Amazon in the Community

At Amazon, if we do our job right, our greatest contribution to the good of society will come from our core business activities: lowering prices, expanding selection, driving convenience, driving frustration-free packaging, creating Kindle, innovating in web services, and other initiatives we'll work hard on in the future.

We also contribute to the communities where our employees and customers live. Our contributions can be seen in many ways – through our donations to dozens of nonprofits across the United States, through the disaster relief campaigns that we host on our homepage, through our employees’ volunteer efforts, through the grants that we make to the writing community, and through the Amazon Web Services credits that we provide to educators.



The Charlestown Little League Dodgers stand with Jason H., a manager at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Jeffersonville, IN. Amazon recently donated to Charlestown Little League’s six t-ball teams. The donation also assists with maintenance of the baseball field.



First graders at Thornewilde Elementary School open boxes filled with Kindle Fire HD devices and $2,500 Kindle gift cards donated by Amazon Fulfillment to the Boone County School District.



Kentucky State Senator John Schickel and Boone County Judge Executive Gary Moore watch as first graders at Thornewilde Elementary School demonstrate Kindle Fire HD devices. Amazon Fulfillment donated devices to the Boone County School District to help the school district improve technology programs to assist students with learning differences.


Local Contributions
We support local and national nonprofits with cash and product donations, and we will continue to donate across the United States over the coming years. Recent contributions include:

1 Green Planet, Electronics and computer recycling - Seattle, WA
ACCEL Schools - Phoenix, AZ
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation – Los Angeles, CA
Alliance for Education – Seattle, WA
Altru Cancer Center - Grand Forks, ND
America SCORES – Seattle, WA
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Overnight lodging for cancer patients and their caregivers - Lexington, KY
American Legion Gerald C. Daniel Post 37 - Fernley, NV
American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis – Indianapolis, IN
American Red Cross of Cumberland Valley – Carlisle, PA
American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula – Wilmington, DE
American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley – Bethlehem, PA
American Red Cross, Greater Chattanooga Area – Chattanooga, TN
American Red Cross, Bluegrass Chapter – Lexington, KY
American Red Cross, Mid-Dakota Chapter – Minot, ND
American Red Cross, North Central Region – Fargo, ND
American Red Cross, Northern Nevada Chapter – Reno, NV
American Red Cross, Pioneer Chapter – Coffeyville, KS
American Red Cross, Seattle/King County Chapter – Seattle, WA
American Red Cross, Silicon Valley Chapter – San Jose, CA
American Red Cross, Grand Canyon Chapter – Phoenix, AZ
American Red Cross, Virginia Capitol Region - Richmond, VA
American Red Cross, West Virginia Region – Huntington, WV
Arizona Centers for Comprehensive Education and Life Skills (ACCEL) Schools, Special education programs – Phoenix, AZ
Art on the Fly Festival – Seattle, WA
Art with Heart, Art therapy programs – Seattle, WA
ArtsFund – Seattle, WA
Bachman Academy for children with learning differences – McDonald, TN
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America – Philadelphia, PA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound – Seattle, WA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass - Lexington, KY
Bluegrass Community Foundation - Lexington, KY
Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Lexington, KY
Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program – Beverly Hills, CA
Books from Birth Foundation, Early childhood education – Nashville, TN
Boys and Girls Clubs of Coffeyville – Coffeyville, KS
Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware
Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis – Indianapolis, IN
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix – Phoenix, AZ
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Bernardino, CA
Boys and Girls Clubs of Truckee Meadow - Reno, NV
Camp Korey, Camp for children with serious and life-altering medical conditions – Carnation, WA
The Caring Place Youth Development Center – Allentown, PA
Capitol Hill Clean Sweep – Seattle, WA
Cascade Drum Corps Northwest - Seattle, WA
Center for Wooden Boats – Seattle, WA
Centerstone - Seattle, WA
Central Area Motivation Program – Seattle, WA
Charity: Water - New York, NY
Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society – Calhoun, TN
Charlestown Indiana Little League - Jeffersonville, IN
Chattanooga Area Food Bank - Tennessee
Child's Play Charity, Toys and games for children in hospitals – Seattle, WA
Childhaven – Seattle, WA
Children of Bellevue Reach Out and Read - New York, NY
Civitan Club of Cleveland, HandiPark for children with disabilities - Cleveland, TN
Clarks Creek Elementary School - Plainfield, IN
Code.org - Seattle, WA
Code-to-Learn Foundation - Bethesda, MD
Common Ground, Affordable housing development – Seattle, WA
Community Violence Intervention Center - Grand Forks, ND
Communities in Schools – Seattle, WA
Concerned Parents of Hazleton, Programs for English as a Second Language (ESL) students – Hazleton, PA
Delaware KIDS Fund – New Castle, DE
Denise Louie Education Center, Early childhood education - Seattle, WA
Desert Mission Food Bank – Phoenix, AZ
Dress for Success - New York, NY
EdVenture Children's Museum - Columbia, SC
Ellen Hines Smith Girls' Home - Spartanburg, SC
Emergency Feeding Program of Seattle and King County – Seattle, WA
Equal Justice Works – Washington, DC
Estrella Youth Sports – Phoenix, AZ
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance – Seattle, WA
FamilyWorks Food Bank - Seattle, WA
FareStart – Seattle, WA
FC Lehigh Scholarship Programs – Allentown, PA
FeedMore - Richmond, VA
Fernley Little League – Fernley, NV
Fernley Wadsworth Lions Club – Fernley, NV
Fernley Youth Football League – Fernley, NV
Fiorenza's Food For Friends, Meals program - Chester County, PA
Fogelsville Elementary School Read-A-Thon - Fogelsville, PA
Food Bank at St. Mary's - Seattle, WA
Food Bank of Delaware - Newark, DE
Food Bank of Northern Nevada – Reno, NV
Food Lifeline – Seattle, WA
Foster School of Business - Seattle, WA
Friends of the Historic Truckee Canal – Fernley, NV
Girls Inc. of Chattanooga - Chattanooga, TN
Gleaners Food Bank – Indianapolis, IN
Glen Forest School for children with learning differences – Columbia, SC
Goodwill of the Upstate - Spartanburg, SC
Grand Forks Parks and Recreation Foundation, Scholarships for Kids - Grand Forks, ND
Habitat For Humanity - Hungtington, WV
Harvest Hope Food Bank – Columbia, SC
Hamilton County STEM High School - Chattanooga, TN
Helen's Hope Chest - Mesa, AZ
High Road School - Wilmington, DE
Hire America's Heroes - Redmond, WA
Hiring Our Heroes - Columbia, SC
Hoboken Charter School - New Jersey
Honor Flight Network Veterans Program – Columbia, SC
Hope Center, Emergency shelter, food and clothing for homeless people - Lexington, KY
HopeLink, Social Services – Seattle, WA
Huntington Area Food Bank – Huntington, WV
Huntington Boys and Girls Club – Huntington, WV
Huntington Habitat for Humanity – Huntington, WV
Hutson School for children with learning differences – Indianapolis, IN
Indiana National Guard Relief Fund – Huntington, IN
JazzEd - Seattle, WA
Jordan Thomas Foundation, Services for children with traumatic injuries – Chattanooga, TN
Kentucky School for the Deaf - Danville, KY
Kids Helping Kids Book Drive – Seattle, WA
Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) – Washington, DC
Lake Union Park – Seattle, WA
The Learning Center, Special education services - Lexington, KY
L'Arche Noah Sealth – Seattle, WA
Lebanon Little League – Lebanon, TN
Lebanon Special School District, Special education services – Lebanon, TN
Lex-Care, Inc., Diaper Donation Program – Lexington, KY
Low Income Housing Institute – Seattle, WA
Macungie Farmers Market – Macungie, PA
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska and Washington - Seattle, WA
Market Foundation, Social services programs – Seattle, WA
Manchester High School - Chesterfield County, VA
Mary's Place - Seattle, WA
Mercy Corps – Seattle, WA
Meredith Dunn School for students with learning difficulties - Louisville, KY
Millennium High School Band Booster Club - Goodyear, AZ
Morningside Academy, Programs for students with learning differences – Seattle, WA
Museum of History and Industry - Seattle, WA
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) – Washington, DC
Neighborhood House, Social services programs – Seattle, WA
Northwest Center Foundation, Services for children and adults with disabilities - Seattle, WA
Northwest Harvest - Cherry Street Food Bank – Seattle, WA
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project – Seattle, WA
Northwest Literacy Foundation – Seattle, WA
NPower Northwest, Technology services for nonprofits – Seattle, WA
Officer David S. Moore Scholarship Fund, Purdue Foundation - Indianapolis, IN
Operation Homefront of Arizona – Phoenix, AZ
Operation Homefront, Tennessee/Kentucky Chapter – Fort Campbell, KY
Operation Homefront of Washington State – Seattle, WA
Orange Grove Center, Services for adults and children with developmental disabilities – Chattanooga, TN
Pacific Science Center - Seattle, WA
Page Ahead - Seattle, WA
PATH, Global health programs – Seattle, WA
Pawmetto Lifeline, Pet rescue and adoptions - Columbia, SC
Parkland High School Baseball Booster Club - Allentown, PA
Plymouth Housing Group – Seattle, WA
Powerful Schools, Literacy programs – Seattle, WA
Preston's March, Adaptive bicycles for children with special needs – Wilmington, DE
Rainier Scholars – Seattle, WA
Rainier Valley Food Bank – Seattle, WA
Read to Succeed - Murfreesboro, Tenn
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington and Alaska – Seattle, WA
Rutherford County Food Bank - Murfreesboro, Tenn
Rutherford County School District - Murfreesboro, Tenn
San Bernardino Library Foundation - California
San Bernardino Operation Phoenix - San Bernardino, CA
The Salvation Army, Western Territory – Hazleton, PA
Seattle Aquarium - Seattle, WA
Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation – Seattle, WA
Seattle Children's Museum - Seattle, WA
Seattle Children's Theatre – Seattle, WA
Seattle Humane Society - Seattle, WA
Seattle Music Partners – Seattle, WA
Seattle Parks Foundation – Seattle, WA
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee – Nashville, TN
Shunpike – Seattle, WA
Social Venture Partners, Mentoring program for innovative non-profits – Seattle, WA
Soldier's Best Friend – Phoenix, AZ
South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind - Spartanburg, SC
South Carolina State Museum Foundation - Columbia, SC
South Lake Union Block Party – Seattle, WA
South Mountain Little League – Phoenix, AZ
Special Olympics Arizona - Phoenix, AZ
St. Joseph's Children's Home - Louisville, KY
St. Jude's Children Research Hospital - Memphis, TN
StandUp For Kids, Homeless youth programs - Seattle, WA
StolenYouth - Seattle, WA
Sumner Food Bank – Sumner, WA
Sumner's Toy Box, Sumner Police Department – Sumner, WA
Taylor County Schools, Special education services - Campbellsville, KY
Taylor County Middle School Backpack Program - Campbellsville, KY
Technology Access Foundation, After-school programs for computer literacy – Seattle, WA
Technology Alliance, Technology education and research – Seattle, WA
The First Tee of Chattanooga - Chattanooga, TN
The Learning Center - Lexington, KY
The Luzerne Project - Hazelton, PA
Toys for Kids – Campbellsville, KY
Toys for Tots - Tennessee
Treehouse, Programs for foster children – Seattle, WA
United Way of King County - Seattle, WA
University District Food Bank – Seattle, WA
Upper Macungie Township Movies in the Park – Breinigsville, PA
Upper Macungie Township Run/Walk for Parks – Breinigsville, PA
USO of South Carolina
Virginia Federation of Food Banks – Richmond, VA
WATCH D.O.G.S. Seattle Chapter, Anti-bullying - Seattle, WA
Walker Valley High School - Cleveland, TN
Washington Global Health Alliance - Seattle, WA
Washington State CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused and neglected children - Seattle, WA
Washington State Parks Foundation - Seattle, WA
Washington Talking Book and Braille Library – Seattle, WA
West Valley Arts Council – Phoenix, AZ
Whitestown Fire Department – Whitestown, IN
Whitestown Lions Park - Whitestown, IN
Wilson Central High School Band Boosters - Lebanon, TN
Woodford County High School Project Graduation Fund - Versailles, KY
Women's and Children's Alliance, Domestic abuse services – Boise, ID
YMCA of Central Kentucky – Lexington, KY
Young Urban Authors Program - Seattle, WA
Youth in Focus – Seattle, WA
YouthCare – Seattle, WA
Zionsville Lions Park – Zionsville, IN
Zionsville Little League - Zionsville, IN