Champions & Charities
Giving Back is in Our DNA
Burns & Wilcox is dedicated to giving back to the communities where we do business through multiple philanthropic efforts. We embrace our responsibility in dedicating time and resources to those organizations that are important to our communities and professionals.
Champions & Charities
Champions & Charities is our company’s signature philanthropic initiative to give back to the communities where we live and work.
The program champions causes important to our 2,000 associates worldwide as well Burns & Wilcox brand ambassadors, professional golfers Jimmy Walker, Webb Simpson, Max Homa, and Sophia Schubert.
As part of Champions & Charities, Burns & Wilcox associates are provided paid volunteer time off to support nonprofit organizations close to their hearts. The company also makes monetary donations to various charities and matches employee donations during our annual Harvesting Hope Against Hunger campaign.
To date, Champions & Charities has supported dozens of non-profit organizations through associated-driven volunteering and fundraising, as well as company donations.
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger is an associate-driven initiative to raise funds for hunger relief charities in their communities.
Throughout September 2022, associates throughout North America volunteered 1,012 hours to more than 50 local food banks in areas where we conduct business. Our most ever in a single month!
Additionally, each policy bound or financed, claim closed, or job completed in September with a participating H.W. Kaufman Group company resulted in a donation. Furthermore, all employee donations were matched dollar-for-dollar by Kaufman.
2022 Burns & Wilcox Designated Charities
- Alameda County Community Food Bank – San Francisco, CA
- Alameda County Community Food Bank – Los Angeles, CA
- APLA Food Bank – Los Angeles, CA
- Arkansas Food Bank – Little Rock, AR
- Atlanta Community Food Bank – Atlanta, GA
- Backpack Buddies – Charleston, SC
- Backpack Buddies – Myrtle Beach, SC
- Barrhaven Food Cupboard – Ottawa, Ontario
- Bridges to Hope – St. John’s, NL
- Common Heart – Charlotte, NC
- Community Food Bank of Central Alabama – Birmingham, AL
- Daily Bread Food Bank – Toronto, Ontario
- Downtown Eastside Aboriginal Front Door Society – Western Canada
- Eat.Learn.Play. – San Francisco, CA
- Enchanted Backpack – Milwaukee, WI
- Enchanted Backpack – Chicago, IL
- Feed Nova Scotia – Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Feeding South Florida – Miami, FL
- Feeding Tampa Bay – Tampa, FL
- Food Outreach, Inc – Kansas City, MO
- Food Outreach, Inc – St. Louis, MO
- For The Kids – Salt Lake City, UT
- Forgotten Harvest – Farmington Hills, MI
- Forgotten Harvest – Grand Rapids, MI
- Gleaners – Detroit, MI
- Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana – Indianapolis, IN
- Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank – Baton Rouge, LA
- Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank – Pittsburgh, PA
- Harvest Compassion Center – Scottsdale, AZ
- Harvest Compassion Center – Scottsdale, AZ
- Houston Food Bank – Houston, TX
- Live Again Fresno – Fresno, CA
- Martha’s Mission Cupboard – Morehead City, NC
- Maryland Food Bank – Baltimore, MD
- Moisson Montréal – Montreal, Quebec
- North Dallas Shared Ministries – Dallas, TX
- Nourishing Hope – Chicago, IL
- Placer Food Bank – Sacramento, CA
- Ronald McDonald House of Central and Northern New Jersey – Parsippany, NJ
- San Antonio Food Bank – San Antonio, TX
- San Diego Food Bank – San Diego, CA
- Second Harvest Food Bank – Orlando, FL
- Second Harvest Food Bank – New Orleans, LA
- Second Harvest Heartland Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
- Tarrant Area Food Bank – Fort Worth, TX
- The Gathering Place – Denver, CO
- The Just One Project – Las Vegas, NV
- The Pantry – Oxford, MS
2021
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger raised more than $103,000 benefiting 50 hunger relief charities across North America in September 2021. Associates also volunteered 620 hours throughout the month to food banks and distribution centers.
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger
H.W. Kaufman Group and Burns & Wilcox associates throughout North America volunteered 1,012 hours to more than 50 local food banks in areas where we conduct business. Our most ever in a single month!
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger
H.W. Kaufman Group and Burns & Wilcox associates throughout North America volunteered 1,012 hours to more than 50 local food banks in areas where we conduct business. Our most ever in a single month!
Back-to-School Pack-a-Thon
Burns & Wilcox and H.W. Kaufman Group associates filled 500 backpacks with school supplies to be donated to Variety the Children’s Charity for elementary students in Pontiac, Michigan.
Food Delivery
Inland Marine/Transportation Team at Burns & Wilcox Canada delivered 2,200 pounds of food for the North York Harvest Food Bank in Toronto, Ontario.
50 Days of Giving
Offices from across the United States teamed up to raise money for the City of Hope, a Cancer Treatment and Research Organization.
50 Days of Giving
Offices from across the United States teamed up to raise money for the City of Hope, a Cancer Treatment and Research Organization.
Associates Give Back
Associates came together by making masks, supporting frontline workers, and helping their communities for the Kaufman Gives Back Initiative.
Golfing for Charity
PGA Golfers and Burns & Wilcox Brand Ambassadors, Webb Simpson and Jimmy Walker, were presented checks to charities close to their hearts, the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Global Lyme Alliance.
Cooking for a Cause
The Chicago office prepped and served meals for their local community at the Manna’s Men’s Shelter
Fleece and Thank you
Associates cut and tied fleece blankets for children in Michigan hospitals battling illnesses.
Food Bank Support
The Ontario office helped pack 3,000lbs of food for families in need in the city of Toronto.
Fluffy Friends
Attendees of the Kaufman Leadership Meeting assembled and donated 175 stuffed animals to the Bottomless Toy Chest. The stuffed animals were delivered to children being treated for cancer and other serious illnesses in Michigan, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas hospitals.
Build a Bike
Associates at the Kaufman Leadership Meeting came together to build memorable gifts by assembling bicycles for children at the local Boys and Girls Club.
School Supply Drive
Burns & Wilcox Dallas/Fort Worth hosted a back-to-school drive for students in need. They donated more than 270 school supplies.
