Contribution Philosophy

While Millipore's products and business pursuits often make significant contributions to society, we believe we have an additional social responsibility to serve the public interest more directly through contributions to selected non-profit organizations and institutions.

We believe these contributions directly benefit not only the causes, communities and organizations that are the recipients of Millipore Foundation donations, but also Millipore's stockholders, employees and customers. Fulfilling our social obligation is in turn an investment in the future — the future of our business and the future of our communities in which we do business.

The Millipore Foundation recognizes that it cannot meet every request since there are so many groups and organizations in need of assistance. We want to focus our activities and resources on those areas in which we can make a significant impact; we seek to give to those organizations and institutions most closely connected to Millipore's goals and identity as a company, and to the Foundation's purpose. Toward that end, we have established some guidelines that serve as touchstones for our contributions.

Guidelines

Our contributions fund selected non-profit organizations and programs in education, bioscience research, and local community support. Our programs also encourage Millipore employee participation in charitable giving and volunteerism.
Our contributions are consistent with Millipore's presence in the community and are closely related to the community’s activities.
Our contributions are in amounts commensurate with available funds and desired results.
We take the initiative, when appropriate, to support new projects or new non-profit organizations, and sometimes seek to leverage additional support from other sources (by a challenge grant or otherwise).
We conduct periodic evaluations of the programs and projects we support; support of any program or project at one point in time does not guarantee continued support.
Although we coordinate all contributions centrally, we encourage Millipore site managers around the country to submit funding proposals that address the specific needs of their local communities.

Sustainability

Our commitment to environmental stewardship.

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