Civic and community

ExxonMobil supports priorities of local communities adjacent to our facilities.  In 2008, contributions totaling almost $47.0 million were made directly to civic groups and community service organizations around the world.  Of this amount, more than $23.1 million benefited communities outside of the U.S.

We actively support programs addressing youth development around the world.  In the United States, the ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program provides college students with paid internships to nonprofit organizations and the ExxonMobil Green Team Summer Youth Program provides summer employment for high school youth.  In addition, we support the Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts, U.S.A., Boys and Girls Clubs of America, YMCA and YWCA.  In the Krasnodar Kray region of Russia, ExxonMobil completed funding for six youth centers for local at-risk youth and in Qatar, we continued our long-time support for the Al Shaffallah Center for Children with Special Needs.

In 2008, we provided more than $6.5 million toward disaster relief and recovery efforts in response to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast.  Our support included $2.25 million to the American Red Cross, $2.0 million to local United Way chapters in affected communities, $1.25 million to the Texas Disaster Relief Fund and $750,000 to the Salvation Army.  In response to devastating flooding in Cepu Indonesia, ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia provided $500,000 in disaster relief funding and worked with local governments in Indonesia to provide food, clean water, medicine and temporary shelter to thousands of affected residents.

Outside the United States, our community involvement extends well beyond philanthropy to job creation, support for local economies and businesses and development of community infrastructure.  In 2008, we provided more than $2.9 million for the construction of roads, electrical facilities and water supply and treatment plants in Nigerian communities.  In Sakhalin, Russia, we provided more than $2.3 million to upgrade local roads, bridges and other infrastructure.  In Kazakhstan, our share of community funding for gas, electric and water supply projects through TCO and Agip KCO joint venture projects totaled more than $7.4 million.

Through formal Volunteer Involvement Programs in many countries around the world, ExxonMobil encourages employees and retirees to contribute their time and talent to their communities.  In 2008, more than 24,900 ExxonMobil employees, retirees and their families donated more than 690,000 volunteer hours to more than 5,350 charitable organizations in 30 countries through company-sponsored programs.  In Angola, Esso employees and families volunteered over 1,100 hours to renovate orphanages, churches, public health facilities, community centers and remote schools.