Improving the future for communities worldwide.
Staples created Staples Foundation in 2002 to provide youth with the opportunity to achieve their full potential when it comes to education. As a global company with operations in thousands of locations, it's important that we give back to those communities that do not have the educational resources needed to succeed.
Take a look at some of our efforts from the last decade:
2002
Staples Foundation launch
2002
Created first charitable
partnership, with Boys &
Girls Clubs of
America
2003
Began support of
Boys & Girls Clubs of
America's Torch
Clubs program
2004
First environmental
charitable
partnership, with
Earth Force
2004
Created first diversity
charitable partnership,
with Initiative for a
Competitive Inner City
2005
Donated a total
of $5 million to non-profit
groups supporting educational and job skill developent
2006
Created first global
charitable partnership,
with Ashoka Youth
Venture
2007
Launched first
Staples/Ashoka "That
Was Easy"
Contest
2008
First annual Staples®
Earth Force Awards
2009
Launched first global
environmental
charitable partnership,
with TakingITGlobal
2010
Helped 900 community groups make a difference
2011
Provided support to 24 countries through grants to educational organizations
