Sustainability & CSR
CellMark Cares
Giving back
We believe strongly in the power of communities, and our giving-back practice has always been deeply rooted in our company’s core. We want to make a change – not only for our customers and suppliers but also for the communities where we operate. Every year, CellMark contributes to different charity organizations all over the world. The organizations receiving the grants can differ yearly. The world is constantly changing and so is the need for help. We strive to contribute where the help is most needed.
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Meet Sarah Wild & her team
Sarah Wild is CellMark’s dedicated Special Advisor in Corporate Grants and Philanthropy. With her extensive expertise in securing successful foundation grants, she and her team ensure that all organizations to which CellMark gives grants are trustworthy and meet all relevant criteria.
2025 Spring Awardees
Maskrosbarn
Grant Amount: $25,000
Location: Sweden
Mission: To improve the living conditions of the 500,000 children in Sweden whose parents have an addiction, or mental illness, or who expose them to violence.
El Casso
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: Spain
Mission: To facilitate mutual aid among families, offer programming, training, and workshops for families, and advocate for policies that improve the quality of life of people with disabilities in Castellbisbal.
Hope for Tomorrow Global
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: UK & Burundi
Mission: To help lift families from a large, destitute community in Burundi out of poverty and empower them towards self-sufficiency. With lessons learned, they have now also started to extend their activities to other communities across the country.
Connecticut Cat Connection
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: United States
Mission: To provide spay/neuter services, medical care, shelter, and rehoming for stray and homeless cats. They support trap-neuter-return programs for feral cats, offer long-term care for non-adoptable ones, and educate the public on responsible cat care.
Music City Kidney Fundraiser
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: United States
Mission: To raise awareness and funds for those affected by kidney disease, providing financial assistance to individuals and families, and supporting research and patient education efforts.
Fondazione Grande Ale
Grant Amount: $25,000
Location: Italy
Mission: To support scientific research, mainly in the field of childhood leukemia, and provide social support services and medical care, including psychological care, for children and young people with leukemia and other diseases and their families.
Chicagoland Dog Rescue
Grant Amount: $5,000
Location: United States
Mission: To rescue, socialize, and place homeless dogs into permanent homes – regardless of breed, size, or age.
Barnen Framför Allt (Children Above All)
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: Sweden
Mission: To provide children in Sri Linka with schooling, school materials, and school uniforms. In many places, children also receive healthcare and school lunches. The organization also sponsors youth in vocational training and higher education.
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Grant Amount: $25,000
Location: United States
Mission: To fight childhood hunger by providing children in need with meals on the weekends.
2024 Fall Awardees
Maskrosbarn
Grant Amount: $25,000
Mission: To improve the living conditions of the 500,000 children in Sweden whose parents have an addiction, or mental illness, or who expose them to violence.
Team Gleason
Grant Amount: $25,000
Mission: To improve life for people living with ALS and those who care for them by delivering innovative technology and equipment, as well as providing and empowering an improved life experience.
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Grant Amount: $25,000
Mission: To fund research for blood cancer cures and ensure access to lifesaving treatments. They also provide education, support, and hope for patients battling leukemia, lymphoma, and related cancers.
Missionaries of the Company of the Mary’s
Grant Amount: $25,000
Mission: To empower children in Nicaragua by providing access to quality education, compassionate care, and spiritual guidance. The school offers a safe and supportive environment where children in need can learn, grow, and embrace a hopeful future.
2024 Spring Awardees
Grupo Puntacana (Oscar de la Renta Pediatric Center)
Grant Amount: $50,000
Location: Punta Cana Village
Mission: To create well-being opportunities for the inhabitants of the area and promote innovative solutions for the preservation of the region’s ecosystem.
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Grant Amount: $20,000
Location: Norwalk, Connecticut
Mission: To fight childhood hunger by providing children in need with meals on the weekends.
Association Petits Princes
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: Norwalk, Connecticut
Mission: To position young people to win by creating a Youth Learning Institute, without limits or exceptions, where they will be so empowered they will believe they can fly.
JCS Developmental Centre
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Mission: To provide Kingston with extensive private teaching services in several different fields, with an emphasis on Special Education. The organization takes pride in teaching students with disabilities such as Autism, Down syndrome, and Exceptional Students.
Barncancerfonden
Grant Amount: $15,000
Location: Leiden, Netherland
Mission: To fund research that enables more effective and gentle treatments that are meaner to cancer but kinder to children and offers support to affected families and childhood cancer survivors throughout the country.
Grunden Bois
Grant Amount: $12,500
Location: Göteborg, Sweden
Mission: Grunden Bois is a sports association, open to everyone but especially to players with intellectual disabilities. Grunden Bois protects everyone who wants to be part of the sports community, regardless of athletic ability & level of disability. Participating and experiencing the joy and community within sporting life gives a good life, even outside of sport.
Jawonio
Grant Amount: $15,000
Location: New City, NY
Mission: Located in the Mid-Hudson Region of New York, Jawonio supports children, adults, and families with intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral health challenges, and chronic medical needs.
Kaiserswerther Diakonie
Grant Amount: $15,000
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Mission: The Kaiserswerther Diakonie is one of the largest social, welfare, and healthcare organizations in Germany. It shapes the northern region of Düsseldorf, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, and is widely known in the Kaiserswerth district and beyond.
Positioning Youth to Prosper
Grant Amount: $10,000
Location: Birmingham West Midlands
Mission: To position young people to win by creating a Youth Learning Institute, without limits or exceptions, where they will be so empowered they will believe they can fly.
Squash Dreamers
Grant Amount: $12,500
Location: Maryland, United States
Mission: To provide young Syrian refugee and underprivileged Jordanian girls with professional squash and English training to help them apply to outstanding international and Jordanian schools.
Engaged employees
Our employees are our greatest asset, both in our business endeavors and in our programs that give back to the community. Our professionals are outstanding volunteers and community leaders. They do exceptional work with the full spectrum of charitable initiatives. The CellMark people all over the world lead and participate in back-to-school drives, local and regional fundraisers, mentorships, and last but not least: our annual CellMark Cares Day, allowing all employees to volunteer for local charity projects during working hours. Our people plant trees, tutor low-income children, organize waste-reduction drives, and much more.
