AT&T Foundation

Overview: The company has two giving programs, the Foundation and the Corporate Contributions Program. Both are operated by the same people, at the same address, and technically with the same interests. However, the Foundation is much larger and has a much broader range of interests. The Corporate Contributions Program seems to be used for more business-alligned interests.

Another division of AT&T handles the marketing and sponsorship programs. However, the company recommends approaching the foundation or corporate giving program first.

• Arts & Culture: The AT&T Foundation works to enhance the cultural assets and institutions that give the places we live and work their distinct character.
• Civic & Community Service: The AT&T Foundation supports initiatives that advance the economic development of a community and its citizens through increased technology access and expanded local opportunities
  
  The AT&T Foundation empowers community-based organizations by providing vital resources to meet the immediate and long-term needs directly in their neighborhoods.
• Diversity: The AT&T Foundation promotes efforts to cultivate diversity and inclusion in the community through initiatives that focus on advancing opportunities for diverse populations.
• Education: The AT&T Foundation invests in educational programs that are enhanced by technology and that teach the necessary skills in order to succeed in an ever-expanding global economy.
• Education, Continuing Education:
• Education, Drop-Out Prevention: The primary focus was project support to existing high school retention programs with a successful track record of achieving effective results ($50,000-$100,000 per year for up to four years). There was also a secondary focus on planning/capacity-building support for communities that are serious about enacting remediation, but need additional planning time and resources ($25,000-$35,000 for one year).
• Education, Higher Education:
• Education, K-12:
• Employment, Job Training: AT&T Aspire, a $100 million high school success and workforce readiness initiative. AT&T Aspire is the company's largest philanthropic commitment ever — and one of the largest-ever corporate commitments to address high school success and workforce readiness.
• Health:
• Human Services:
• Philanthropy & Voluntarism:
• Public Affairs:
• Public Safety, Disaster Relief:
• Youth Development:

Sample Grants
$ 10,000 to 100 Hispanic Women
$ 25,000 to African American Museum in Philadelphia , PA
$ 18,000 to Alameda County Community Food Bank , CA
$ 1,000 to Allegany High School Ecology Club , Cumberland , MD
$ 50,000 to American Indian College Fund , Denver , CO
$ 25,000 to Arena Stage , Washington , DC
$ 5,000 to Athletes in Action , Xenia , OH
$ 25,000 to Ball State University , Muncie , IN
$ 6,500 to Ballet Nevada Performing Arts , Sparks , NV
$ 25,000 to BestPrep , Minneapolis , MN
$ 10,000 to Broward Public Library Foundation , Fort Lauderdale , FL
$ 10,000 to CHRIS Homes (Children Have Rights in Society) , Atlanta , GA
$ 125,000 to CLF Services, Inc. , Boston , MA
$ 25,000 to California State Library Foundation , Sacramento , CA
$ 20,000 to Casa Myrna Vasquez , Boston , MA
$ 50,000 to Center Stage , MD
$ 7,500 to Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College , Boston , MA
$ 50,000 to Central Fulton Senior Services , GA
$ 500 to Chesapeake Bay Foundation , Annapolis , MD
$ 50,000 to Chicago Public Library Foundation , Chicago , IL
$ 12,760 to Child Saving Institute , Omaha , NE
$ 20,000 to Children's Theatre Company & School , Minneapolis , MN
$ 15,000 to Chinese American Council of Colorado , Lakewood , CO
$ 2,500 to Christiana Care Corporation , Newark , DE
$ 5,000 to Citizens Against Physical & Sexual Abuse (CAPSA) , Logan , UT
$ 15,000 to Clean Beaches Council , Fredricksburg , VA
$ 10,000 to Coast Community Library, Friends of , Point Arena , CA
$ 1,000 to Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers , Missoula , MT
$ 2,500 to Community Re-entry , Cleveland , OH
$ 10,000 to Concerned African Women , Miami , FL
$ 50,000 to Contemporary Arts Center , Cincinnati , OH
$ 15,000 to Dallas Public Library, Friends of the , Dallas , TX
$ 50,000 to Dartmouth College , Hanover , NH
$ 50,000 to Detroit Historical Museum , Detroit , MI
$ 2,000 to Dress for Success Boise Valley , Meridian , ID
$ 4,500 to Easter Seals of Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore , New Castle , DE
$ 255,000 to Education Development Center , Newton , MA
$ 5,000 to EnvironMentors Project , Washington , DC
$ 18,000 to Eugene Public Library Foundation , Eugene , OR
$ 20,000 to Fairfax County Public Schools Education Foundation , Fairfax , VA
$ 7,800 to Far Hills Country Day School , Far Hills , NJ
$ 25,000 to Filipino American Heritage Institute , Los Angeles , CA
$ 10,000 to Flynn Center for the Performing Arts , Burlington , VT
$ 50,000 to Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television, Inc. , McLean , VA
$ 500 to Friends of Caesar Creek , Waynesville , OH
$ 15,000 to Friends of the St. Paul Public Library , St. Paul , MN
$ 7,500 to Grand Opera House , DE
$ 10,000 to Greater Las Vegas Inner City Games , Las Vegas , NV
$ 20,000 to Hillside, Inc. , Atlanta , GA
$ 10,000 to Homeless Children's Emergency Fund , PA
$ 10,000 to Idaho Foodbank Warehouse , ID
$ 30,000 to Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library , Indianapolis , IN
$ 30,000 to Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation , Indianapolis , IN
$ 70,000 to Intiman Theatre , Seattle , WA
$ 75,000 to Japanese American National Museum , CA
$ 10,000 to Jewish Family Life of Stamford, Inc. , Stamford , CT
$ 2,500 to Junior Achievement of Idaho , Boise , ID
$ 10,000 to Junior Achievement of Utah , Salt Lake City , UT
$ 15,000 to Keep America Beautiful , Stamford , CT
$ 40,000 to KinderVision Foundation , Peru , IN
$ 500 to Lake Michigan Federation , Grand Haven , MI
$ 10,000 to Liz Lerman Dance Exchange , Takoma Park , MD
$ 25,000 to Manchester Craftsmen's Guild , Pittsburgh , PA
$ 5,000 to Metropolitan Economic Development Association , Minneapolis , MN
$ 50,000 to Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum , Chicago , IL
$ 50,000 to Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning , Holt , MI
$ 10,000 to Minnesota Rural Partners , Redwood Falls , MN
$ 20,000 to Minority Legislative Education Program , Alexandria , VA
$ 52,500 to Montana State University , Bozeman , MT
$ 10,000 to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) , Dallas , TX
$ 25,000 to Ms. Foundation for Women , New York , NY
$ 10,000 to National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium , Washington , DC
$ 10,000 to National Bar Institute , Washington , DC
$ 350,000 to National Board for Professional Teaching Standards , Arlington , VA
$ 10,000 to National Braille Press , Boston , MA
$ 23,000 to New Jersey Library Association , Trenton , NJ
$ 25,000 to Newark Public Radio , Newark , NJ
$ 10,000 to North Fork Preservation Alliance , Salt Lake City , UT
$ 14,000 to Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless , OH
$ 5,000 to Northwest Disaster Search Dogs , Redmond , WA
$ 40,000 to OhioReads Foundation , Columbus , OH
$ 75,000 to Partnership for Public Warning , McLean , VA
$ 10,000 to Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Association , Harrisburg , PA
$ 80,000 to People's Light & Theatre Company , Malvern , PA
$ 12,500 to Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre , Pittsburgh , PA
$ 7,500 to Program for Early Parents Support , Seattle , WA
$ 50,000 to Providence Performing Arts Center , Providence , RI
$ 20,000 to Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County , Charlotte , NC
$ 1,000 to Rainier Chamber Foundation , Seattle , WA
$ 5,000 to Safeplace Rape Relief Women's Shelter Services , Olympia , WA
$ 5,000 to Salt Lake Valley Mental Health Board , Kearns , UT
$ 23,000 to San Jose Public Library Foundation , San Jose , CA
$ 500 to Seattle Emergency Housing Service , Seattle , WA
$ 5,000 to Second Chance Employment Services , Washington , DC
$ 10,000 to Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) , Bethesda , MD
$ 10,000 to Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas , TX
$ 40,000 to Share & Care Foundation , Paramus , NJ
$ 3,500 to Summit University Teen Center , St. Paul , MN
$ 30,000 to Sundance Institute for Film & Television , Salt Lake City , UT
$ 20,000 to Tacoma Art Museum , Tacoma , WA
$ 5,000 to United Way of Laramie County , Cheyenne , WY
$ 10,000 to United Way of Treasure Valley , Boise , ID
$ 7,600 to United Way of Yellowstone County , Billings , MT
$ 5,000 to University of Great Falls , Great Falls , MT
$ 5,000 to University of Wyoming Foundation , Laramie , WY
$ 30,000 to Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center , MA
$ 23,000 to Washington Regional Alcohol Program , Vienna , VA
$ 50,000 to What Kids Can Do , Providence , RI
$ 444,400 to Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN) of New Jersey , Hoboken , NJ
$ 5,000 to Women of Washington, Inc. , Washington , DC
$ 15,000 to Women's Educational & Industrial Union , Boston , MA
$ 2,500 to Women's Fund of New Jersey , Union , NJ
$ 2,500 to Women's Resource Center of DeKalb County , Decatur , GA

Application Procedures::

Instructions for Submitting Unsolicited Proposals:

Applicants should send a brief letter of introduction and description of their organization or project. Organizations and activities local in scope should contact one of AT&T's Regional Offices. Note that unsolicited proposals sent directly to the national office are rarely funded.

If an organization/project is U.S.-based and national in scope (i.e., involving activities outside of your community or geographical region), apply directly to the AT&T Foundation. The Foundation's website includes a searchable list of grants by year and interest areas: http://www.att.com/foundation/grants.html

Contact Information.

(Please note that the corporation has consolidated a few of the offices and moved a couple of others to new locations)

Send requests or letters to AT&T Public Relations, Contributions Coordinator at:

1. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
AT&T Public Relations
Contributions Coordinator
1230 Peachtree Street
Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30309

2. Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada
AT&T Public Relations
Contributions Coordinator
795 Folsom Street
Room 2141
San Francisco, CA 94107

3. Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
AT&T Public Relations
Contributions Coordinator
5501 LBJ Freeway
Suite 300E
Dallas, TX 75240

4. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
AT&T Public Relations
Contributions Coordinator
222 W. Adams Street
Floor 15WN3
Chicago, IL 60606

5. Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia
AT&T Public Relations
Contributions Coordinator
767 5th Avenue
Room 2302D
New York, NY 10153

Grants Paid

2000 ($52,359,000 )

2001 ($53,991,000 )

2002 ($46,922,333 )

2003 ($23,110,000 )

2004 ($48,127,759 )

2005 ($47,556,509 )

2006 ($56,257,951 )

2007 ($57,772,461 )

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