Community

Established in 2005, Broadcom's Corporate Giving Program was originally designed to support its Education Program, which to this day, continues to fund worthy academic math and science curriculums throughout the world where Broadcom employees live and work. For this program, Broadcom awards grants to K through 12 academic institutions (or their equivalent) nominated by Broadcom employees. In this way, Broadcom employees reach out to their local communities and directly enhance the education of future innovators.

Inspired by the success of this Education Program and a growing movement amongst employees, Broadcom recently expanded its Corporate Giving Program to include a volunteer program that benefits local area hospitals and healthcare-affiliated non-profit organizations. Called Broadcom Volunteers, this philanthropic initiative has included donations and employee volunteer time to the "Make-A-Wish" Foundation (as a Corporate Cup Challenger in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's "Light the Night" Walk) as well as sponsorships for the Susan G. Komen "Race for the Cure" event in Newport Beach, California.

Bangalore, India
In 2002, Broadcom employees founded Project Lotus---a program established with the goal of improving the overall educational experience of underprivileged children from the most poverty-stricken communities within the city of Bangalore, India. This program now supports three government-funded elementary schools that service over 250 students, and supports both educational and school-meal programs.

Inspired by Anne Frank's words, "No one has ever become poor by giving," Broadcom employees continually donate their time and money to this program as classroom helpers to improve the quality of the curriculum, school infrastructure and cultural enhancement of these children in the hopes that they will grow to be contributors in mainstream society.

"Project Lotus has given me and many of my colleagues an opportunity to contribute to the society in a very fulfilling way. The desire to work for the underprivileged and financially challenged children has been a common motive binding us all here in Project Lotus. Interacting with the kids, conducting competitions and teaching them has been an exhilarating experience. The kids' enthusiasm is infectious which makes you go back to the school every time! I would like to see the efforts put in by Lotus grow in leaps and bounds over the coming years, adopting more schools and thus making a larger difference." - Ms. Anushree Kalmegh, Broadcom employee and volunteer at Project Lotus

"Firstly, I wish to thank everybody at Project Lotus and Sikshana. Since the time of our school adoption, Project Lotus has provided and improved many facilities at the school. This has resulted in overall improvement in the quality of education. To name a few initiatives taken up by Project Lotus... mid-day meals, building improvement, hiring additional teachers, involvement from Broadcom volunteers, field trips, National Day celebrations, providing prizes to merit students, scholarship, etc. I am hoping that this partnership with Project Lotus will continue in the future and enhance the positive impact of these students, who come from economically underprivileged families. These students will remember the good work being done by Project Lotus for a long time." - Mr. Honnaiah, Head-master of the Vimanapura Kannada School in Bangalore

Broadcom has close ties to universities around the world and the company's story actually began in a university setting. Dr. Henry Samueli, Broadcom's Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer, initially served as a faculty member (and remains a highly-respected professor today, albeit on a leave of absence) in the Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Back then, Dr. Samueli essentially became the company's first university recruiter, and many of the engineers who helped create Broadcom came from his university-based research group. Through Dr. Samueli's commitment to education, his involvement of time and his charitable donations, the engineering schools at both UCLA and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) are named in his honor.

In 2007, Broadcom relocated its headquarters to University Research Park in Irvine, adjacent to the UCI campus, creating Orange County's largest industry-university partnership ever. The partnership provides Broadcom with better access to UCI's engineering school and talent, as well as the ability to conduct joint-research programs and internships that are synergistic with existing Broadcom programs.

Today, Broadcom continues Dr. Samueli's tradition of maintaining close research relationships with universities, throughout the United States and worldwide.

Broadcom Volunteers
In 2006, Broadcom expanded its Giving Program to include a philanthropic initiative called Broadcom Volunteers. As part of this program, Broadcom engages with and supports local hospitals such as the Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). This year, Broadcom was a proud Gold Sponsor of the 18th annual CHOC / Disneyland® Resort Walk in the Park that was held in support of CHOC's youth patients and in appreciation of their doctors and nurses for the excellent and heartfelt care they provide.

Broadcom's contributions and participation in this event were received with meaningful appreciation from the local community. 125 Broadcom participants joined over 13,000 walkers to help raise a total of $1.5 million dollars for the kids of CHOC. If Disney is "where wishes really do come true," then the money Broadcom helped raise will be going towards "making wishes come true" in the form of better treatment and more cures for the over 200,000 youth patients that come through the CHOC doors every year.