![]() Amazon Disaster Relief: We’re using our logistics capabilities, inventory, and cloud technology to provide fast aid to communities affected by natural disasters.In addition to our delivery services, we’ve also donated 30 million meals in communities across the country. cities to deliver more than 23 million meals, using our logistics infrastructure to help families in need access healthy food – and we plan to deliver 12 million more meals this year alone. Community Delivery Program: We’ve partnered with food banks in 35 U.S.We’ve also provided immediate assistance to 55,000 students in our hometown communities by giving them warm clothes for the winter, food, and school supplies. We have plans to reach an additional 1 million students this year. Amazon Future Engineer: We’ve funded computer science curriculum for more than 600,000 students across over 5,000 schools-all in underserved communities.In one year alone, our investments have been able to increase the affordable housing stock in communities like Bellevue, Washington and Arlington, Virginia by at least 20%. ![]() ![]() These units will host more than 18,000 moderate- to low-income families, many of them with children. In just two years, we’ve provided funding to create more than 14,000 affordable homes-and we expect to build at least 6,000 more in the coming months. Housing Equity Fund: We’re investing $2 billion to build and preserve affordable housing in our hometown communities.The company will continue to support a wide range of other programs, including: Once AmazonSmile closes, charities will still be able to seek support from Amazon customers by creating their own wish lists. They will also be able to accrue additional donations until the program officially closes in February. The company will now “focus its philanthropic giving to programs with greater impact.”Īn email from Amazon sent to its customers enrolled in AmazonSmile on January 16, 2022, explained:Īmazon will be providing charities with a one-time donation equivalent to three months of what they earned in 2022 through the program. AmazonSmile is a service that allows Amazon customers to donate a portion of their purchase to various nonprofits shut down on February 20, 2023.
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