“Corporate Giving Trends in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region” Corporate Giving Trends in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region About this report The International Community Foundation, the Synergos Institute, Crossborder Business Associates, the Fundación Empresarial Sonorense, A.C. (FESAC), and El Paso Community Foundation undertook the study of charitable corporate giving along the border to provide an initial assessment of general levels of giving by Mexico’s maquiladora industry to better understand their philanthropic policies; to identify and describe specific cases of outstanding community participation by some maquiladoras; and to assess some of the outreach efforts of non- profit groups that are actively working with companies operating maquiladoras in the border region. For more information about the report contact: International Community Foundation 11300 Sorrento Valley Rd. Suite 115 San Diego, Ca 92121 P: 858-677-2913 F: 858-677-2918 E-mail:
[email protected] www.icfdn.org Acknowledgements We wish to thank the following individuals who gave of their time to review this study: Vivian Blair (Synergos- Mexico), Antonio Dabdoub Escobar (Nogales, Sonora), Irv Downing (Brownsville Community Foundation), Richard Feinberg (University of California, San Diego), Miguel Fernandez (FECHAC), James B. Gerber (San Diego State University), Cheryl Hammond (AT&T), Russ Jones (Yuma Community Foundation), Cathy Lavin (Sempra Energy), Mauricio Monroy (Deloitte & Touche), José Antonio del Pozo (Matamoros, Tamaulipas), and Paul Thompson (San Diego Foundation). We also wish to extend our sincere appreciation to the Ford Foundation, the International Community Foundation, El Paso Community Foundation, and Fundacion Empresarial Sonorense for underwriting this study. About The U.S. Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership (BPP) The BPP was formed in 2002 as a unique bi-national, cross-border collaboration of funders dedicated to improving the quality of life in low-income communities in the rapidly growing U.S.-Mexico border region.