Waste Management Charitable Giving Program

The Waste Management Charitable Giving Program is committed to making communities safer, cleaner, and better places to live and work. Support is provided to nonprofit organizations in communities in which the company operates. (A map of company locations is available on the Waste Management website.)

The funding areas of interest include the following:

• Environment
  The company supports organizations and programs that preserve or enhance natural resources. Specific focus areas include reducing dependence on fossil fuels and conserving and maintaining wetlands, wildlife habitats, and green spaces for people's enjoyment.
   
• Environmental Education
  The company supports environmental education programs targeted at middle and high school students, including environmental and science-related projects, science fairs, Earth Day projects, and others.
   
• Community
  Local company facilities are proactive in identifying charities located in the immediate community that they serve and in many cases may have predetermined which organizations they will be supporting in a given year.

The company targets its support to specific projects or programs that enhance the scope of services offered by an organization. The company also offers in-kind support and product donations. Preference is given to organizations which have a broad base of funders and employee involvement.

The company prefers not to financially support operating costs, capital campaigns, or multi-year requests.

Grants are not made to/for:

• organizations without a 501(c)3 tax-exempt status or that do not use funds received exclusively for public purposes;
• individuals;
• religious organizations, unless the project benefits the community, such as a soup kitchen that is housed in a church;
• political candidates or lobbying organizations;
• endowments or foundations;
• travel by groups or individuals;
• anti-business groups;
• organizations with limited constituency, such as fraternal, labor, or veterans groups; or,
• organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, or gender.

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