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Improve lives and communities

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OUR IMPACT

Beyond our medicines, we positively impact society through our work to improve lives and communities around the world.

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We use our time, expertise and resources to drive social impact. We encourage our employees to volunteer and give in ways that advance our purpose and are meaningful to them.

We also engage in targeted social issues, with an emphasis on improving health, education and strengthening communities.

Starting in our headquarters’ hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, we focus on efforts that build stronger communities where people can prosper and thrive. Learn more about our approach to improving lives and communities.

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Giving

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Lilly, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation (Lilly Foundation), and our employees have a proud history of supporting charitable organizations through product and cash donations.

For over 100 years, Lilly has supported United Way. Contributions from Lilly employees and retirees, plus matching gifts from the Lilly Foundation, total more than $300 million.

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Volunteering

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Lilly employees are supported and encouraged to volunteer in communities around the world, both in person and virtually.

Connecting Hearts Abroad: More than 1,000 employees have volunteered in communities with limited resources to improve health across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Global Day of Service: Each year, Lilly employees in more than 65 countries worldwide volunteer through our Global Day of Service. Since the program launched in 2008, employees have given more than 1 million hours through Global Day of Service initiatives, making it one of the largest single-day corporate volunteer programs globally.

Jointly, Lilly employees and local organizations create meaningful opportunities to drive impact and promote healthy lives, healthy minds and healthy communities around the globe. Learn more about Global Day of Service activities.

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Education

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We believe every child deserves access to a quality education. And education is vital to a knowledge-based industry like ours.

Improving Education in Indiana: Lilly and Lilly employees work to support quality schools and engage students and teachers more deeply in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) studies. We focus our education efforts on our hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, where we have our largest footprint.

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Disaster relief

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Lilly works with leading disaster relief organizations to prepare for the worst and respond with our collective best. We do this through disaster readiness efforts, providing medicines when requested by organizations we work with and supporting people and communities to help them recover. See more on our efforts, resources and information.

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Our social approach

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Our approach to social impact starts with our medicines and our goal to expand access to quality health care. We work with global health systems and organizations to extend our reach by being part of the solution for complex global health challenges that disproportionately affect people living in settings with limited resources.

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