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Proudly Creating Better Futures

To strengthen our social investments, we work to better understand their impact and the value they create for communities. The impacts below reflect 99 programs totaling $13.4 million, a portion of our $192 million of global social investment in 2025.

86,800
people experienced academic achievement, professional growth, ensuring access to education, skill-building and lifelong learning
33,600
people’s physical, mental, and emotional health improved through increased food security, safety, and improved wellbeing
26,200
people improved financial security and economic mobility through employment, business growth, housing stability, productivity and improved community resources.

Transforming Tomorrow Together

Transforming Tomorrow Together reflects our commitment to working in true partnership with the communities where we operate, creating transformative change that increases individual and community opportunity, wellbeing and success – and lasting value that extends beyond the life of our mines.

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Education and Workforce Development
Education and Workforce Development

Closing the achievement gap, increasing educational attainment and preparing a highly skilled, adaptable community workforce.

  • Improve academic performance
  • Facilitate completion of post-secondary education

  • Create pathways to jobs with a living wage or better

  • Enable reskilling, upskilling and transferable skills for jobs of the future
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Economic
Opportunity
Economic
Opportunity

Strengthening local systems that drive economic progress, enabling opportunities for citizens and the community at large that can be sustained or transferred post‑mining.

  • Create diverse jobs

  • Strengthen local businesses

  • Ensure attainable housing

  • Enable accessible health resources

  • Protect land and water

  • Increase food security
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Capacity and Leadership
Capacity and Leadership

Building individual, organizational, and community ability to maximize the benefits of mining, withstand disruption, and plan for the future.

  • Engage citizens

  • Activate community leaders

  • Improve resource efficiency

  • Strengthen organizational effectiveness and efficiency to steward and amplify investments
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Communities

Freeport works in partnership with local communities and Indigenous Peoples, striving to earn and maintain their trust and deliver shared value. We do this through ongoing, transparent engagement and constructive dialogue, which are foundational to our approach and inform our decisions.

  • North America
  • Tribal Nations & Indigenous Peoples
  • International
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Investing In Our Communities

We offer funding for organizations and programs that address one or more of our three focus areas: Education and Workforce Development, Economic Opportunity, and Capacity and Leadership and contributing to our goal of enabling resilient people, resilient economies and resilient organizations and systems.

Partnership & Programs

Stronger Together.

From business bootcamps to classroom STEM tools, we work with trusted partners to deliver programs that expand opportunity, spark innovation, and support local leadership.

  • DreamBuilder

    Free Business Training For Women

    Free online business training helping women worldwide launch and grow businesses. 


  • DreamCatcher

    Empowering Native Women Entrepreneurs

    An immersive business bootcamp for Native American women entrepreneurs, providing coursework and mentorship.

  • Dig Into Mining

    STEM Learning, Powered by Industry

    Our partnership with Discovery Education connects students to careers in mining through interactive tools and virtual labs.

  • Freeport Microlending with Kiva

    Microloans That Fuel Opportunity

    Affordable, flexible loan capital to small business owners in our operating communities and around the world.

  • Freeport-McMoRan Native American Scholarships

    Supporting Access to Higher Education

     Our Native American scholarships support undergraduate, graduate and technical/trade school students.

  • Guarantee Your Future with Freeport

    Providing Pathways to Meaningful Mining Careers

    A scholarship program providing technical training and job placement.

  • Community Resilience Initiative

    Partnering with Communities for Resilience

     Partnering with our communities to identify key risks, strengthen resilience and create a more sustainable future.

  • University Partnerships

    Connecting Academia and Industry

    Partnering with universities to grow future talent and innovation in mining.

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Giving Back Starts Here

Giving Back Starts Here

It’s easy to make a difference at Freeport. We empower employees to give back through donation matching, volunteer grants, and paid volunteer time.

Community Information and Grievance Management

Need information or have a concern?

To share a grievance, ask a question or request information, please call 877-629-2609, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

News

Latest Updates From The Community

Freeport Ranked One of the Best Companies to Work For in U.S.

News Date: 07/01/2026
Freeport has been named one the best places to work in the United States in the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Companies to Work For ratings.

Freeport Named One of the Most Civic-Minded Companies in the U.S.

News Date: 06/26/2026
Freeport has again been named one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States with its inclusion on The Civic 50 list, which recognizes corporate volunteerism and community engagement. The company also was recognized as the top performer in the Materials sector.