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Community Involvement

To thrive, healthy businesses need healthy communities. DuPont improves the quality of life and enhances the vitality of the communities in which we operate by supporting community sustainability efforts. Sustainable communities recognize the interdependence of social progress, economic success and environmental excellence. Through financial contributions and the active volunteer participation of employees, DuPont provides support to programs and non-profit organizations that address one or more components of community sustainability.

Community Outreach
 
The DuPont charitable giving philosophy and how non-profit organizations can apply for contributions.

The DuPont Philosophy

DuPont is committed to improving the quality of life and enhancing the vitality of the communities in which it operates
throughout the world. Through financial contributions and the volunteer efforts of its employees,DuPont supports programs and organizations that address social progress, economic success and environmental excellence - all vital components of community sustainability.

Social Progress – Increasing access to opportunity; helping children, youth and families; fostering understanding among community members;
Economic Success – Revitalizing neighborhoods; helping people achieve self-sufficiency; enhancing the quality of life; and
Environmental Excellence – Providing leadership in enhancing and protecting the environment.

Programming Emphasis

Each year, DuPont contributes to numerous efforts that meet the needs of various groups and global communities where the company operates. Areas of support include:

Educational programs;
Culture & the arts;
Environmental initiatives;
Human & health service organizations; and
Civic & community activities.

Education Commitment
 
To sustain our growth, DuPont invests in science education and scientific research through a variety of programs
that range from kindergarten classrooms to college and university laboratories.
For example, our Elementary Science Initiative ensures science literacy
in communities where we operate. Our Higher Education Initiatives contribute to workforce preparation and link
DuPont scientists and engineers with colleagues in academic communities.

Our Education Mission

To sustain "The miracles of science®" by nurturing global collaborative research and science education.

The Center for Collaborative Research & Education

DuPont launched its commitment to science research and science education in 1918,
becoming the first corporation to award scholarships and fellowships to chemists at 48 colleges and universities
in the United States. Today, The Center for Collaborative Research & Education (CCRE) continues to facilitate
DuPont partnerships with universities and government laboratories worldwide; collaborates with DuPont Strategic Business Unit
s globally to deploy incomplete technologies and develop new revenue sources from intellectual property; and invests
in science education programs to ensure science literacy, workforce preparation and business and community sustainability.

Higher Education Partnerships

The grants to universities that DuPont initiated 1918 extend today to more than 200 colleges and universities worldwide, expanding DuPont access to leading-edge research and continuing our investment in the development of a highly skilled workforce and a scientifically literate citizenry. Higher Education Partnerships operate at both the undergraduate and the graduate level, with many initiatives focused on increased participation of underrepresented populations

K-16 Education

The DuPont Office of Education (OOE) works with educators, university faculty, the business community and local DuPont sites to prepare today's children for tomorrow's world. Our goal is to ensure that the next generation of citizens has a working knowledge of the unique method of science and a reasoned understanding of science as a domain of human knowledge. To that end, OOE is engaged in a variety of collaborative initiatives to bring inquiry-based science programs to communities where we operate,to nurture young Americans' interest in science and mathematics professions through national and international competitions,
to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities prepared for careers in science and mathematics, and
to safeguard the competence of our teachers of science and mathematics.

Our People
 
The mosaic of talent, creativity and backgrounds that is today's DuPont workforce,
and the guiding principles we use to help grow careers and community involvement.

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