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Points of Light

Points of Light is an American non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia.

History

Points of Light Foundation was founded in 1990 by U.S. President George H.W. Bush.[1] In 2007, the foundation merged with Hands On Network.[2]

Organization

Name Position Notes
George H.W. Bush Founder[1:1] President of the United States
Tom McDevitt Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications[3] Washington Times

Funding

Corporate partners and donors include:[4][5]

  • 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
  • AARP
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • AbbVie
  • Acadia Pharmaceuticals
  • Activision
  • Adidas
  • AllState Foundation
  • Altria
  • American Express
  • Aqua America
  • Arizona Cardinals Football Club
  • Assurant
  • AT&T
  • Atrium Health
  • Bank of America
  • Blackbaud
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Capital One
  • Cardinal Health
  • Citi
  • Coca-Cola Company
  • Comcast NBCUniversal
  • Cox Enterprises
  • CSAA Insurance Group
  • Deloitte
  • Dentons
  • Dow
  • Embassy of the State of Qatar in the United States
  • Equitable Foundation
  • FedEx
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Florida Blue
  • General Mills
  • General Motors
  • Hasbro
  • Hilton
  • Home Depot Foundation
  • KeyBank
  • KPMG
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Mark Cuban Foundation
  • McDonald's
  • Mondelez
  • National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • New York Life Insurance Company
  • NRS
  • PepsiCo
  • Pfizer
  • PGA Tour
  • Philadelphia Foundation
  • Phillips 66
  • Pitney Bowes
  • Power Corporation of Canada
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Prudential
  • Raytheon
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
  • S&P Global
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Starbucks
  • Starr Foundation
  • State Street
  • Sterling Volunteers
  • Target
  • Tegna
  • TisBest Philanthropy
  • Toyota
  • UBS
  • United Health Group
  • United Parcel Service (UPS)
  • Universal Peace Federation
  • U.S. Bank
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Volunteer Florida
  • Walt Disney Company
  • Wasserman Foundation
  • Wells Fargo

  1. Perry, S. (2009, October 15). After Two Tough Years, New Points of Light Charity Emerges. Chronicle of Philanthropy. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012100751/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/After-Two-Tough-Years-New/173275 ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Edward, D. (2008). Getting to Yes: The Points of Light and Hands On Network Merger. RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, the University of Texas at Austin. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061145/http://www.rgkcenter.org/sites/default/files/file/research/gettingtoyes.pdf ↩︎

  3. Rapada, E. (2016, April 22). Tom McDevitt Appointed as Chairman of UPF USA by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon. Sun Myung Moon, FFWPU and the Unification Church in Their Own Words. https://web.archive.org/web/20240323181852/https://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/McDevitt/McDevitt-160422.pdf ↩︎

  4. Corporate Volunteering. Points of Light. Retrieved October 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221010022604/https://www.pointsoflight.org/for-corporations/ ↩︎

  5. Points of Light: Annual Report 2021. Issuu. Retrieved November 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221123221743/https://issuu.com/pointsoflight/docs/2022_annualreport2021_v3_singles/30 ↩︎