Philanthropy

Local Philanthropy

Bayer's grant making in the Bay Area is supported by a company-wide commitment to playing an active role in our communities. Current Bay Area priorities include:

• Science Education: Improved science education is critical if we are to retain our worldwide lead in biotechnology and other sciences. Bayer is taking a leadership role with support to curriculum development and teacher training for grades K-12, in our colleges, and through post-doctorate programs. Our national Making Science Make Sense program puts Bayer volunteers into local classrooms and provides hands-on learning for budding scientists.
• Workforce Development: Initiated through the Development Agreement with Berkeley and now supported by foundations and biotech corporations throughout Northern California, Biotech Partners is a multi-faceted program that educates high school and community college students, many of them economically disadvantaged, for careers in biotechnology. To date, Bayer has hired more than 40 former Biotech Partners program participants who have excelled within the Bayer organization. Bayer seeks to expand this and other programs that prepare today's students for satisfying jobs.
• Community Programs: Bayer supports public schools, libraries, and local institutions that are crucial to healthy communities, including non-profits providing innovative or critical services. In our local grant making our focus is on collaborations and on leveraging our contributions to the maximum extent possible.
• Health Care: Bayer supports patient communities in our product areas, including hemophilia, multiple sclerosis and oncology.

In the Seattle area, Bayer is working to help grow the local biotechnology community and encourage science education programs.

Bayer Foundation Grants

Bayer believes strongly in the spirit of community, and we are dedicated to helping build strong communities where we live and work. The company supports programs that provide unique and enriching opportunities to people in our community. At the local level, Bayer makes donations to support non-profit organizations around the community including:

• Civic and Social Service Programs — programs which meet a community's or organization's basic needs
• Education and Workforce Development — helping to ensure that today's students are well prepared to be tomorrow's leaders and innovators
• Arts and Culture — programs designed to create future artists and arts patrons
• Health and Human Services — concentration on specific public health issues and areas of medical need where Bayer can make a difference

Local Bay Area organizations interested in applying for these grants should e-mail us at Trina.Ostrander@Bayer.com to receive more information. In the Seattle area, please e-mail Cathy.Keck.Anderson@Bayer.com.