Giving and volunteering
TI is committed to building stronger communities where we live and work around the world.
Building stronger communities
For decades, TI and the TI Foundation have worked to strengthen and improve the quality of life in our global site communities through well-considered and well-measured investments to improve the communities where we live and work, and engage TI employees through giving and volunteering programs.
Our employees and our retirees regularly give and volunteer to help solve local needs. Their voice and community mindedness are supported by the TI Foundation by matching their monetary contributions up to $30,000 and the value of their volunteer hours up to $1,000 per year.
Where we invest
We earmark our highest levels of philanthropic investment for education, followed by human services, racial equity and arts. We believe these are all critical to a thriving and fair community where people of diverse backgrounds and cultures want to live and work. The majority of our grants are made by invitation; unsolicited proposals generally are not considered. To learn more about eligibility, click here.
Education has been the top philanthropic priority for the TI Foundation for decades. One of the hallmarks of these investments has been grants to support local school districts where STEM learning needs are significant but opportunities are low.
In the U.S., we are focused on increasing the number of Black, Latinx and female high school graduates with strong math and science skills by increasing the number, effectiveness and retention of great K-12 STEM teachers and principals who are knowledgeable, capable, and passionate about leading all students to good STEM outcomes.
Outside of the U.S., we work on access to educational resources in TI’s international site communities.
We are focused on strengthen programs and services for critical needs among racially and economically marginalized populations. These efforts are broadly supported by TI employee and retiree donations, company sponsorships, and TI Foundation grants and matching gifts.
Further, we preserve emergency funds for site communities and employees devastated by natural or man-made disasters.
Outside of the U.S., we support relief efforts for our site communities and employees devastated by natural or man-made disasters, and invest in local needs based on recommendations from our site-based Community Involvement Teams.
We continue to make racial equity grants with the goal of furthering a sustainable path of racial equity in Dallas.
We support programs that dismantle barriers to racial equity, with an emphasis on police training and practices that reinforce accountability so that all people are policed equitably and our communities are safer places to live and work.
Outside of Dallas: Not considered
We partner with arts and cultural organizations that that make Dallas culturally inclusive and vibrant through multi-year grants to premier organizations that emphasize diversity in reach and programming, and through transformative grants to diverse groups that have the capability to become larger in reach and impact.
The TI Foundation has awarded grants to Dallas arts organizations, including Broadway Dallas, The Dallas Opera, and Dallas Theater Center, which are critically acclaimed and attract top artists and patrons to Dallas. These, as well as other funded organizations, continue to engage in meaningful diversity efforts that bring entertainment to a wider demographic of audiences and cultures.
Outside of Dallas: Not considered
Volunteering
Our employees are passionate about giving back and improving the quality of life in their communities. TI has more than 20 employee-led global community involvement teams and other civic-minded employees who work hard to solve local needs.
At nearly 278,000 hours of employee and retiree time donated, the number of hours spent volunteering increased from 2022 to a value of $8.8 million in 2023. In the U.S., the TI Foundation matches the value of employees’ volunteer hours up to $1,000 per year, which added nearly $460,000 of additional support for their favorite causes.
From helping refugees resettle into new homes to removing barriers to education for students, our employees are coming together to build stronger communities.