The Boeing Company Plans to Recruit Diverse IT Talent at BDPA Career Fair

BDPA is pleased to announce that The Boeing Company will be returning again to the annual BDPA Career Fair on Aug 16-17 in Washington DC. We are pleased that Boeing sees the value of recruiting diverse IT talent via BDPA!

The Boeing Foundation

The Boeing Company looks to partner with organizations that are leaders in what they do (no matter their size), that promote diversity and demonstrate innovation, and align and collaborate with others toward common, workable solutions to long-term community issues.

The Boeing Company supports projects and programs that align with one or more of five focus areas and corresponding objectives. The focus areas for corporate giving are: education (consisting of early learning and primary and secondary education); arts and culture; health and human services; civic; and environment. Please note: It's important to check local corporate grant-making guidelines before you submit a grant request to see how Boeing sites tailor these objectives to address the particular needs of their communities.

The same is true for the Employees Community Fund; individual boards and committees may tailor their grant-making according to local community needs and the interests of local members.

Check here for local ECF grant-making guidelines. Some sites may only accept grant applications at certain times during the year or only accept grant applications that have received an invitation code in advance.

If you have any questions, please contact the Global Corporate Citizenship representative nearest the location of your organization. He or she may be able to provide some valuable advice that will increase your chances for funding.

BDPA Foundation is willing to work with any local BDPA chapter interested in funding from Boeing. Let us know if you are interested in working on a joint grant proposal with this funding source.

Grant Award: The Boeing Company (Laptop Donation, $3,000)

BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) is pleased to announce the conclusion of a successful in-kind grant proposal to The Boeing Company. BETF partnered with BDPA Chicago chapter to request ten (10)laptops.

BDPA Chicago chapter discovered that several of their youth participants in the Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program either do not have a computer at home or have only Mac's at home. This created an "unlevel playing field" for the young people.

We determined that The Boeing Company was not a good fit for a cash donation, however, we did think that they would be a good fit if we made a request for an in-kind donation.

Here is the message that I received when the approval was made:

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Dear Wayne,


It is my pleasure to inform you that your in-kind request for 10 used laptops has been approved by The Boeing Company. Please note that these laptops are 5-7 years old and have had all software completely removed (value $300 each).


Please work with Mark Schulze who is copied on this email to arrange for the laptops to be picked up from our office (100 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago). I understand that you are in Maryland, but that these laptops will be used by your Chicago location.


Thank you.
Christy Uchida, Community Investor
Global Corporate Citizenship
The Boeing Company
100 N. Riverside Plaza, MC 5002-8450
Chicago, IL 60606-1596

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BETF would like to express our appreciation to the folks at The Boeing Company for saying 'yes' to us.

However, we also want to point out that the energy behind this effort came from BDPA Chicago chapter member Audra Anderson. She is the person that BETF works with in Chicago chapter on all grant proposals. She is definitely a role model for the other 44 local BDPA chapters to emulate when it comes to working succesfully with BETF on fundraising efforts!