Charitable Giving

ESCO Corporation proudly supports organizations that benefit the communities in which the company operates. Through employee volunteerism and direct corporate giving, ESCO shares its success by helping sustain educational institutions and non-profit organizations that specifically address education, hunger, homelessness and children at risk or in transition – causes that ESCO employees have identified as areas of primary focus for charitable giving.

Education

• K-12 programs that encourage underserved students to explore and succeed in literacy, math and the sciences.
• Secondary and post-secondary programs that provide
• hands-on learning in engineering, manufacturing, metallurgy and foundry skills.
• Primary, secondary and post-secondary programs that teach business and financial literacy and help students understand the
  success-in-school and success-at-work connections.
• Higher education institutions, programs and curricula in engineering, business administration, metallurgy and materials technology, manufacturing and international commerce.
• Non-profit organizations focused on assisting and supporting the above programs and institutions.

Hunger and Homelessness

• Food banks, pantries, shelters and meal providers whose programs are enhanced with self-improvement guidance and assistance (e.g., pre-natal care, job/skills training, child care, nutrition, dependency abatement, etc.)
• Organizations aimed specifically at helping immigrants become productive and self-sufficient U.S. citizens through ESL, job training and skills training programs.
• Job skills training for low and middle income individuals.
• Organizations and programs that increase the inventory of safe, accessible and affordable housing for low income individuals and encourage financial literacy and home ownership.

Children at Risk or in Transition

• Shelters aimed specifically at providing safe and accessible temporary housing for families in transition and/or children at risk. Particular emphasis on shelters that also provide residents with pre-natal care, job/skills training, child care, nutrition, dependency abatement, etc.
• Programs that meet basic needs – food, clothing, school supplies, etc. of children at risk.
• Child care and after-school children’s programs and supervision that allow parents or primary caretakers to work.
• Tutoring and mentoring programs aimed specifically at reducing drop-out rates and delinquency among school-age children and at minimizing achievement gaps.

ESCO Corporation prioritizes agencies whose programs maximize the impact of each dollar given, with conservatively managed administrative and fundraising expenses. Requests should demonstrate a grant’s impact on a minimum of 25 individuals. Requestors must be an educational institution or have a 501 (C) 3 tax ID number. The average ESCO grant is $2500.

ESCO’s Charitable Giving and Community Involvement Committee meets quarterly to review all grant requests that meet the above criteria. To apply, please complete a Charitable Giving Request form, and send or email it with all support documentation to:

jodi.walder@escocorp.com or

ESCO Corporation
2141 NW 25^th Ave
Portland, OR 97210
Attn: Charitable Giving/Jodi Walder-Biesanz