Communities
Engaging with and investing in the communities where our employees and customers live and work is a vital part of creating sustainable neighborhoods.
Supporting People, Spaces and Places
Community Investment
We spend our days working with and beside our neighbors, and there's no place we'd rather be. We currently serve more than 13 million homes and businesses, and we want to support our customers, not just with the services we provide, but with investments of time and money.
Through our charitable giving platform, we follow through on our commitment to the people and places we work for. Our focus is sustainable neighborhood revitalization, and we give back through community grants, in-kind donations, employee donations and volunteering. Since 2017, we've given back $43 million to the communities we serve, positively impacting 9.4 million people.
Republic Services Charitable Foundation
National Neighborhood Promise®This is a private corporation foundation funded solely by Republic Services. Our signature Foundation initiative is the National Neighborhood Promise® (NNP), a program in which we partner with nonprofit organizations to help rebuild and revitalize places in need around the country.
NNP projects aim to improve residents' quality of life and make a lasting, positive impact on the community. Initiatives funded by this program help create safe, environmentally sound spaces communities can enjoy together. Contact foundation@republicservices.com for more information.
Project Spotlight: Hance Park Garden
The Republic Services Charitable Foundation committed $2 million to sponsor a sustainable garden in our corporate hometown of Phoenix, Ariz., transforming it into an iconic urban space.
2023 NNP Projects
Discover the projects we're excited to support this year, and the positive outcomes they're working to achieve.
2023 NNP Projects
Discover the projects we're excited to support this year, and the positive outcomes they're working to achieve.
San Diego, CA
Urban Corps of San Diego County
Supporting extensive trail restoration, waste removal and sustainability education.
Chicago, IL
Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago
Supporting local community organization "Imagine Englewood If," enabling repairs to mental health clinics in the area.
Missoula, MT
Missoula YMCA
Helping to transform an underutilized corner of the campus into a free, 2,200 square-foot outdoor splash pad for children of all abilities.
Houston, TX
Rebuilding Together Houston
Supporting critical roof and sewer line repairs and revitalization of the community garden at the SHAPE Community Center.
Eagle River, WI
Eagle River Recreation Association
Supporting critical infrastructure improvements to the historic hockey dome.
Lafayette, LA
Habitat for Humanity
Providing a public gathering space in the McComb-Veazey neighborhood to serve as a hub for community engagement with a focus on youth programming.
Detroit, MI
Pope Francis Center
Providing a community computer lab and resident fitness center in the new PFC Bridge Housing Campus, which provides assistance to the underserved.
Memphis, TN
Binghampton Development Corporation
Funding three outdoor classrooms for hands-on STEM education and necessary equipment to grow BDC's recycling-oriented on-the-job training.
Minneapolis, MN
Rebuilding Together Minnesota
Funding improvements and repairs to the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center, which provides services to Native women and their families.
St. Louis, MO
Rebuilding Together St. Louis
Funding improvements at the Wesley House, which serves as a community safe haven and provides social services in the Penrose neighborhood.
Murfreesboro, TN
The Miss Katie Woodie Foundation
Funding an outdoor classroom for the Walter Hill school, supporting new STEAM learning programs for the community.
Our Impact
Making a difference in lives and communities
Supported by Local Team
Map displays grants awarded 2017-2022
Local Charitable Initiatives
Volunteering
Republic Services employees generously donate their time to help support communities across the country. From neighborhood revitalization to cleanups, you'll find our people working hard to help create cleaner, more sustainable places for residents to live.
Community Grants
This program supports local nonprofit organizations whose focus is on neighborhood revitalization, safety, disaster relief and social services. To begin the grant process, apply below.
917 Community Grants awarded in 2023
$2.5M Community Grant funding awarded in 2023
Project Spotlight: Mint 400 Desert Cleanup
Republic Services founded this annual cleanup in a stretch of the Mojave Desert in Nevada. Each year, hundreds of volunteers gather to clean up trash that threatens wildlife habitats. In the last seven years, volunteers have removed 375,000 pounds of waste.
Employee Relief Fund
Funded by employees, the Republic Services Employee Relief Fund provides emergency relief to team members after a disaster, fire, severe weather or death. Employees contribute through the company's Employee Giving Program, which allows them to support the fund (and other charitable organizations) through payroll deduction.
$5M Awarded to employees since fund’s inception in 2005
Environmental Justice
Engaging our Communities
Everyone deserves to live in a clean, healthy community. At Republic Services, our commitment to environmental justice grows out of being a good neighbor in the communities we serve.
We've grounded our commitment in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) definition of environmental justice:The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Environmental justice shows up in many ways at Republic Services. It's in our community sessions, where residents are invited to an open dialogue—because all citizens deserve to have their voices heard. It's in our community events, like open houses, where we welcome the public to see what we do and how we do it. It's in the policies we set at our organization to protect precious values like diversity, inclusion, human rights and civil rights. We're proud of the positive impact we make on our local communities and the environment.
We've utilized the EPA's interactive mapping tool, EJScreen, to provide socioeconomic data for the communities surrounding our U.S. facilities.
View Map View our disclosures here1 United States Environmental Protection Agency, "Environmental Justice,""January 10, 2023. https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice. Accessed November 2023.
Community Partners
We support sustainable neighborhood revitalization projects from local affiliates of Habitat for Humanity, NeighborWorks America and Rebuilding Together, as well as other local nonprofit organizations.
