Our Mission and Our Commitment

The mission of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation is to give back to and to strengthen the thousands of communities where our employees and our customers work and live through charitable support.

We endorse and underwrite a variety of initiatives and causes throughout the markets where Enterprise operates in support of four key focus areas:

• We assist many local causes by joining our employees and providing a 50 percent match of their contributions to United Way campaigns throughout these communities.
• We believe it is important to provide financial resources to worthwhile nonprofit initiatives that are actively supported by our employees, their spouses, and loyal Enterprise customers.
• We strive to provide more sizable special grants to nonprofit groups or causes of significant strategic or social importance to Enterprise and its employees.
• We support relief projects or causes the company deems important as they arise, such as natural disasters that affect our customers and our employees.

Our giving flows from the belief that we owe our success to the communities we serve, and we must support their good causes in return.

Our History
Started in 1982 by Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder Jack Taylor, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation was established to allow the company to give back to the communities where Enterprise customers and employees live and work. The Foundation has contributed more than $87 million to thousands of registered non-profit efforts since its inception.

The Foundation provides charitable support to worthwhile non-profit initiatives that are actively supported by the company's employees, their spouses, and loyal Enterprise customers in the thousands of local communities where Enterprise operates its businesses. It also provides more sizable special grants to non-profit groups or causes of significant strategic or social importance to the company and its employees. For example, some $30 million has been given to schools and scholarships to support minorities and economically challenged students; and The Enterprise Rent-A-Car 50 Million Tree Pledge to the National Arbor Day Foundation – a $50 million pledge by the Foundation to plant 1 million trees a year for the next 50 years to help restore public lands badly in need of reforestation. The Foundation also donated $1 million to the Red Cross relief effort for the Gulf Coast, $1 million to the victims of 9-11, $250,000 to the Red Cross relief effort for victims of the 2004 hurricanes in the southeast U.S., and $250,000 to the International Red Cross for the Tsunami relief effort.

United Way & Employee Matching Contribution Program
In 2007, the Foundation matches all employee contributions on a 50% basis to the United Way in the U.S. and Canada as well as the "Give as You Earn" program in the United Kingdom. In 2007, Enterprise gave more than $15 million to the United Way, with $10.2 million from employee giving and $5.1 million from the Foundation's matching contribution. Enterprise Rent-A-Car employees can make group requests for United Way matching funds by using the form on the company's intranet under "Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation."

The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation operates under the leadership of President Jo Ann Taylor Kindle and a Board of Directors comprised of representatives from the Taylor family and members of the company's senior management.

Foundation Giving Guidelines

• Neither the Foundation nor the company donates vehicles or rentals.
• The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation was founded to enable Enterprise employees and their spouses to give back to their local communities. Because of this mission, the Foundation generally accepts requests for donations only from Enterprise employees and their spouses. In addition, the Foundation will consider requests from established Enterprise customers who use our services on a regular basis.
• In order to request a donation for an organization, the requestor must be personally and actively involved in the organization.
• The Foundation provides grants only to qualified tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations in the United States and requires that a copy of the IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter be attached to the proposal. For requests from the United Kingdom and Canada, organizations must have a registered charity number.
• The Foundation considers the support of schools, churches, and sports teams a personal responsibility, and therefore discourages requests for Foundation support of these types of organizations.
• In an effort to support as many worthwhile causes as possible, the Foundation will consider only one request per year, per organization.
• The average grant amount is $2,500 to $5,000 (USD).
• The average grant amount for a first-time request is usually up to $2,500.
• Enterprise Groups are prohibited from receiving benefits from organizations that receive a contribution from the Foundation. Benefits which Groups may not receive include tickets to events, dinner invitations, and advertising. Recognition for support on signage and in programs should go to the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation, not the operating group.
• PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANNUAL REPORTS, VIDEOS, DVDS OR CDS

How to Submit a Request
Employee Requests

• Please complete the Grant Application form located on the Foundation's intranet site.
• For U.S. requests, a copy of the organization's 501(c)(3) tax-exempt ruling from the IRS must be included. For Canadian and U.K. requests, the organization must provide a registered charity number.
• Send the request to the employee's appropriate General Manager or Corporate Officer for review. The Officer will then send the request to the Foundation, c/o Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, for consideration.

Customer Requests

• Prepare a brief written proposal that includes background information on the organization, including the organization's address; a summary of the project or program with the specific dollar amount requested; a description of the requestor's relationship to Enterprise or an Enterprise employee; a letter of support from an Enterprise Employee; and a description of the requestor's involvement in the organization.
• For U.S. requests, a copy of the organization’s 501(c)(3) tax-exempt ruling from the IRS with the 9-digit Federal ID number must be included. For Canadian and U.K. requests, the organization must provide a registered charity number.
• Send the request via regular mail to:

  Jo Ann Taylor Kindle
  President
  Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation
  600 Corporate Park Drive
  St. Louis, MO 63105

Proposal Deadlines
The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation Board meets three times each year to consider requests. Board meetings take place in winter (January or February), spring (April or May), and fall (October).

The Foundation would like to have all requests submitted to the Foundation no later than one month prior to each Board meeting for consideration, and deadlines are strictly enforced. Requestors generally are notified in writing within three to four weeks after the Board meeting.

Our schedule for 2008: