Macy's has strong partnerships with the United Negro College Fund, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, as part of our focus on programs for youth and education.

Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

United Negro College Fund

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Community Involvement in Education

Macy's supports education for all ages with community volunteers from our Partners in Time employee volunteer program, cause-related marketing such as our multi-million dollar Reading is Fundamental partnership, and generous grants from the Macy's Foundation.

Last year, Macy's, Inc. employees gave more than 30,000 hours of community service hours for educational projects and school partnership events. Our employees also help to drive our charitable giving through Macy's Matching Gifts program: A total of $8 million through both individual and corporate donations, a large percentage of which support schools. And there's also our Earning for Learning grants-for-schools program that has provided nearly $1 million to schools nationwide through tutoring and mentoring.

While educational support is high, Macy's Foundation, its employees and customers also support dozens of community causes through thousands of nonprofit organizations. Macy's believes that community involvement is the right thing to do – we're proud of our heritage of giving. Through all of our efforts in 2008 – company, Foundation, employees and customers – more than $76.6 million was raised for charities across the nation.