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Employee Contributions
RBC employees, past and present, are a persistently generous
lot. Through world wars and economic depressions, through
natural and man-made disasters, through good times and bad,
RBC people have given money and time to help their communities.
RBC encourages voluntarism and employee giving, with some
inspiring results.
Donations
| 2007 Employee/Pensioner United Way: Employee
donations* |
| Canada |
$
|
9,000,642 |
| United States |
$ |
1,081,510 |
* This includes funds raised through payroll,
direct giving and employee fundraising events. RBC employees
around the world also help raise funds for countless community
groups in addition to United Way.
Volunteer Activity
The employees and pensioners of RBC are passionate volunteers.
As financial services professionals, they share their valuable
knowledge. They participate on not-for-profit boards and committees,
provide money-management workshops, and share their budgeting
and business planning knowledge.
We celebrate and thank our employees for all they do to build
strong, healthy communities. See profiles of some of our
employee
volunteers.
Dollars for doers
Launched in 1999, RBC's Employee Volunteer Grants Program
supports community involvement. Employees and pensioners who
volunteer a minimum of 40 hours a year to a registered charity
are eligible for a $500 grant to the organization in their
honour.Many of these grants are applied to specific projects
at smaller organizations that do not even have the resources
to fundraise.
Since 1999, RBC has made 12,488 grants and donated over
$6.24 million to celebrate our employees' volunteer efforts.
In 2007, RBC provided 2,025 Employee Volunteer Grants to community
organizations across North America.
Employee volunteer
grants
(number of employees receving grants) |
| |
Canada |
United States |
| 2007 |
1,885 |
140
|
| 2006 |
1,795 |
135
|
| 2005 |
1,756 |
1,873
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