The California Advantage

See Our Contributions

California See Our Contributions

From funding local mentorship programs to employee volunteerism, Staples is making a difference in California. Learn more about our local team and the charities and events that we support in your community.

By the Numbers

From educational grants and charitable donations to sales and real estate tax revenue, see some of the numbers behind Staples' 2011 contributions in The Golden State.

  • Employees: 6,999
  • Facilities: 24
  • State Sales Tax Paid: $167,316,323
  • Retail Stores: 221
  • Real Estate Taxes Paid: $1,379,056
  • Total Grant Donations: $328,825

California Causes We Support

  • 24th Street Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, San Bernardino, CA
  • Academy of Business Leadership, Rosemead, CA
  • Access Books, Los Angeles, CA
  • Achievekids, Palo Alto, CA
  • After-School All Stars, Los Angeles, CA
  • Amador Community Foundation, Jackson, CA
  • America On Track, Santa Ana, CA
  • Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
  • Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative, San Jose, CA
  • Berkeley Public Education Foundation, Berkeley, CA
  • Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark, Moorpark, CA
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of San Leandro, San Leandro, CA
  • California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC), Sacramento, CA
  • California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
  • California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
  • City Year of San Jose/ Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA
  • College Bound-Dollars for Scholars, Cerritos, CA
  • College Summit, Culver City, CA
  • Communities in Schools of South Bay, Carson, CA
  • Eastside Boys & Girls Club, Monterey Park, CA
  • Enterprise for High School Students, San Francisco, CA
  • Familia Center, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Family Literacy Foundation, San Diego, CA
  • Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Foundation for Glendora Unified Schools, Glendora, CA
  • Friends of Jacob Meyers Park, Riverbank, CA
  • Friends of the Carlsbad City Library, Carlsbad, CA
  • Fulfillment Fund, Los Angeles, CA
  • Girls for A Change, San Jose, CA
  • Hope through Housing, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  • Huntington Park Youth Foundation, Bell, CA
  • I Have a Dream Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
  • Independent Means, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Irvine Public Schools Foundation, Irvine, CA
  • Jewish Vocational Service, Los Angeles, CA
  • Juma Ventures, San Francisco, CA
  • Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley & Moneterey Bay, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
  • Keystone School, Concord, CA
  • Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), Los Angeles, CA
  • LINC TELACU Education Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
  • Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation, Lincoln, CA
  • Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
  • Los Angeles Educational Partnership, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mentoring Today for Tomorrow, Murrieta, CA
  • Monarch School, San Diego, CA
  • Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
  • National Farm Works Service Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, San Francisco, CA
  • National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Los Angeles, CA
  • Northwest Branch YMCA, Cupertino, CA
  • Peace First, Los Angeles, CA
  • People Assisting the Homeless, Los Angeles, CA
  • POINT Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
  • Project Access, Newport Beach, CA
  • Project GIVE Foundation, Rolling Hills, CA
  • Proyecto Pastoral, Los Angeles, CA
  • Read Orange County, Orange County, CA
  • Red Hen Press, Granada Hills, CA
  • Resonate, San Francisco, CA
  • Sacramento Mutual Housing Association, Sacramento, CA
  • San Bernardino County Friends of the Library, Apple Valley, CA
  • Schools Plus, Soquel, CA
  • Spark, San Francisco, CA
  • Springboard Forward, San Francisco, CA
  • Sunset Youth Services, San Francisco, CA
  • THINK Together, Santa Ana, CA
  • United Through Reading, San Diego, CA
  • University of San Diego of Leadership & Education Sciences, San Diego, CA
  • Urban Education Partnership, Los Angeles, CA
  • Variety Boys & Girls Club, Los Angeles, CA
  • Very Special Arts, Sacramento, CA