PEOPLE’s 100 Companies That Care in 2026

Brendan LeWed, August 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC

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Students exploring the Delta Dream AcceleratorCredit: Courtesy Laura Stidham

In collaboration with Great Place to Work, a global authority on workplace culture, PEOPLE surveyed companies across the U.S. to find the businesses that best demonstrate outstanding respect, care and concern for their employees, communities and the environment. The 10th annual list is based on 1.3 million responses and data from companies representing over 7.3 million employees.

Companies interested in applying for next year’s list can visit Great Place to Work.

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Delta Air Lines

Students at the Delta Dream Accelerator in Morrow, Ga.Credit: Courtesy Laura Stidham

Delta Air Lines delivers a customer experience across nearly 5,000 daily flights to more than 275 destinations on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company serves 200 million customers annually and operates major hubs and key markets across the U.S. and around the world.

Delta is helping the next generation’s careers take flight. In April the aviation company partnered with the nonprofit youth organization Junior Achievement to open the Discovery Center of Clayton County in Morrow, Ga., just outside its Atlanta headquarters. The center will serve more than 12,000 students annually with features like the Delta Dream Accelerator — a hands-on, interactive program that helps middle and high schoolers identify their strengths and learn essential skills for the workplace.

Kids can explore various career paths and hear stories about visionaries from fields aligned with their interests. “It also teaches us how to be responsible,” says local student Aniyah. “Like how to be financially stable and not spend all our money all the time.”

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Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Wegmans employeesCredit: Courtesy Wegmans Food Markets

Across 114 East Coast supermarkets, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. offers high-volume stores known for fresh produce, artisan breads, cave-ripened cheeses, restaurant-quality prepared foods and a personalized digital shopping experience through its website and app.

Wegmans’ first “Framing Frenzy” saw more than 300 employees come together in a company parking lot to build two homes for Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity. Habitat client Tiffanie received the keys to her new home and shared, “This is my forever home. Whatever part you played, no matter how big or small, thank you for your program and for making my dreams of becoming a homeowner a reality.” For Rochester Community Manager Christina Griffin, the most memorable moment was “Dedication Day,” when the family walked through the completed home for the first time. She recalled watching “hope being restored within.” Wegmans also stocked Tiffanie’s pantry for the holidays, turning a home build into something even more meaningful: a warm beginning.

During Hurricane Helene relief efforts, Robert S., a Maintenance Category Owner in Frederick, Md. and a pilot, volunteered to fly supplies into North Carolina for the Civilian Crisis Response Team. He flew product donated by the Frederick store to Statesville, where the response team helicoptered it onward to remote, devastated areas near Asheville. “I feel like we made a difference!” he said. “I can’t tell you how proud I am to work for a company that stepped up in a time of need.”

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Camden Property Trust

Camden Property Trust volunteeringCredit: Courtesy Camden Property Trust

Camden Property Trust is a multifamily real estate investment trust that provides homes and services to more than 90,000 residents nationwide.

The Camden Employee Emergency Relief Fund, which offers emergency cash grants to employees facing crises, natural disasters and personal hardships, is funded primarily by employee donations. When Hurricane Beryl approached Houston, Camden offered a 2-for-1 match on all donations to the fund. Employees contributed more than $70,000 that month, and with Camden’s match, the campaign raised more than $200,000 — support that helped more than 25 employees seek assistance after the storm.

At Camden Stonebridge, the company brought in food trucks and covered the cost for residents during the outage. Employees also stepped in on practical needs large and small, from opening a garage so a resident could get out during the power failure to following up once repairs were complete.

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Publix Super Markets

Publix employees giving backCredit: Courtesy Publix Super Markets

Publix Super Markets operates more than 1,400 grocery stores across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, along with nearly 400 Publix Liquors stores, 10 stand-alone pharmacies, 11 manufacturing facilities that produce more than 750 items and a printing services department.

Before Hurricane Milton and Helene hit the South, Publix teams worked to stock projected storm-path stores with bottled water and shelf-stable essentials, while associates stepped up in deeply personal ways. In one example, as Milton bore down on Florida, a Publix associate used the Nextdoor app to offer help in his community; just hours before landfall, he delivered distilled water for an elderly woman’s nebulizer, secured her patio furniture and cleared dangerous debris from her yard before moving on to help another resident with sandbags.

“After each storm, in true Publix fashion, our store teams jumped into action,” said CEO Kevin Murphy. “Emergency response teams from all areas of our company joined in to help reopen our stores and provide relief to our Publix family and our customers in one of their greatest times of need.”

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Salesforce

Salesforce volunteersCredit: Courtesy Salesforce

Salesforce brings autonomous agents, unified data, analytics and Customer 360 applications together on one platform to help companies connect with customers. Through Agentforce, its digital labor platform, Salesforce positions humans and agents to work together in service of customer success.

Salesforce Accelerator – AI for Impact was launched to help nonprofits and purpose-driven organizations put trusted generative AI to work on urgent real-world challenges. The company provided $6 million in funding, pro bono expertise and Salesforce AI technology to three nonprofit cohorts focused on education, climate and nature restoration.

Marissa Herencia-White, who served as the pro bono project manager for nonprofit Good360 through the Agents for Impact Accelerator, helped build an agent designed to support disaster response by matching donations with communities in need. She described Good360 as “a critical partner in climate mitigation, diverting over 16,000 truckloads per year from our landfills and into the hands of disaster-affected families. She added: “We built out an AI and data strategy and now they are leveraging their agent to get closer to their climate goals. It is an honor to see our partnership go from vision to reality.”

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Texas Health Resources, Inc.

Tony Cross married Cynthia McIntosh (center) in March 2025 with granddaughter Marlonda by their sideCredit: Courtesy Texas Health Resources

Texas Health Resources, Inc. serves North Texas through 29 hospitals as well as outpatient surgery, specialty and urgent care centers, behavioral health facilities, physician offices, home health and preventive and fitness services.

At Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, caregivers transformed a patient’s spontaneous idea into a moment of joy he and his family would never forget. As Tony Cross recovered in his hospital bed from a kidney transplant after five years on dialysis, he told his fiancée, Cynthia McIntosh, that he couldn’t wait any longer to tie the knot.

They planned to have a chaplain marry them in Cross’s hospital room. “We told them, ‘No way! We’re going to make it special,’ ” said Robyn Dye, administrator of the hospital’s kidney transplant program.

Staff members arranged a minister, set up the chapel and provided flowers, cake, decorations and nonalcoholic sparkling wine for the pair’s impromptu ceremony four days after Cross’s operation. As hospital president Jarod Shelton put it, the effort “truly exemplifies the compassion they bring to their work.”

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Synchrony

Synchrony employees uplift local communities.Credit: Courtesy Synchrony

For nearly 100 years, Synchrony has provided credit and banking products that help consumers access the things that matter to them while also supporting the growth of major brands, more than 400,000 small and midsize businesses and health and wellness providers.

In programs like Give10, launched as part of Synchrony’s 10-year anniversary celebration in 2024, 100 employees each directed a $10,000 grant to an eligible nonprofit they personally chose, resulting in a collective $1 million donation. Tejaswi Sai Turaga, VP, Data Science, said, “I have never heard of any company celebrating its success by donating to society through its employees. This is such a beautiful concept. This makes Synchrony more special to me.”

Last year, 15 Synchrony employees joined buildOn to help build a school in Nicaragua, raising more than $70,000 in funding. Employees are invited to contribute through programs like Season of Caring — which mobilizes employees across 29 hubs in the U.S., India and the Philippines for volunteer projects and a 2:1 donation match — and the annual Doubles Dive fundraiser. Since 2016, Doubles Dive has raised more than $1 million for causes including SeriousFun Children’s Network.

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Veterans United Home Loans

Veteran Alexandra Adewunmi was presented with $25,000 to support her daughter with sickle cell diseaseCredit: Courtesy Veterans United

Veterans United Home Loans helps veterans achieve homeownership through the VA loan benefit they earned through military service, and specializes in guiding them through the home loan process.

After learning the story of Alexandra Adewunmi — a U.S. Army veteran, mother of four and caregiver to a daughter with sickle cell disease who had survived two strokes — the company first surprised the family with a $25,000 check to support immediate needs and accessibility upgrades, including a wheelchair ramp. At the annual holiday party in front of more than 3,000 employees and guests, Veterans United revealed that it would pay off the family’s entire mortgage, taxes and all. Alexandra, who had spoken of wanting to pass the home down to her children someday, suddenly had that future secured.

“I genuinely feel that working at this company has made me a better person overall,” a team member said. “It gives me opportunities and encourages volunteering in the community. Teams are more than a group of people working together, they’re a support system that wants to push each other to grow at all turns.”

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Hilton

Hilton employees volunteeringCredit: Courtesy Hilton

Founded in 1919, Hilton operates a broad portfolio spanning luxury, lifestyle, full-service, focused-service, all-suites, and timeshare brands, and serves 211 million members through its Hilton Honors loyalty program.

In recent years, one particularly important focus has been water management. Hilton advanced its water reduction goals through high-efficiency fixtures, drought-tolerant landscaping, water recycling initiatives and the launch of a new Water Efficiency Playbook designed to help properties cut usage while still delivering exceptional guest experiences. At Conrad Dubai, Hilton partnered with A1RWATER to install air-to-water machines that extract moisture from the air and generate purified water with minimal energy use.

At Hilton Lima Miraflores, Engineering Manager Felipe realized the hotel’s water softeners had been misprogrammed, leading to unnecessary water and energy consumption, and worked with local suppliers to recalibrate the system. “I’m honored to have identified and contributed to the efficiency of our processes and, in this way, positively impact our community and environment,” he said.

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Marriott International

Marriott associates start their day coming together with their leader.Credit: Courtesy Marriot International

Marriott International, Inc. operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts globally with a portfolio of 8,900 properties across more than 30 brands in 141 countries and territories.

In 2025, the company launched HotelHelp, a pilot program that donates hotel rooms to survivors of human trafficking in five U.S. cities: Atlanta, Detroit, Phoenix, Seattle and Washington, D.C. By partnering with Marriott hotels willing to provide short-term emergency accommodations, the initiative connects people in immediate need with a safe place to stay.

Over the last year, the company’s collaborative work also helped more than 160 survivors receive hospitality skills training designed to support long-term stability and future employment. At the same time, Marriott reached a major internal milestone, with more than 1.3 million associates completing its human trafficking awareness training.

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Credit Acceptance

Credit Acceptance’s charity casino eventCredit: Courtesy Credit Acceptance

Since 1972, Credit Acceptance has provided automobile dealers with finance programs that help them sell vehicles to consumers across the credit spectrum. Through its nationwide dealer network, the company helps create access to financing for customers who might not otherwise qualify.

At its annual Sales Leadership Exchange fundraiser, generosity took center stage through apparel sales, charity auctions, a real-time cash drop and a high-energy casino night. By the end of the event — helped by 100% matching from both the Don Foss Car Care Foundation and Credit Acceptance — the company had raised more than $271,000 for Make-A-Wish and St. Jude, enough to grant 15 new wishes and bring its total number of wishes granted to 95.

As one employee shared, “The contributions that Credit Acceptance makes to the local community and beyond are truly amazing. I’ve worked at other organizations that would just write a check, but it’s different here. People truly care, and senior leadership allows team members to provide input on choosing where the money and time goes.”

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PulteGroup, Inc.

PulteGroup employees joined Built to Honor to break ground on a home for a veteranCredit: Courtesy PulteGroup INC.

Homebuilding company PulteGroup, Inc. operates in more than 45 markets through brands including Centex, Pulte Homes, and Del Webb. It focuses on innovative design, quality construction and lifestyle-driven communities that help customers achieve homeownership.

One initiative established by the PulteGroup’s charitable giving arm, Monarca, aims to build a 50-acre affordable rental-housing community in Immokalee, Fla., that will include 179 three- and four-bedroom single-family homes, with 150 designated for families with extremely low household incomes and another 20 for families with low household incomes. The development is planned to include a community center, nature preserve, lake and parking for oversized trucks and trailers.

Since launching in 2013, its Built to Honor program has gifted mortgage-free homes representing more than $35 million in value to veterans’ families across 17 states. Sgt. Aisha Hardemon, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, received the 100th in the program’s history. Chad Plunkett, president of PulteGroup’s Georgia Division, told her family, “We cannot wait to break ground, pour love into the walls of this home, and hand over the keys so that Sgt. Hardemon and her family can start their new beginning.”

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Plante Moran

Plante Moran volunteers at a local food pantryCredit: Courtesy Plante Moran

Audit, tax, consulting and wealth management firm Plante Moran provides a full line of services to organizations across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing and distribution, financial services, healthcare, private equity, public sector, real estate, construction, and energy.

WorkFlex, a firm committee dedicated to helping staff find balance in their lives and careers, places ambassadors in every Plante Moran office to listen for pressure points and connect employees with resources tailored to what they are actually facing, from CPA exam support to parenting help to caregiver guidance. Earlier this year, after hearing from staff who were struggling to care for aging parents, the committee partnered with Homewatch Caregivers to create a firmwide webinar on caregiving, caregiver burnout and when to engage outside support.

“When I first arrived, I just thought everyone was drinking the Kool-Aid but after being here and experiencing the culture and company for myself, I totally get it,” one employee said. “This is the type of place I am proud to say I work for. I know people are treated fairly, honestly and they truly care.”

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PwC employees at the annual bike ride raising money for HIV/AIDS careCredit: Courtesy PriceWaterhouse Cooper

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) is a human-led, tech-powered global network that provides assurance, advisory and tax services, bringing together industry expertise and technology to help clients solve complex problems.

In St. Louis, Kisha Greenidge-Kader, a senior manager in business services and member of the PwC Foundation Staff Council, leads volunteers in creating free little libraries for children and adults in underserved neighborhoods. With PwC’s support, that effort has distributed more than 5,000 books across the community. “For some people in the community, a book from our library may be the first book they hold in their hands,” she said. “PwC has empowered me to give back in ways that align with my personal values of community-building, education and empowerment.”

More than 400 PwC employees, alumni, clients, family members and friends have participated in the annual 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, raising money for free HIV/AIDS medical care, testing and prevention services. Last year, senior associate Breia Dotson joined the ride for the first time in honor of her father. “It feels great to be part of a team and share encouragement and support to push one another through the finish line,” she said.

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World Wide Technology

World Wide Technology employees giving backCredit: Courtesy World Wide Technology

World Wide Technology has more than 30 years of experience serving large commercial enterprises, public sector organizations and service providers. The company offers consulting services, large-scale implementation and hands-on innovation through its Advanced Technology Center, where clients can test and validate solutions across infrastructure, data and AI, security and cloud.

Through its partnership with Purchasing Power, employees can access household essentials and brand-name items through payroll deduction without a credit check. More than 2,300 employees have registered, and over 2,400 purchases were made in the past year alone, with top categories including electronics, furniture and appliances. One employee was able to replace a refrigerator they otherwise could not afford; another credited the program with helping them buy a support tool that helped them stay sober and another found the engagement ring design for a now-fiancé.

WWT’s Safety Shoe Program gives eligible employees a $130 annual stipend for OSHA-compliant footwear, with any remaining balance able to go toward premium inserts. New hires are outfitted on day one, and each fall the company’s North American Integration Center hosts a wellness-themed event that includes a mobile 3D foot scanner to help employees find the best fit for comfort and safety.

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Pinnacle Financial Partners

Pinnacle promotes its value of learning with programs like the Business Side of Sports for the University of TennesseeCredit: Courtesy Pinnacle Financial Partners

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services for businesses, business owners and individuals seeking a comprehensive financial relationship.

Pinnacle believes that it has a responsibility to help people prosper at the most personal, practical level through free financial education and hands-on community support in the places it serves.

In North Carolina, financial advisor Wendy and office leader Melany led a six-week series for about 30 people, ages 17 to 70, after a local church requested it. Wendy described the group as people who had rarely been given the chance to learn about money and had too often been taken advantage of because of it. The class helped one young man negotiate down a dealer-financed auto loan that began with a 28% interest rate. A young couple with credit trouble had their own “aha” moment and got help manually adding monthly bill payments to their credit report to strengthen their credit faster.

Another cohort came through Renewal House, a residential substance use treatment program for pregnant women and mothers. Another series brought together seniors and neighbors at a public library near Birmingham, where one participant said budgeting had finally clicked after years of trying. In Charleston, office leader Adrian taught the curriculum in Spanish for teachers and parents through a language school partnership.

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Elevance Health

Elevance Health associates volunteering with Feeding AmericaCredit: Courtesy Elevance Health

Through Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Carelon and Wellpoint, Elevance Health serves consumers with integrated PPO, HMO, hybrid and specialty plans, along with life and disability insurance, dental, vision and behavioral health products. It also provides affiliated health and specialty plans for Medicaid, Medicare, individual and employer-sponsored customers.

Elevance’s Life Essential Kits help cover the cost of basics that can have a major effect on well-being. Eligible associates can choose a Nutrition Kit with a spending card of up to $3,300 per family, a Childcare Kit with up to $3,300 a year for dependent expenses or a Transportation Kit with up to $3,300 per family for public transit, rideshare, fuel, repairs or maintenance. The company reports that associates who used the kits experienced a 57% decrease in overall medical costs and a 385% decrease in emergency room visits.

“I love how Elevance truly values their employees in so many various ways,” said an employee. “It shows that they truly are listening to what employees are saying in feedback on surveys on how they can always continue to try to be better and that just speaks volumes.”

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Edward Jones

Edward Jones employees at a Katy Trail Arbor Day eventCredit: Courtesy Edward Jones

North American financial services firm Edward Jones serves over 9 million clients and has $2.2 trillion in assets under care. With a presence in 68% of U.S. counties and most Canadian provinces and territories, the firm is guided by a purpose to partner for positive impact.

Since 2016, Edward Jones has served as National Presenting Sponsor for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. In the first 10 years of that alliance, more than 126,000 clients, colleague and family members joined the company at more than 600 walk events and helped raise nearly $55 million.

The company also supports early detection of Alzheimer’s and dementia by providing the Alzheimer’s Association’s “10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s” education program to financial advisors, who then host community seminars to help clients and caregivers better protect both health and wealth when facing long-term illness. The firm recently extended that strategic alliance through 2030.

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SentinelOne

SentinelOne employeesCredit: Courtesy SentinelOne

SentinelOne delivers intelligent, autonomous systems built on a unified data platform, and its technology enables organizations — including Fortune 10, Fortune 500, Global 2000 companies, and governments — to stay ahead of evolving threats while operating securely.

Through its CyberSafe University program, employees volunteer in schools to teach students about internet safety and introduce older students to careers in cybersecurity. Over two years, more than 100 ambassadors have reached over 12,000 students across 40 schools in eight countries and multiple languages. The initiative also features the CyberSafe Raffle, which awards a $10,000 grant to a school of an employee’s choice.

An employee said of the work culture, “What makes this place special is how much we win together. When someone has a big moment, like closing a deal, hitting a milestone, or getting promoted, people are truly happy for each other. It’s not competitive, it’s supportive.”

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DPR Construction

DPR Construction employeesCredit: Courtesy DPR Construction

DPR Construction specializes in technically complex, sustainable projects across the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial sectors. The company delivers both large-scale new construction and smaller special projects.

Last year, the company contributed $2.5 million worth of donated facility improvements for nonprofit partners, using its construction expertise to create safer, more accessible spaces. An example is the restoration of the Gallatin Shalom Zone gymnasium in Tennessee. Built in 1950, the gym once served as an important gathering place for local youth before falling into disrepair after the school closed in 1970.

Working alongside nonprofit Gallatin Shalom Zone, DPR helped bring the historic space back to life. Volunteers and skilled tradespeople from DPR and its trade partners completed extensive upgrades, including new HVAC, lighting and electrical systems, as well as flooring, roofing and paint. With the gym restored, Gallatin Shalom Zone plans to double enrollment in its youth programs and introduce new sports leagues to keep children active and engaged year-round, while also preserving a cherished local landmark.

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BayCare Health System

BayCare Health System employees work together to serve patients in West Central FloridaCredit: Courtesy BayCare Health System

BayCare Health System is a not-for-profit academic health care system serving West Central Florida through 16 hospitals, including a children’s hospital and more than 400 outpatient locations. It is the region’s largest provider of cardiac, behavioral health, and pediatric services, and its BayCare Medical Group is one of the area’s largest physician groups.

During the U.S. Marshals Service Operation Seminole Saber, an anti-trafficking effort that rescued vulnerable children, BayCare partnered with law enforcement to help transition 27 children who had been reported missing from abusive family situations or were connected to dangerous individuals. At St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital, each child was received through a private entrance into a private room, where specialized teams provided medical screenings, meals, showers, clean bedding and behavioral health care designed to create dignity and safety after trauma.

“We gave them this very nebulous concept — this is a law enforcement initiative, but we need health care support,” said Mario Price, the deputy U.S. marshal who led the effort. “The team at BayCare made it happen.”

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American Express

American Express employees run in the Corporate ChallengeCredit: Jason DeCrow for AMEX

American Express is a global payments and premium lifestyle brand powered by technology, serving consumers, small and medium-sized businesses and large corporations.

The company works to make conversations about mental health visible and normal. On World Mental Health Day, the company hosted a fireside chat with Tony Hawk, whose candor and empathy resonated deeply with employees. Dr. Charles Lattarulo, who leads the company’s Healthy Minds program, also regularly speaks directly to colleagues, including in one recent message about the importance of practicing empathy in everyday life: “Take 40 seconds a day to listen, share a kind word, an acknowledgment, an offer of support. It can be the highlight of someone’s day.”

In another moving example, two senior executive women and a leading oncologist spoke at a breast cancer awareness event where one leader reflected on sharing her diagnosis with her team years earlier: “I need you in a way I’ve never needed you before.” She later described the experience as a leadership lesson in letting go and trusting others to step up.

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Rocket Companies

Rocket Companies’ Rocket Classic pro golf tournament supports various charitiesCredit: Courtesy Rocket

Rocket Companies is a Detroit-based fintech platform company made up of personal finance and consumer technology brands including Rocket Mortgage, Rocket Homes, Rocket Close, Rocket Money and Rocket Loans. Its business spans home financing, real estate, personal finance and lending services.

The annual Rocket Classic golf tournament has amplified the company’s spirit of giving. AREA 313, a three-hole stretch that anchors fan activity and fundraising, is one of Rocket’s most distinctive philanthropic ideas. If a player scores a cumulative 3-1-3 across those holes during tournament play, Rocket triggers a $313,000 donation split between a charity chosen by the golfer and the Connect 313 Fund, which supports digital access in Detroit. Additional giving is built directly into the course: every 3 made on Hole 14 and Hole 16 results in a $2,500 donation to Changing the Course, while every hole-in-one on Hole 15 adds another $10,000.

The Rocket Classic has also supported youth organizations including College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program, which has helped more than 3,000 Detroit students access post-secondary education; and First Tee of Greater Detroit, which uses golf to teach life skills and values through sport and mentorship.

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks at an eventCredit: Courtesy NVIDIA

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 helped transform PC gaming, computer graphics, accelerated computing and modern AI. Today, it is a full-stack computing infrastructure company with data-center-scale offerings worldwide.

This year, the company says 100% of its global electricity consumption is powered by or matched with renewable energy. It also continues to emphasize energy efficiency across its products, reporting that its Blackwell Ultra GPUs are generally more than 50 times as energy efficient as traditional CPUs, while NVIDIA DPUs can reduce power consumption by 30% by offloading key data center functions.

Through Earth-2, its cloud platform for climate prediction, NVIDIA is using AI to support climate scientists and organizations working to better understand and respond to extreme weather. The company says Earth-2 delivers climate simulations 500 times faster and 10,000 times more energy efficiently than traditional models.

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Panda Restaurant Group Inc.

Panda Restaurant Group establishes Panda Cares Center of Hope at children’s hospitalsCredit: Courtesy Panda Restaurant Group

Panda Restaurant Group Inc. is a family-owned restaurant company best known for its Original Orange Chicken and its network of more than 2,600 restaurants nationwide.

In Panda restaurants, associates celebrate guest donations through the company’s “Your Change Makes a Difference” program by ringing what they call the Bell of Hope, a joyful sound that has come to symbolize something much larger than spare change. For one Panda Inn server in Pasadena, Calif., that meaning became profoundly personal when her 5-year-old daughter was treated for leukemia at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. There, the family found comfort in a Panda Cares Center of Hope, a space filled with books, art and room for children to simply be children. “Thirty minutes in that playroom brings her back to her vibrant self,” the associate shared.

Panda Cares Centers of Hope are designed to help youth heal, learn, play and thrive — in hospitals by offering therapeutic outlets, counseling and educational opportunities, and in after-school club settings by providing learning supplies, mentorship and high-yield academic experiences. In 2025, Panda opened 60 new Centers of Hope, bringing its total to 238 nationwide as it works toward a goal of 500 by 2030.

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Bank of America

Kids from age 6 to 18 participate in Bank of America’s Golf with Us programCredit: Courtesy Bank of America

Bank of America serves individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a broad range of financial products and services, as well as through retail financial centers, ATMs and digital banking.

At the Boston and Chicago Marathons, where Bank of America was a presenting partner, 700 employees volunteered during marathon weekend, and the company supported more than 160 official charities through a kickoff event designed to empower nonprofit partners.

Bank of America also widened its definition of sports access through Golf with Us, launched during the 2025 Masters Tournament. The program offered kids from ages 6 to 18 access to thousands of courses for $5 or less per round through a free one-year Youth on Course membership. In just over two months, it reached families in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Washington, D.C., with 86,585 new members already logging more than 45,000 rounds of golf.

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The Wonderful Company

Wonderful Company employees volunteer at a community food centerCredit: Courtesy The Wonderful Company

The Wonderful Company has a portfolio that spans agriculture, beverages, floral delivery, wine and logistics. Its brands include Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds, Wonderful Halos, FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Teleflora and JUSTIN, and it also operates the Wonderful Logistics Center.

Through its Wonderful Health & Wellness program, launched in 2015, the company offers free wraparound health services that include primary and urgent care, prescription medicines, therapy and connections to social services. Its five Wonderful Wellness Centers are staffed with full-time bilingual doctors, nurse practitioners, health and nutrition coaches and mental health professionals, and they provide medical visits to more than 10,000 employees and family members each year. To reach those living farther from care, Wonderful also operates a mobile health clinic and on-site health stations in plants and orchards that allow virtual visits with doctors.

One employee shared, “My husband was recently diagnosed with cancer. The health coverage has been a life saver for our family! Also, my direct manager and co-workers supported me as I worked from the hospital and hotel while staying to support my husband for treatment. The initial stay was six months. After that, it was monthly trips for approximately a year with follow-up visits on a scheduled basis. Without this support, I would not have been able to keep my job and wonderful benefits.”

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Cisco

Cisco employees team up to build at a construction siteCredit: Courtesy Cisco

Global technology company Cisco provides networking, collaboration, security and observability solutions that help customers connect and protect their organizations in the AI era.

After reaching its previous goal of positively impacting one billion lives, the company set a new ambition called 40 Communities, a 10-year effort to build tech-focused solutions that help 40 communities around the world become more connected and resilient. In December, it named Western North Carolina as its first community, building on the support already provided after Hurricane Helene.

Cisco also committed an initial $6 million to nonprofit partners Chief Cares and Asheville Regional Coalition for Home Repairs, work that will help build 100 homes for impacted families and support disaster home repairs for an estimated 110 low-income households.

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Target Corporation

Target employees volunteer for Habitat for HumanityCredit: Courtesy Target

U.S. retailer Target Corporation operates nearly 2,000 stores and more than 60 supply chain facilities across the country.

Target’s Giving Tuesday grant awards randomly select nearly 100 team members to distribute $2,000 grants to nonprofits of their choice. Six more employees who stood out for volunteerism later received $10,000 grants to donate to charities they cared about most. For Madison R. of Rockville, Md., that meant honoring her grandfather with a donation to the American Kidney Fund after his death from end-stage renal failure. “This donation in his honor only proves to me that he is always watching over us,” she shared. Judith M. of Allentown, Pa., used her grant to support the Burn Prevention Network’s summer camp for children with severe burn injuries, saying she was grateful to help kids “enjoy their summer the way I was able to enjoy mine growing up.”

“The ethos of bringing joy and connection to the everyday life of guests and the team really makes Target stand out as a company. Their commitment to fostering compassion and care is highlighted throughout training courses and the work environment,” an employee said. “The company also encourages the team to take part in supporting the community through volunteering and donations. Target always backs up their philosophy with real world actions.”

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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

Cheesecake Factory employees in the kitchenCredit: Courtesy The Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated began in 1978 with a single restaurant in Beverly Hills, Calif. Today, it owns and operates more than 300 restaurants across the United States and Canada under brands including The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, Flower Child and Grand Lux Cafe.

When wildfires hit the Los Angeles area, restaurant teams sprang into action to care for first responders: CCF Irvine hosted 20 firefighters, including an LA Fire Chief; CCF Pasadena fed 22 firefighters and prepared to-go meals for others still in the field; and CCF Sherman Oaks welcomed 25 firefighters who had traveled from Fresno to relieve exhausted crews. At a local event space, Southern California leaders learned first responders would be using the meeting room after them, so before leaving they arranged a display of cheesecakes for the group.

With the Support Center closed for a week because of a power outage and fire danger, the Thousand Oaks and Topanga restaurants opened their doors to displaced teammates, offering workspace, power, meals, and a sense of calm in the middle of uncertainty. One staff member said, “The Thousand Oaks staff were incredibly accommodating. They made me feel so welcome and at home. Being able to sit comfortably and focus while so much chaos and uncertainty surrounded us was such a sweet relief.”

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Accenture

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Accenture is a global professional services company that helps businesses, governments and organizations build digital capabilities, optimize operations, accelerate growth and improve citizen services.

At the company, care shows up as a long-term investment in opportunity. The clearest example is its apprenticeship program, launched in 2016 after the company looked to create a better path between people eager to work and the skills businesses urgently need.

One of the program’s most vivid proof points is Joshua Hawkins, who earned his high school diploma, worked minimum-wage jobs and kept wondering whether something more was possible. Years later, after becoming a father and taking part-time IT classes at the University of the District of Columbia, he found that chance through Accenture’s apprentice program.

His opportunity came through the new DC Tech Hub, where Accenture welcomed a cohort of 50 cybersecurity apprentices. Onstage at the hub’s launch, he summed up the stakes even more powerfully: “You didn’t just choose 50 apprentices. You made me, you just saved 50 lives.”

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Riot Games

Riot Games employees watching the Valorant Champions finals opening ceremonyCredit: Courtesy Riot Games

Since launching League of Legends in 2009, Riot Games has expanded its portfolio with VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra and Wild Rift. Its titles fuel global esports events such as the League of Legends World Championships, and its intellectual property now extends into music, comic books, and Arcane, its Emmy-winning animated series.

On the first night of the L.A. wildfires, Riot provided a generator to a local fire station that had lost power so firefighters could keep working, then turned its on-campus restaurant into a meal hub for first responders. Inside the company, leaders launched an emergency response plan for workers whose lives had been upended, including immediate financial stipends, emergency housing assistance and around-the-clock support resources. Employees who were not directly affected were encouraged to step away from work to volunteer, while a 2X match on employee giving helped Rioters raise $238,000 for relief organizations.

“Riot consistently overinvests in taking care of its employees,” a team member shared. “From things like ‘Riotling Day’ (a.k.a. Bring Your Kid to Work Day) where there was a full day of age-appropriate games, work demos, family activities, free food — to our Global Riot Conference a few years ago where they flew the entire company to Barcelona, Riot goes out of its way to ensure you can bring your full self to work.”

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Alston & Bird LLP

Alston & Bird employees hang out at a bonding event by painting gourdsCredit: Courtesy Alston and Bird LLP

Alston & Bird LLP is an international law firm with core practices in complex litigation, corporate, intellectual property and tax, as well as industry strengths in financial services, technology, health care, manufacturing, life sciences and energy.

When the Los Angeles wildfires upended the lives of attorneys and professional staff across the firm, leadership created the A&B Cares Fund within days to provide urgent financial relief to employees affected by disasters. The fund allows attorneys and staff across the firm to contribute voluntarily through payroll deduction or check, creating an internal safety net for colleagues navigating crisis. The fund can help cover expenses that insurance or FEMA may not address, including food, clothing, household essentials, property repairs, appliances, utility bills, evacuation and relocation costs and uncovered medical expenses.

One employee shared, “I plan to stay at the firm until retirement and know I will continue to learn and grow in my professional role and feel supported in my personal life as a mother, wife and friend.”

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Workiva

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Cloud technology company Workiva helps organizations simplify complex reporting and compliance work. Its connected, audit-ready platform enables customers to streamline processes, connect critical business data and teams and collaborate more effectively across existing workstreams.

At a sales and marketing kickoff in Las Vegas attended by more than 1,000 employees, the company partnered with Project 150 to build care packages for the local community. At its R&D conference in Chicago, more than 700 employees worked with Blessings in a Backpack, and at a June customer service conference, nearly 400 employees delivered care kits benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana.

“The commitment to serving local communities via giving back is my favorite part of working here,” said an employee. “Workiva does an incredible job of emphasizing giving back in a way I have not seen anywhere else! It makes me proud to work here.”

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Station Casinos, LLC

Station Casinos assists employees in their path to U.S. citizenshipCredit: Courtesy Station Casinos

Station Casinos, LLC is a Las Vegas-based developer and operator of gaming and entertainment destinations. Founded in 1976, the company operates 19 properties including resort casinos, neighborhood casinos, Wildfire properties and Seventy-Six Taverns.

The company employs a dedicated immigration manager who delivers guidance and assistance on immigration matters, including U.S. citizenship applications, citizenship preparation classes, lawful permanent resident (green card) renewals, employment authorization renewals, family-based petitions, fiancé petitions, immigrant visa petitions, adjustment of status applications and a variety of other immigration-related services. All resources are provided at no cost to team members and their immediate family members. To further support employees in their pursuit of citizenship, Station Casinos covers 100% of the government filing fees associated with U.S. citizenship applications. Over the past year, Station Casinos has assisted more than 250 employees and their family members and funded the citizenship application process for 49 team members.

For more than two decades, husband and wife Salvador Rodriguez Zaragoza and Maria Gallardo de Rodriguez have been dedicated members of the Station Casinos family. In September 2023, they took the meaningful step of pursuing their dream of becoming U.S. citizens through Station Casinos’ Citizenship Program.

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Scripps Health

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Scripps Health is a nonprofit, integrated healthcare delivery system based in San Diego that includes five hospital campuses, 30 outpatient centers and clinics, four emergency rooms and three urgent care sites.

In 2009, Eric Paredes, a healthy high school athlete with no known health conditions, died from an undetected heart condition. In response, his mother, Rhina Paredes, a Scripps RN, and her husband founded the Eric Paredes Save A Life Foundation to help prevent sudden cardiac arrest in young people. Since 2011, Scripps has provided more than $150,000 in funding to support the foundation’s free screenings and prevention initiatives, while roughly 100 Scripps volunteers each year — including physicians, nurses, sonographers and technicians — have given hundreds of volunteer hours to make those events possible. This year’s screening during Heart Month marked the foundation’s 70th free event and the screening of its 40,000th teen.

At one of those screenings 10 years ago, a Scripps physician detected that Carson Wells had Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition that put him at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. A cardiac ablation procedure corrected the problem, and today Carson is in nursing school and joined Scripps in 2024 as a transporter at Scripps Green. Carson said, “Knowing that both Rhina and Dr. Rogers worked at Scripps made a big impression, too, as it showed me the kind of people and care that come from this organization. That stuck with me as I grew up and eventually decided to pursue nursing.”

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Power Home Remodeling

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Full-service home remodeler Power Home Remodeling offers a full suite of exterior home products and services, with 20-plus locations across the United States.

Since 2011, the company says it has raised $10 million to help fund long-term cures and treatments for pediatric cancer with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Each of the company’s 23-plus territories is paired with an Alex’s Hero family, creating relationships that extend far beyond a fundraiser and, in some cases, have lasted more than a decade. In 2024, POWER raised more than $2.26 million, a record-breaking year that surpassed its goal. In 2025, on the very first day of its Summer of Alex’s program, employees raised more than $2.28 million.

“If I could pick one thing I love most about Power, it’s that we improve the lives of those around us, and it happens without selfish cause,” one employee said. “It’s a value I hold near and dear to my heart, and working at a place that simply wants to do the right thing because it’s the right thing is what has always made this home for me.”

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Everpure

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Everpure delivers a data storage platform that helps organizations store, manage and protect data. Its unified storage-as-a-service platform spans on-premises, cloud and hosted environments.

During Earth Week, employees around the globe took part in environmental service and education efforts. In the U.S., employees partnered with Planet Bee Foundation to learn about pollinators and build native bee homes. Teams in parks, waterways and city centers participated in cleanup events, including a Singapore team that removed about 80 kilograms of plastic and waste from the water and a Santa Clara team that cleared more than two tons of debris from the Guadalupe River.

“I like our willingness to disrupt the industry, and I like that we do care about our environmental footprint,” one employee said. “We have adopted an impact accounting methodology that allows us to measure our environmental impact at the product level. We work with the engineers to find new and better ways to reduce our impact.”

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Wellstar Health System

Wellstar Health employees serve patients in GeorgiaCredit: Courtesy Wellstar Health System

Wellstar Health System provides care through 11 hospitals, more than 325 medical office locations, 11 cancer centers, 91 rehabilitation centers, 35 imaging centers, 18 urgent care locations, five health parks, three hospice facilities and one retirement village. The nonprofit organization reinvests 100% of every dollar it makes into initiatives designed to create healthier communities.

When Hurricane Helene tore through Georgia, human resources analyst Jennifer Gapuuzan’s home was struck by four fallen trees. Wellstar helped provide gas for the family generator, meals from the cafeteria and a downtown hotel stay that offered stability for her family, including her oldest son, who is autistic and deaf in one ear. “The hotel was a lifesaver,” she said. “With my oldest son’s autism, routine is critical. Being in one place where we could cook meals and be together as a family made all the difference.” Gazupan added, “They’d tell us where to get meals, gas or other supplies. They communicated, organized and thought of everything so well.”

In the aftermath of the natural disasters, president and CEO Candice Saunders told employees, “If you’re struggling to recover from the impact of these hurricanes, please know that Wellstar is here for you — not just as an organization, but as a community.”

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Oath

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Estate planning firm Oath combines legal and financial services to deliver customized estate and financial plans.

Dream Oath, an employee care initiative built around the idea that people should not have to wait for “someday” to pursue what matters most to them, invites team members to reflect on the experiences, goals and acts of service that would make their lives richer. They can then share those dreams with the company, which wants to help make them possible.

The initiative became a lifeline for a team member facing more than $30,000 in legal fees from an extended divorce while also caring for her children. She felt isolated, overwhelmed, and unable to see a path forward. Oath stepped in and paid all of her legal fees, giving her and her children what the company described as a fresh start.

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Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.

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Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. builds premium homes and communities in 12 states and the District of Columbia, pairing the resources and leadership of a national organization with the local insight and long-standing community ties of its regional teams.

The company’s teams supported HomeAid projects in multiple states, including Arizona’s Paint-A-Thon for the House of Refuge and Seats & Feet drive for the homeless community. The Home Office and OCLA division helped raise $6,285 along with hundreds of diapers and wipes for the HomeAid Essentials Diaper Drive. In Colorado, team members packed 33,758 meals at Food Bank of the Rockies. In Charlotte, employees removed nearly 400 pounds of debris during two Adopt-a-Stream cleanups and helped raise $25,000 for cystic fibrosis research.

After a Charlotte-based colleague lost their home, car and most of their belongings during hurricane season, they were met not just with sympathy but with action: Coworkers arranged an Airbnb for 12 weeks while the family found longer-term housing, and team members stepped in with donated personal items and gift cards.

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Intuit Inc.

Intuit Inc. donates $20,000 to the Elite Formation Studio of DanceCredit: Courtesy Intuit

Through products including Credit Karma, TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mailchimp, and Intuit Enterprise Suite, technology company Intuit Inc. helps approximately 100 million customers worldwide manage money, grow businesses and make more confident financial decisions.

Intuit Academy offers free resources designed to help create a new generation of accountants and bookkeepers, with an emphasis on reaching underserved communities that stand to gain the most from access to training. After launching in 2023, the program saw a 316% rise in enrollments and a 242% rise in graduation rates, with nearly 200,000 people enrolled.

In addition, Intuit for Education provides students from middle school through college with access to free, hands-on personal and entrepreneurial finance learning — more than 150 hours of content, hundreds of videos and games and real-world simulations powered by Intuit products.

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David Weekley Homes

David Weekley Homes employees cut the ribbon for a new developmentCredit: Courtesy David Weekley Homes

David Weekley Homes designs, constructs, markets and sells new single-family homes, including attached housing, paired villas, duplexes and Central Living in-town homes.

“People who work here genuinely care about each other, and again that starts at the top,” one employee said. “I have rarely encountered a situation where someone isn’t willing to help. I am grateful to have found my career at DWH and extremely proud of it.”

One of David Weekley Homes’ biggest annual efforts, Build Month, mobilized Team Members to volunteer more than 2,570 hours to benefit more than 3,300 people, including partnerships with 14 local chapters of Sleep in Heavenly Peace to construct beds for people in need. In Atlanta, 44 team members and family members joined a Colon Cancer Coalition 5K in honor of a colleague who lost her life to colon cancer; in Phoenix, 40 packed 1,321 boxes of food at St. Mary’s Food Bank; in Raleigh, 35 built and organized toys for the Salvation Army Angel Tree program.

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Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Alcon Laboratories employees pack items for a community service eventCredit: Courtesy Alcon Laboratories

Alcon Laboratories, Inc. has been the global leader in eye care for more than 75 years. Associates worldwide serve patients in over 140 countries through a broad portfolio of surgical and vision care products designed to protect, enhance and restore sight.

Last year, the company invited 30 rising college sophomores to a four-day, in-person professional development experience at its Fort Worth, Texas, corporate office. Participants took part in workshops, networking, leadership development, a team case study and interviews for future internships; all were guaranteed an interview for a summer internship, and 13 students were hired for summer internship roles.

For Ikem O., an extern and computer engineering major at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the value of the experience was as much about belonging as it was about skill-building. “What I enjoyed the most about the externship experience was to build relationships with the management team,” he said. “It was a really nice platform to begin understanding what the Alcon culture was really like and really made me feel personally welcome.”

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Bell Bank

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Bell Bank provides personal and commercial banking, mortgage, wealth management, and insurance services. Its family- and employee-owned model shapes a culture built around service, long-term thinking and a belief that banking is ultimately about helping people and strengthening communities.

In Minnesota, Bell partnered with the Get Down Coffee Co. and the nonprofit Neighborhood Development Center on Get Down to Business, a shark-tank-style accelerator that gave three entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas and share $100,000 in unrestricted grants. Bell then helped extend that opportunity further, using its partnership with Minnesota United Football Club to spotlight entrepreneurial businesses during professional soccer matches attended by thousands.

Last year, Bell continued that effort by highlighting four entrepreneurial businesses and nonprofits at Minnesota United home games. The company also works with the club’s youth academy, helping young athletes build practical financial habits such as saving and credit-building.

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Jackson Healthcare

Jackson Healthcare workers give out food at a Meals by Grace eventCredit: Courtesy Jackson Healthcare

Through skilled labor, specialized staffing and technology, Jackson Healthcare supports healthcare systems, hospitals, and medical facilities of all sizes while connecting healthcare professionals with temporary, contract and permanent employment opportunities.

One Jackson Healthcare business has built a sustained partnership with Ilbissil Township Comprehensive School, a rural public school in Kenya outside Nairobi. What began as a single day of service — distributing school supplies, improving sanitation and teaching first aid — grew into a multi-year transformation. Working with local school leaders, the company funded repairs to roofs, windows, doors, floors and classrooms, then helped construct two new classrooms to accommodate rising enrollment. It also launched a community medical camp that provided hundreds of students and families with free health screenings, dental care, vaccinations and more.

Local leaders were involved in managing contractors and sourcing materials, creating jobs and helping ensure long-term impact. The project renewed community pride, increased enrollment and helped spur further investment from the Kenyan government and other nonprofits.

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Baptist Health South Florida

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Baptist Health South Florida is a healthcare system serving four counties and patients online through the Baptist Health PineApp. Across 12 hospitals and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices, it provides care ranging from primary care to advanced treatment through its cancer, cardiovascular, orthopedics and sports medicine and neuroscience institutes.

Through Baptist Health Innovations, employees and physicians are invited to turn ideas for medical devices, apps, therapies and other interventions into real-world solutions that improve the experiences of patients, caregivers and staff. To date, the program has produced 239 cumulative inventions disclosed, as well as one start-up company, four issued patents, $12.6 million in gifts and $4.8 million in cumulative licensing revenues that support Baptist Health’s not-for-profit mission.

“There’s a culture of caring here. I can trust my colleagues, peers and leaders to do the right thing for patients and employees,” an employee said. “It feels great to work with people who care about your well-being and growth.”

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Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health associates celebrate the company’s placement on the Fortune 100Credit: Courtesy Hackensack Meridian Health

Nonprofit organization Hackensack Meridian Health is the largest integrated network in New Jersey, offering a full range of medical services, research and patient care. It provides services that span ambulatory care, surgery, home health, long-term care, urgent care, physician practices, air medical transportation and more.

Venus Roman, an RN at Hackensack University Medical Center, helps lead the “First Thirty” program, which supports patients with substance use disorder during the fragile first month after discharge. One patient — hospitalized after a serious car accident while intoxicated — was someone Roman had seen before. She did not give up on him. She encouraged treatment, helped him get into rehab, and stayed connected to his path forward. More than a year later, he sent a letter that says everything about the impact of that persistence: “I am sober for 15 months because of her caring and kindness. She saved my life.”

Another employee said, “I care for our patients as if they were family, and this connection fuels my purpose at work. It inspires me to come in every day with a positive attitude and compassion that guides my interactions. This shared dedication creates an environment where everyone can thrive.”

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Brightview Senior Living

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Brightview Senior Living creates vibrant senior living communities where older adults can live their best lives in settings tailored to their needs. Its offerings include independent living, assisted living, enhanced care and Wellspring Village neighborhoods for residents living with dementia.

A cross-functional Sustainability Council now guides efforts around energy efficiency, renewable energy, and healthy living, while individual communities bring that work to life through composting programs, vegetable gardens maintained by residents and associates and Earth Day partnerships with local schools. At Brightview Mount Laurel, residents living with dementia grow herbs that are later used in the kitchen, turning sustainability into something tactile, purposeful, and deeply human.

“My experience working for this company has evolved and allowed for exceptional learning and growth,” one employee said. “Brightview distinguishes itself from other senior living providers by focusing on people, hospitality and internal growth.”

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AbbVie

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Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie focuses on discovering and delivering medicines and solutions for serious health issues today while addressing the medical challenges of tomorrow. Its work spans several key therapeutic areas, including immunology, oncology, neuroscience and eye care.

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In Chicagoland, AbbVie supports CommunityHealth, which brings care directly into neighborhoods where patients face steep barriers to access. CommunityHealth, a Chicago-based nonprofit, creates micro-clinics across the city that offer primary and specialty care, medications, lab testing, mental health services and health education at no charge to low-income, uninsured and underinsured adults. With support from the AbbVie Foundation, the organization opened its fourth microsite clinic in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

“Every year the company hosts a Week of Possibilities where employees around the world donate tens of thousands of volunteer hours to their areas within the span of that one week,” one employee said. “Additionally, AbbVie offers what I feel are unparalleled benefits to support parents like competitive maternity and paternity leave, benefits for breastfeeding mothers traveling for work, scholarships for kids of employees and access to a certain level of free mental health services every year.”

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CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike celebrates Employee Appreciation WeekCredit: Courtesy CrowdStrike

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike offers a cloud-native platform built to protect critical areas of enterprise risk, including endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Its Falcon platform uses real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence and enterprise telemetry to deliver detection, automated protection and remediation, threat hunting, and vulnerability observability.

Beyond supporting its own workforce, CrowdStrike is looking out for the next generation of cybersecurity talent. Through the NextGen Scholarship Program, it awarded ten $10,000 scholarships and eight $2,500 Junior College scholarships last year, then expanded the following cycle to include ten $10,000 scholarships and ten $2,500 scholarships for students pursuing junior college and certificate programs.

Its partnership with the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security also helped broaden access to cybersecurity education through a card game built around real-world scenarios and school visits led by employees, reaching more than 100,000 students with cybersecurity educational materials.

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Fortera Credit Union

Fortera Credit Union employees volunteer with Toys for TotsCredit: Courtesy Fotera Credit

Fortera Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative that offers checking and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, credit cards, wealth management and other affordable services.

After a Fortera member who had recently lost his wife and was facing serious health challenges was declined for a loan, team members realized the situation was far bigger than a financial transaction. They stayed in conversation, reached out for emergency assistance and worked through the Member Give Back Committee to provide funds for basic necessities. The support arrived on the member’s birthday, turning what could have been a moment of isolation into one of dignity and compassion.

In another case, a 92-year-old member living on a limited income while caring for his ailing wife was overwhelmed by an unexpected increase in his escrow account after learning that a tax freeze application had to be renewed annually. When Fortera’s Mortgage Department learned what had happened, it provided the full amount needed to cover the increase.

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The Progressive Corporation

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The Progressive Corporation provides insurance for personal and commercial autos and trucks, motorcycles, boats, recreational vehicles and homes.

Keys to Progress, Progressive’s veteran vehicle giveaway program, has given away more than 1,100 vehicles in total and contributed more than $2.4 million to support the program last year alone. One recipient was Eric H., who served at Camp Bucca in Umm Qasr, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After his service, Eric experienced homelessness, but later rebuilt his life and founded No Hero Left Behind, a grassroots organization dedicated to addressing veteran homelessness and supporting mental health and well-being in an effort to help prevent suicide. His vehicle was presented during a special giveaway event at the first-ever Progressive Field Day at Progressive Field in Cleveland.

At headquarters in Cleveland, Progressive partnered with Rust Belt Riders on a composting initiative that turns food scraps and catering leftovers into soil for local farmers and residents. Through another partnership, this one with PCs for People, Progressive distributed 841 devices across 200 cities and 830 households last year, impacting 2,107 individuals.

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Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc.

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Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc. designs and delivers solutions to electrify, automate and digitalize industries, buildings, homes and infrastructure through a mix of hardware, software and services.

The company has a partnership of more than 20 years with Habitat for Humanity and has contributed over $50 million globally, including approximately $3 million in products and funds last year alone. It has also given roughly $575,000 in cash and critical product donations for disaster relief in partnership with the American Red Cross and the Footprint Project. In addition, Schneider offers team-based service incentives such as a $5,000 community grant awarded when 10 or more employees volunteer together.

“I simply returned because I truly believe in SE’s mission and see it as not just a workplace, but a place where I can grow, contribute and build a long-term career,” said a returning employee. “I’m so proud to be a part of this great workplace and can genuinely see myself working here until retirement.”

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Hy-Vee, Inc.

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Hy-Vee, Inc. is a 95-year-old grocer operating more than 570 business units across nine Midwestern states. Its portfolio includes retail brands such as Dollar Fresh Market, Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh, Wall to Wall Wine and Spirits and Strack & Van Til Food Markets, while also extending into healthcare, supply chain operations and financial services.

Last year alone, the grocer provided nearly $70 million in community giving to local nonprofits across the Midwest. Its One Step program, launched in 2011, channels proceeds from everyday purchases into charitable causes and has helped fund 22.4 million meals globally, 100 million meals in the United States, 820,000 trees planted, 763 garden grants and 140 wells.

Through its 100 Million Meals Challenge with Feeding America — a 20-month effort powered by register roundups, online donations, food drives, supplier support and meal giveaway events — the company and its customers surpassed the 100 million meals milestone by the end of last year. Hy-Vee also donated more than 8.5 million pounds of recovered food and personal care items to local hunger-fighting organizations and has distributed 40,000 hams through its Hams for the Holidays initiative with Hormel Foods.

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Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe Systems Incorporated associates paint a mural in San Jose, CalifCredit: Courtesy Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems Incorporated empowers people and organizations to imagine, create, and bring digital experiences to life. Its products serve creators, students, small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations, and its employees help advance a mission rooted in responsible innovation and human-centered design.

Adobe’s annual “Season of Change” campaign helped raise $13.4 million in donations and matching gifts to support nonprofits around the world. Adobe’s Employee Community Fund tells a similar story of local engagement at scale. The initiative raised $6 million across 300 organizations in the communities surrounding the company’s 28 largest global offices.

“Adobe is an amazing place to work, and I feel honored to be a part of the Adobe Family,” shared an employee. “This sense of community is enhanced by our collective commitment to the purpose of our roles, particularly in supporting higher education. ... Working at Adobe means being part of a team that values integrity, collaboration, and excellence. We are consistently inspired by our mission and remain steadfast in our efforts to contribute positively to both the industry and society.”

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Fundwell

Fundwell employees give gifts to childrenCredit: Courtesy Fundwell

Fundwell helps small and midsize businesses access fast, flexible and transparent funding. The company matches businesses to capital solutions including lines of credit, term loans and revenue-based financing.

Its engineering and marketing teams are building the Happy Shop, a pro bono digital toy-shopping experience designed for hospitalized children. The platform allows young patients to browse curated inventory and order items directly to their hospital rooms.

“The culture at Fundwell is absolutely contagious,” said an employee. “It’s not only that we get to go to work knowing we truly make a difference in so many people’s lives, because we do, but also everyone’s joint commitment to our growth and future plans is incredible to see as well as be a part of.”

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Liberty Mutual Insurance

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Founded in 1912, Liberty Mutual Insurance offers products and services including personal auto and homeowners coverage, specialty lines, reinsurance, workers’ compensation, commercial auto, general liability, surety and commercial property.

Through Liberty Torchbearers, the company’s employee engagement initiative, workers are encouraged to support the causes that matter most to them through volunteering and matched giving — and participation rose 10% over the past year, reaching 58% of the global workforce. Give With Liberty saw employees donating $7.1 million to more than 7,400 organizations, and with company matching, including several 200% match periods, the total surpassed $17 million.

Employees also contributed more than 150,000 hours of service in the last year, from pro bono consulting for a youth homelessness organization to legal support for Project Citizenship. Liberty Mutual awarded 2,200 mini-grants of $500 each, directing $1.1 million to 1,763 nonprofit organizations chosen by employees. During Serve with Liberty, the company’s annual days of service, 40% of its global workforce participated, supporting more than 1,000 nonprofit partners through projects that ranged from planting and painting to coding and mock interviews.

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KPMG employees pack food at a community service eventCredit: Courtesy

KPMG LLP is a professional services firm that provides audit, tax, advisory and industry-focused services to help clients meet their business objectives.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, the firm built its campaign around the theme “Connections: We’re Better Together,” anchored by a streamed conversation featuring podcast host Mel Robbins and Sandy Torchia, Vice Chair of Talent and Culture. The event explored how connection — to self, loved ones, colleagues and community — can support mental health, and it was paired with guided meditation sessions and panels where employees shared personal experiences.

As one employee shared, “I think the firm has really invested in its employees’ mental health, understanding that the better we all are mentally, the more successful we can be as one team. They also acknowledge Mental Health Month with daily meditation, mental health guidance and special speaker events.”

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Aminad

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Aminad is a boutique consulting firm focused on helping federal agencies make realistic, lasting change. Its capabilities include performance improvement, business strategy and supply chain and acquisition optimization.

Every Aminad team member receives a hire donation when they join the company, and then another donation each year on their work anniversary to give to any nonprofit they choose. For his “Aminad-iversary,” team member Rob chose to support Phoenix Bikes, a nonprofit in Arlington, Va. that empowers young people through bicycle mechanics and community service. He was preparing to participate in the organization’s “Ride & Raise” fundraiser, and Aminad contributed to his ride, a gesture he described as especially meaningful.

“Our values are unique — kindness, humility, are generosity are not on any other consulting company’s website,” one employee said. “Companies love to talk about values, but I’ve never heard employees of another company mention how they are put into place.”

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RSM US employees paint a local high schoolCredit: Courtesy RSM US LLP

RSM US LLP is a digital firm that provides audit, tax and consulting services to middle-market businesses across the globe.

The RSM US Foundation provided more than $6.9 million in grants to organizations focused on youth and education last year. At the firm’s biennial owners’ meeting, that commitment to charity took visible form in a 5K run/walk along the Las Vegas Strip that raised $365,740 for nonprofits in local communities, with more than 1,100 owners, employees and family members participating.

These efforts underscore a broader philosophy articulated by chief talent officer Ty Beasley, who described stewardship as “leaving things better than you found them.”

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HPE associates pack snack bags for Open Door PantryCredit: Courtesy HPE

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. It helps companies connect, protect, analyze and act on their data and applications wherever they live in order to turn insights into outcomes.

Through its Star Point platform, employees can celebrate one another through e-cards, service-anniversary recognition, points, and cash rewards. Last year alone, 453,819 recognitions were sent and 89% of team members were recognized.

On Team Member Appreciation Day, HPE hosted in-person celebrations across company sites and virtual experiences designed around connection, volunteerism, and gratitude. More than 6,000 team members registered for 90 virtual experiences across three global regions, while 134 HPE sites hosted in-person events attended by more than 27,000 people. The company set a goal of sending 175,000 e-cards during the event and surpassed it with 197,000 — 50,000 more than the year before.

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AdventHealth

AdventHealth’s Care Crew puts together bags of snacksCredit: Courtesy Advent Health

AdventHealth is a connected network of care focused on helping people feel whole — body, mind and spirit. Team members serve millions annually through more than 2,000 sites of care, including hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, hospice centers and the AdventHealth app.

When Hurricanes Helene and Milton hit, AdventHealth activated its Team Member Care Fund and PTO Donation Program, raising more than $500,000 and then matching those contributions dollar for dollar to help affected employees secure food, clothing and emergency shelter. The organization also provided more than 35,000 gallons of gas to impacted team members after the storms.

“I do feel like everyone I work with AdventHealth is very kind, caring, and friendly with each other,” an employee said. “Everyone strives to make sure everyone feels welcomed and are given the best care possible. ... My coworkers have become more like family or some of my closest friends where we cheer each other on, or support each other through the difficult times. It’s hard to find an environment that is like this.”

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Home Genius Exteriors

Home Genius Exteriors works with Habitat for Humanity on the Roof Deployment ProjectCredit: Courtesy Home Genius Exteriors

Home Genius Exteriors specializes in roofing, siding, windows, doors, gutters, gutter guards and attic insulation. The company pairs its exterior services with strong warranties and an emphasis on communication and people-first care.

When Home Genius Exteriors replaced the roof of Harold, a 100-year-old WWII Navy veteran, employees traveled from across the country to stand with him for the project, turning what could have been a standard charitable effort into something more personal and profound. Harold’s words — “To be remembered… that means everything. I am a Genius. I am part of a Genius team” — became a rallying cry inside the company.

As an employee shared, “The work environment is captivating. I’ve been in this industry for 22 years and I have never seen anything like it. It filled a place in my heart that I didn’t know was empty. Since joining this company, my life has benefitted tremendously. This isn’t a job. This is home.”

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SailPoint

SailPoint gives $25,000 to the winner of its Shark Tank competitionCredit: Courtesy Sail Point

SailPoint helps organizations manage and secure access to applications and data for both human and digital identities.

Its “Shark Tank” Innovation competition invites employees to form teams, identify a customer problem, build a business case and pitch their ideas in person to senior leaders, including the CEO. The winning team receives $25,000 to split among members — and the idea is incorporated into the following year’s product roadmap.

The company also has an annual “Sailanthropitch” event as one of its most special traditions: Employees nominate charities they personally care about, pitch those causes to colleagues, and then the workforce live-votes on which organizations will receive donations from the company. “The culture here is truly welcoming and I feel a real sense of community with the people I work with,” one employee shared. “I truly feel this company cares about me as more than an employee and values me and my work.”

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Ultradent Products, Inc.

Ultradent employeesCredit: Courtesy Ultradent Products

Ultradent Products, Inc. is a global dental manufacturing company focused on improving oral health through science, creativity and education. For more than 45 years, the company has grown by bringing disciplines including chemistry, engineering, automation, robotics and marketing together in-house.

When two longtime employees, Maria and Pablo, faced Pablo’s terminal cancer diagnosis, coworkers organized bake sales and a GoFundMe campaign to help bring the couple’s children from South America to Utah. CEO Dirk Jeffs became personally involved, working with Human Resources and an immigration attorney to secure emergency visas. Their son arrived in time to say goodbye to his father, and their daughter reached Utah in time for the funeral.

“Ultradent truly lives its core value of care,” said one employee. “[It] also contributes a great deal to the community and to humanitarian causes ALL over the world, going the extra mile to secure products to donate if a dentist would like to plan a humanitarian trip, or if a humanitarian organization needs dental supplies.”

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Benco Dental

The Benco Dental team volunteers for its #GiveBack initiativeCredit: Courtesy Benco Dental

Benco Dental is a national, family-owned dental distributor that offers curated products, solutions, and services designed to help dental providers build stronger businesses and deliver better patient outcomes.

Last year, Benco’s Community Boosters committee dramatically expanded volunteer efforts across the U.S., increasing associate volunteer hours from 1,700 to 6,542. Associates gave their time to food banks, animal rescues and oral health education programs, while fundraising efforts generated $78,831.17 for United Way — an amount matched by the Benco Family Foundation. The foundation itself donates 5% of profits each year to charity, amounting to nearly $1 million, and provided 521,000 toothbrushes to people in need.

One employee shared, “Benco donates hours to associate emergency fund when an employee volunteers their time to community work. The sincere effort they put into giving back genuinely makes me proud to work for the company.”

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W.W. Grainger, Inc.

A W.W. Grainger associate participates in a community service eventCredit: Courtesy W.W. Grainger Inc.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. distributes maintenance, repair and operating products and services to businesses across North America.

Its signature partnership with YouthBuild Global directly supports 12 chapters in Grainger communities and serves more than 600 young people, helping them complete their high school education while receiving training in the skilled trades. Last year, Grainger team members assembled 500 toolkits so YouthBuild students could begin their professional lives with a starter set of tools in hand. Volunteers also led micro-mentoring workshops and hosted branch and distribution center tours across the country. At the company’s Lake Forest, Ill., headquarters, YouthBuild students took part in professional development and career exploration workshops, joined a panel discussion about career trajectories and participated in a “Building Resiliency” workshop aimed at helping them develop skills for long-term career growth.

Through North Chicago Community Partners, the company assembled and donated 3,000 educational literacy kits. It also collaborated with Camp Invention, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, to create in-person volunteer opportunities that help inspire future innovators through hands-on experiences. During Grainger Days, students from charitable partner organizations are invited to headquarters to tour departments and meet professionals at different stages of their careers.

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SCAN Health Plan

SCAN Health Employees work at their Senior Action Care Network eventCredit: Courtesy

SCAN Health Plan operates Medicare Advantage health plans serving nearly 300,000 members across Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas, along with four subsidiary medical groups that support seniors through the aging process. Since 1977, the organization has focused on helping seniors stay healthy and independent, while extending that mission through community services, investments, education, funding and volunteer opportunities.

After the devastating Southern California wildfires, the organization launched a Wildfire Relief Program and, within 24 hours, established a Community Relief Hub in the parking lot of its myPlace Health offices in downtown Los Angeles. Teams distributed water, non-perishable food, N95 masks, toiletries and phone chargers, while a mobile medical van provided basic health checks. SCAN’s Member Services team and case managers proactively identified more than 5,500 members in the fire zones and reached out with live assistance.

One team member said, “This is a very flexible and caring place. Everyone here cares about the company mission. I’ve never felt like our leaders are money driven, we’ve always put our seniors first and they advocate for us to do the right thing.”

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CarMax

CarMax employees volunteerCredit: Courtesy CarMax

Used auto retailer CarMax offers a personalized buying experience that lets customers choose how much of the process to complete online or in-store, along with delivery options including home delivery, express pickup and in-store appointments.

The companywide Walk or Run initiative, launched in 2024 and hosted twice each year, “caught on like wildfire,” said Chasity Miller, community relations senior manager. In May, during Military Appreciation Month, the walk benefited the Mission Continues, with more than 12,000 associates participating last year. In September, more than 7,800 associates joined a walk supporting the CarMax Associate Disaster Relief Fund, which helps employees facing disasters and other hardships.

“Something that really distinguishes CarMax is the openness and ability to access every community program, no matter where you are, what level you are, from day one,” says Miller.

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CHG Healthcare Services

CHG Healthcare employees during a company-wide community impact dayCredit: Courtesy CHG Healthcare Services

CHG Healthcare Services is a clinical workforce solutions partner that connects physicians, advanced practice providers and allied health professionals with healthcare organizations across the country. The company has also expanded to offer staffing, technology and advisory services across more than 130 specialties, helping healthcare organizations maintain access to care, reduce burnout and meet evolving patient demand.

On the company’s annual Community Impact Day, 3,300 employees across multiple states volunteered. At the Midvale Boys & Girls Club in Utah, one team built raised garden beds, filled them with soil and helped children plant their first vegetables. The garden fed families throughout the summer with tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers—and gave children a chance to learn pride, responsibility and care firsthand.

One employee returned from his honeymoon in Fiji with a simple request after learning that local schools needed gently used laptops for computer classrooms. Working with the IT team, he helped refurbish nearly 50 retired CHG laptops that otherwise might have been recycled or discarded. Employees cleaned, repaired, and shipped them across the islands.

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Kimley-Horn

Kimley-Horn holds its Roll for a Reason charity competitionCredit: Courtesy Kimley Horn

Engineering, planning and design consulting firm Kimley-Horn provides services that span everything from aviation and transportation to development services and environmental work.

Through the Kimley-Horn Foundation, the company donated more than $1,390,000 to community organizations, with more than $1 million of that total raised through Roll for a Reason, a firm-wide dice-roll competition that turns participation into philanthropy. At the outset, employees were each given the opportunity to allocate a $75 donation to Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America or Ronald McDonald House Charities. From there, top participants advanced through regional rounds for the chance to direct larger donations — ranging from $500 to $100,000 — to charities of their choice.

Altogether, the top rollers secured $445,000 for organizations including the National Autism Association of North Texas, Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina, the National Park Foundation and Paws with a Cause. The Foundation also responded to urgent disasters with targeted giving, including $60,000 to the American Red Cross following Hurricanes Helene and Milton and $25,000 to the California Fire Foundation in response to the California wildfires.

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Sheetz, Inc

Sheetz employees take part in the Sheetz for the Kidz initiativeCredit: Courtesy Sheetz

Convenience retailer Sheetz, Inc. serves two million customers a day with grocery items, fuel and a fully customizable made-to-order food and specialty beverage menu. The company operates more than 790 stores across seven states, 24/7/365, supported by store teams, distribution centers, Sheetz Bros. Kitchens and hybrid, virtual and on-site support staff.

Through its Made-to-Share program, developed in partnership with Feeding America, each Sheetz store donates more than 200 pounds of product every month, equal to 240 meals for people in need. Across the business, that adds up to more than 1.6 million meals a year. The effort includes fresh and pre-packaged items such as MTgo! meals, Sheetz Bros. Kitchen products, dairy and fresh fruit.

Since 1991, Sheetz’s support of Special Olympics has helped provide resources for more than 1,000,000 participants to compete. The company donates $2,500 locally at every new store opening, provides thousands of lunches for state-level competitions and invites customer participation through in-store collection boxes. Last year, total contributions to Special Olympics exceeded $1 million.

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Cascade Energy

The Cascade Energy team meets for a presentationCredit: Courtesy Cascade Energy

Cascade Energy works with utilities and industrial facilities across North America on sustainability, emissions reduction and energy savings goals. The industrial energy efficiency company specializes in program design and delivery, carbon tracking, consulting, engineering, energy management software and hands-on training.

Through its partnership with iUrbanTeen, Cascade volunteers have spent years helping young people explore engineering through real-world activities. At the HS STEM Summit last year, Cascade volunteers led middle and high school students through a tabletop wind turbine workshop, where students measured voltage with multimeters, calculated power and refined their designs as they went.

The previous summer, at iEngineer Camp at the University of Portland, volunteers helped students generate electricity, power LEDs and translate STEM ideas into something tangible and immediate.

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Live Nation Entertainment

Live Nation hosts a “Sober Nation” speaker eventCredit: Courtesy Live Nation Entertainment

Live Nation Entertainment’s businesses include Live Nation Concerts, Ticketmaster and Live Nation Sponsorship. The company’s core business spans promoting and producing live events, ticketing, venue operations and sponsorship.

Its School of Live learning and development center in Los Angeles has expanded career advancement opportunities, including leadership programs for mid-career employees, and the company recently broadened its global live and on-demand learning, professional development and coaching offerings.

Workers also receive an annual allotment of six free concert tickets and may request two free tickets to each Live Nation festival based on availability.

“Music and entertainment are central to the enjoyment of so many employees, which makes it fun working with so many great people,” said one employee. “Even for a large corporation, the community seems tight-knit and down-to-earth. Overall benefits are provided with a huge sense of inclusion and the thoughtful wellbeing of the employee. If tragedy ever struck, I know this company would take care of me better than almost all other companies out there.”

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ServiceNow

ServiceNow employees gather at a community eventCredit: Courtesy ServiceNow

ServiceNow’s technology connects people, processes, data and devices to help organizations across industries increase productivity and improve business outcomes.

Through RiseUp with ServiceNow, the company has helped more than four million people globally complete training and certification programs tied to in-demand roles. It has also committed $3 million to support talent development through nonprofit and academic partners across New York. Last year, it launched ServiceNow University, a free, on-demand learning platform open to everyone, not just employees, with more than 1,500 self-paced courses and workshops.

It is also investing in leadership and career development. Launchpad Academy engaged more than 1,500 participants globally last year with onboarding, applied learning modules, virtual courses and a program-wide hackathon, while Manager Excellence, launched in 2024, helped leaders build core capabilities, with 89% reporting satisfaction and 81% saying they had applied what they learned on the job.

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Ryan, LLC

Ryan, LLC associates volunteerCredit: Courtesy Ryan LLC

Ryan, LLC is a global tax services and software provider dedicated exclusively to business taxes. The company offers more than 100 global tax services, including software solutions to help clients identify tax recovery opportunities, minimize overpayment and free up capital to invest and grow.

Through its Dollars for Doers program, team members can earn a $250 donation from the Ryan Foundation to the charity of their choice for every 25 volunteer hours they log, with no cap on how often those hours can be redeemed. One employee who volunteers as a summer camp counselor for military children wrote, “All volunteers are active or retired MN Guard members, or their relatives and all campers are dependents of MN National Guard members. Because I volunteer, I log my hours …and Ryan sends a donation to camp for my hours worked.”

Another added, “Since the program began, I’ve logged over 275 hours with my son’s high school band. It makes me so happy, and other parents jealous, to know that everything I do to help earns the band money. It is such a fantastic benefit.”

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Cottage Health System

A Cottage Health System volunteer helps a kid at the Wheelchair Sports CampCredit: Courtesy Cottage Health System

Cottage Health provides advanced medical care to California’s Central Coast, with services including a Level 1 Trauma Center, Cottage Children’s Medical Center and pediatric outpatient centers, neuroscience and vascular care institutes, orthopedic and OB/GYN services, a rehabilitation hospital, urgent care centers, virtual care and residency programs.

At the annual Cottage Rehabilitation Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp at the University of California, Santa Barbara, campers ages 6 to 21 arrive from all over the state for five days of recreation, competition and connection. The camp is free for participants, removing a barrier that might otherwise keep families away. Last year, 66 volunteers — including Cottage staff and their children — helped create that experience, supporting activities that ranged from wheelchair basketball, rugby and tennis to fencing, SCUBA diving, a climbing wall, a zipline, a talent show and Family Day.

TThe Wheelchair Sports Camp is one of the most moving events because of the connection that takes place,” said Cottage Health president emeritus Ron Werft.

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Ally Financial Inc.

Ally Financial hosts a panelCredit: Courtesy Ally Financial

Ally Financial Inc. is a financial services company with the nation’s largest all-digital bank and an industry-leading auto financing business. The company serves millions of customers through deposits, securities brokerage and investment advisory services, as well as auto financing, insurance offerings and corporate finance solutions.

At Ally, caring for employees isn’t framed as a perk — it’s built into the company’s identity. Its long-standing GLP-1 medication coverage was strengthened with a new lifestyle modification program that helped more than 650 employees and family members improve health outcomes through coaching. Recently, Ally built on that approach with medical plan enhancements including expanded breast cancer screenings and targeted menopause and midlife support.

“We live by the creed that every employee is more than just their job. They’re people with personal and professional lives that are intertwined,” said Kathie Patterson, chief human resources and corporate citizenship officer. “Everything we do is in this ‘care factor’ from our recruitment efforts to our benefits and our purpose-driven company culture.”

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Symetra

Symetra volunteers pack produceCredit: Courtesy Symetra

Symetra offers retirement, life insurance and employee benefits products designed to help people and businesses achieve their financial goals. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., the 68-year-old company serves more than 2.3 million customers nationwide through a network of benefit consultants, financial institutions, independent financial professionals and insurance producers.

In 2024, Symetra launched Symetra Hope Inside in partnership with Operation Hope, committing $350,000 over the first three years of the program. The initiative is expected to reach more than 700 people in the Greater Hartford area with more than 2,000 financial education service touchpoints. Symetra also continued supporting a cohort of scholars at Morgan State University, reaching its full group of 25 students. That support extends beyond tuition and books to include wraparound services designed to help students stay on track to graduate in fields aligned with the industry.

“Symetra truly contributes to our communities and the causes we care about,” an employee said. “I have never worked for a company that puts so many resources into employee volunteering/supporting non-profits.”

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Humana

Humana holds a volunteering event for Community DayCredit: Courtesy Humana

Through Humana’s insurance services and CenterWell health care services, the company helps millions of people — including those with Medicare, Medicaid, military-related coverage, families and individuals — access the care and service they need, when they need it.

Its inaugural Community Day brought together thousands of employees for service projects designed to meet urgent community needs in tangible ways. Team members packed meals, cleaned public spaces and participated in wellness-focused activities that extended the company’s mission beyond the workplace. In Louisville, Ky., more than 6,000 employees participated, logging more than 10,000 volunteer hours, packing 1,029,876 meals and collaborating with more than 20 nonprofits and small businesses.

“I love the collaborative environment, I enjoy the supportive atmosphere where teamwork is valued, creating a strong connection with my colleagues,” one employee said. “The work-life balance is a game changer compared to my last company. I feel seen and love knowing that everyone here cares about employees’ wellness.”

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Guardant Health

A Guardant Health researcherCredit: Courtesy Guardant Health

Guardant Health develops blood tests that use a simple blood draw to help doctors uncover clues that can lead to earlier cancer detection and more informed treatment decisions.

In 2025, Guardant launched its Humanization program so employees without direct patient contact could hear from the people whose lives their work affects. More than 300 employees have participated in the virtual sessions, and one summed up the experience simply: “I understand why I work here now.”

The company has paired that emotional connection with hands-on service. Employee volunteers created 200 stuffed animals for children with cancer, built 1,700 hygiene kits for the Bay Area homeless community, assembled 1,000 learning kits for Girls in Science, and created 50 art cards for young cancer patients.

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American Savings Bank F.S.B.

American Savings Bank donates $25,000 to a local elementary schoolCredit: Courtesy American Savings Bank

American Savings Bank has served Hawaii’s businesses and communities since 1925, offering business and consumer banking, home loans, insurance and investments. ASB provides online banking and branch access across Hawaii, including evening, weekend and holiday hours.

During the devastating Maui wildfires, ASB moved quickly to support residents, businesses, customers and its own teammates. The company was among the first in Hawaii to contribute to Maui fire relief, donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross, Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong campaign and Maui United Way. Employees also joined a statewide vigil focused on emotional and spiritual healing and, for four consecutive Fridays, created cards with messages of encouragement, gratitude, and perseverance for Maui community members, first responders, and volunteers.

One employee said, “There are a lot of things that make this company a great place to work, but what I love most is the love for the community. I feel like ASB’s executives really want to make a difference in Hawaii and it makes me want to be a part of it.”

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Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

Lowe’s volunteers help in disaster relief after Hurricane Helene in Western North CarolinaCredit: Courtesy Lowes

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. grew from a small-town hardware store in North Carolina into one of the largest home improvement retailers in the world. The company serves homeowners, renters and pros, with a mission rooted in helping people improve their homes and businesses.

The Lowe’s Employee Relief Fund, created 25 years ago in response to Hurricane Floyd, combines employee donations with a company match program to help associates experiencing significant personal hardship. To date, it has helped more than 48,000 employees and distributed more than $58 million in funding.

After tornadoes in Tennessee destroyed the home of employee De Louthen, she turned to the fund for help she never expected to need. “My entire house was just about gone,” she said, recalling the devastation and the fear for her children’s lives. “I sleep a lot better knowing that I have a safe place to sleep. And when Lowe’s says they’re a family, they honestly and truly are.”

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Navy Federal Credit Union

Navy Federal Credit Union works closely with the United Service OrganizationCredit: Courtesy Navy Federal Credit Union

Navy Federal Credit Union serves more than 14.5 million members of the military and their families through operations centers in California, Florida and Virginia and more than 365 branches worldwide. The organization offers a full range of financial products and services, including savings and checking accounts, credit cards, loans, financial education and counseling, brokerage accounts, trust services, insurance and small business services.

Since becoming president and CEO in March 2024, Dietrich Kuhlmann has emphasized financial education, and Navy Federal recently launched a three-year partnership with the United Service Organizations focused on improving the financial health and well-being of service members and their families. Backed by a $9 million commitment, the partnership supports existing USO programs while also creating new signature initiatives tailored to the needs of America’s military community.

Kuhlmann joined USO leaders at the ribbon-cutting for the organization’s newest ship-based center aboard the USS Truman in Norfolk, Va. “Combining the strengths and shared commitments of our two institutions, Navy Federal Credit Union is thrilled to partner with the USO in such a tangible, meaningful way,” he said.

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Insmed

Insmed researchersCredit: Courtesy Insmed

Biopharmaceutical company Insmed focuses on delivering first- and best-in-class therapies for patients facing serious diseases. It is advancing a portfolio of approved and investigational medicines, with its most advanced programs in pulmonary and inflammatory conditions, while also investing in early-stage technologies spanning gene therapy, AI-driven protein engineering, protein manufacturing, RNA end-joining and synthetic rescue.

The company invested $500,000 in its Insmed Learning Institute, expanding the program to include 80 training sessions and a broader curriculum relevant across job functions and levels. Regular performance dialogue throughout the year helps employees receive continuous feedback; town halls keep employees connected to strategy and goals; and the Inspire Award program recognizes employees who go above and beyond in living the company’s values.

“Insmed is unlike any company I’ve ever worked at,” said one employee. “We treat people with respect and empower individuals to do their best work. The workforce is full of kind people, willing to go the extra mile to help each other out.”

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Mutual of Omaha

Mutual of Omaha employeesCredit: Courtesy Mutual of Omaha

Founded in 1909, Mutual of Omaha provides insurance and financial services products to individuals, businesses and groups across the United States.

The “Protect Our Planet” strategy combines sustainable operations, philanthropy, employee engagement and its long-running Wild Kingdom platform. A new 44-story headquarters under construction in Omaha reflects this commitment, with plans for LEED certification and a significantly reduced footprint — 900,000 fewer square feet than its current campus—to lower energy consumption and resource use.

Mutual of Omaha also invests directly in conservation, contributing more than $1 million last year to sustainability-focused programs. Partnerships with organizations such as Keep America Beautiful and the National Parks Foundation support conservation and education, while a $100,000 investment in a reforestation project helped plant one million trees. Employees are active participants in these efforts, engaging in park cleanups, tree plantings, and sustainability initiatives year-round.

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Abile Group

Abile Group employees and loved ones go to a luau at the owner’s homeCredit: Courtesy Abile Group

Abile Group is a woman-owned small business that provides consulting and technical services to the federal sector. The company supports more than 12 contracts across six agencies, specializing in performance and project management, systems engineering and integration, network and cyber engineering and audio and visual design.

Abile Group hosts regular happy hours, lunches and team-building gatherings, including a luau at the owner’s home in the Washington area and a social club event in St. Louis. Significant others and children are welcomed, helping the company live out what it calls the “Abile family” culture. Employees and their families also come together for hands-on efforts like decorating a tree for a local food bank initiative, blending celebration with community support in a way that feels distinctly personal.

“What truly sets Abile Group apart is our culture. From team-building events to community give-back opportunities, we create meaningful ways for people to connect and grow together,” said one employee. “At Abile Group, we are more than just part of the team, we are part of something built on trust, respect and shared success.”

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Roth Staffing Companies

Roth Staffing Companies associatesCredit: Courtesy Roth Staffing Companies

Through specialized business lines focused on administrative, finance and accounting, legal and technology talent, Roth Staffing Companies provides temporary, temporary-to-hire, contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire and large-scale workforce solutions.

One initiative, “Roth Food for Thought,” mobilizes coworkers across the country to volunteer hundreds of in-person hours at food banks, pantries and farms in support of Feeding America and local hunger-relief charities. Roth Staffing also invests in the next generation through its Roth Youth Scholarship, which awarded three scholarships to child dependents of coworkers who are full-time college or university students last year. Even onboarding carries a note of stewardship: Each new coworker has a tree planted in their name with the National Forest Foundation.

“This company is unique and special because they truly care about their employees, and about doing good things in the community,” an employee said. “Our purpose, promise, mission, vision and values all resonate with me and are taken very seriously.”

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Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Hyatt Hotels employees at the front deskCredit: Courtesy Hyatt

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a global hospitality company guided by its purpose “to care for people so they can be their best.” Its portfolio includes more than 1,450 hotels and all-inclusive properties in 79 countries across six continents.

In the Americas, Hyatt partnered with EZRA to offer individualized leadership coaching to hotel and office leaders, giving them access to internationally accredited coaches, flexible scheduling, and coaching in their preferred language. Since the program began in 2023, 181 leaders from Mexico, Canada, and the United States have participated.

For Michelle Tran, Director of Operations at Thompson Denver, the experience was transformative: Her coach, she said, “made the conversations very reflective and asked a lot of questions about my thought process and decision-making, enabling me to better understand the decisions that I was making.”

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Baird

Baird associates at Re:UnionCredit: Courtesy Baird

Founded in 1919, Baird is an international financial services firm that provides private wealth management, asset management, investment banking, capital markets and private equity services through offices in the United States and Europe.

At Re:Union, the firm gathers associates from more than 160 locations to deepen relationships and reinforce a shared sense of culture. The week included wellness activities such as yoga and step challenges, department sessions designed to build connection and a culminating celebration at Milwaukee’s Summerfest grounds that brought together more than 7,500 attendees for a night of music featuring Betty Who, Little Big Town, Train and Earth, Wind & Fire.

One employee described the event as proof that even at a large firm, “it is such a community here.” Another called the culture “otherworldly,” adding that “you can’t fake how happy, excited and proud the employees and their guests were to be part of such an amazing organization.”

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Toast, Inc.

Toast Inc. employees volunteer for a food bankCredit: Courtesy Toast Inc.

Toast, Inc. is a cloud-based, all-in-one digital technology platform built specifically for restaurants. Its software and financial technology solutions support point of sale, payments, operations, digital ordering and delivery, marketing and loyalty and team management across service models including dine-in, takeout, delivery, catering and retail.

Toast.org and ReFED entered into a $1 million partnership to accelerate food rescue solutions for restaurants, and they selected six grantees with pilot-ready ideas spanning prevention, recovery and recycling. Toast’s own Food Waste Reduction feature helps restaurants track food waste, identify patterns, optimize procurement and menu planning, and better understand cost of goods sold. The company also joined the NextGen Consortium, a collaboration aimed at advancing better alternatives to single-use foodservice packaging, while its packaging preferences feature gives guests more control over digital order packaging choices and helps reduce unwanted disposable waste.

In another example of product-led impact, Toast.org and third-party processing partner Forage launched a new feature that allows Toast retail customers to accept EBT SNAP benefits as a payment method — an innovation aimed at expanding access while helping restaurant and retail operators better serve their communities.

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Bright Horizons provides child care for familiesCredit: Courtesy Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is a global provider of child care and early education, back-up care and workplace education services. It operates more than 1,000 child care centers across the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, Australia and India and serves industries including healthcare, education, finance, consumer goods, and technology.

Its signature program Bright Spaces creates cheerful rooms inside nonprofit agencies serving children and families in crisis. These spaces are designed as welcoming hubs where children can play, families can gather and services can be delivered in an environment that feels warm and humane. Over the years, Bright Horizons has opened more than 450 Bright Spaces and invested more than $5 million in the effort. In the last year alone, the Foundation opened six new Bright Spaces and refurbished 12 more.

“Bright Horizons really cares about who you are as an individual and your wellbeing,” one employee said. “It truly makes a difference in my life and makes me even more motivated to give all I can to this company.”

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EY associates volunteer at a clean-upCredit: Courtesy EY

EY focuses on helping clients create value for people, society and the planet while building trust in capital markets. Its teams provide assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions services.

Through the EY-Earthwatch Ambassador program, employees join weeklong expeditions that support habitat protection, biodiversity conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources. Since 2009, EY has facilitated 56 Earthwatch expeditions and logged more than 35,000 volunteer hours.

One recent expedition took Carson, a consulting manager, to Sarasota, Fla., where he led a team working with scientists to track shark health and abundance. For Carson, the experience was transformative: “This trip opened my eyes to the often-dire conditions our marine ecosystems are in and how valuable research and thoughtful community action can be.”

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IHG Hotels & Resorts

IHG Hotels employees find community in affinity groupsCredit: Courtesy IHG

Global hospitality company IHG Hotels & Resorts owns a family of 20 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world’s largest hotel loyalty programs. It also has more than 6,000 open hotels in over 100 countries and more than 1,800 in its development pipeline.

Vignette Collection, IHG’s fastest-growing collection brand, announced a global partnership with the World Literacy Foundation to help support its mission of eradicating illiteracy by 2040. The partnership includes pop-up libraries and literacy programs hosted in neighborhoods near Vignette Collection hotels, with support set to benefit a school in Liverpool near the Halyard Liverpool and a hospital in Washington, D.C., near Yours Truly DC.

Tom Rowntree, vice president of luxury & lifestyle brands at IHG Hotels & Resorts, explained the effort this way: “Vignette Collection’s commitment to aid the remarkable work of the World Literacy Foundation is about giving people the tools to help reach their full potential.”

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NEW Health Program Associates

NEW Health Program Associates employeesCredit: Courtesy NEW Health Program Associates

NEW Health Program Associates has served its tri-county communities in Washington since 1978. Through eight locations, it integrates medical, dental, behavioral health and pharmacy services, offering care to all patients regardless of their ability to pay or insurance status.

This summer, NEW Health launched its 12-week “Bridging the Gap” workforce program, which gives participants paid, hands-on experience in four disciplines: dental sterilization technician, IT helpdesk intern, care coordinator I, and pharmacy assistant. Alongside the job experience, participants receive practical career development support, including resume-building workshops, mock interviews and workplace-readiness training.

Even outside formal programs, managers are encouraged to recognize potential others might overlook. For example, a NEW Health employee who applied for a janitorial role was quickly identified as capable of more. After only a few months, managers offered him a position as a pharmacy technician; he completed the certification at one of the highest rates in the company. For a man supporting a chronically ill wife and three children, that opportunity transformed not just a job title, but the trajectory of his family life.

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Cadence

Cadence researchersCredit: Courtesy Cadence

Cadence delivers software, hardware and IP that help turn design concepts into reality for customers building everything from chips and printed circuit boards to complete systems across industries, including hyperscale computing, 5G, automotive, mobile, aerospace, industrial, consumer and life sciences.

The company added support for midlife women’s health through Midi, giving employees, spouses, and domestic partners access to a virtual clinic for women 40+. It also continued Global Recharge Days, giving employees dedicated time to step back and reset.

“Cadence gives a ‘Recharge day’ about once a month to its employees, and this is such a unique concept that I haven’t heard or seen from any other companies,” one employee explained. “I greatly enjoy this benefit as it shows Cadence cares about its employees and encourages us to focus on having a work-life balance.”

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Dow

A Dow lab workerCredit: Courtesy DOW

Dow manufactures a broad range of advanced materials, including plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones, serving high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care.

The company recently adopted a skills-valued culture designed to build a more engaged, agile, and future-ready workforce. Skills are now mapped to job profiles and included in internal and external postings, and degree requirements are being removed for targeted roles to widen opportunity for candidates who have built experience in other ways. Dow is reinforcing that strategy through skill-focused goal setting and performance management and gig experiences that let employees develop new capabilities through temporary projects and assignments.

It also introduced the Dow Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program, allowing employees’ qualifying student loan repayments to count toward contributions to their Dow Savings Plan — a concrete way to help workers manage present financial obligations without sacrificing long-term retirement security.

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Sephora

Sephora employees participate in a Best Buddies Friendship WalkCredit: Courtesy Sephora

Beauty retailer Sephora operates more than 3,000 stores across 34 markets, alongside a world-class ecommerce site, and is known for its broad assortment of products, expert service and interactive shopping experience.

The company matches employee donations and volunteer time up to $5,000 per person annually. Last year, 2,000 employees volunteered a combined 11,600 hours. During Sephora Volunteer Month, participation rose 37 percent over the prior year, with more than 2,000 employees taking part. Among the standout efforts: 975 team members joined 44 Best Buddies Friendship Walks, raising $122,000. Across the country, environmental cleanup efforts led by employees collected more than 500 pounds of trash.

Over the last year, Sephora gave 60 employee-voted local nonprofits $10,000 grants, $8.8 million worth of products to 500,000 underserved women and girls and $1.41 million to the Rare Impact Fund to help expand access to mental health services and education for young people. The company also donated $8.7 million to a broad group of strategic nonprofit partners and celebrated six years of partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Inland Empire Health Plan

Inland Empire Health Plan at a breast cancer awareness eventCredit: Courtesy Inland Empire Health Plan

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), founded in 1996, serves more than 1.5 million residents across Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It is one of the largest Medi-Cal plans and the largest non-profit Medicare-Medicaid public plan in the country, coordinating medical, behavioral health and wellness services for low-income and working-class communities.

During its “Committed to Mission” Mission Week, employees were invited into daily themed activities centered on caring for self, serving others, creating and innovating, learning and growing and taking ownership. A Bingo-style engagement activity encouraged team members to participate in moments that renewed their physical and mental well-being, with the idea that people are best able to care for members when they themselves feel supported and recharged.

“Many of our team members not only live and work in the communities we serve, but also were previously IEHP members themselves,” explained one team member. “This lived experience gives them a profound understanding of our members’ situations, allowing them, as IEHP employees, to give back and maintain a vital connection of hope and health.”

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