$5 million supports fitness, access to clean water, and educational initiatives

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forty-four community organizations around the world will receive a total of $6 million in grant awards from The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company. The grants, approved during the second quarter, support community initiatives aimed at improving education, fitness and nutrition programs, community recycling and access to clean water.

"We continue to support local initiatives around the world that are important to our consumers in their own communities," said Ingrid Saunders Jones, Senior Vice President, Global Community Connections for The Coca-Cola Company, and Chairperson of The Coca-Cola Foundation. "We believe our investment in these 44 community organizations will help people worldwide build stronger, healthier and sustainable communities."

Since the beginning of the year, The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded more than $38 million to 123 organizations. Of the $6 million allocated during the second quarter, approximately $5.4 million support the Foundation's community investment priorities, including:

• $1.9 million to healthy active living programs
• $1.6 million for water stewardship projects
• $1.5 million to educational initiatives

Approximately $1 million will support other local community priorities, such as recycling, youth development, arts and culture, and civic initiatives. Organizations receiving funding include:

Active Healthy Living

• 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc., "Improve the Well-Being of Youth through Physical Activity," United States, $100,000
• China Youth Care Foundation, "Balanced Diet/Active Living" China, $300,000
• Girls Inc. of Central Alabama, "Body by Me," United States, $13,000
• Hong Kong Rope Skipping Association, "Rope Skipping STAR Program," China, Hong Kong, $150,000
• Kids In Sports, "Girls in Recreation Leadership and Sports (GIRLS) Program," United States, $30,000
• Latvian Physicians Association, "Healthy, Balanced Diet," Latvia, $40,000
• Lino Kleizos labdaros ir paramos fondas, "Linas Kleiza Classroom," Lithuania, $25,000
• Mo.D.A.V.I. Onlus, "A Scuola InForma," Italy, "A School Nutrition Education Program," $500,000
• Pan American Health and Education Foundation, "Health and Wellness Promotion in Latin America," United States, $300,000
• Piedmont Park Conservancy, "Kids Get Active in Piedmont Park," United States, $30,000
• Save the Children, "School Health and Nutrition in Leogane," United States, $130,000
• SIEMACHA Association, "Juliada," Poland, $25,000
• Think Detroit Police Athletic League, Inc., "Soccer for Success," United States, $100,000
• Universal Media Service Agency, "Construction of four sports grounds in Almaty," Kazakhstan, $125,000
• Vive en Forma, "Vive en Forma (Get Fit for Life)," United States, $75,000

Water Stewardship

• Fundación para la Sostenibilidad y la Equidad (ALIARSE), "Water Vilgilants Program," Costa Rica, $30,000
• Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development, "Non-Conventional Water Resource Program," Malta, $800,000
• Universitat Jaume I, "Seawater Intrusion Recharging Coastal Aquifers with Regenerated Water," Spain, $143,000
• Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc., "No time to Waste: Keeping our River and Citizens Healthy," United States, $25,000
• World Wide Fund for Nature - Pakistan, "Ayubia National Park: Improving Sub-Watershed Management," Pakistan, $99,975
• World Wildlife Fund, Inc., "Great Barrier Reef Sustainable Freshwater Revitalization Project," United States, $500,000

Education

• 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc., "Project Success," United States, $50,000
• Agnes Scott College, "Developing Global Women Leaders," United States, $1 million-multiyear grant
• Ancora Foundation, "Vocational Studies Scholarship," Indonesia, $50,003
• Harvard Kennedy School - Center for Public Leadership, "Latino Leadership Initiative," United States, $75,000
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Inc., "Contribution to the City on the Hill," United States, $75,000
• National Academy Foundation, "Strengthening Work-based Learning Opportunities: Atlanta Pilot," United States, $25,000
• National Organization on Disability, "Wounded Warrior Careers Program," United States, $100,000
• Teach For America, Inc., "Accelerating the Movement to Close the Education Achievement Gap," United States, $50,000
• U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, Inc., "America's Best Asset: American Citizens - The 2020 U.S. Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy," United States, $100,000

Recycling

• Akyikat International Charity Foundation Public Foundation, "Water-Source of Life," Kyrgyzstan, $50,000
• Fundacion Galapagos Ecuador, "Coastal Clean-up" Ecuador, $20,000
• Junior League of Mexico City, IAP, "Reciclable Por Naturaleaza (Recycle for Nature) Program," Mexico, $100,000
• Kazakh Society of Nature Protection, "Cleaning River Banks and Lake Shores," Kazakhstan, $125,000
• Piedmont Park Conservancy, "Recycling in Piedmont Park," United States, $20,000

Youth Development

• Coca-Cola Australia Foundation: Beyond Empathy "Breaking Barriers,' LTD, Australia, $100,000
• Coca-Cola Australia Foundation: Clontarf Foundation, "Engaging Aboriginal Youth in Education," Australia, $100,000
• Jordan River Foundation, "Youth Summer Volunteer Program," Jordan, $79,612
• Tavis Smiley Foundation, "Building Healthy Leaders - Leadership," United States, $75,000

Community/Arts & Culture

• Children's Hospital Boston, "Global Pediatric Fellows Program," United States, $30,000
• Foundation Integration, "Football Without Limits," Poland, $35,000
• Georgia Center for Nonprofits, "Nonprofit University," United States, $25,000
• Kashf Foundation, "Building Economic Capabilities to Empower Women in Pakistan," Pakistan, $100,000
• United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, "2011-2012 Women's Leadership Council Match," United States, $100,000

About The Coca-Cola Foundation

The Coca-Cola Foundation has contributed more than $451 million in support of sustainable community initiatives worldwide. For more information about The Coca-Cola Foundation, please go to www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/foundation_coke.html.

The Coca-Cola Company

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