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.


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, Washington
Arizona Centers for Comprehensive Education and Life Skills (ACCEL) Schools, Special education programs – Phoenix, Arizona
Alliance for Education – Seattle, Washington
American Legion Gerald C. Daniel Post 37 - Fernley, Nevada
American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis – Indianapolis, Indiana
American Red Cross of Cumberland Valley – Carlisle, Pennsylvania
American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula – Wilmington, Delaware
American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
American Red Cross, Greater Chattanooga Area – Chattanooga, Tennessee
American Red Cross, Bluegrass Chapter – Lexington, Kentucky
American Red Cross, Mid-Dakota Chapter – Minot, North Dakota
American Red Cross, North Central Region – Fargo, North Dakota
American Red Cross, Northern Nevada Chapter – Reno, Nevada
American Red Cross, Seattle/King County Chapter – Seattle, Washington
American Red Cross, Silicon Valley Chapter – San Jose, California
American Red Cross, Grand Canyon Chapter – Phoenix, Arizona
American Red Cross, West Virginia Region – Huntington, West Virginia
Art with Heart, Art therapy programs – Seattle, Washington
ArtsFund – Seattle, Washington
Bachman Academy for children with learning differences – McDonald, Tennessee
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound – Seattle, Washington
Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program – Beverly Hills, California
Books from Birth Foundation, Early childhood education – Nashville, Tennessee
Boys and Girls Club of Coffeyville – Coffeyville, Kansas
Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis – Indianapolis, Indiana
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix – Phoenix, Arizona
Camp Korey, Camp for children with serious and life-altering medical conditions – Carnation, Washington
The Caring Place Youth Development Center – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Center for Wooden Boats – Seattle, Washington
Central Area Motivation Program – Seattle, Washington
Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society – Calhoun, Tennessee
Child's Play Charity, Toys and games for children in hospitals – Seattle, Washington
Common Ground, Affordable housing development – Seattle, Washington
Communities in Schools – Seattle, Washington
Concerned Parents of Hazleton, Programs for English as a Second Language (ESL) students – Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Delaware KIDS Fund – New Castle, Delaware
Desert Mission Food Bank – Phoenix, Arizona
Emergency Feeding Program of Seattle and King County – Seattle, Washington
Estrella Youth Sports – Phoenix, Arizona
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance – Seattle, Washington
FareStart – Seattle, Washington
FC Lehigh Scholarship Programs – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Fernley Little League – Fernley, Nevada
Fernley Wadsworth Lions Club – Fernley, Nevada
Fernley Youth Football – Fernley, Nevada
Fogelsville Elementary School Read-A-Thon - Fogelsville, Pennsylvania
Food Bank of Delaware - Newark, Delaware
Food Bank of Northern Nevada – Reno, Nevada
Food Lifeline – Seattle, Washington
Friends of the Historic Truckee Canal – Fernley, Nevada
Gleaners Food Bank – Indianapolis, Indiana
Glen Forest School for children with learning differences – Columbia, South Carolina
Harvest Hope Food Bank – Columbia, South Carolina
Honor Flight Network Veterans Program – Columbia, South Carolina
HopeLink, Social Services – Seattle, Washington
Huntington Area Food Bank – Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington Boys and Girls Club – Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington Habitat for Humanity – Huntington, West Virginia
Hutson School for children with learning differences – Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana National Guard Relief Fund – Huntington, Indiana
Jordan Thomas Foundation, Services for children with traumatic injuries – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Kids Helping Kids Book Drive – Seattle, Washington
Lake Union Park – Seattle, Washington
Lebanon Little League – Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon Special School District, Special education services – Lebanon, Tennessee
Lex-Care, Inc., Diaper Donation Program – Lexington, Kentucky
Low Income Housing Institute – Seattle, Washington
Macungie Farmers Market – Macungie, Pennsylvania
Market Foundation, Social services programs – Seattle, Washington
Mercy Corps – Seattle, Washington
Millennium High School Band Booster Club - Goodyear, Arizona
Morningside Academy, Programs for students with learning differences – Seattle, Washington
Neighborhood House, Social services programs – Seattle, Washington
Northwest Harvest - Cherry Street Food Bank – Seattle, Washington
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project – Seattle, Washington
NPower Northwest, Technology services for nonprofits – Seattle, Washington
Operation Homefront of Arizona – Phoenix, Arizona
Operation Homefront, Tennessee/Kentucky Chapter – Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Operation Homefront of Washington State – Seattle, Washington
Orange Grove Center, Services for adults and children with developmental disabilities – Chattanooga, Tennessee
PATH, Global health programs – Seattle, Washington
Pawmetto Lifeline, Pet rescue and adoptions - Columbia, South Carolina
Parkland High School Baseball Booster Club - Allentown, Pennsylvania
Plymouth Housing Group – Seattle, Washington
Powerful Schools, Literacy programs – Seattle, Washington
Preston's March, Adaptive bicycles for children with special needs – Wilmington, Delaware
Rainier Scholars – Seattle, Washington
Rainier Valley Food Bank – Seattle, Washington
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington and Alaska – Seattle, Washington
The Salvation Army, Western Territory – Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation – Seattle, Washington
Seattle Children's Theatre – Seattle, Washington
Seattle Parks Foundation – Seattle, Washington
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee – Nashville, Tennessee
Social Venture Partners, Mentoring program for innovative non-profits – Seattle, Washington
Soldier's Best Friend – Phoenix, Arizona
South Lake Union Block Party – Seattle, Washington
South Mountain Little League – Phoenix, Arizona
St. Jude's Children Research Hospital - Memphis, Tennessee
Sumner Food Bank – Sumner, Washington
Sumner's Toy Box, Sumner Police Department – Sumner, Washington
Taylor County Middle School Backpack Program - Campbellsville, Kentucky
Technology Access Foundation, After-school programs for computer literacy – Seattle, Washington
Technology Alliance, Technology education and research – Seattle, Washington
Toys for Kids – Campbellsville, Kentucky
Treehouse, Programs for foster children – Seattle, Washington
University District Food Bank – Seattle, Washington
Upper Macungie Township Movies in the Park – Breinigsville, Pennsylvania
Upper Macungie Township Run/Walk for Parks – Breinigsville, Pennsylvania
Virginia Federation of Food Banks – Richmond, Virginia
WATCH D.O.G.S. Seattle Chapter, Anti-bullying - Seattle, Washington
Washington Global Health Alliance - Seattle, Washington
Washington Talking Book and Braille Library – Seattle, Washington
West Valley Arts Council – Phoenix, Arizona
Whitestown Fire Department – Whitestown, Indiana
Women's and Children's Alliance, Domestic abuse services – Boise, Idaho
YMCA of Central Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky
Youth in Focus – Seattle, Washington
YouthCare – Seattle, Washington
Zionsville Lions Park – Zionsville, Indiana