bp foundation
A catastrophic flood recently devastated communities across Central Texas, which claimed many lives and caused tremendous destruction. The loss they’ve experienced is unimaginable.
During these tragic times, bp is committed to helping provide resources and support needed to recover from this disaster.
The bp foundation will contribute $50,000 to the American Red Cross Texas flood relief designation and an additional $50,000 to the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund through the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country. These donations aim to provide immediate assistance to emergency management and disaster response teams, as well as organizations involved in rescue, relief and recovery efforts across affected communities.
In addition, the bp foundation has pledged up to $100,000 to double-match employees’ personal donations to these organizations. This means every dollar given by bp employees will result in two dollars being contributed by the foundation, furthering the support by bp and its employees.
Today, the bp foundation helps communities around the world through support of humanitarian relief assistance efforts and through the bp foundation Employee Matching Fund.
In 2023, bp's employees globally made significant personal contributions to charitable organizations worldwide, along with more than 31,000 volunteer hours, and the foundation delivered matching gifts of more than $6.5 million.
The bp foundation Employee Matching Fund
Enables eligible bp employees to request matching funds to eligible non-profit organizations to help grow the impact of employee volunteer time, charitable donations and participation in fundraising pledge events. The employee matching program enables employees to choose how they play their part in ensuring that communities benefit from bp's presence.
The bp foundation humanitarian relief efforts
Provides support for humanitarian relief efforts to areas in need and where bp has significant local employee and business presence. In 2024 the bp foundation supported humanitarian relief efforts around the globe including donations in the US to assist with hurricane and flood responses, in Brazil and Spain to help with devastating flooding and in Poland in response to severe storms.
The bp foundation also set up an employee double match appeal for donations made to approved organizations working on humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
About the bp foundation
The bp foundation was granted charitable status in 1953 and is recognized as a US 501(c)(3) tax exempt private foundation based in the United States. Since 1953, the bp foundation has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in global philanthropic support. The bp foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals.
The bp foundation governance
The bp foundation is governed by a board of directors representing bp businesses around the world, including officers representing the corporate secretary’s office, tax, treasury and legal. The business, property, and affairs of the foundation are managed and controlled by this board of directors, who also determine the bp foundation’s strategic direction, mission and donation strategy.
Board of directors
- Mary Streett (US), chairman/president
- Hans Boas (US), director
- Chan Boodhai (UK), director
Officers
- Tara Harrison, executive director
- Andy Zone, chief financial officer
- David Werman, general tax officer
- Donald L. Kettering, treasurer
- Nike Thorpe, secretary
Legal counsel
- John Phillippe