Citizens Awards
The Citizens Awards recognize businesses for their leadership in solving the world’s biggest challenges.
For more than 25 years, the Corporate Citizenship Awards ("Citizens Awards") have highlighted how businesses serve as a force for good, expanding opportunity and driving progress in every aspect of society.
This program recognizes the most innovative and impactful corporate citizenship initiatives that leverage a company’s talent, resources, and expertise to improve communities.
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Awards are given in nine categories, from civic engagement and economic opportunity to education and disaster response. The deadline to apply is June 20, 2025. There's no fee to submit a nomination. Get started today!
The 25th annual Citizens Awards celebrated nine organizations leveraging their unique business capabilities to solve critical challenges in communities across the globe.
2024 Citizens Awards Finalists
This year, we highlight 30 companies that have shown outstanding leadership in driving solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
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Awards program celebrates the best in corporate citizenship and highlights how businesses of all sizes are serving as a force for good
For 23 years, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Citizens Awards have highlighted how businesses serve as a force for good, expanding opportunity and driving progress in every aspect of society.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced the recipients of its 23rd Annual Citizens Awards – eight companies that have shown exceptional leadership in harnessing innovation and creativity to solve our most pressing issues. From developing a STEM program to support the future aerospace workforce, to reducing waste and emissions across the supply chain, to delivering critical relief items to Ukrainian refugees, these companies illustrate how strong businesses are the foundation of strong communities.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today named the finalists for its 23rd Annual Citizens Awards – 27 companies that have shown remarkable leadership in driving solutions to the world’s toughest problems, from developing qualified talent for jobs in the energy sector, to reducing waste and emissions across the supply chain, to delivering clean drinking water to first responders during times of crisis.
Congratulations to the 22nd Annual Citizens Awards Winners! For more than 20 years, the Citizens Awards have recognized purpose-driven businesses for their leadership in solving the world’s biggest challenges. This year's winners demonstrate how the private sector is accelerating momentum for a more equitable and sustainable future.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced the recipients of its 22nd Annual Citizens Awards – eight purpose-driven companies that have demonstrated steadfast leadership in creating opportunity and building more resilient communities as America continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation named the finalists for its 22nd Annual Citizens Awards – 26 companies that have exhibited extraordinary leadership in driving change and impact at a time when society faces both new and persistent challenges, from an uneven pandemic recovery and worker shortages to racial inequities and climate change.
Shaping the future – and diversity – of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce starts with education today.
Nine months ago, with very little notice, the coronavirus pandemic threatened to upend global supply chains, testing the capabilities of shipping companies like UPS as they shouldered enormous package volume rarely seen outside of the peak holiday shopping season. Meanwhile, we prepared our network to continue supporting the urgent work of medical professionals as they combat this deadline virus.
