Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Community Investment

Dr Pepper Snapple Group operates facilities in more than 200 communities across North America and the Caribbean. Our company is striving to make those communities better off as a result of our presence. Investing in the communities where we live and operate means more than simply creating jobs. It involves reaching out with our financial resources and our people to improve the quality of life for our neighbors.

We support organizations that promote health and well-being, active lifestyles, diversity, youth and education. And when our neighbors are facing an emergency, we also donate various products, money and volunteer time to help those who need it the most.

Each year, we give on average about $4 million in cash donations and more than $500,000 in product donations and employee volunteer time.

Among our community investment initiatives and programs are:

One Day’s Pay and Local Community Involvement

Introduced in 2006, One Day’s Pay encourages our employees to get involved with a DPS sponsored volunteer project during working hours. Volunteer projects are identified quarterly to provide variety for our employees and come from all areas of the community including education, health & well-being, environment and others.

In 2007, One Day’s Pay accounted for a total of nearly 7,800 hours of employee volunteer time, or about $250,000 in equivalent wages.

One Day’s Pay and other employee-driven volunteer, sponsorship and fund-raising initiatives have benefited the local efforts of organizations such as Habitat For Humanity, MS Society, Children’s Miracle Network, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, United Way, YMCA and a wide range of local community groups.

In a number of our communities across the continent, employees rally to support childhood education and well-being through youth mentorship programs, and annual school supply, clothing and toy drives; assemble fund-raising teams for local walks and runs; raise money for the families of troops deployed overseas; and team up on numerous landscaping, renovation, gardening, sustainable agriculture and restoration projects that brighten lives and improve surrounding neighborhoods.

In Mexico, both the government and CEMEFI (Mexican Center for Philanthropy) have recognized the company for our work in supporting education and families as well as for providing career opportunities for employees with physical challenges and other special needs.

Corporate Donations

DPS donates to numerous organizations throughout North America, working independently and in partnership with numerous retail partners. Here are just a few examples of the organizations we support:

1. Muscular Dystrophy Association – 7UP is the oldest corporate sponsor of MDA and has raised more than $40 million since 1973.
2. Hispanic Heritage Foundation - Dr Pepper was a founding sponsor of the Hispanic Heritage Awards.
3. Speaking of Women’s Health - A non-profit foundation, with a goal to educate women about health matters – so that they can better care for themselves, and for their families.
4. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - The leading charitable fund-raiser and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide

Thank you for your interest in Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s corporate philanthropy program. We are currently revising our community investment strategy and are not accepting grant applications at this time.

However, we invite you to visit our website www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com this fall after we complete our new corporate philanthropy program. We look forward to sharing the program with you as we continue Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s heritage of caring for our communities.