" Profit alone is not enough reason to go into business. But if we can serve people, then I think our growth and our success will follow. If we take care of our customers, then they will take care of us. "
The Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. (LGFI) was established in 2005 to coordinate and collate information, as well as to cause cooperation among different, but similarly aligned projects relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the nine member foundations ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. , ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation, Don Senen Gabaldon Foundation, Eugenio Lopez Foundation, First Philippine Conservation, Knowledge Channel Foundation and Meralco Millennium Foundation. Also members of LGFI are the major companies from the Lopez Group that have active employee vounteers regularly tapped for CSR programs.
The Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc., was established by the late Eugenio H. Lopez, Sr. on June 17, 1968. Its organization was a natural consequence of his passion for philantropy, as well as his extraordinary - even compulsive- urge to collect valuable published or unpublished Filipiniana materials, especially rare books, and paintings by great Filipino masters. His mission is to provide scholars and students access to his personal collection of rare Filipiniana books, manuscripts, maps, archaeo artifacts, and fine art. The institution has become a haven for serious Filipiniana researchers and scholars.
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, already a communications giant in Asia, made a corporate commitment to the public by establishing the ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. in the Philippines. Duly incorporated and registered with Securities and Exchange Commission with SEC. Reg. No. 165508 on July 5, 1989, AFI is a non-stock, non-profit organization. Initially, the AFI was asked to produce television programs for charitable and educational purposes. Its chief concerns then were to generate welfare funds by broadcasting the situations of those in dire need of assistance and ensuring the proper allotment and utilization of solicited help.
The Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) formerly Sky Foundation was established in June 1999 as the social development arm of the Sky Vision group of companies. Its purpose is to contribute to nation building by utilizing the infrastructure and technology available to Sky Vision and other Lopez companies for the education of the Filipino. Its vision is to be the leader in providing every Filipino with both global education and access to educational technology needed for the development of the individual and the Philippines, as a whole.
First Philippine Conservation, Inc.
First Philippine Conservation, Inc.was established on February 9, 1999 to support the work of Conservation International-Philippines (CIP) which is an affiliate of Conservation International (CI), a non-profit organization based in Washington DC, working in 27 countries around the world to promote conservation of the earth's biological diversity. CIP's program is led by Dr. Perry S. Ong, a renowned Filipino environmentalist from the University of the Philippines. CIP's initiatives are: in Palawan, working to ensure that the biodiversity of the forest and marine ecosystems is considered in tourism development zoning; in the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, helping park authorities to halt encroachment; and in both areas, working with local communities to find ecologically friendly ways of earning income. At the national level, CIP is organizing the first broad conservation priority-setting workshop and promoting the biodiversity corridors approach to connect valuable habitat.