Sustainability Report - Dell

Community EngagementA key tenet of Dell's values is being a responsible global citizen. Collectively, Dell, the DellFoundation, and Dell employees are actively making positive contributions in the communities wecall home around the world.As a global technology leader, our community initiatives often focus on improving digital literacy,especially among tomorrow's generations. Dell believes that technology and technology accessare important tools to help communities reach their full potential, and that familiarity with technologyis a key to success in today's economy. More importantly, Dell believes that basic needsof communities must be met, and we support programs that build the foundation and wellness ofcommunities.By combining the perspective and understanding of our business, our direct model, brand andvalues with the talents of our team members, Dell attempts to engage communities in a way thatwe can best add value to the places where we live and work.Dell seeks direct engagement in communities. Diverse approaches to our engagement in communitieshave resulted in the same success we have experienced with our business: the discoveryof new talents and perspectives and gaining insight that helps build a stronger company. Byengaging in ways consistent with our values, brand, business, and perspective on communities,we find that our new and existing community partnerships generate success, benefitingeveryone involved.The following information provides some of last year's community engagement highlights, asDell worked to build community strength, community wellness and community growth.Dell's Community SupportSupport from our company, the Dell Foundation, and Dell employeesmake up the various ways Dell engages in communities.Support from the CompanyDell sponsors a number of initiatives each year in communitieswhere we have facilities. These engagements can range fromsponsorships of walks that raise funds to fight disease and/orbenefit community organizations, and organization of teambuildingactivities for employees that involve volunteer projectssupporting nonprofits, to support of events and institutions thathelp build the fabric of communities such as events markingspecific holidays and/or organizations that support the arts.Support from the Dell FoundationThe Dell Foundation Equipping Youth Grants offer direct financialassistance to nonprofit organizations and programs thatstrive to equip youth and inspire them to learn and excel in adigitally-driven economy. Dell awards grants to organizationsacross the globe, and is actively working to expand the globalreach of the Dell Foundation, by awarding more grants in countriesoutside the United States where Dell has a presence,including Brazil, Canada, India, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain andthe United Kingdom. The following information provides an outlineof some of those means of support.• Healthy Communities Grants In 2005, we awardedHealthy Communities Grants to 19 organizations thataddress children's basic needs such as food, shelter, safetyand healthcare.• Literate Communities Grants Dell's Literate CommunitiesGrants contribute to 19 programs that empower communitiesto provide quality education, particularly in math, scienceand literacy.• Connected Communities Partnerships The DellFoundation focuses on addressing the needs of communitieswith limited access to technology through our 18 Connected68 D E L L S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y R E P O R T • F I S C A L Y E A R 2 0 0 6