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Overview
The Mattel Children's Foundation was established in 1978 and is a separate charitable organization incorporated as a nonprofit public benefit corporation.
Since its inception, the Mattel Children's Foundation has focused its strategic grantmaking on one major objective: Improving the lives of children in need.
The Mattel Children's Foundation has developed partnerships with exemplary nonprofit partners that demonstrate this ideal through both compassionate
outreach to children and strong financial accountability.
In 2005, the first year of Mattel, Inc.'s ("Mattel") relaunched philanthropy programs,
Mattel contributed to the Mattel Children's Foundation approximately $4.6 million in cash.
Throughout the year, the Mattel Children's Foundation donated approximately $4.6 million to
organizations serving children around the world, including 72 nonprofit organizations
domestically and 31 charitable organizations internationally.
The Mattel Children's Foundation identified five Signature Partners in 2005: Special Olympics,
which created a Young Athletes Program involving over 3,500 children worldwide just last year;
Save the Children, which expanded its literacy programs through new community programs in
multiple countries and built four new schools in Mali and Malawi; the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA,
which served 100,000 children in 2005; the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)
through which 40,000 toys were donated to its 145 member organizations; and the Children Affected By AIDS Foundation (CAAF),
which granted funding to 21 organizations serving AIDS orphans throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Mattel Children's Foundation awards second round of domestic grants.
Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA
In 1998, the Foundation pledged $25 million in a multi-year commitment to the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, the largest single commitment ever made by the Mattel Children's Foundation and the largest gift ever made to a children's hospital by a corporation or corporate foundation. See sidebar for more details.
25th Anniversary
2003 marked the 25th anniversary of the Mattel Children's Foundation. During the past quarter century, Mattel has made a significant impact on improving the lives of children through its support of non-profit, community organizations and employees with the millions of toys donated, thousands of hours volunteered, its scholarship program, matching gifts and its $25 million commitment to the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA.. To celebrate that milestone, Mattel and the Mattel Children's Foundation awarded 25 volunteer grants to community organizations where employees volunteer their time.
Throughout its history, the Mattel Children's Foundation has funded many outstanding programs that impact children in need:
Hand in Hand
Formed as a response to the National Education Goals 2000, Hand in Hand began in 1995 to unite parents, schools and communities in public-private partnerships led by an advisory group comprising nationally-recognized leaders in parent involvement and school reform issues. Over the course of five years, the Mattel Children's Foundation invested nearly $3 million in the initiative.
Helping Kids Grow
In 1994, the Mattel Children's Foundation launched Helping Kids Grow, a multimillion-dollar program designed to ensure that children in low-income communities had access to basic preventive health care. Initially funded through proceeds from "Dr. Barbie" dolls, this health care initiative helped to establish medical clinics at Head Start programs, as well as mobile medical and dental units.
Mattel Family Learning Program (MFLP)
Working in partnership with the Alliance for Technology Access, the Mattel Family Learning Program (MFLP) created computer learning labs that offer literacy software and adaptive technology designed specifically to help children with special needs and those with limited English proficiency. With 81 computer learning labs operating in 27 U.S. states and in Canada, Hong Kong and Mexico, the MFLP served tens of thousands of children, as well as their parents and siblings.
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