In 2024, the RealNetworks Foundation and the Glaser Progress Foundation merged to form the Real Progress Foundation. The Real Progress Foundation will continue the strong history of employee fiscal and volunteer matching programs, with more to come!
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When RealNetworks went public in 1997, the company’s leadership felt it was important to contribute to the common good, starting in our own backyard. In 2000, the Company created the RealNetworks Foundation which makes about $1.25 million in charitable grants per year. The Foundation matches the personal contributions of employees at a rate of $1 for every $1 an employee donates to an eligible, 501c3 nonprofit (up to $15,000 per year)! The Foundation also matches the volunteer time that employees of RealNetworks contribute to U.S. nonprofits with a grant of $25 per hour (up to 100 hours per employee, per year).
Past RealNetworks Foundation grants, have included community-based organizations in a wide variety of sectors. These grants prioritized direct, human services (housing, health, and hunger-relief) as well as employment and training programs that help individuals and families become self-sufficient. The Foundation also prioritized STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs and those that serve to diversify the tech sector by helping historically underrepresented people qualify for tech jobs, including programs that are geared toward helping women and girls, people from underrepresented ethnic communities, low-income people and those who will be the first in their family to attend college pursue degrees and training in tech fields such as computer science and software engineering.
Thanks to the support of RealNetworks, the Real Progress Foundation will make grants to charitable organizations and match employee financial contributions and volunteer time. We are currently designing our new website. Until this design is complete, please feel free to contact us at grants@realprogressfoundation.org. Through it all, we work closely with RealNetworks employees at all levels to foster a spirit of community involvement and esprit de corps.