Whether you’re an industry veteran or just getting started in your career, the MPI Foundation is committed to giving back to you and your industry, making you both stronger. A donation to the MPI Foundation helps secure the meeting and event profession for the future. When you help the people who bring people together, you help change the world.
How We've Helped
2234
PEOPLE DIRECTLY BENEFITED
IN 2020
$5 MILLION +
IN FUNDS AWARDED
SINCE 2009
60+
CHAPTERS BENEFITED FROM MPIF
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The MPI Foundation offers grants for education, training, research and other special interest needs that enrich our industry as well as scholarships to complement MPI membership, education and career opportunities. With these grants and scholarships, together, we move this community and our global industry towards critical recovery.
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The generosity displayed throughout 2020 is making an important impact in 2021. Those funds are benefitting hundreds of MPI members, chapters, and industry initiatives during one of the most tragic and humbling viral occurrences of our lifetime. We’re giving HOPE.
RECENT MPI FOUNDATIONS STORIES
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An MPI Foundation grant helped the MPI Denmark Chapter host a one-day training course using the Event Design Canvas methodology.
MPI Foundation/HB Cares Autism Work Experience Project
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MPI Foundation provides grants to organizations that support and improve the community at large.
2017 MPI Foundation Grant Awarded
MPI Foundation provides grants to organizations that support and improve the community at large. HelmsBriscoe, the global leader in meetings procurement and site selection services, received a grant from the Foundation for its HB Cares Autism Work Experience Project. The initiative aims to raise funds to help young adults with autism gain work experience in the hospitality industry.
Anna is a talented and dynamic Fine Art graduate, with some experience in the hospitality industry. Like other people on the autism spectrum, she can find new environments, people and situations challenging at times. Anna can also experience hyper sensitivity to noise, perceiving it louder or have difficulty filtering it out. The Autism Speaks program helped Anna look at every part of her potential employment journey, learn more about herself and her Autism, and meet people with similar disabilities. This empowered her to learn and understand not only how the workplace operates, but how she could raise awareness and understanding of Autism to advocate for herself in employment.
Robert studied IT at college and but had not had any previous work experience. Due to his autism condition, Robert has difficulty meeting new people and can find verbal communication challenging when put on the spot.The Autism Speaks program placed Robert with a welcoming team at a local conference center in the human resources department. He was given clear instructions on tasks and became comfortably acclimated to an office environment. Robert’s confidence improved, along with his communication and attitude toward work. Robert is now able to better understand his own strengths and skills and knows what to expect in work situations.
