Milestones in Citizenship
One cannot effectively plan for the future without looking at our evolution and the lessons from the past. Dating back to 1999, this timeline outlines milestones in the citizenship field in areas including reporting, standards, human rights...

Action Points Solidarity Celebrates GE 90 Years in Brazil
GE celebrated 90 years of its operation in Brazil with the 90 Thousand campaign: Three ideas, 90,000 actions that benefited more than 100,000 people. This was the Company’s most ambitious social responsibility initiative in this country. It...

Action Points Education Improves Quality of Life
The Santa Fe area of Mexico City, in Mexico, is known for being an area of extreme contrasts, where the most important international and national corporations, including GE, are set up alongside large sectors of the population that are excluded from...

Action Points GE Receives ESR Distinctive
For the eighth consecutive year in Mexico, and for the second straight year in Brazil, GE received the Social Responsible Company (ESR for its initials in Spanish) Distinctive, which has been awarded for the past 10 years by the Mexican Center of...

Action Points 2010 City Success Stories
This year the Stamford Public School (SPS) district was awarded an additional $10.4 million, four-year grant, bringing the total support to $26.4 million. The additional support was given to build upon the district’s impressive improvement over...

Action Points Focus on Japan and Pakistan Disaster Relief
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes on March 11, followed by a deadly tsunami that slammed into the small island nation, leaving a huge swath of devastation in its wake. More than 10,000 people are dead, over...

Action Points Overview of Disaster Relief
When a disaster strikes, the GE family plays a critical role. GE and GE Foundation commit resources and employee support to assist the affected communities. GE Volunteers work through networks at the disaster site to organize local support and align...

Metrics Communities & Philanthropy Data
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The GE Foundation
GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of General Electric Company, works to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems. In coordination with its partners, GE Foundation supports U.S. and international education, developing health...

Employee Gift Matching
The GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program supports GE employees and retirees in their personal philanthropic efforts by matching individual contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations. This means when a GE employee or retiree donates $25 or...