The KPMG Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) was established to provide a vehicle for employees and partners to help those who have suffered as a result of a natural or other type of disaster. The DRF dispenses funds directly to qualified charitable organizations that are on the front lines of relief and recovery efforts. The fund was most recently activated in connection with Haiti following the January 12, 2010 earthquake. The DRF also provides funds to KPMG partners and employees who have sustained a financial loss due to a natural disaster. For Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, that amounted to more than $1 million.

Each day, emergency rooms, clinics and doctors' offices across the U.S. fill up with anxious parents who bring their children for minor ailments that could be treated at home. Often they wait for hours to see a medical professional. The children miss school, parents lose time at work, and usually, much-needed pay. The overburdened health care system becomes more crowded and taxpayer costs for medical services at the local level and for the federal Medicaid programs escalate sharply. The UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Institute (HCI), applying health training techniques based on academic research, is helping families and communities nationwide to overcome these dilemmas by addressing a root cause: low health literacy.

Afghanistan, an impoverished country, is slowly recovering from two decades of war; yet, many regions are still plagued by instability, hampering economic progress and social wellbeing.  Basic infrastructure is devastated; the country’s roads are still laden with mines, making transportation logistics difficult at best.  The majority of the country does not have access to power, water, basic healthcare services, or education.