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DPR Foundation Awards Nearly $800,000 in Grants

Earlier this year, 22 organizations around the country received nearly $800,000 in grants from the DPR Foundation. DPR employees volunteer thousands of hours annually with these organizations, helping with facility renovations, youth career guidance and board service. Hands-on volunteer service multiplies the impact of the financial gifts, and helps DPR’s partner organizations advance their missions.

The DPR Foundation is a central component of DPR’s philanthropic vision of supporting under-resourced communities through facility construction and renovation; career and education guidance for youth; and support of operational capabilities for nonprofits. Organizations supported by the DPR Foundation focus on working with under-resourced youth to help them maximize their potential.

ATLANTA: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Brookhaven. Courtesy of Diane Shelton

Now in its ninth year of giving, the DPR Foundation has awarded $5.8 million to organizations across the country, with an average grant size of $35,000. The Foundation has developed lasting relationships with the organizations it serves, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Brookhaven. Since 2008, more than 75 DPR employees have volunteered at the Brookhaven Club, totaling over 4,000 hours. DPR volunteers have impacted over 3,800 young people who use the club’s after-school programs.

“It takes longtime partners like this to drive real change and, through our shared vision, we are working every day to help thousands of children reach their full potential,” said Missy Dugan, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. “DPR really cares about the future of our city and they show it at our clubs. Not only have they contributed significant funding over the years, but their leaders and employees have spent countless hours working with our kids and making our spaces more welcoming and inspiring.”

RICHMOND: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond. Courtesy of Diane Shelton

The DPR Foundation’s 2017 grants were awarded to the following organizations:

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Brookhaven (Atlanta, GA)
  • LifeWorks (Austin, TX)
  • Girls Inc. of Orange County (Costa Mesa, CA)
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX)
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties (Durham, NC)
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, Holthouse (Houston, TX)
  • Girls Inc. of Alameda County (Oakland, CA)
  • Playworks Northern California (Oakland, CA)
  • Children's Home Society, Perinatal Program (Orlando, FL)
  • Peninsula Bridge (Palo Alto, CA)
  • Future For KIDS (Phoenix, AZ)
  • New Pathways for Youth (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Playworks Arizona (Phoenix, AZ)
  • UMOM Leaders in Training (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond (Richmond, VA)
  • Boys & Girls Club of Placer County (Sacramento, CA)
  • WEAVE Charter School (Sacramento, CA)
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, La Colonia (San Diego, CA)
  • Food 4 Kids Backpack Program (San Diego, CA)
  • Seven Tepees (San Francisco, CA)
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa, Wilbert Davis (Tampa, FL)
  • Milagro Center (West Palm Beach, FL)
HOUSTON: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, Holthouse. Courtesy of Diane Shelton
BAY AREA: Girls Inc. of Alameda County. Courtesy of Diane Shelton
ORLANDO: Perinatal Program, Children's Home Society. Courtesy of Diane Shelton
TAMPA: Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa, Wilbert Davis. Courtesy of Diane Shelton
WEST PALM BEACH: The Milagro Center. Courtesy of Diane Shelton