Space Science Institute. Foundation. Company Foundation | HP Global Social Innovation. HP made its first charitable contribution in 1940, the year after Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started the company. It was a $5 donation to local Palo Alto charities, given by a business that had all of three employees on the payroll. But while the gift was simple, the gesture was not. That donation signaled what was important to HP's founders—and what type of impact the company would have in the future. In 2010, the HP Company Foundation worked with the White House "Change the Equation" campaign and National Lab Network to promote U.S. students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. HP financed science lab upgrades, encouraged HP employees and retirees to be mentors, and provided project management expertise and financial aid.
The HP Company Foundation responded to numerous major disasters in 2010, including earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, China, and New Zealand; and floods in Eastern Europe, Pakistan, and northern India. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation - Support for children living in urban poverty.