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 [Social Impact & Volunteering](/CSR-News/social-impact-volunteering)

 # Investing in the Communities Around Dow

 


 

 Nov 22, 2023 11:35 AM ET

  

[Originally published in Dow's 2022 Progress Report](https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/science-and-sustainability/reporting.html)

**OUR APPROACH**

The communities where we do business are also the places our people call home. We are a stronger, more competitive company when our communities are strong and resilient. Across the globe, we are leveraging our people and partnerships to advance community-driven solutions through five strategic priority areas:

**Global Citizenship Priority Areas: How We Make an Impact**

**Advancing Sustainable Solutions**

Collaborating to address circularity, climate protection and resiliency

**Building Inclusive Communities**

Inspiring employee resource groups (ERGs) to tackle inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) needs and partnering to address systemic discrimination

**Developing Tomorrow’s Innovators**

Equipping a future and diverse science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) pipeline for the jobs of tomorrow

**Collaborating with Communities**

Taking action to help our communities in need

**Engaging Employees for Impact**

Promoting a positive employee experience and creating meaningful impact through service and volunteerism

**PROGRESS TOWARD COMMUNITY GOALS**

Together, Dow and the Dow Company Foundation strive to promote positive social change and address global challenges through strategic investments aligned with our global citizenship priorities, engaging our employees for impact, and partnering with global and local community organizations.

We measure our impact through reporting done by our grantees to True Impact, Dow’s third-party vendor, which calculates project outcomes using standardized models and indicators. True Impact uses a claim calculation to determine the portion of those impacts attributed to Dow.

**2022 Nonprofit Organization Outcomes**

**75,892** people benefited from increased access to community resources

**40,722** students achieved academic success

**20,917** people improved their health and well-being

**136,880** people gained access to safe, affirming and inclusive environments

**2016-2021 Social Impacts1**

- Dow supported the academic achievement of **1,219,650 students**
- Dow’s investments created, saved or strengthened **2,253 businesses**

1 Measured impacts are based on 36% of Dow’s total philanthropic investments since 2016 and include the best available data. As measurement coverage increases, accuracy and comprehensiveness will increase.

**2022 Social Impact Highlights**

**$37.3MM** Corporate + Foundation + in-kind invested

**52%** of Dow employees volunteered

**899** grants delivered to 685 partner organizations

[Read more](https://corporate.dow.com/content/dam/corp/documents/about/066-00432-01-2022-progress-report.pdf)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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