We invite you to learn more about our programs and activities.  Whether it be through our international grantmaking programs, our toy donations, or our volunteer activities, we think you will agree with us - Mattel is truly "making a meaningful difference, one child at a time!"

Please note: We are currently not accepting unsolicited applications for our domestic or international grants programs.

We believe it is our responsibility, as the largest toy manufacturer in the world, to
lead the way in making a difference in the lives of children. We do that through our safe and reliable products as well as by giving back to our communities through our philanthropic programs.

Each and every day, whether partnering with global organizations, granting funds in local communities, donating toys, or coordinating our worldwide volunteer force, Mattel is making a difference - one child at a time.

This philanthropic drive is part of who we are as a company. Mattel has a long history of actively supporting its communities around the world with a global commitment to children in need. Mattel's philanthropic programs consist of the Mattel Children's Foundation, which includes U.S. and international grantmaking and employee matching gifts, scholarships and volunteer grants, as well as toy donations, corporate contributions, partnerships and volunteerism.

Mattel's philanthropic programs are guided by:

Mattel's Philanthropic Vision
To make a meaningful difference, one child at a time.

Mattel's Philanthropic Mission
Mattel makes a difference in the global community by effectively serving children
in need . Partnering with charitable organizations dedicated to directly serving children, Mattel creates joy through the Mattel Children's Foundation, product donations, grant making and the work of employee volunteers. We also enrich the lives of Mattel employees by identifying diverse volunteer opportunities and supporting their personal contributions through the matching gifts program.

Mattel's Philanthropic Values
We intend to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children in need around
the world through our interactions - how we "play" - with our communities, our
partners, and our volunteers.

• Play with Passion: By making a meaningful and lasting impact on children globally.
• Play Together: By forming deep partnerships to enrich the communities in which we work and play, and engaging Mattel employees in our efforts.
• Play Fair: By acting with unwavering integrity in all aspects of our work.
• Play to Grow: By striving to make long term differences in the lives of children in need and seeking continuous improvement.

2007 Mattel Philanthropy Results - Mattel Philanthropy Programs & Mattel Children's Foundation
In 2007, the third year of Mattel's relaunched philanthropy programs, Mattel donated approximately $16 million in cash and product to philanthropic activities around the world and impacted more than 3 million children in need. Mattel granted the Mattel Children's Foundation approximately $4.6 million in cash which the Foundation donated to more than 400 nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and 42 charitable organizations internationally. Mattel's total cash donations exceeded $9 million in 2007.

Mattel and the Mattel Children's Foundation identified six Signature Partners in 2007: Special Olympics, which continued its newly-established Young Athletes Program in 50 locations involving over 5,000 children with intellectual disabilities worldwide just last year; Save the Children, which expanded its Raising a Reader literacy programs throughout rural parts of the U.S., El Salvador and the Philippines; the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, which served more than 1,000 children last year; the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) through which 50,000 toys were donated to more than 200 children's hospitals across the country; the Children Affected By AIDS Foundation (CAAF), which granted funds to organizations serving more than 21,000 children impacted by HIV/AIDS, including AIDS orphans, throughout Latin America; and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and Make-A-Wish Foundation International, which granted more than 20 wishes to children with life-threatening illness with funding from the Mattel Children's Foundation.

Mattel also donated almost one million toys valued at over $6.5 million to thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries.

Through the Mattel PLAYers volunteer program, over 3,000 Mattel employees volunteered in charitable activities around the world, including Team Mattel, which partners Mattel employees with local Special Olympics programs in 10 countries last year, making it the largest international team of corporate volunteers in the history of Special Olympics. Mattel employees from 13 countries joined together to become the first global volunteer team in Mattel history when they gathered as Team Mattel in Shanghai, China at the 2007 Special Olympics World Games.

For more information about Mattel's philanthropic results in 2007, please click on the link to the 2007 Annual Report on this page.