, The Starbucks Foundation announced 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>. We are proud to announce we are more than halfway towards achieving this goal, having reached more than 125,000 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.

This International Women’s Day, The Starbucks Foundation is awarding two new grants to Mercy Corps and the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, given the urgent needs surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Women everywhere often play a key role in uplifting their families and keeping them safe. COVID-19’s impact makes this role more critical than ever in areas which have less access to resources and support. These grants will advance the important work of protecting the lives and livelihoods within coffee and tea origin communities, with continued support for clean water and sanitation and economic resilience for women.

Hear from Floridalma, Niharika and Thacienne about how these grants have given them and their families new opportunities and hope for the future.

Meet Floridalma, a farmer who lives in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. She takes care of the farm and family of five at home. Floridalma received life skills training from World Neighbors.

“I had a very rough time trying to take care of the house and my family. I always wanted to start my own business, but I did not have the support. I have learned about how to incorporate all kinds of vegetables into the coffee plantations, raise chickens and have clean water that has made life better in this community. I grow and sell coffee, but also vegetables. I have a healthier home with facilities, which has been very helpful for the family. We now have renewed hope in ourselves.”

Meet Niharika, a 15-year-old who lives near a tea estate in Assam, India. As part of an adolescent club organized by Girl Rising, Niharika is pursuing her dream to become an engineer. To help address poor access to water in her village, Niharika recently built a handwashing station for her community using simple, everyday items.

“A lot of times women have to travel long-distance to wash their hands. This (Tippy Tap) will ensure that they wash their hands before and after their meals.”

Niharika has already presented the idea of setting up Tippy Taps to her school principal, who is keen to have Niharika take the lead.

Meet Thacienne, a member of an all-women social enterprise in a coffee-growing region. Days for Girls is training Thacienne and other women in the group to sew, grow their businesses, and serve as menstrual health educators in the community.

“COVID-19 really revealed the importance of our project in making and distributing sanitary pads for the community. We have been able to save the money we used to spend on disposables and use some to satisfy other family needs. Those savings are now feeding our families. We want to expand and contribute to the economic development of women and girls.”

The Starbucks Foundation’s 2021 Origin Grants recipients include:

Mercy Corps | Colombia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia and Kenya, 2021 – 2022

To protect the lives and livelihoods of 500,000 people in coffee and tea communities from the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19. The project will provide accurate health and vaccine information, support to water and sanitation initiatives, and build pathways towards long-term economic recovery, especially for women and girls.

Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund | Colombia, 2021 – 2022

To train 130 rural indigenous women on health and economic empowerment in agroecological practices, create rotatory communal funds for grants and support network for women farmers. The project will also educate on COVID-19 safe practices, provide restoration to clean water access and establish advocacy campaigns to ensure inclusion and effective participation of rural women in community decision-making.

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The Starbucks Foundation is halfway to its goal to empower 250,000 women and girls in coffee and tea growing communities by 2025.

More than 125,000 women and girls empowered through The Starbucks Foundation’s Origin Grants

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The Starbucks Foundation is halfway to its goal to empower 250,000 women and girls in coffee- and tea-growing communities by 2025.

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In June 2020, <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/starbucks-equity-and-inclusion-timeline/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/starbucks-equity-and-inclusion-timeline/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Starbucks Foundation committed $1 million</a> in Neighborhood Grants to promote racial equity and create more inclusive communities.

Since then, The Starbucks Foundation has invited experts from the philanthropic, nonprofit and civil rights sectors to help inform the identification and selection process of the nonprofit organizations. These grants are focused on supporting organizations that are Black-led and/or serve Black and Indigenous communities and are dedicated to promoting economic mobility and opportunity, health and social services and youth. With that criteria in mind, thousands of partners nominated an organization advancing racial equity in their community or voted on nonprofits suggested by others. Based on the volume of partner engagement in this round, The Starbucks Foundation has awarded an additional $500,000, for a total of $1.5 million in Neighborhood Grants awarded to more than 400 nonprofit organizations across the U.S.

View the full list of selected grant recipients <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/uploads/2020/10/FY21Q1_NeighborhoodGrants_RacialEquity.pdf">here</a>.

Neighborhood Grants are intended to help build sustained local impact and inspire increased partner volunteerism with nonprofit organizations that work in our communities. Since the program launched in September 2019, thousands of Starbucks partners have participated in the giving program by nominating organizations, helping The Starbucks Foundation award nearly 2,000 grants amounting to nearly $4 million to nonprofits across the U.S. and Canada.

The Starbucks Foundation strengthens humanity by transforming lives across the world, with a focus on enabling community resiliency and prosperity and uplifting communities affected by disaster. Established in 1997, The Starbucks Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization under U.S. law.&nbsp; Neighborhood Grant recipients are nominated by Starbucks partners and final decisions are made by The Starbucks Foundation based on eligibility criteria. <a href="https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/starbucks-foundation">Click here to learn more.</a>

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The Starbucks Foundation awards $1.5M in Neighborhood Grants to advance racial equity

The new grants from The Starbucks Foundation support organizations that are Black-led and/or serve Black and Indigenous communities and are dedicated to promoting economic mobility and opportunity, health and social services and youth.

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In response to Hurricane Laura’s impact on U.S. Gulf Coast states, and the recent wildfires in California, The Starbucks Foundation is contributing $150,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief. The donation will help the Red Cross prepare for, respond to and help people impacted recover from disasters like these.

Join The Starbucks Foundation in helping those in need by donating directly to the Red Cross using the link below.

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For more information about how the Red Cross is assisting in the wake of Hurricane Laura, <a href="https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2020/red-cross-response-to-hurricane-laura.html">click here</a>, and for more information on how the Red Cross is supporting those affected by the California wildfires, <a href="https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2020/red-cross-response-to-california-wildfires.html">click here</a>. As an Annual Disaster Giving Program member, The Starbucks Foundation&nbsp;has committed $500,000 annually&nbsp;to the Red Cross in advance of disasters&nbsp;to&nbsp;help ensure the Red Cross is on the ground as disasters strike.

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In response to Hurricane Laura and the recent wildfires in California, The Starbucks Foundation is contributing $150,000 to the American Red Cross.

Join The Starbucks Foundation in supporting the Red Cross

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In response to Hurricane Laura’s impact on U.S. Gulf Coast states, and the recent wildfires in California, The Starbucks Foundation is contributing $150,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief.

One long day last June, Renee Fenker started work at 6:30 a.m. as a Starbucks store manager in Santa Cruz, Calif. Later that afternoon, on her way home, her emergency pager went off: car crash nearby. She raced straight to the Felton Fire Station, where she assumed her other role as a volunteer firefighter and fire engine driver.

Within minutes, she was driving a crew of first responders to the scene, eventually taking care of a passenger who’d been injured in the head-on collision, looking after bystanders and cleaning up spilled fuel on the road.

“I just really love to help people,” says Fenker, who started at Starbucks as a 17-year-old barista. &nbsp;

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