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, WA
Alliance for Education – Seattle, WA
Altru Cancer Center - Grand Forks, ND
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, 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 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
Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program – Beverly Hills, CA
Books from Birth Foundation, Early childhood education – Nashville, TN
Boys and Girls Club of Coffeyville – Coffeyville, KS
Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis – Indianapolis, IN
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix – Phoenix, AZ
Camp Korey, Camp for children with serious and life-altering medical conditions – Carnation, WA
The Caring Place Youth Development Center – Allentown, PA
Center for Wooden Boats – Seattle, WA
Central Area Motivation Program – Seattle, WA
Charity: Water - New York, NY
Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society – Calhoun, TN
Child's Play Charity, Toys and games for children in hospitals – Seattle, WA
Civitan Club of Cleveland, HandiPark for children with disabilities - Cleveland, TN
Common Ground, Affordable housing development – Seattle, WA
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
EdVenture Children's Museum - Columbia, SC
Emergency Feeding Program of Seattle and King County – Seattle, WA
Estrella Youth Sports – Phoenix, AZ
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance – Seattle, WA
FareStart – Seattle, WA
FC Lehigh Scholarship Programs – Allentown, PA
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
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
Grand Forks Parks and Recreation Foundation, Scholarships for Kids - Grand Forks, ND
Harvest Hope Food Bank – Columbia, SC
High Road School - Wilmington, DE
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
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
Lake Union Park – Seattle, WA
The Learning Center, Special education services - Lexington, KY
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
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
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
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
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
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington and Alaska – Seattle, WA
The Salvation Army, Western Territory – Hazleton, PA
Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation – Seattle, WA
Seattle Children's Theatre – Seattle, WA
Seattle Humane Society - Seattle, WA
Seattle Parks Foundation – Seattle, WA
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee – Nashville, TN
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
St. Jude's Children Research Hospital - Memphis, TN
StandUp For Kids, Homeless youth programs - 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
Toys for Kids – Campbellsville, KY
Treehouse, Programs for foster children – 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
Virginia Federation of Food Banks – Richmond, VA
WATCH D.O.G.S. Seattle Chapter, Anti-bullying - Seattle, WA
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
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
Youth in Focus – Seattle, WA
YouthCare – Seattle, WA
Zionsville Lions Park – Zionsville, IN