The ECF has provided approximately $1 billion to help local communities across the United States.

There are ECF chapters at 20 Boeing U.S. sites, and each allows employees to pool tax-deductible donations to make a greater impact on their community.

Each chapter selects a grantmaking committee of employee volunteers, which decides which nonprofits will receive grants each year. Grants have helped provide job training for the unemployed, support for veterans, exhibits at children’s museums and stocking food banks. The ECF also helps Boeing employees affected by a natural disaster through grants from the Employee Disaster Relief Fund.

If you’re affected by a natural disaster, the ECF’s Employee Disaster Relief Fund can be there for you. You can apply for a grant to help cover:

• Severe damage to your primary residence;
• Housing costs, if you can’t live in your home because of the disaster;
• Costs to replace food, clothes, school supplies or baby supplies; and
• Transportation costs, if your primary mode of transportation was lost or severely damaged.

The grants are available to all full-time employees, including subsidiary employees, who are in good standing. They also can be issued to an employee’s surviving spouse or family member.