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.
The Foundation launched with one partner, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and now supports a growing list of non-profit groups.
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.
