In 2021, our Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund awarded 621 formal grants and 179 WAVES employee volunteer grants to our local communities in 23 states and four provinces. These grants added up to $4 million in support for important philanthropic causes and disaster relief in cities and towns where we work. Our businesses provided another $1.9 million in local sponsorships, research, product donations and volunteer time, bringing our total giving number to $5.9 million for the year.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES LEAD THE WAY
Donations are recommended by employees who serve on one of our 70 local Giving Fund advisory committees across the U.S. and Canada.
“Our local employees have their fingers on the pulse of their communities’ needs,” says Anne Leyva, who manages our giving programs. “Asking them to recommend where our dollars go is the best way to ensure our charitable donations have a direct and meaningful impact.”
Check out some of the highlights of our local charitable giving last year in these seven focus areas:
Affordable Housing Program Support
• Camden, Alabama: Blackbelt Housing Initiative
• Santa Clarita, California: Family Promise
• Sedalia, Colorado/Oakland, Oregon: Operation Tiny Home
• Starkville, Mississippi: Starkville Strong
• Beaverton, Oregon: NW Rebuild
• Moncks Corner, South Carolina: Habitat for Humanity
• Edson, Alberta: Edson Friendship Centre
• Charlotte, North Carolina: Community Link Programs
• Grande Prairie, Alberta: Wapiti Community Society
• Seattle, Washington: Plymouth Housing Group
Education and Youth Development Program Support
• Castleberry, Alabama: W3RTECH Inc.
• Ackerman, Mississippi: Choctaw County High School
• Columbia Falls, Montana: Code Girls United
• Idabel, Oklahoma: Kiamichi Technology Center
• Albany, Oregon: Boys and Girls Club of Albany
• Lynchburg, Virginia: Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Inc.
• Drayton Valley, Alberta: Drayton Valley Community Outreach School
• Stockton, California: Capital College & Career Academy
• Bar Harbor, Maine: Rural Aspirations Project
Environmental Stewardship Program Support
• Grayling, Michigan: Au Sable Trails Institute
• Apex, North Carolina: North Carolina Tree Farm Program
• Springfield, Oregon: Cascade Relief Team Inc.
• Grande Prairie, Alberta: Grovedale Agriculture Society
• Seattle, Washington: Islandwood
• Princeton, British Columbia: Upper Similkameen Indian Band
• Dierks, Arkansas: Mine Creek Conservation District
• Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation
• Idabel, Oklahoma: Little River Conservation District
• Salem, Oregon: Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation
Human Services Program Support
• Denver, Colorado: Team Rubicon
• Salem, Oregon: Marion Polk Food Share
• Dallas, Texas: Texas Ramp Project
• Charleston, West Virginia: Childrens Home Society
• Columbia Falls, Montana: Child Bridge
• Plymouth, North Carolina: Plymouth Food Pantry
• Eugene, Oregon: Center for Community Counseling
• Charleston, South Carolina: Charleston Orphan House
• Natchitoches, Louisiana: Women’s Resource Center
• Kenora, Ontario: Canadian Mental Health Association
• Edson, Alberta: LEAP Society for Children with Special Needs
Civic and Cultural Growth Program Support
• Millport, Alabama: Millport Volunteer Fire Department
• Hamburg, Arkansas: Hamburg Economic Development
• Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan: Hudson Bay Heritage Park
• Cottage Grove, Oregon: Cottage Theater
• Ariel, Washington: Lelooska Foundation
• Philadelphia, Mississippi: Philadelphia Police Department
• Zwolle, Louisiana: Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb
• Hot Springs, Arkansas: Park Avenue Community Association
• Vida, Oregon: Vida McKenzie Community Center
Workforce Development Program Support
• Seattle, Washington: YouthCare
• Emerson, Arkansas: Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund
• Dierks, Arkansas: Legacy Initiatives
• Centralia, Washington: Centralia Collage Foundation
• Richmond, Virginia: Northstar Academy
• Lebanon, Oregon: Boys and Girls Club
• Houston, Texas: Community Family Center
• Bruce, Mississippi: Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Support
• National Hispanic Institute Inc.
• Casa Latina
• Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
• Asian American Equal Opportunity Fund
• Easter Seals Foundation
• Dream Hunt Foundation Inc.
• Soul River Inc.
• American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program Inc.
• The Trevor Project Inc.
• Covenant House
• Girls Incorporated
• DART Domestic Abuse Resistance Team of Lincoln
• Girl Guides of Canada/Guides du Canada
• Vine Maple Place
• National Society of Black Engineers
• Black Girls Code Inc.
• Year Up Inc.
• 100 Black Men of America Inc.
• Indian Residential School Survivors’ Society
• Outland Youth Employment Program
INDUSTRY-RELATED GRANT SUPPORT
We also support many industry and company-level partnerships and sponsorships, including:
• American Forests: Forest-Climate Working Group
• American Forest Foundation: Driving Impact for Biodiversity on Family Forests
• Clemson University Foundation: Study on structural and aesthetic designs using wood
• Michigan State University: Expanding the MSU Forest Carbon and Climate Program
• NatureServe: At-risk species research associated with managed forests
• North Carolina State Natural Resources Foundation: High School Forestry Summer Camp focused on increasing awareness and recruitment diversity
• Society of American Foresters: Support the SAF Science Fund/Mollie Beattie Visiting Scholar Program
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc.: Raising awareness and increasing diversity in Green Careers
• Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: Climate Resiliency through Connectivity
• University of Washington: Mass timber research
DISASTER RELIEF
In 2021, we also supported multiple disaster relief efforts and provided grants to help provide relief in the aftermath of extreme winter weather and tornadoes in our operating areas.
Flood Relief in Princeton, British Columbia
• $100,000 to the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen
Hurricane Ida Relief
• $50,000 to the Albany Volunteer Fire Department, Albany, Louisiana
• $25,000 to Our Daily Bread of Tangipahoa, Hammond, Louisiana
• $25,000 to Northshore Food Bank, Covington, Louisiana
EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND
In 2021, the Employee Relief Fund disbursed $51,600 to 34 employees who suffered personal financial hardships caused by events such as hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, floods, military deployments and domestic violence. Donations from individual employees keep the fund going, with 100 percent going directly to Weyerhaeuser employees in need of assistance.
