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Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Investments

Freeport-McMoRan's group-wide guiding philosophy for its community development activities is Transforming Tomorrow Together. This philosophy drives implementation of a social impact fr a mework that includes priorities, strategies and goals that allow us to work collaboratively with communities to make transformative change and increase overall individual/ community opportunity, wellbeing and capacity.

We are driven to partner to build long-term resiliency and support the community’s ability to successfully navigate commodity market downturns, end of mine life and other economic/social disruptors or shocks. Our framework or approach for delivering on our guiding philosophy of Transforming Tomorrow Together is based on three main priority areas that we believe help deliver on our commitment:

-Education and Workforce Development
-Economic Opportunity
-Capacity and Leadership

This philosophy includes securing and maintaining our social license to operate and delivering transformation through robust stakeholder engagement and consultation, social investment, and impact evaluation.

Investment Approach
Rather than viewing financial and other resources simply as charitable donations or philanthropy, we encourage our partners to think about financial and other resources as the means to make investments in the future of the community with the goal of realizing a return that helps create greater capacity and long-term sustainability.

Only IRS determined tax exempt entities such as nonprofits with a federal 501(c)3 designation, schools and government institutions are eligible to receive funding from the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation.

Please note, the maximum indirect cost allowed by the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation is 6% of direct project costs.

Communities Eligible to Receive Funding
Your program or project must directly benefit those living in the communities outlined below. Requests should be for more than $20,000. Requests for less than $20,000 may be eligible for funding from one of our site operations, click here to learn more.

The Foundation is not currently accepting new applications from organizations whose service area is solely Maricopa County. Your organization must serve people residing in one or more of the eligible rural communities below and have an ACTIVE presence that benefits the local community as a whole.

Any applications that do not meet this criteria and definition will be declined at this time. If you have questions regarding this information please email foundation@fmi.com.

Active Operations

Bisbee - Arizona: Bisbee
Social Performance: 2024 Year in Review
2024 Media Advisory - Investment Fund Recipients
Social Performance: 2023 Year in Review
2023 Media Advisory - Investment Fund Recipients
2022 Media Advisory - Investment Fund Recipients

Jerome/Clarkdale - Arizona: Jerome and Clarkdale

New Orleans - Louisiana: Greater New Orleans area
If your program is benefitting the Greater New Orleans area, click here, as there is an LOI process and the dates are different for New Orleans.

2025 Community Investment Fund Application Dates
May 14: Application Opens in CyberGrants
June 27: Application Closes at 5pm (Arizona time)
November 28: Approvals and declines sent

There is an established Community Investment Committee (CIC) in each of the communities where Freeport-McMoRan and Climax Molybdenum has operations. The CICs will meet to score applications and hold applicant interviews between August and October. If your application is approved, you will be invited to submit a forecast of your project’s impact in the True Impact system. More information will be shared about this process in the award notification sent in November.

CLICK HERE for additional details about our 2025 funding process and a link to the online application.

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