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03/27/2025
Avangrid Foundation Supported 89 Charitable Organizations Across the U.S. in 2024
Avangrid Foundation Supported 89 Charitable Organizations Across the U.S. in 2024
Organizations including American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and Ronald McDonald House Charities, focused on social action for disadvantaged communities, education, research, biodiversity, and arts & culture
ORANGE, Conn. — March 27, 2025 — The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading energy company Avangrid Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that it supported 89 different charitable organizations during 2024, helping create a sustainable and equitable future for all.
“Another exceptional year for the Avangrid Foundation. I am proud of everything that they accomplished collaborating with our partner organizations across the country,” said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “As a company, our purpose is to promote healthier and more sustainable communities every day. This is yet another example of how we are improving the lives of the people we work with and serve.”
The Avangrid Foundation focuses on forming partnerships within its four Pillars of Giving:
- Social Action: Contributing to sustainable development and human rights through investments to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for the most disadvantaged, underserved, or at-risk people in our communities
- Education and Research: Supporting equitable education access across the United States as well as the advancement of scientific research and innovation that will build the sustainable communities of the future
- Biodiversity: Promoting environmental sustainability and increasing biodiversity.
- Arts and Culture: Advancing arts, heritage, and culture in support of vibrant and sustainable communities by providing access to our most disadvantaged populations
In 2024, the Avangrid Foundation partnered with national organizations, like the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, Kids in Need Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities, and the Trust for Public Land. It also partnered with local nonprofits across its service and operating areas, including the Urban League of Rochester (NY) and Preble Street of Portland (ME).
“We work closely with our partner organizations each year to identify projects for funding that will have a positive impact in the communities we serve,” said Pablo Colón, executive director of the Avangrid Foundation and director of corporate citizenship at Avangrid. “I’m incredibly proud of the work our nonprofit partners do every day to address critical needs nationwide and we are thrilled to be a part of the meaningful work of promoting & creating thriving communities.”
In addition to corporate giving, the Avangrid Foundation also helps to amplify employees’ work in our communities through its Energized for Good program. Through this initiative, the Avangrid Foundation will donate to employee volunteer hour to qualifying organizations, up to 100 hours per employee. The program also matches 50 cents on every dollar up to $1,500 in match funds per employee for qualifying organizations.
“Being active in my community has always been something I am very passionate about. If I can give back in any capacity whether through donation or volunteering, I do it. The Avangrid Foundation and Energized for Good program only help to amplify my volunteer and giving efforts, and I could not be more grateful for that,” said Erica Holland, manager for training, awareness, & metrics for corporate security & resilience at Avangrid. “Not only do I see the positive impacts in my local community, but I also feel the ripple effect it has on communities throughout our geographically dispersed organization.”
For more information about the Avangrid Foundation, click here.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Oregon, including operations in 24 states with approximately $47 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England and in 2024. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates more than 75 energy generation facilities across the United States producing over 9GW of power for over 2.2 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
