Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Freeport-McMoRan’s Greenlee County, Arizona Community Investment Fund Awards $300,000 in Grants

Mar 8, 2019 7:00 AM ET
Campaign: Freeport-McMoRan: Communities & People

The Greenlee County Community Investment Fund (CIF) recently selected the recipients and awarded grants totaling $300,000 to local communities and non-profit organizations.

The Greenlee County CIF is overseen by a committee of community leaders assembled by the Freeport-McMoRan Community Partnership Panel, to identify and address community needs in health care, education, environment, economic development and transportation.

The CIF was established in 2011, as part of Freeport-McMoRan’s goal to empower communities to develop and identify projects that would help ensure their self-sufficiency beyond the presence of Freeport-McMoRan operations.

  • The Town of Clifton received $100,000 for upgrades to its wastewater treatment plant
  • The Duncan Unified School District received $100,000 for an agricultural land lab
  • Teledentistry Software and Organizational Capacity Building received $50,000 to provide dental care to schoolchildren
  • Local First Arizona received $50,000 for its Graham and Greenlee microloan project for small business growth

To learn more about how Freeport-McMoRan supports the communities in which it operates, please visit fcx.com and freeportinmycommunity.com.

Please see the 2017 Working Toward Sustainable Development Report for more information on all of their social, economic and environmental efforts.