Delta volunteers participating in the Covenant House Sleep Out event
Partecipazione nella comunità

Employee Fundraising and Volunteering

Delta people give back by donating their time, expertise and resources to community causes they care deeply about.

Matching Gifts to Education

The Delta Air Lines Foundation matches donations made by active employees, retirees and Board members to accredited, eligible nonprofit educational institutions, from pre-K through post-graduate, up to $5.000 per employee per year. In 2023, The Delta Air Lines Foundation matched $2.8 million in personal contributions made by Delta employees, retirees and Board members to eligible public and private nonprofit educational institutions in the United States and its territories.

HELPING CUSTOMERS DONATE SKYMILES TO THOSE IN NEED

Delta customers around the world can donate miles from the SkyMiles Program through the SkyWish program to support:

  • membri in servizio e veterani delle forze armate malati o feriti, che devono sottoporsi a cure mediche o ricongiungersi alle proprie famiglie
  • Volunteers building affordable housing or assisting with disaster relief and recovery during national emergencies
  • bambini affetti da malattie mortali in cerca di cure nei migliori ospedali nazionali o che vogliono recarsi nella loro destinazione dei sogni
  • Human trafficking survivors

$18M

Delta employees and customers raised $18 million for major fundraisers in 2023, including the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Covenant House, Delta Care and Scholarship Fund, and United Way

  • AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

    $18.9M+

    Since 2002, including $2.9 million in 2023

  • BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    $24M+

    Since 2005, including a record-breaking $3 million in 2023

  • COVENANT HOUSE

    $400K

    Through the annual Sleep Out event when employees give up their beds for a night in solidarity with homeless youth

  • UNITED WAY

    $1.97M

    To support equity-focused community programs

  • AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

    $424K

    Through the 2023 Greater Atlanta Heart Walk, supporting research, training and medical breakthroughs to help end heart disease and stroke

  • CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA

    $245K

    Supporting Atlanta’s Hughes Spalding Hospital

  • DELTA CARE AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND

    $9.1M

    To help Delta employees, retirees and survivors through many unforeseen hardships