Call of Duty Endowment

The Call of Duty Endowment is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by Activision Blizzard. To date, the company has donated more than $52 million to the Endowment, which has successfully placed over 165,000 veterans into high-quality jobs through more than $84 million in grants.

Co-founded by former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick in 2009, the Call of Duty Endowment was born out of the realization that veteran-focused projects often emphasized symbolism, such as creating monuments and naming public parks in honor of veterans, rather than what almost all veterans really needed: tangible resources that would help them find jobs. To this day, employment is the top service requested by veterans, but only makes up less than 1/10 of 1% of the US Government’s $330 billion veteran budget.

Finding an effective way to fund this overlooked area of support in the veteran community became imperative to Activision Blizzard. Bobby’s vision came to fruition in November 2009, when Activision Blizzard launched the Call of Duty Endowment with a commitment to raise funds and awareness for the issue, and give back to the real-life people that inspire Call of Duty.

More info can be found at https://www.callofdutyendowment.org