Points of Light is an American non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia.
History
Points of Light Foundation was founded in 1990 by U.S. President George H.W. Bush.[1] In 2007, the foundation merged with Hands On Network.[2]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| George H.W. Bush | Founder[1:1] | President of the United States |
| Tom McDevitt | Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications[3] | Washington Times |
Funding
Corporate partners and donors include:[4][5]
- 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
- AARP
- Abbott Laboratories
- AbbVie
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals
- Activision
- Adidas
- AllState Foundation
- Altria
- American Express
- Aqua America
- Arizona Cardinals Football Club
- Assurant
- AT&T
- Atrium Health
- Bank of America
- Blackbaud
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Capital One
- Cardinal Health
- Citi
- Coca-Cola Company
- Comcast NBCUniversal
- Cox Enterprises
- CSAA Insurance Group
- Deloitte
- Dentons
- Dow
- Embassy of the State of Qatar in the United States
- Equitable Foundation
- FedEx
- Fidelity Investments
- Florida Blue
- General Mills
- General Motors
- Hasbro
- Hilton
- Home Depot Foundation
- KeyBank
- KPMG
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Mark Cuban Foundation
- McDonald's
- Mondelez
- National Basketball Association (NBA)
- New York Life Insurance Company
- NRS
- PepsiCo
- Pfizer
- PGA Tour
- Philadelphia Foundation
- Phillips 66
- Pitney Bowes
- Power Corporation of Canada
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Prudential
- Raytheon
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- S&P Global
- Southwest Airlines
- Starbucks
- Starr Foundation
- State Street
- Sterling Volunteers
- Target
- Tegna
- TisBest Philanthropy
- Toyota
- UBS
- United Health Group
- United Parcel Service (UPS)
- Universal Peace Federation
- U.S. Bank
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Volunteer Florida
- Walt Disney Company
- Wasserman Foundation
- Wells Fargo
External links
Perry, S. (2009, October 15). After Two Tough Years, New Points of Light Charity Emerges. Chronicle of Philanthropy. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012100751/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/After-Two-Tough-Years-New/173275 ↩︎ ↩︎
Edward, D. (2008). Getting to Yes: The Points of Light and Hands On Network Merger. RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, the University of Texas at Austin. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061145/http://www.rgkcenter.org/sites/default/files/file/research/gettingtoyes.pdf ↩︎
Rapada, E. (2016, April 22). Tom McDevitt Appointed as Chairman of UPF USA by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon. Sun Myung Moon, FFWPU and the Unification Church in Their Own Words. https://web.archive.org/web/20240323181852/https://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/McDevitt/McDevitt-160422.pdf ↩︎
Corporate Volunteering. Points of Light. Retrieved October 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221010022604/https://www.pointsoflight.org/for-corporations/ ↩︎
Points of Light: Annual Report 2021. Issuu. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221123221743/https://issuu.com/pointsoflight/docs/2022_annualreport2021_v3_singles/30 ↩︎
