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8. Giving Back > The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, a separate entity from the Company, was established in 1985 through a donation of stock in Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. Its mission is to make the world a better place by empowering Ben & Jerry’s employees to use available resources to support and encourage organizations that are working towards eliminating the underlying causes of environmental and social problems. Its core areas of interest include economic and social justice, environmental stewardship, and peace through understanding in Vermont and other communities throughout the United States. Visit the website of Ben & Jerry’s Foundation. In 2005, the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a banner year of grant-making and a joyous party at the newly renovated historic Monitor Barn in Richmond, Vermont. Funding In 2005, the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation received $1,445,844 from Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., based on 2004 sales of the Company. This represents a 9.3% increase over the previous year. Employee-directed grantmaking Most of the grants awarded to nonprofit organizations by the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation each year are directed by Ben & Jerry’s employees. In 2005, these grants totaled $1,072,400. The U Fund The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation trustees make grants to organizations involved in education and activism around globalization and social justice from a special fund that was established when Unilever acquired Ben & Jerry’s in 2000. Learn more. Other grants Learn about the Plant Managers’ Discretionary funds and other small grants the Foundation makes. Community Action Teams Each of the Company’s Vermont sites (Waterbury, St. Albans, South Burlington) has an employee Community Action Team (CAT) that directs the energies of Ben & Jerry’s employees toward community improvement projects. In 2005, the Foundation initiated a Speaker Series at Ben & Jerry’s Central Support Office to highlight the work of Foundation grant recipients. The first in the series was a panel of representatives from the many organizations in Vermont’s Labor and Environmental Alliance, a group dedicated to holding Wal-Mart accountable to workers and towns in Vermont. 
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) The Student/Farmworker Alliance
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