In 1997 Starbucks chairman, president and ceo Howard Schultz established The Starbucks Foundation to support communities where Starbucks does business. The Foundation’s initial focus was on funding literacy programs in the U.S. and Canada. It has since grown to include supporting education and youth leadership in communities where Starbucks has stores, and social investments in countries where Starbucks buys coffee, tea and cocoa. To date, the Foundation has provided more than $22 million in grants to benefit communities around the world.
In 2008 The Starbucks Foundation began supporting young social entrepreneurs around the world.
Starbucks supports communities that produce coffee, tea and cocoa by investing in their social infrastructures.
We are committed to ensuring the mission of Ethos --- to help children around the world get clean drinking water.
In 2005 The Foundation pledged $5 million over five years to create the Starbucks China Education Project at Give2Asia.
Starbucks and the Foundation have committed $5 million over five years to assist in the relief, recovery and rebuilding of south Louisiana after hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
