Our Approach
To maximize our impact, we focus our support on local causes that are vital to the communities in which we operate. We hold the belief that engaged citizens are the foundation of strong communities. Therefore, we motivate our team members to be proactive participants in their local communities. Each Pilgrim's facility collaborates with non-profit organizations to address critical needs within their respective areas. We offer opportunities for our team members to volunteer their skills and time, while our facilities provide financial backing to augment our influence. The human resources director and general manager at each facility spearhead philanthropy initiatives, offering both financial contributions and hands-on volunteering to foster robust communities.
Our Approach
To maximize our impact, we focus our support on local causes that are vital to the communities in which we operate. We hold the belief that engaged citizens are the foundation of strong communities. Therefore, we motivate our team members to be proactive participants in their local communities. Each Pilgrim's facility collaborates with non-profit organizations to address critical needs within their respective areas. We offer opportunities for our team members to volunteer their skills and time, while our facilities provide financial backing to augment our influence. The human resources director and general manager at each facility spearhead philanthropy initiatives, offering both financial contributions and hands-on volunteering to foster robust communities.
Our Approach
To maximize our impact, we focus our support on local causes that are vital to the communities in which we operate. We hold the belief that engaged citizens are the foundation of strong communities. Therefore, we motivate our team members to be proactive participants in their local communities. Each Pilgrim's facility collaborates with non-profit organizations to address critical needs within their respective areas. We offer opportunities for our team members to volunteer their skills and time, while our facilities provide financial backing to augment our influence. The human resources director and general manager at each facility spearhead philanthropy initiatives, offering both financial contributions and hands-on volunteering to foster robust communities.
Investing in Positive Social Change
Philanthropy and community support are spearheaded at the local level within our regions, incorporating both investment and employee volunteering. Our initiatives range from collaborating with food banks to assisting our employees and their families in pursuing higher education. All these efforts are aimed at enhancing lives and promoting wellbeing.
Investing in Positive Social Change
Philanthropy and community support are spearheaded at the local level within our regions, incorporating both investment and employee volunteering. Our initiatives range from collaborating with food banks to assisting our employees and their families in pursuing higher education. All these efforts are aimed at enhancing lives and promoting wellbeing.
Investing in Positive Social Change
Philanthropy and community support are spearheaded at the local level within our regions, incorporating both investment and employee volunteering. Our initiatives range from collaborating with food banks to assisting our employees and their families in pursuing higher education. All these efforts are aimed at enhancing lives and promoting wellbeing.
Hometown Strong Test
In 2020, Pilgrim’s U.S. launched Hometown Strong, a U.S.$ 100 million initiative to bring strength and stability to the communities where we live and work. Our facility management teams have been working with local leaders and organizations to determine how the funds can best help meet immediate and longer-term community needs. Projects include donating books and computers to underserved children, constructing warehouses for food pantries, funding high school agriculture programs, as well as developing land for playgrounds, community gardens, and team member housing.
To date, Hometown Strong has invested in over 260 projects, with more initiatives to come.
Better Futures
As part of our Hometown Strong initiative, Pilgrim’s U.S. is working to build the largest free college tuition program in rural America: Better Futures. Through this program, our team members and their child dependents have the opportunity to pursue their higher education dreams for associate degrees and trade certificates at community and technical colleges — tuition free. JBS USA and Pilgrim’s advisors will also help team members — many from first-generation American families — navigate the application process, which can be a deterrence to people applying to college for the first time.
We are building this program because we recognize and believe in the transformative power of higher education and the opportunities that come from education, coursework, and technical skill training. By removing the major financial barrier to college attendance, our communities can seek the education and training that will lead them to live more fulfilled lives.
Pilgrim's Tomorrow Fund
In 2019, Pilgrim’s U.S. launched the Tomorrow Fund, a scholarship program to support the collegiate pursuits of our team members and their direct dependents. Our vision is to become the best and most respected company in our industry, creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members. In line with this pursuit, we established this program to help our team members achieve their dreams and create a better future for themselves and their families through education. Every year, an eligible student from each of our 30 processing facilities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, plus our corporate office, will be awarded a full-ride scholarship to an eligible university of their choice. Our goal was to invest $2 million in the Pilgrim’s Tomorrow Fund scholarship recipients by 2025, which we exceeded in 2023 by more than $600.000.
The Tomorrow Fund supports team members and direct dependents pursuing an initial bachelor’s degree, an accredited vocational-technical certification, or an associate degree. Award recipients participate in a Pilgrim’s mentorship program and could be offered internships for the summer at Pilgrim’s locations across the country.
At Pilgrim’s, we believe our people are our greatest strength. The Tomorrow Fund invests in the future, supports our local communities, and improves the lives of our team members and their families through empowerment, education, and personal growth.
Click here to read more about the Tomorrow Fund.
Pilgrim's Mexico
Our focus continued to be supporting our team members and the communities where we live and work. Some of our philanthropic work included:
Continuing our Chicken Donations Program, which focuses on contributing to the communities surrounding our complexes and areas hit hardest by the pandemic. Donations were made possible through DIF (National System for the Development of the Family) and municipal governments.
Pilgrim's Europe
Pilgrim’s Europe established a £1 million Community Support Fund aimed at supporting and enriching the lives of those in need across its local communities. This new initiative builds on Pilgrim’s Europe’s range of existing and long-established community measures, including charity and educational programs.
Pilgrim’s Europe’s HR and Performance Director, Kirsty Wilkins said, “The food industry plays a vital role, keeping our supermarket shelves stocked and we are thankful to our local towns, villages and team members who are part of this important effort. Pilgrim's Europe is a people focused organization, and we invest heavily in development opportunities for our colleagues in the workplace. This new community initiative is a natural extension of this approach and we look forward to receiving applications from local groups.”
Hometown Strong Test
In 2020, Pilgrim’s U.S. launched Hometown Strong, a U.S.$ 100 million initiative to bring strength and stability to the communities where we live and work. Our facility management teams have been working with local leaders and organizations to determine how the funds can best help meet immediate and longer-term community needs. Projects include donating books and computers to underserved children, constructing warehouses for food pantries, funding high school agriculture programs, as well as developing land for playgrounds, community gardens, and team member housing.
To date, Hometown Strong has invested in over 260 projects, with more initiatives to come.
Better Futures
As part of our Hometown Strong initiative, Pilgrim’s U.S. is working to build the largest free college tuition program in rural America: Better Futures. Through this program, our team members and their child dependents have the opportunity to pursue their higher education dreams for associate degrees and trade certificates at community and technical colleges — tuition free. JBS USA and Pilgrim’s advisors will also help team members — many from first-generation American families — navigate the application process, which can be a deterrence to people applying to college for the first time.
We are building this program because we recognize and believe in the transformative power of higher education and the opportunities that come from education, coursework, and technical skill training. By removing the major financial barrier to college attendance, our communities can seek the education and training that will lead them to live more fulfilled lives.
Pilgrim's Tomorrow Fund
In 2019, Pilgrim’s U.S. launched the Tomorrow Fund, a scholarship program to support the collegiate pursuits of our team members and their direct dependents. Our vision is to become the best and most respected company in our industry, creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members. In line with this pursuit, we established this program to help our team members achieve their dreams and create a better future for themselves and their families through education. Every year, an eligible student from each of our 30 processing facilities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, plus our corporate office, will be awarded a full-ride scholarship to an eligible university of their choice. Our goal was to invest $2 million in the Pilgrim’s Tomorrow Fund scholarship recipients by 2025, which we exceeded in 2023 by more than $600.000.
The Tomorrow Fund supports team members and direct dependents pursuing an initial bachelor’s degree, an accredited vocational-technical certification, or an associate degree. Award recipients participate in a Pilgrim’s mentorship program and could be offered internships for the summer at Pilgrim’s locations across the country.
At Pilgrim’s, we believe our people are our greatest strength. The Tomorrow Fund invests in the future, supports our local communities, and improves the lives of our team members and their families through empowerment, education, and personal growth.
Click here to read more about the Tomorrow Fund.
Pilgrim's Mexico
Our focus continued to be supporting our team members and the communities where we live and work. Some of our philanthropic work included:
Continuing our Chicken Donations Program, which focuses on contributing to the communities surrounding our complexes and areas hit hardest by the pandemic. Donations were made possible through DIF (National System for the Development of the Family) and municipal governments.
Pilgrim's Europe
Pilgrim’s Europe established a £1 million Community Support Fund aimed at supporting and enriching the lives of those in need across its local communities. This new initiative builds on Pilgrim’s Europe’s range of existing and long-established community measures, including charity and educational programs.
Pilgrim’s Europe’s HR and Performance Director, Kirsty Wilkins said, “The food industry plays a vital role, keeping our supermarket shelves stocked and we are thankful to our local towns, villages and team members who are part of this important effort. Pilgrim's Europe is a people focused organization, and we invest heavily in development opportunities for our colleagues in the workplace. This new community initiative is a natural extension of this approach and we look forward to receiving applications from local groups.”
Hometown Strong Test
In 2020, Pilgrim’s U.S. launched Hometown Strong, a U.S.$ 100 million initiative to bring strength and stability to the communities where we live and work. Our facility management teams have been working with local leaders and organizations to determine how the funds can best help meet immediate and longer-term community needs. Projects include donating books and computers to underserved children, constructing warehouses for food pantries, funding high school agriculture programs, as well as developing land for playgrounds, community gardens, and team member housing.
To date, Hometown Strong has invested in over 260 projects, with more initiatives to come.
Better Futures
As part of our Hometown Strong initiative, Pilgrim’s U.S. is working to build the largest free college tuition program in rural America: Better Futures. Through this program, our team members and their child dependents have the opportunity to pursue their higher education dreams for associate degrees and trade certificates at community and technical colleges — tuition free. JBS USA and Pilgrim’s advisors will also help team members — many from first-generation American families — navigate the application process, which can be a deterrence to people applying to college for the first time.
We are building this program because we recognize and believe in the transformative power of higher education and the opportunities that come from education, coursework, and technical skill training. By removing the major financial barrier to college attendance, our communities can seek the education and training that will lead them to live more fulfilled lives.
Pilgrim's Tomorrow Fund
In 2019, Pilgrim’s U.S. launched the Tomorrow Fund, a scholarship program to support the collegiate pursuits of our team members and their direct dependents. Our vision is to become the best and most respected company in our industry, creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members. In line with this pursuit, we established this program to help our team members achieve their dreams and create a better future for themselves and their families through education. Every year, an eligible student from each of our 30 processing facilities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, plus our corporate office, will be awarded a full-ride scholarship to an eligible university of their choice. Our goal was to invest $2 million in the Pilgrim’s Tomorrow Fund scholarship recipients by 2025, which we exceeded in 2023 by more than $600.000.
The Tomorrow Fund supports team members and direct dependents pursuing an initial bachelor’s degree, an accredited vocational-technical certification, or an associate degree. Award recipients participate in a Pilgrim’s mentorship program and could be offered internships for the summer at Pilgrim’s locations across the country.
At Pilgrim’s, we believe our people are our greatest strength. The Tomorrow Fund invests in the future, supports our local communities, and improves the lives of our team members and their families through empowerment, education, and personal growth.
Click here to read more about the Tomorrow Fund.
Pilgrim's Mexico
Our focus continued to be supporting our team members and the communities where we live and work. Some of our philanthropic work included:
Continuing our Chicken Donations Program, which focuses on contributing to the communities surrounding our complexes and areas hit hardest by the pandemic. Donations were made possible through DIF (National System for the Development of the Family) and municipal governments.
Pilgrim's Europe
Pilgrim’s Europe established a £1 million Community Support Fund aimed at supporting and enriching the lives of those in need across its local communities. This new initiative builds on Pilgrim’s Europe’s range of existing and long-established community measures, including charity and educational programs.
Pilgrim’s Europe’s HR and Performance Director, Kirsty Wilkins said, “The food industry plays a vital role, keeping our supermarket shelves stocked and we are thankful to our local towns, villages and team members who are part of this important effort. Pilgrim's Europe is a people focused organization, and we invest heavily in development opportunities for our colleagues in the workplace. This new community initiative is a natural extension of this approach and we look forward to receiving applications from local groups.”
