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Making a Difference in the Lives of Others

It is part of the Valero mission and culture to make a difference in the communities where employees live and work. One of the ways this is accomplished is by providing financial support to a wide range of nonprofit organizations in the communities where Valero has major operations. For a list of those communities and their contacts, please click on the Community Relations Contacts link on the right.

Benefit for Children


The Valero Texas Open Benefit for Children Golf Classic raises money for children’s charities in the communities where Valero has major operations. It is recognized by the PGA as one of the most charitable tournaments on the PGA TOUR.
Giving is our tradition Valero Energy Foundation

Valero’s philanthropic arm, the Valero Energy Foundation, is dedicated to improving the lives of those who live in or near the communities where Valero has major operations.

If your organization shares this mission, please complete the form below and submit with a brief funding proposal and a copy of the agency’s IRS tax determination letter to the address noted in the above right hand corner or by email to valeroenergyfoundation@valero.com.

Click here to access the Charitable Contribution Form

The Valero Energy Foundation Supports

The Valero Energy Foundation supports many nonprofit agencies in locations where Valero has major operations. Listed here are just a few of the ways that the Foundation makes a positive difference in the lives of others:

United Way
The employees of Valero participate in the United Way campaign every year, pledging millions of dollars to help nonprofit community organizations. Valero consistently boasts a 90 percent participation rate with the highest per-capita contributions in the nation. Because of its significant contributions to United Way and its commitment to all of its communities, Valero has twice received the Spirit of America Award, United Way’s highest national honor. 

Muscular Dystrophy Association
Valero’s Corner Stores raise millions of dollars each year for the MDA. In 2011, Valero’s retail employees raised a record-breaking $2.28 million for the MDA.

Children’s Miracle Network
Through a fundraising effort in Valero’s U.S. retail stores in 2011, the company’s employees raised more than $1.9 million for Children's Miracle Network. These donations will help children's hospitals in 13 different cities across the country.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
For many years, Valero’s official cycling team, Velo Valero, participated in the Bike MS: Valero Bike to the Beach, a 150-mile, two-day bike ride from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, Texas, helping to raise millions of dollars for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In 2009, the ride got a new name and a new destination. The Bike MS: Valero 2011 Alamo Ride to the River presented by H-E-B, which begins in San Antonio and winds past historic Texas landmarks including the Alamo and through Fort Sam Houston. This picturesque ride has the participants overnighting in New Braunfels, Texas, before their return trip to San Antonio. The Valero team consists of hundreds of employees and friends, and is always the largest participating group, and consistently is the largest fundraiser. The team raised more than $185,000 in 2011, part of more than $1.17 million raised overall for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Lone Star Chapter.

Learn more about the most recent Velo Valero fundraising event.

Valero Energy Foundation
P.O. Box 696000
San Antonio, Texas  78269-6000
Send Email210-345-2615210-345-2103
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