Focus Areas

In keeping with our community relations mission, we have developed focus areas to ensure that our contributions are strategic and provide the greatest benefit to our communities.

The Spectra Energy Foundation will consider grant requests from qualified organizations that promote the following areas of focus.

Educational Attainment

  • Programs that help ensure at least a high school education or equivalency for at-risk students
  • Pre-K through 12 education that meets the company/communities’ professional
    needs, including math, science, technology and business acumen

Community Vitality

  • Health and human services, through federated campaigns (i.e. United Way)
  • Environmental conservation, education and research
  • Community leadership development
  • Targeted arts giving

Competitive Workforce

  • Job entry skills for the new economy
  • Retraining of unemployed and underemployed workers
  • Research needed to retool industries and create opportunities that fit the potential of each community’s workforce skill pool
  • Higher education that meets the company’s professional needs

Inclusiveness & diversity initiatives underpin all three areas of focus.