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Cherry Bekaert Foundation

Providing for basic needs, empowering education, and strengthening communities. Discover how the Cherry Bekaert Foundation positively impacts lives.

Making a Difference in Our Communities

Guided by the principles of our Firm, the Cherry Bekaert Foundation is committed to carrying out our value of making a difference in our communities. We are focused on impacting where we live and work through volunteerism and financial support of national and local organizations. Our dedication to strengthening our communities and building for a better tomorrow is at the heart of what we do.

Our Mission

We support and collaborate with organizations that align with Cherry Bekaert’s shared values, contribute impactful resources, and inspire our people to engage in their communities.

Our Vision

Through inspired action, we positively impact the communities where we live and work.

Make a Donation

The Cherry Bekaert Foundation is dedicated to making a positive impact where we live and work. Your donation helps create lasting change in the communities we cherish. Join us in making a difference. Together, we can bring about meaningful change where it's needed most.

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Our Focus Areas

Basic Needs

Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met. Whether that is food, shelter or clothing, providing the dignity and value of life preserving goods.

Community Resources

Strengthening our family and children resources helps strengthen our communities overall. Whether after school programs, enrichment or civic centers, or opportunities that care and teach, these offerings create a backbone on which community members can rely.

Education

Our brightest future is in tomorrow’s youth. By investing in equal access to education, including programs for financial literacy, we can help build a foundation for our next generation's opportunity and potential.

Basic Needs

Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met. Whether that is food, shelter or clothing, providing the dignity and value of life preserving goods.

Community Resources

Strengthening our family and children resources helps strengthen our communities overall. Whether after school programs, enrichment or civic centers, or opportunities that care and teach, these offerings create a backbone on which community members can rely.

Education

Our brightest future is in tomorrow’s youth. By investing in equal access to education, including programs for financial literacy, we can help build a foundation for our next generation's opportunity and potential.

Ways We Work

The Cherry Bekaert Foundation supports local initiatives that are important to our people, educates for and promotes philanthropic engagement and gives to causes that create impact for our areas of focus.

  • Empower

    Connecting employees to volunteer activities and supporting community service initiatives throughout the year.

  • Inform

    Creating a better future by providing resources and training to inspire philanthropy and giving back to our communities.

  • Give

    Making a difference in the communities where we live, work and play through organizations that align with our areas of focus.

National Sponsor of Junior Achievement USA

Junior Achievement USA is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Their work in the areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy aligns with the Foundation’s focus area of education.

The partnership offers year-round occasions for employees of Cherry Bekaert to volunteer with Junior Achievement in the community and schools to educate children on life skills and financial literacy.

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