Youth Leadership Development & STEM Education Grants
H.B. Fuller Company Foundation Announces STEM Education and Youth Leadership Grants
This fall, the H.B. Fuller Company Foundation has awarded grants totaling over $120,000 to nonprofits and schools in the Twin Cities, for programs supporting STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math) and youth leadership development. Since 1986, H.B. Fuller has been supporting communities around the world where our employees live and work through the H.B. Fuller Company Foundation. Each year, H.B. Fuller gives approximately $1.5 million to support STEM education and youth leadership development, as well as other causes selected by employees.
The H.B. Fuller Company Foundation is supported by committees of employees who direct our grant making. Employees visit grantees to learn more about their innovative programming and the community issues they are addressing. We are proud to work with the following nonprofit partners to positively impact our communities.
STEM Education:
- Friends of the Mississippi River, to engage youth in environmental education and stewardship.
- Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers, for Minnesota MATHCOUNTS, a program that engages middle school students in math competitions.
- National Inventors Hall of Fame, to support summer camps to foster creativity and problem-solving skills through engaging STEM activities.
- PACER Center, Inc., for hands-on STEM programming for youth with disabilities.
- Somali American Parent Association, to support culturally specific STEM programming for girls.
Youth Leadership:
- Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, for cohort-based multicultural leadership programming.
- Augsburg College, to support the Minnesota Urban Debate League, which brings academic competitive debate to diverse students across the Twin Cities.
- Jefferson Awards Foundation, for service learning and leadership workshops and curricula.
Additional STEM education grants were made to eight local middle schools, to fund requests from teacher for supplies and equipment to implement innovative STEM programs and increase interest in STEM among middle-school students.
Grant-making is one of many ways that H.B. Fuller supports our communities around the world. Learn more about other our commitment to community by following #HBFullerCares on social media and by visiting www.hbfuller.com/community.
