Marathon Petroleum Foundation, Inc. Community Investment Grants

Overview

Marathon Patroleum Foundation's our investment strategy is centered around strengthening communities and helping make people's lives better. They focus on contributions and partnerships with charitable organizations that reflect priorities of their community stakeholders, align with their core values, amplify their sustainability strategy and enable them to make a positive, measurable impact.

They strategically focus community investments on three core areas where it can make a positive, measurable impact: 

Workforce Development: From engineers to pipefitters, chemists to accountants, IT specialists to welders, MPC’s success relies on our ability to recruit and retain employees with exceptional skills-based experience. Our goal is to invest in workforce initiatives that better prepare individuals for professional success by increasing access to high-quality educational training and career readiness resources inclusive of vocational, technical and skilled trades.

Sustainability: Consistent with our commitment to meet the needs of today while investing in a sustainable future is our support of community programs involving environmental conservation and sustainability. MPC supports environmental government agencies, community groups, trade organizations and professional and industry associations devoted to protecting, conserving and sustaining natural resources. These efforts may include life sciences and breakthrough research, protecting biodiversity, preserving or creating parks and green spaces, improving air and water quality and increasing access to clean water and food.

Thriving Communities: We are committed to making our communities stronger, safer and thriving places to live, work and play. MPC provides funding for programs that promote the resiliency of our shared communities including helping to address basic needs, supporting youth development programs and creating opportunities for economic vitality. This also includes safety projects and efforts that help communities better prepare for, mitigate the risks of and respond to disasters, hazards and emergencies.

• All requests for support must be submitted via MPC’s online application process.
• Every eligible organization will be required to submit a full grant application summarizing their request. The grant application may be completed in partnership with a representative of Marathon Petroleum but the application itself must be completed and submitted to the application portal by the recipient organization.

• MPC may approve or decline requests based on the information contained within the grant application.
• Requests are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
• Large requests may take additional time to review and involve a site visit.