TI, the TI Foundation, employees and retirees continued to make strides in supporting education initiatives, arts and culture organizations as well as health and human services agencies with tangible success.
Corporate giving
TI continued making a significant community impact by granting $27 million from corporate funds to support numerous agencies, programs and charities. Of that amount, $12 million was earmarked to support the TI Foundation.
Additionally, TI gave $1.2 million of in-kind donations, including the donation of semiconductor manufacturing equipment for education and research to universities; the donation of semiconductors to the FIRST Robotics competition; the contribution of a DLP® projector and screen to the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas; and TI graphing calculators to 21 recipients of Jerry R. Junkins National Merit Scholarships.
Additionally, we updated and focused our corporate giving guidelines to channel company and employees' energies and resources for the greatest benefit to the community. The guidelines are designed to:
Engage more students in science, technology, engineering and math.
Improve the quality of life in TI plant site communities:
For arts and culture: sponsor premier arts and culture institutions that will boost the economic growth of cities where TI operates.
For health and human services: fund programs that address our communities’ greatest needs.
For civic and business: aid programs that have broad impact and align with our business priorities.
TI Foundation giving
The TI Foundation made $10.7 million in grants and matching gifts by year-end. The foundation’s top education priorities in 2010 were the training and development of existing teachers, retention of top teachers, and innovative teacher preparation programs.
Employee giving
TI employees generously donated almost $3 million in 2010 to support the United Way and other health and human services outreach programs, as well as $1.7 million to education and arts and culture organizations.
Looking Ahead
In 2011, TI plans to:
Improve our grants management software to make our processes easier and more efficient for both TI and the TI Foundation, and our nonprofit partners.
Improve the effectiveness of our employee giving programs by surveying employees to understand their opinions.
Expand support of TI’s United Way campaign to non-Dallas sites.
Continue shifting more resources to our highest priority: STEM student engagement.
Teacher effectiveness will be the TI Foundation’s highest priority in 2011, with continued focus on teacher training and development, retention and innovative preparation programs.
