GM Social Impact

GM's global social impact strategy promotes economic growth around the world. This strategy will advance STEM education, improve vehicle and road safety and build sustainable communities, with a special focus where GM has business units and employee presence around the world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GM Helps Accelerate Resident-Led Community Transformation Plan
General Motors, The Skillman Foundation and the Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance are collaborating to revitalize and strengthen the Cody Rouge community in Detroit. The groups will amplify collective strengths and capital – both human and financial – to achieve measureable positive change in the neighborhood, which recently announced a strategic, resident-led transformation plan.

Social Impact & Volunteering

GM Pilots STEM Camp for Elementary Students in Detroit’s Cody Rouge Community
More than 2,500 General Motors team members are putting on their gloves, work boots and safety glasses and returning to Detroit’s Cody Rouge community July 24-28 for the company’s annual week-long volunteer event.

Social Impact & Volunteering

GM Student Corps Celebrates 5 Years of Enhancing Communities and Changing Young Lives
Brittany Agee is well on her way toward achieving her dream of becoming a social worker. This summer, the former GM Student Corps high school intern — who’s now a junior at Alabama State University — is returning as a college intern and mentor to help other students see their potential.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

General Motors Recognized for $1 Million Contribution to the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program
The American Red Cross today recognized General Motors (GM), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, for supporting Red Cross disaster relief at home and around the world through the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) with an annual donation of $1 million.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GM Donates $1.7 Million Across U.S. Through Community Grants Program
In 2016, General Motors awarded $1.7 million to nonprofit organizations located in and serving General Motors communities across the U.S. through the company’s Community Grants Program.

Green Infrastructure

The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative Debuts America's First Agrihood
The Michigan Urban Farming Initative debuted America’s first sustainable urban agrihood in Detroit’s lower North End.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

OnStar Donates $400,000 to First Responders
Today OnStar celebrates its 20th anniversary by giving $20,000 each to 20 public safety personnel who experienced serious physical injury or hardship that impacted their ability to perform their jobs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mirage in the Middle of the City: Hear Out the Business Case for Supporting Social Causes
David Tulauskas, General Motors’ director of sustainability, recalls how recognizing a homeless person on his way to work underscored his belief that for businesses to thrive, the communities in which they operate need to flourish. There’s an interconnection of social impact and business value.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GM Foundation Invests $100,000 to Evaluate STEM Gains
The GM Foundation is supporting Earth Force, Inc. with a $100,000 investment to further advance the GM Global River Environmental Education Network (GM GREEN).

Social Impact & Volunteering

2,500 GM Employees Volunteer in Detroit’s Cody Rouge Community
It’ll be all hands (and arms and legs) on deck when 2,500 General Motors employees return to Detroit’s Cody Rouge community to volunteer the week of Aug. 15. Employees will donate their time and talent to board up vacant homes, clean empty lots, spruce up streets and tackle other neighborhood and school improvements.

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