National Grid has released its second annual Corporate Citizenship Report covering the company’s philanthropic and volunteer activities throughout its U.S. footprint from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.  During that period, the company and its employees supported 1,150 non-profit organisations in New England and New York with contributions totalling $5.64 million through its corporate citizenship programmes in the US.

2009 - 2010 Highlights

• We donated $5.64 million to 1,150 non-profit organisations;
• 43% of US employees contributed to the 2009 United Way Campaign, for a total of $3.4 million;
• National Grid and the National Grid Foundation donated a total of  $820,000 in heating fund relief to individuals throughout the Northeastern United States;
• $280,000 was donated to Haiti relief efforts by National Grid and its employees through employee and corporate donations and the company’s matching gifts programme;
• Engineering Our Future initiative was launched  to inspire youth to choose engineering as a career in an effort to address the shortage of technically trained talent;
• City Year’s Whole School, Whole Child programme received a three-year, $750,000 grant from National Grid to try to reverse the rise in the student drop out rate;
• National Grid formalised its volunteer programme in early 2009 and hired its first U.S. Director of Employee Volunteering;
• More than 1,200 employees participated in 23 projects across National Grid’s service region in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.