Since 1999, over 500 programs have been funded, for a total of over $14 million worldwide in support of causes that change our lives, our communities, and ultimately, our planet. View the full 2022 press release: Sappi North America Awards 2022 Ideas That Matter Grants or watch videos of some of our past grant winners.
Reading in the Deep: Illustrated Children’s Books about Life Below Water Art Center College of Design
"Here to Stay!" poster and advertising campaign
Model Maternity Spaces MASS Design Group
Yasuní: our rainforest, our life. Design Global Change/University of Houston-Downtown
Rent For Moms: More than Toys for Tots
For Colored Girls Who Weather Life’s Storms Rija Khan Designs
Farm Commons Made by We
Greyston Foundation Pentagram
Interfaith Task Force on Homelessness (ITFH) University of Washington, Division of Design
Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
NY Sun Works Studio Usher
REAP Food Group PBS Wisconsin
StreetCred at Boston Medical Center Ker-twang
The August Wilson Red Door Project HUB Collective
The Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve Fluora Studio
The New School Design for Social Innovation
For Colored Girls Who Weather Life’s Storms Trauma & Resilience Initiative, Inc.
Brighter Bites Principle
Sexual Harassment Prevention Initiative Peace Over Violence
Sound the Mound The New School
AIGA, the Professional Association for Design AIGA Design for Good task force
Parent-Child Home Program TODA
Inspiring Careers: Diversity in Design Design Museum Foundation
"It's Not Just Personal" Poster Distribution Campaign The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Friends of Matènwa Design Matters at Art Center College of Design
Social Good Fund Altitude
Vera Institute of Justice (VERA) Dress Code
ProPublica Studio Usher
Mawuni Gala Narezo and Chantal Fischzang
Prosperity Gardens Inc. Re-nourish
Riverside Art Center/Fly Creativity Lab Eastern Michigan University Intermediate Graphic Design Students
IDEO.org IDEO.org
8 80 Cities Urban Minds
Rochester Institute of Technology/Fordham University Vignelli Center for Design Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Creative Reaction Lab Creative Reaction Lab
Center for Neighborhood Leadership SmokeFire Media
Hill Country Health and Wellness Center Center for Design in the Public Interest, UC Davis
Coaniquem BCF, the Burned Children Foundation Design Matters at Art Center College of Design
Johns Hopkins University Lerner Center or Public Health Promotion MICA Center for Social Design
826 National McSweeney’s
SOLA - School of Leadership, Afghanistan The Blank Page
Design Museum Foundation Design Museum Foundation
The Point CDC Parsons the New School for Design
Ashoka Felicidad
MASS Design Group MASS Design Group
Peace Care 50000feet
826LA 826LA
Fund for Educational Excellence MICA Center for Social Design
Latino Advocacy / Community to Community Development Catherine Lim, Jennifer Cheng and Tyler Sinclair Monteferrante
University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame
Regional Environmental Council, Inc. Tarallo Design
EB Research Partnership Savage Brands
Detroit Future Schools Allied Media Projects
LIMBS International Design Global Change at the University of Hartford
The Bella Foundation SPCA Inktank-University of Central Oklahoma
The United States-Mexico Foundation for Science Design for Development - University of Florida
ECPAT-USA School of Visual Arts
Splash Splash
Coalition on Homelessness Studio AND
University of Notre Dame, Kgosi Neighbourhood Foundation University of Notre Dame
The Center for Urban Pedagogy IntraCollaborative
City of Refuge Brand Fever
Art with Heart Art with Heart
The Center for Urban Pedagogy The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Neighborhood Design Center MICA Center for Social Design
Fresh Artists Kradel Design and Philadelphia University
Epicenter Sincerely Interested
Nyaya Health Nyaya Health
Makeshift Analogue Digital, Inc. (Makeshift)
Know Your City Know Your City
EducationSuperHighway Studio Usher
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks Plenty
Creative Director Metro (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
Los Angeles, CA
The Wright Family Foundation of The Dayton Foundation Visual Marketing Associates, Inc.
Windham Harm Reduction Coalition, Inc. Celia Poirier
Cahaba River Society University of Alabama at Birmingham and Alabama Innovation Engine
University of Notre Dame, Kgosi Neighborhood Foundation Sedlack Design Associates, Impact Collaborative and together+
Kestrel Educational Adventures Return Design
Wellspring Joey’s Corner
New Urban Arts Imaginary Office
IDEO.org IDEO.org
Global Studio, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia University Global Studio, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia University
826 Seattle Fantagraphics Books
The Dill Pickle Club The Dill Pickle Club
The Los Angeles School District Design Matters at Art Center College of Design
The Ecology Center David Rager Studio
Founder & Director of Social Design (MA) and Center for Design Practice MICA Center for Social Design
Baltimore, MD
The GO Project Studio Usher
GLSEN Houston Savage Brands
Housing Works Housing Works
Missing GRACE Foundation Rise-and-Shine Studio
Project H Design Project H Design
826 LA Parallel-Play
Auburn University Foundation/ Rural Studio Office of Clifton Burt
Civic Works — Real Food Farm MICA Center for Social Design
Carter Burden Center for the Aging Lillian Lee
Youth Design Korn Design
DesignBuildBLUFF IZM Design
Youth in Focus - The Hello Poster Show Benjamin K. Shown
ScholarCHIPS Fearless Future
The Dill Pickle Club The Dill Pickle Club
Life Pieces to Masterpieces Dennis|Konetzka|Design Group
The Oxbow School Craig Frazier Design
HERO COMMON Hoops
Literacy Assistance Center Citizen Research & Design
Damascus Citizens for Sustainability The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Nevada Museum of Art Brad Bartlett Design
Greene Hill Food Co-Op BASE
The Children’s Tumor Foundation Andrew Shea
Old Arizona Collaborative, Inc. PIECE Studio
Welldone International Publicis Sapient
BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) Tomorrow Partners
The YES Foundation of White Center, WA tmarks design
The Jed Foundation Ashley Stevens
Project H Design Project H Design
Partners in Health MASS Design Group
Restore NYC the Longitude
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Irina Lee
African Conservation Fund Melanie McElduff & Deborah Ross
Build it Green! NYC (BIG! NYC) Lara McCormick
Even Chance Advocacy + Resources + Rescue Jessi McNamara Design
Youth Photo Project Jessica Little
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways Jennifer Jones
Ocean Conservancy, Gulf of Mexico Regional Office Imaginary Office
Borderland Youth at Texas State University, San Marcos Hays Design Studio
University of Hartford Design Global Change
Design Corps, Pratt Institute Design Corps, Pratt Institute
Art Works Projects de.MO
826 Boston Continuum
The Human Rights Campaign Catalina Photography
The Ucal McKenzie Breakaway Foundation Buoy, Inc.
BRUTE LABS BRUTE LABS
Bao Design Lab Bao Design Lab
ONEgeneration Design Matters at Art Center College of Design
AIGA, the professional association for design AIGA, the professional association for design
AED Center for Social Marketing and Behavior Change AED (Academy for Educational Development)
Designer's Accord Open
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Winterhouse
Public Architecture Studio Hinrichs
MD Anderson Cancer Center Savage Brands
Project H Design Project H Design
Archeworks One Drop Moving Design
Planet Cancer Lowell Williams Design
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest Loudmouse Student Group at the School of Visual Concepts
Youth Design Korn Design
International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region Julie Tinker Co.
The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center Joey’s Corner
AIGA San Francisco / Inneract Project Inneract Project
Baltimore Tree Trust INK., design
Border Crossers Fogelson Lubliner
Red Rock BRUTE LABS
The SoftSpot Academy of Art University
CountyCorp Visual Marketing Associates, Inc.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation The University of Kansas, Department of Design
ASTAR — Autism Spectrum Treatment and Research tmarks design
Erie County CASA Program Saremo, Inc.
Armstrong Family Services Saintbrush Design
Exodus World Service Rick Franklin Design
Tenants & Neighbors Red Antenna
HERO Family Resource Center Piece Studio and MICA Center for Social Design
Mercy & Sharing Foundation Otto Design & Marketing
Acadiana Outreach Center Megan Barra Graphic Design
Youth Design Boston Korn Design
Joey’s Corner Joey’s Corner
Ashoka Felicidad
Chicago Youth Centers Faust Associates
Open Space Institute/NTTL Chermayeff & Geismar
Art with Heart Art with Heart
Green Bay Area Public School District Arketype, Inc.
ex;it foundation Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University
Greyhound Welfare Foundation / Leaving Tracks Anne Van Wagener
Academy for Educational Development Center for Youth Development and Policy Research AED (Academy for Educational Development)
The Innocence Project Masood Bukhari LLC
Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health & Wellness Center Pure + Applied / Art Center College of Design
ABC Prison Literacy Howard Design Group
Cook County Bureau of Health Services University of Illinois at Chicago, City Design Center
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks Missouri State University Department of Art & Design
Migrant Head Start Collaboration AED (Academy for Educational Development)
Visual Aid Artists for AIDS Relief Stuart McKee Design
Girls First The H Agency
Adolescents in Recovery (AIR) Savage Brands
Dorothy's Place - Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra Casella Creative
NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault Worksight
Community Health Partnership of Illinois University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art & Design
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence School of Visual Arts
BFriend Inc./Creative Pitch Brainforest, Inc.
Pacific Beach Town Council The Art Institute of California, San Diego
Zeum Turner & Associates
Fraser A. Light Communications
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara Schlesinger Design
Santa Fe Art Institute Minelli, Inc.
Open Door Family Medical Centers Graphic Expression Inc.
Madagascar Ankizy Fund Woodworth Associates
Depelchin Children's Center Savage Brands
Green Map System Whitehouse & Company and DK Holland LLC
Camp Alkulana / Richmond Baptist Association Merit Ink Design
Public Architecture of San Francisco MendeDesign
CYCLE Kids Lucas Roy
The Art of Yoga Project Joey’s Corner
Homeward Bound of Marin Hansen-Kemp Design
U.S. Metric Association School of Visual Arts
Waiting Child Fund Think Monkey
Rainbows Pivot Design, Inc.
Outdoor Outreach Morris Communication
p:ear (Program: Education, Art, Recreation) Portland State University and Wieden+Kennedy
Joey’s Corner Michael Osborne Design
Senior Services of King County Stephanie J. Cooper
One Voice: Middle East conflict Sagmeister, Inc.
Primo Center for Women & Children Pagliuco Design Company
The Autism Research Institute MC BrandStudios
The Wonder of Reading KBDA (Kim Baer Design Associates)
University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center fd2s
LA Gay & Lesbian Center Boldface Design
Trees for Life Padmaja Chaluvadi
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland 15THMINUTE
ShoreFront Legacy Center and McGaw YMCA Robinson Design
Friends for Youth Matsumoto + Tioleco-Cheng + Williams
American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter BLVDWest
Foundation for the Children of the Californias Claudia Chong-Delgado
Harbinger Partners Willy Wong
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Cornish College of the Arts
Passion Works Studio Depke Design
San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy Carol Kerr Graphic Design
Graceful Stitches CoreWeb Inc.
Wildwood Hills Ranch Sayles Graphic Design
Rainbow House Synergy Creative, Inc.
DreamYard / LA Michael Etter
Inner-City Filmmakers The Designory
Lemur Conservation Foundation Chermayeff & Geismar
Art with Heart Lorig Design
David Stuart Cannon
Facing Forward Foundation, UCLA Craniofacial Reconstructive Surgery Center Mainframe Media and Design
Designers Without Borders Sydnee MacKay and David Stairs
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Adolescent Medicine Design is Good
Centro Cultural Chicano, Inc. Casa Valencia
Boomtown Café Modern Dog Design Company
Arizona Commission on the Arts Karyn Clark Ricci
AIGA National Design Center, Design for Democracy University of Illlinois at Chicago / Studio/lab
Southern Tier AIDS Program Iron Design
Red Feather Development Group studiovertex incorporated
Great Vancouver Food Bank Society Signals Design Group
University of Texas Health Center, Neonatal Program Savage Brands
Friends for Life Animal Sanctuary Motive Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Undergraduates Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Make-A-Wish Foundation, IL Lowercase, Inc.
Gilda's Club of Chicago Brainforest, Inc.
Abyssinian Baptist Church of the City of New York Bobby Martin, Jr.
xprogramming.com
ECHO ECHO
Support Center for Child Advocates Rector Communications, Inc.
Great Leap, Inc. Azusa Oda
San Francisco Art and Film for Teenagers burchiellaro design
Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center Wyse Advertising
WGBH Education/Between The Lions WGBH
Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio University of Ohio-University Publications
Chicago Food Pantry 3CD (Three Communication Design)
Canadian Design Cares Society of Graphic Designers of Canada Vancouver Island Chapter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa Sayles Graphic Design
Project Cuddle Platt College
Powerful Voices Nichols & Zwiebel
The Newberry Nate Burgos
Young Chicago Authors/Say What Magazine Morningstar/Oscillat
ATTACh, Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children McLean-Cowan Graphic Design
Seattle Rotary Service Foundation Hansen Design Company, Inc.
Lakeview School Gund, Inc.
John Wayne Cancer Institute Gregory Thomas Associates
Literacy Assistance Center DK Holland, LLC
David's House Communica Incorporated
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry Cathy Swaney Graphic Design
YWCA of O’ahu Boots Illustration and Design
Children’s Legacy Asher Studio
Wheels for the World Amber Graphic Media
Art with Heart AIGA/Art with Heart
Street Level Youth Media Tanagram
The Lake County Haven Toral Art & Design
Boulder County Safe House TaCito Design, Inc.
Four Paws Rescue Slanting Rain Graphic Design
The Center for Creative Living Saybrook Advertising
Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center RBMM
Special Start Academy Pressley Jacobs Design Inc.
Amnesty International USA Pentagram Design Inc.
Seguin Services Paragon Design International, Inc.
Michigan Council on Crime & Delinquency Pace & Partners
Advocates for Youth Noble & Associates
Children’s Advocacy Center Inc. Motive Design
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Methodologie
Camp Mak-A-Dream's Michigan Chapter McCann-Erickson Detroit
The Northern Westchester Shelter Langton Cherubino Group
Gilda's Club of Southeastern Wisconsin Hare Stringenz Design
Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network Deca Design
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Creative Creativo
AnimalKind Inc. CGN
North Beach Citizens Anvil Graphic Design
A Gift for Teaching, Inc. A Gift for Teaching, Inc.
World Studio Foundation World Studio Inc.
The International Dyslexia Association Visual Language LLC
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The ARVD/C Program Sprout Interactive
The Cultural Survival Winter Bazaar Rick Rawlins/Work
Children's Museum of Manhattan The Pushpin Group, Inc.
AIDS Foundation, Houston Pennebaker
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Von Design Company
Art 180 The Martin Agency
Make a Better Place Liska & Associates, Inc.
Amnesty International James Victore, Inc.
The Beacon Hill Elementary School Design Scout, Inc.
The Talk Chart The Design Center, Robert Busch School of Design at Kean University
Opera House Arts at the The Stonington Opera House Black Lamb Studio