The UPS Foundation has announced grants and in-kind services totaling $ 7.1 million to twenty-three organizations working to assist community safety efforts around the globe through humanitarian relief and road safety initiatives.

Community safety grants were awarded to a variety of relief organizations, including the American Red Cross, CARE USA, the Salvation Army, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Food Programme. Nonprofits awarded grants in support of road safety initiatives include the Boys and Girls Club of Canada, the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hands on Shanghai Limited, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., UK Youth, and the FIA Foundation - Road Safety Fund.

The foundation also partnered with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to airfreight 220,000 pounds of emergency aid — including health and sanitation kits, food, tents, mats, water, and education supplies — to displaced Syrian families and children in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

"Making a lasting difference around the world is a part of the UPS Foundation's mission," said the foundation's president, Eduardo Martinez. "Our organization is proud to work with UNICEF to respond to the humanitarian crisis affecting the millions of displaced Syrians."