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==Philanthropy and marketing== MoneyGram launched the MoneyGram Foundation in 2013, which focuses on distributing grants internationally to support education.<ref name="foundation">{{Cite web |title=MoneyGram Foundation |url=http://www.moneygramfoundation.org/ |access-date=11 December 2014 |publisher=MoneyGram}}</ref> The MoneyGram Foundation distributed grants in 19 countries in its first year of operations.<ref name=foundation/> The Foundation gets the bulk of its funding from MoneyGram International, and builds on MoneyGram's previous Global Giving Program.<ref>"[http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/moneygram-foundation-awards-six-more-grants.html/ MoneyGram Foundation awards six more grants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416023902/http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/moneygram-foundation-awards-six-more-grants.html/ |date=2015-04-16 }}."</ref> Through MoneyGram, Global Giving made a donation of $100,000 to [[World Vision International]] for education and school supplies, and another donation of $30,000 for the Girls Exploring Math and Science program in Dallas.<ref name=dallasbusinessjournal/> MoneyGram participated in relief aid following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] by reducing their fees to only $1 for any transactions to [[Haiti]] along with a $10,000 grant to Pan American Development Foundation and American Red Cross.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sam Black |date=14 January 2010 |title=MoneyGram reduces fees to send money to Haiti |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/01/11/daily40.html/ |access-date=11 December 2014 |website=Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2010 |title=MoneyGram International reduces fees to Haiti |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2010792294_apusmoneygramhaitiresponse.html |access-date=11 December 2010 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref> In 2012, MoneyGram contributed to [[Hurricane Sandy]] relief efforts by pledging to donate $1 per transaction up to $200,000 to the American Red Cross.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanah Cho |date=6 November 2012 |title=MoneyGram pledges donations to Red Cross for transactions sent to affected Sandy areas |url=http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/moneygram-pledges-donations-to-red-cross-for-transactions-sent-to-affected-sandy-areas.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415175909/http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/moneygram-pledges-donations-to-red-cross-for-transactions-sent-to-affected-sandy-areas.html/ |archive-date=15 April 2015 |access-date=11 December 2014 |website=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> Moneygram also contributed to relief efforts following [[Typhoon Haiyan]] in 2013 in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanah Cho |date=14 November 2013 |title=MoneyGram donates $50,000 to support victims of Typhoon Haiyan |url=http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/moneygram-donates-50000-to-support-victims-of-typhoon-haiyan.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415180520/http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/moneygram-donates-50000-to-support-victims-of-typhoon-haiyan.html/ |archive-date=15 April 2015 |access-date=11 December 2014 |website=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> The company has also participated in the [[One Laptop per Child]] initiative<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2014 |title=MoneyGram, OLPC donate 250 tablets to students in SA |url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/moneygram-olpc-donate-250-tablets-to-students-in-sa--1028603 |access-date=11 December 2014 |website=Telecompaper}}</ref> and [[Habitat for Humanity]] through the MoneyGram Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenneth Chan |date=2 March 2005 |title=MoneyGram Makes $1 Million Commitment with Habitat for Humanity |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/moneygram-makes-1-million-commitment-with-habitat-for-humanity-15516/ |access-date=11 December 2014 |website=The Christian Post}}</ref> On October 20, 2022, MoneyGram announced a multi-year title sponsorship deal with [[Haas F1 Team]] (with the team renamed as ''MoneyGram Haas F1 Team'') for the [[2023 Formula One World Championship|2023 Formula One season]] onwards.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Introducing the New MoneyGram Haas F1 Team: MoneyGram Announces Title Sponsorship of Haas F1 Team for 2023 Season and Beyond |date=October 20, 2022 |publisher=MoneyGram |url=https://ir.moneygram.com/news-releases/news-release-details/introducing-new-moneygram-haas-f1-team-moneygram-announces-title}}</ref> As of the end of 2023, MoneyGram facilitated more than 955,000 transactions totaling more than $307 million for its partners Red Rose and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), representing vital aid in seven European countries (Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Hungary). <ref>{{Cite press release|title=Final 2023 MoneyGram Social Impact Report |url=https://corporate.moneygram.com/documents/MGI2%20Corporate/2023%20MoneyGram%20Social%20Impact%20Report_Compressed.pdf/}}</ref>
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