Donations and Sponsorships
We're working with our communities to help make them better places to live and work.
COVID-19 Relief
NextEra Energy and its employees donated over $5 million in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. These donations helped address one of the greatest needs identified in the community since the pandemic on food insecurities. Donations were made to local United Ways and food banks across the country.
Supporting Community Services
NextEra Energy Resources is committed to supporting vital community services, such as fire and emergency services. In North Dakota, the New England Ambulance Service and New England Volunteer Fire Department received donations to support their services in Hettinger and Stark counties.
GIVING FINANCIALLY
In 2020, our company and our employees contributed more than $19 million to support wide-ranging initiatives and causes that contribute to the well-being of our communities.
Care to Share
The Care to Share program raises hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to help those who need help to pay their utility bill. Since its inception, the Care to Share program has raised $25.4 million to help approximately 97,000 families.
Dollars for Doers
Through the company's Dollars for Doers program, which awards grants in recognition of employee volunteer time, more than $136,000 in grants were distributed to nonprofit organizations in 2020.
Power to Save Program
Launched in 2016, FPL's Power to Save programs offers assistance to customers through energy retrofits administered by FPL in selected neighborhoods. Qualifying customers who sign up for the program receive a free FPL energy survey of their home, tips on how to save energy and money, and services and program savings of up to $500.
iPledge Campaign
In 2020, NextEra Energy employees raised more than $3.65 million for the United Way and other nonprofit organizations to continue positively impacting their communities.
The Gulf Power Foundation
The Gulf Power Foundation contributed $500,000 to United Way agencies throughout Northwest Florida in 2020 to help with struggles against COVID-19. The United Way contributions were just one of many designed to help the communities in the region.
Did You Know?
NextEra Energy Resources, through its sponsorship of the sheriff's office in Caddo County, Oklahoma, helped the organization purchase its first K-9 unit: a German Shepherd police dog named Zeus. The company funded extensive training for Zeus' handler as well as co-sponsored a competition with local schools in which students submitted name ideas for the new police dog.
Did You Know?
Building a strong Northwest Florida is a team effort, and the Gulf Power Foundation awarded more than $650,ooo in 2020 to charitable and nonprofit organizations in the communities we serve. This is in addition to quarterly grants awarded throughout the year to aid organizations.
Did You Know?
In 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, NextEra Energy and our employees committed more than $5 million in emergency assistance funds that is being distributed directly to those in need and to partner organizations to provide critical support to the most vulnerable members of the communities we serve.