A Letter to Our Friends and Partners

The vision of the Avery Dennison Foundation is to inspire human promise toward a more intelligent and sustainable world. This vision drives the Avery Dennison Foundation mission to advance the causes of education and sustainability in the communities where Avery Dennison employees live and work. In cooperation with organizations that receive grants, the Foundation also encourages corporate employees to engage in local community investment opportunities and, through volunteer work, bring the same spirit of invention and innovation found at the heart of our company's success.

The Avery Dennison Foundation is expanding our global giving and community investment opportunities. In addition to communities now receiving grants, our global giving program will expand in China and to India and Brazil. We strive to make a measurable difference in the lives of young people and families near our corporate facilities.

Business units and their employees, from Corporate Headquarters in the U.S. to cities in several countries, are prepared to identify and work with local teams to prioritize projects and focus additional resources to ensure their success. The Avery Dennison Foundation Trustees and Staff are pleased to provide leadership for these efforts and encourage you to read more about how to participate.

Sincerely yours,

Alicia Maddox, MPH
President & Executive Director
Avery Dennison Foundation

H. Russell Smith Volunteer Award

In 2011, the Avery Dennison Foundation awarded five employees with the inaugural H. Russell Smith Volunteer Award. This award recognizes and encourages exemplary volunteer community service by Avery Dennison employees worldwide.

The award is named after former Avery Dennison Chairman, President and CEO, H. Russell Smith, who has been actively committed to community service throughout his life. The award supports Avery Dennison's corporate value of Community, while fostering the Foundation's vision of inspiring human promise to create a more intelligent and sustainable world.

The Avery Dennison Foundation will make a $5,000 contribution to a qualified nonprofit/non-governmental organization (NGO) or school identified by each award winner. Please watch the following videos highlighting each of our 2011 awardees.

Jill Householder (wmv)
Jim Benoit (wmv)
Joao Adao (wmv)
Mark Harker (wmv)
Sheila Nowacki (wmv)

Application Guidelines

Basic Qualifications:

The Avery Dennison Foundation will provide grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with capacity to successfully manage projects. We welcome applications that incorporate innovation and invention while uplifting communities and encouraging young people to imagine and work toward creating their vision for an improved world.

These application guidelines serve to clarify the kind of projects we may fund and to help applicants develop proposals that may meet qualifications for funding. Please take time to carefully read and understand our process for submitting proposals. We seek to fund projects managed by organizations that demonstrate three essential qualities. To be considered, all organizations should demonstrate that they:

1. Are licensed and recognized by their respective governments;
2. Provide services to benefit the public where Avery Dennison has facilities and a significant workforce;
3. Incorporate Avery Dennison employees into the community programs offered by the nonprofit/NGO

Areas of Focus:

The Foundation has a special focus on projects based in China, India and Brazil; however, grant applications from other regions will also be reviewed. All grant awards will relate to and extend our strategic focus to support education, as well as community-based sustainable environmental projects. Also, within each broad area of focus, there are additional criteria that include:

Education

• Direct services to traditionally underserved populations based on gender, socioeconomic status, geography and community need
• Educational improvements including elementary, secondary, post-secondary and vocational schools
• Fields of interest that include the sciences, math, technology and the graphic and visual arts

Environment

• Direct support for projects that focus on improvements in the physical environment
• Projects involving community-based implementation with resident and youth engagement
• Projects that educate and promote responsible care of the environment within environmental issues relevant to the manufacturing industry such as energy, water conservation, waste reduction, recycling, responsible forestry, sustainable packaging, product safety and resource conservation

What We Do Not Fund:

• We do not sponsor conferences, fundraisers and special events.
• Organizations that discriminate against a person or a group on the basis of age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief;
• Individuals(scholarships, stipends, fellowships, travel grants, etc);
• For-profit organizations or ventures;
• Government agencies;
• Sponsorships (sports teams, fundraising initiatives);
• Religious groups for religious purposes;
• Political organizations, candidates, ballot measure or other political activities;
• Institutional endowments

On-Line Application Process:

The Avery Dennison Foundation uses an on-line application process that is user-friendly and facilitates efficient handling of applications. To begin a new application, one person from each applicant organization must complete the process on-line. The application can be opened, started, reviewed, changed, and re-started to allow the respondent a full understanding of the questions and to encourage complete responses to questions.

Grantseekers may start the application process here.

Returning applicants may access submissions here.

Argentina

United Way of Argentina
To support Fundacion Caminando Juntos which provides university scholarships for students in the Youth Equal Opportunity Program. $25,000 over two years

Brazil

Centro de Controle e Investigacao Imunologica Dr. A.C. Corsini
To support projects in Campinas that educate and promote the consumption of healthy food choices. $30,000 over two years

Junior Achievement Sao Paulo
To support student courses in business, economy and community leadership. $20,000 over two years

United Way of Brazil
To establish a relationship with Avery Dennison employees to support youth development. $5,000 over one year.

China

Min-Li School in Kunshan
To renovate four elementary classrooms and purchase new desks and chairs $20,000 over one year

Half The Sky Foundation
To provide educational enrichment to orphaned children in Heifi, China. $17,000 over one year

India

Bangalore August Round Table
To build classrooms for a rural primary school in Jalahalli, India. $40,000 over two years

Smile Foundation
To provide computers and a water purifier for a government school in Ranjangaon, Pune. $18,000 over one year

Child Rights and You
To support children's rights in the slums of India. $45,000 over two years

United Way of Bengaluru
To establish a computer lab and support computer education in a government school. $10,250 over one year

United Way of Bengaluru
To support vocational training of disabled youth in Karnataka, India. $25,000 over one year

United States

Institute for Educational Advancement
To support academic programs for gifted youth in Pasadena, CA. $50,000 over one year.

Avery Dennison Granting Wishes
The Avery Dennison Granting Wishes program promoted the Foundation's mission to encourage employee engagement by making a USD $1,000 donation to an eligible nonprofit/nongovernmental organization (NGO) identified by employees in each facility in the United States and Europe. Employees were also able to help build the capacity of organizations to continue providing needed services in their communities.

Belgium

Damian Foundation
To support the Damian Foundation's efforts to provide medical care for those affected by leprosy and tuberculosis.

France

Association Ninon Soleil
To support needy children with cancer through art therapy.

Germany

Bob-und Rodelclub 05 Friedrichroda
To acquire safety equipment for the coasting youth group.

Civil Citizen Association Wuppertal Vohwinkel
To support the preservation and revitalization of the historic monument railway station in Wuppertal, Vohwinkel.

Lebenshilfe Miesbach
To develop physical skills for handicapped people through therapeutical horse riding classes in special institutions.

Great Brittain

The Ridgeline Trust
To improve facilities for disabled gardeners at the Charity's Therapeutic Garden

Russia

Donetsk Regional Orphanage
To provide support for a Ukrainian regional orphanage for children with disabilities.

Switzerland

SLRG Kreuzlingen
To prevent accidents in the water by providing swimming lesson for handicapped children at a local school.

Turkey

Turkish Foundation for Children in Need
To support children in need in Turkey.

United States

Brunswick Food Pantry, Inc.
To support a canned food drive for Brunswick Food Pantry

Children's Healing Art Project, Inc.
To provide funding for hospital art sessions.

Dream Street Foundation
To support camps for children with chronic and life threatening illnesses.

Ecumenical Shelter Network Of Lake County, Inc.
To support kitchen expansion.

Georgia Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
To support the spaying or neutering of twenty dogs/puppies or cats/kittens.

Hope Chest, Inc.
To purchase clothing and household items for under advantaged Lake County residents.

Lorraines Soup Kitchen & Pantry, Inc.
To provide food for the economically disadvantaged in the Chicopee area.

Meridian Symphony Orchestra
To support the repair of the Meridian Symphony House; a historic house in downtown Meridian, MS

Our Fathers House, Inc
To purchase blankets and clothing for homeless men and women in the shelter.

Pasadena Educational Foundation
To prevent accidents in the water by providing swimming lesson for handicapped children at a local school.

The Salvation Army - Fox Cities
To support programs that provide hope and help for families and individuals in need.

United Ministries Of Clinton South Carolina
To support a "weekend food" program for elementary and middle school kids who receive free and reduced lunch.