BMO Employees Personally Donate more than $36 Million - and Counting - to Charitable Partners in 2025
BMO (NYSE:BMO) announced that 91% of employees personally donated more than $36 million to community organizations across North America in its 15th annual Employee Giving campaign, surpassing a $29 million goal.
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BMO (NYSE:BMO) announced that 91% of employees personally donated more than $36 million to community organizations across North America in its 15th annual Employee Giving campaign, surpassing a $29 million goal.
Of the $36 million, over $12 million went to local United Ways. The campaign included 16 community kit packing events, >750 employee volunteers and nearly 11,000 care kits assembled. The amount is in addition to $140 million donated by employees over the past five years.
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- 91% employee participation in the 2025 campaign
- Employee donations of $36M+, exceeding a $29M target
- $12M+ directed to local United Ways
- Organized 16 kit events with >750 volunteers and ~11,000 care kits
- Adds to $140M donated by employees over the past five years
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On Dec 23, the day this news came out, BMO closed 0.45% above the previous close.
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Key Figures
- Employee participation
- 91%
- 2025 BMO Employee Giving campaign participation rate
- 2025 employee donations
- more than $36 million
- Total personally donated by BMO employees in 2025 campaign
- Donation goal
- $29 million
- BMO’s 2025 Employee Giving campaign goal surpassed
- United Way portion
- over $12 million
- Directed to local United Ways across North America
- 5-year employee giving
- over $140 million
- Donated by BMO employees in Canada and U.S. over past five years
- Care kits assembled
- nearly 11,000
- Kits packed by BMO volunteers during 2025 campaign kickoff events
- People reached
- more than 3.7 million
- Reached across 150 neighbourhoods via United Way partnership in 2024
- 2024 community support
- more than $108 million
- Directed by BMO to drive progress for communities in 2024
Historical Context
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91% of employees participated in the industry-leading BMO Employee Giving campaign.
"Once again, Team BMO made a powerful impact through our industry-leading Employee Giving campaign," said Darryl White, Chief Executive Officer, BMO Financial Group. "This year's success reflects our Purpose, to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life, and our commitment to strengthening communities across North America. United Way works to tackle the root causes of inequity and deliver support where it can make the biggest difference – and we're proud to have partnered with them for more than 60 years."
The more than
"This campaign is thousands of employees choosing to back local support, one donation at a time, through BMO's long-standing partnership with United Way," said Heather McDonald, CEO and President, United Way Greater Toronto." The scale of this effort strengthens local, frontline agencies and helps keep practical supports within reach for people working to build financial stability, health, and belonging. At a time when too many people are struggling to make ends meet, showing up like this matters. We are grateful to BMO's leaders and employees. Our job now is to put this support to work where it will make the most difference, any way we can."
"BMO has been United Way of Metro Chicago's #1 corporate partner for more than a decade. Over the life of the partnership, BMO employees have generously given their time, talent, and treasure to help individuals and families meet their basic needs and drive transformation in neighborhoods across the
BMO kicked off its 2025 Employee Giving campaign on Giving Tuesday (December 2) by hosting 16 community kit packing events in cities across
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BMO's Partnership with United Way
BMO is a long-time partner of United Way in its mission to support agencies that build and directly serve neighbourhoods throughout North America. With its unique capability to identify needs and support wide-reaching front-line programs, United Way is reducing economic disparities and joins BMO in driving real progress in the communities we serve. In 2024, we reached more than 3.7 million people across 150 neighbourhoods through our partnership with the United Way.
For more information on BMO's community-focused activity corporate social responsibility, please visit: https://our-impact.bmo.com/
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In 2024, we directed more than
Our colleagues spent over 54,000 hours volunteering in the community and contributed more than
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About BMO Financial Group
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