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The Coca‑Cola Foundation

The Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca‑Cola Company's philanthropic arm, The Coca‑Cola Foundation, aims to help address complex global challenges to leave a lasting impact in our communities.

The Foundation is working to support the local and global changemakers leaving a measurable and lasting impact in areas around the world where the company operates and where our employees live and work.   

Global Impact

In the last 40 years, The Coca‑Cola Foundation has awarded more than $1.7 billion in grants to support initiatives around the world. Our focus areas aim to address sustainable access to safe water, watershed conservation, recycling value chains, disaster preparedness and response, economic prosperity, and causes impacting our hometown community.

Global impact

Our approach

Philantropic Funding

We invest in transformative ideas and institutions through grants and impact investments.

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Our focus areas

System Expertise

We utilize the Coca‑Cola system's insights to help partners successfully implement projects.

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Collective Action

We build partnerships across organizations and geographies to help deliver impact at scale. 

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Our focus areas

The Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca‑Cola Foundation

We aim to help address complex global challenges to leave a lasting impact in our communities.


 

Human Rights

Human Rights
 

Respect for human rights is central to how we do business.
 

Local Impact

Local Impact
 

The Coca‑Cola system creates local jobs to make, distribute and sell our drinks that refresh local communities.

 

 

The Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca‑Cola Foundation

We aim to help address complex global challenges to leave a lasting impact in our communities.


 

Human Rights

Human Rights
 

Respect for human rights is central to how we do business.
 

Local Impact

Local Impact
 

The Coca‑Cola system creates local jobs to make, distribute and sell our drinks that refresh local communities.

 

 

The Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca‑Cola Foundation

We aim to help address complex global challenges to leave a lasting impact in our communities.


 

Human Rights

Human Rights
 

Respect for human rights is central to how we do business.
 

Local Impact

Local Impact
 

The Coca‑Cola system creates local jobs to make, distribute and sell our drinks that refresh local communities.

 

 

The Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca‑Cola Foundation

We aim to help address complex global challenges to leave a lasting impact in our communities.


 

Human Rights

Human Rights
 

Respect for human rights is central to how we do business.
 

Local Impact

Local Impact
 

The Coca‑Cola system creates local jobs to make, distribute and sell our drinks that refresh local communities.

 

 

The Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca‑Cola Foundation

We aim to help address complex global challenges to leave a lasting impact in our communities.


 

Human Rights

Human Rights
 

Respect for human rights is central to how we do business.
 

Local Impact

Local Impact
 

The Coca‑Cola system creates local jobs to make, distribute and sell our drinks that refresh local communities.

 

 

Sustainable access to safe water

Sustainable access to safe water

We invest in innovative infrastructure and local systems that help improve drinking water access to vulnerable, water-stressed communities.


 

Watershed conservation

Watershed
conservation

We protect vital freshwater ecosystems through nature-based solutions that help local communities adapt to drought and flooding.

Disaster preparedness and response

Disaster preparedness and response

We build community resilience through long-term readiness and provide immediate relief and essential supplies during disaster-related emergencies.

Recycling value chains

Recycling value chains

We invest in solutions and service models that help reduce plastic waste and stem the flow of plastic waste leakage into the environment. 
 


 

Economic prosperity

Economic prosperity

We provide small and medium-sized businesses with the skills needed to help grow their businesses and to drive job creation in local communities.
 

Employee giving

Employee giving

We amplify our people’s impact by matching donations and supporting volunteer efforts to strengthen charitable organizations across the United States.

Hometown (Atlanta)

Hometown (Atlanta)

We invest in social and economic programs to support an inclusive and thriving community. Our programs focus in education, youth development, arts and culture andcivic engagement.


 


 


 

Sustainable access to safe water

Sustainable access to safe water

We advance solutions and innovations that help improve drinking water access to those living in vulnerable communities in water-stressed regions.
 


 

Watershed conservation

Watershed
conservation

We protect vital freshwater ecosystems through nature-based solutions that help local communities adapt to drought and flooding.
 

Disaster preparedness and response

Disaster preparedness and response

To help communities prepare and respond to the impact of natural disasters, we invest in disaster readiness initiatives and provide funding for immediate relief efforts.

Recycling value chains

Recycling value chains

We invest in solutions and service models that help reduce plastic waste and stem the flow of plastic waste leakage into the environment. 

 


 

Economic prosperity

Economic prosperity

We provide small and medium-sized businesses with the skills needed to help grow their businesses and support workforce development to drive job creation in local communities.
 

Employee giving

Employee giving

We amplify our people’s impact by matching donations and supporting volunteer efforts to strengthen charitable organizations across the United States.

 

Hometown (Atlanta)

Hometown (Atlanta)

In our corporate hometown, Coca‑Cola is more than a presence—we’re a champion for education, youth development, arts and culture, the environment and local civic priorities. Our efforts focus on addressing community challenges to help build a thriving community. Because when our hometown grows stronger, so do the people who call it home.


 


 

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Grant proposals


The Coca‑Cola Foundation is committed to supporting communities across the world. Our giving is guided by a firm set of priorities. Out of respect for the time and resources of all our stakeholders, we do not accept unsolicited proposals for grants

Giving and financial statements


The Coca‑Cola Foundation awards over 200 grants per year.

 

 

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