Our Goals
Investing In Kids, Families & Schools
Through programs like Take Charge of Education and Target School Library Makeovers, we’re on track to give $1 billion for education by the end of 2015. We’ll leverage our commitment to communities and our strengths as a national retailer to put more U.S. kids on the path to graduation, with an emphasis on helping them read proficiently by the end of third grade.
Double Education Support
By the end of 2015, double Target’s year-end 2009 cumulative support of education, with a focus on reading.
| Dollars Donated | |
|---|---|
| $500 million: baseline to date as of FYE 2009 | $1 billion: cumulative by FYE 2015 |
Increase Volunteer Hours
Strengthen local communities and help kids learn, schools teach, and parents and caring adults engage by increasing team member volunteer hours.
| Volunteer Hours Annually | |
|---|---|
| 430,000 baseline as of FYE 2010 | 700,000 by FYE 2015 |
Improve More School Libraries
Increase the number of Target School Library Makeovers completed at in-need schools, and increase the number of books donated as part of the Target School Library Makeover and Books for Schools Award programs.
| Makeovers Completed | |
|---|---|
| 76 baseline to date as of FYE 2010 | 118 cumulative by FYE 2011 |
| Books Donated | |
| 1.125 million: baseline to date as of FYE 2010 | 2 million: cumulative by FYE 2011 |
Increase TCOE Giving
Increase giving to schools nationwide through Target’s signature Take Charge of Education (TCOE) program.
| Dollars Donated | |
|---|---|
| $298 million: baseline to date as of FYE 2010 | $425 million: cumulative by FYE 2015 |