Corporate and Foundation Giving

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USAA

USAA, a leading provider of insurance and financial solutions to more than 13 million members of the U.S. military, veterans, and their families, has provided major philanthropic support for a core Sesame Workshop initiative: Sesame Street for Military Families. Through this initiative, we created a suite of family caregiving resources to support military and veteran families as they care for a wounded, ill, or injured parent or relative. Our latest joint efforts provide resources to military families on the topics of COVID-19 and Racial Justice. Caring for Each Other addresses the impact of COVID-19 on military families and Coming Together provides the tools to help children appreciate their own identities and those of others and become upstanders against racism.

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SC Johnson

SC Johnson is a family company at work for a better world, whose work with Sesame Workshop stems from its global efforts to create a healthier and more sustainable world today and for future generations. SC Johnson and Sesame Workshop are creating tools and resources to educate young children and caregivers on healthy and environmentally sustainable practices that can help families stay healthy, connected, and full of curiosity. These global educational resources are centered around the pillars of health, sustainability, and early education building blocks. New multilingual resources for families in the U.S, Latin America, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa will encourage positive hygiene behaviors and reinforce the importance of staying clean to avoid germs, building on Sesame Workshop’s health and hygiene programming around the world. Additional resources will promote sustainable practices for children and families and foster curiosity and the “science of why” from an early age.

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The LEGO Foundation

In December 2018, the LEGO Foundation awarded a landmark $100 million to Sesame Workshop to bring the power of learning through play to children affected by the Rohingya and Syrian refugee crises. The grant will benefit some of the world’s most vulnerable children and call attention to the critical importance of learning through play to set them on a path of healthy growth and development. The program builds on the Workshop’s established relationship with the LEGO Foundation, which funded two initiatives bringing play-based learning to South Africa. In the Johannesburg area, Play Every Day empowers caregivers to engage with children in ways that contribute to their early development and learning outcomes. In the Eastern Cape, Play Well and Be Happy creates hands-on learning experiences for some of the most vulnerable children in South Africa.

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Vincent Mai

Vincent Mai is the Chairman of the Sesame Workshop Global Advisory Group and former Chairman of the Sesame Workshop Board of Trustees. The Mai Family Foundation is a critical partner of Takalani Sesame in South Africa and has been integral to the success of Takalani’s community engagement efforts and the ongoing sustainability of our work in South Africa.

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