Philanthropy
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March 27, 2026
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To PepsiCo:
At PepsiCo, we aim to support positive change for people and the planet — we lead with listening, then act by delivering programs designed to expand access to essentials and help people and communities thrive. From the products we make to the partnerships we nurture, we recognize our success is deeply tied to the prosperity of those around us — where we live, work and source. Guided by our pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) strategy, we’re working to help transform the global food system to unlock opportunity and spark impact — one smile, one solution, one community at a time.
To the World:
Our Social Impact approach begins with a core belief: Social impact isn’t something we deliver. It’s something we build together by listening, working side-by-side and investing in solutions to support community prosperity. We start by focusing on access to the essentials — food, water and opportunity — and walk alongside communities to build on the progress they are driving. Through our business, from our brands to our associates and partners, we listen deeply and show up in service of community-driven solutions. These efforts are rooted in pride, purpose and our vision for generational growth — empowering the next generation with knowledge, skills and resources to advance socially and economically. With the PepsiCo Foundation, our on-the-ground philanthropic engine, we strive to build trust through presence and proximity, catalyzing and scaling solutions that are tailored to meet the evolving needs and priorities of communities around the world.
Approach
Governance
PepsiCo has local leaders all around the world who collaborate closely with nonprofit partners and community leaders to advance positive social impact. This global effort — including the PepsiCo Foundation’s work — is led by PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President of Social Impact and the Foundation’s Board of Directors, chaired by the company’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer.
Strategy
At PepsiCo, we strive to combine our global reach, expertise and resources with the PepsiCo Foundation's philanthropic investments to help create lasting change through community-led partnerships and long-term solutions. Our approach focuses on farming, equitable access to nutritious food and safe water and workforce development, to help strengthen systems of support and drive progress toward a thriving future for people and communities. Each of these focus areas also directly aligns with certain pep+ goals. Together we aim to drive measurable, lasting impact, supporting PepsiCo's efforts to give the world more reasons to smile.
We strive for tangible impact in the places where we live and work — building relationships with industry peers and local and international non-profit organizations that seek to effect large-scale change on globally-important issues central to our mission and vision. By listening and working alongside each other, we aim to build trust and scale solutions intended to create lasting, positive impact for people around the world.
In addition, as part of the Positive Value Chain pillar of our pep+ strategy, we seek to empower our associates with funding and programming from the PepsiCo Foundation to cultivate prosperity in our communities through outreach, donation matching, scholarships and our global workforce volunteering program, One Smile at a Time.
For more detail on our strategy and progress on philanthropic engagement, see the PepsiCo Foundation home page.
Progress
Philanthropic funding directly supports many of PepsiCo’s broader pep+ ambitions and also supports employee giving and disaster relief. In 2025, our donations, both local and global, helped us champion causes important to PepsiCo and the communities where we operate.
| 2025 Global Citizenship Giving | (USD, in millions) |
| PepsiCo Foundation | 40 |
| Corporate contributions | 3 |
| Division contributions | 15 |
| Division estimated in-kind | 77 |
| Total | 135 |
| 2025 Foundation Disbursements1 | (USD, in millions) |
| Farming | 4 |
| Food access | 11 |
| Safe water access | 0.6 |
| Workforce development | 11 |
| Plastic waste | 0.1 |
| Disaster relief | 3 |
| Employee and community engagement | 4 |
| Matching gifts and employee scholarships | 7 |
| Total | 40 |
For more detail on our Foundation’s giving, see our 2025 PepsiCo Foundation Giving Report.
What's next
As we look ahead, we aim to continue elevating our impact and helping to create local, leading and lasting change for communities worldwide. Together across the PepsiCo and PepsiCo Foundation network, with nonprofit partners and community leaders, we can help support the necessary change for communities to thrive.
1Certain amounts throughout may not sum to values reported in the 2025 PepsiCo Foundation Giving Report and/or the 2025 PepsiCo Annual Report due to rounding
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