SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES
At Hearst, social good connects us. The company supports diverse communities through content creation, nonprofit partnerships as well as colleague volunteering and charitable giving, which is matched dollar-for-dollar by Hearst. Below are a few examples of the ways in which Hearst’s units are paying it forward in their communities.
Hearst Gives Back
With the Hearst Gives Back platform, colleagues can explore, support and connect with the causes and 501(c)(3) organizations they care about to find ways to volunteer and receive a 100% match on charitable gifts up to $10,000 per colleague, per year. Donations to local United Way chapters and seven longtime partner organizations (Children’s Aid, City Harvest, Coalition for the Homeless, Hour Children, Hetrick Martin, God’s Love We Deliver and Legal Aid Society), are matched 1.5-to-1, with no match cap. Since 2021, $13.2 million has been donated through Hearst Gives Back to nearly 6,000 nonprofit organizations.
Hearst Gives Back
With the Hearst Gives Back platform, colleagues can explore, support and connect with the causes and 501(c)(3) organizations they care about to find ways to volunteer and receive a 100% match on charitable gifts up to $10,000 per colleague, per year. Donations to local United Way chapters and seven longtime partner organizations (Children’s Aid, City Harvest, Coalition for the Homeless, Hour Children, Hetrick Martin, God’s Love We Deliver and Legal Aid Society), are matched 1.5-to-1, with no match cap. Since 2021, $13.2 million has been donated through Hearst Gives Back to nearly 6,000 nonprofit organizations.
Hearst Television
In 2022, Hearst Television’s 33 stations hosted or supported more than 150 fundraising efforts for local community organizations totaling nearly $18 million. Group-wide fundraising and outreach highlights include: more than 147 fundraising and community awareness events and more than 100 hours of on-air time in telethons and other fundraising and community awareness events. In 2023, Hearst Television was recognized with a Special Recognition in the Hearst Gives Back Service Awards for their good works.
In 2022, Hearst Television stations held 29 food drives that raised more than $3.4 million and gathered over 70,000 pounds food, the equivalent of more than three million meals.
Hearst Television stations partnered with nonprofits to conduct blood drives, collecting more than 1,282 pints of blood for more than 1,000 donors.
Highlights from Hearst Television stations include:
$3.4M raised by WBAL-TV with the Special Olympics Maryland
$1.6M rasied by KETV for "Do Good Days,” a station initiative to raise money for 600 charities throughout Omaha, Nebraska
$1.4M raised by WESH-TV for Project CommUNITY: Day of Giving, in partnership with United Way for Hurricane Ian Relief
$1M raised by KOCO-TV in a Food for Kids Campaign fundraiser in partnership with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
$261,000 raised by WLKY-TV for Eastern Kentucky Flood Victims in partnership with the American Red Cross
Hearst Magazines
Colleagues recorded 2,400 hours of volunteering in 2022.
Hearst Newspapers
The Houston Chronicle provides scholarships to local nursing students as part of its Salute To Nurses program and has done so for the past 21 years. The Houston Chronicle also sponsors events through trade and in-kind agreements which total over $400,000 annually.
San Antonio Express-News launched the San Antonio Lights program in 2021 to recognize individuals who inspire, motivate and lead in challenging times. In its second year, the program spotlighted 12 leaders in the education, non-profit, technology and medical fields, nominated by the San Antonio community.
San Antonio Express-News held food collections which resulted in 2,000 pounds of food donated to the San Antonio Food Bank; a Toys for Tots drive which gave 250 gifts to kids in underserved communities and supported the nearby Uvalde community during its 2022 United Way holiday drive, and made a donation of $50,000 on behalf of its subscribers.
Fitch Group
To support UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and their work in Ukraine, Fitch colleagues around the world participated in an international game of snakes and ladders, cycling, rowing, walking and running a total of 22,000 kilometers / 13,000 miles to raise more than $4,800.
Fitch partnered with The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) for a Diversity in Treasury program that offered free qualifications to Black and Asian students living in the UK and Europe. Forty scholarships were given for the Certificate in Treasury Fundamentals and 10 scholarships for the Certificate in Treasury qualification.
Hearst Transportation
Members of the Black Book team worked together at the Atlanta Community Food Back to help distribute food to those in need.
MOTOR arranged several trips cleaning up Detroit’s lovely Belle Isle Park.
On the day of their holiday party, members of the Black Book team came out in force and volunteered at Helping Mamas Warehouse, a local organization helping to provide essentials to mothers and babies in need.
MOTOR organized several group volunteer projects to help clean up Boulan Park, and the Mayor of Troy, Michigan acknowledged the team’s efforts on social media.
MOTOR organized a number of group volunteer projects at the Forgotten Harvest Warehouse, including this one in December 2022, helping to fight hunger and food insecurity.
MOTOR employees worked to help transform blighted properties in Pontiac, Michigan, into interactive spaces focused on nature, sustainability, and environmental topics.
Members of the Black Book team volunteered for the Gwinnett Sheriff’s Office and Atlanta Community Food Bank Thanksgiving Food Giveaway this year.