At Toyota, we believe an auto company can also be a vehicle for change. Toyota partners with nonprofit organizations in the U.S., focusing on improving the communities where we live and work. Our mission encapsulates support for education (with a priority on STEM), inclusive mobility, and community resilience, particularly in environmental sustainability and safety.
Toyota’s grant program is designed to support broad societal benefits, focusing on education (especially STEM), inclusive mobility, and community resilience, along with secondary support for health and human services, arts and culture, and civic and community initiatives. Specific causes supported include connecting people to opportunities through mobility solutions, enhancing community resilience in environmental sustainability and safety, and contributing towards a well-educated future workforce. Toyota's funding consideration criteria emphasize benefiting a significant number of people, local education program participation, clear goals with measurable objectives, program evaluation, leadership development, targeting youth within its priority areas, and leveraging additional funding support.
Toyota prioritizes initiatives focused on youth and diversity. While the company largely favors projects that are program-oriented, it does occasionally back fundraising events, particularly when a significant portion of the proceeds benefit the organization directly.