Associate Community Passions
Associates Help Build Better Communities
Our associates are deeply committed to engaging with their communities. We offer a range of programs to support their charitable endeavors, including personal donation matching, Dollars for Doers and skills-based volunteerism.
Connecting Our Passions
As part of our Connect Your Cause initiative, we invite our associates to nominate and vote for nonprofits they support.
In 2023, there were 130 nominated organizations and hundreds of associates voted. After votes were counted, we donated $46,000 to seven organizations selected by our associates, including:
● Wildthunder Wildlife & Animal Rehabilitation and Sanctuary
● Aces for Autism
● Strong Native Minds
● Alzheimer's Association
● Elizabeth Hopper Memorial Scholarship at Purdue University
● Muslim Community Center Academy
● St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Caring About Communities
We recognize our associates’ commitment to our communities through a Dollars for Doers program and the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. We celebrate our communities and causes during special times of year, such as National Volunteer Month and the holidays. In 2023, our associates gave 13,500 hours participating in volunteer experiences across the country.
Our Associates Give, We Give
When our associates give to their favorite nonprofits, we give too. UScellular matches associates’ donations dollar for dollar to registered nonprofits up to $2500. In 2023, we gave $240,000 in matching donations to support the causes and communities our associates care about most.
Associates' contributions supported these categories:
● 53% Health, Human Services, Community
● 22% Education, Youth, Athletics
● 12% Animals & Environment
Giving Our Skills
UScellular associates put their knowledge and skills to use to help nonprofits solve some of their biggest challenges. From 2022 through Q2 2023, our nonprofit partner Common Impact helped more than 70 UScellular associates to participate in four skills-based volunteer projects, including one-day pitch competitions and long-term consulting projects.
Our associates gave nearly 650 hours of volunteer time, equal to more than $200,000 in donation value. More than 90 percent of the associates thought the experience was a useful professional development opportunity and are more inclined to recommend UScellular as a great place to work.
Learn more about the skills-based volunteer experience from one of our associate team leaders.
Associate Community Impact in 2023
