Toyota's primary philanthropic focus is education, with a strong emphasis on environment and safety. Annually, Toyota U.S.A. contributes more than $57 million to U.S. programs. Toyota offers three major programs that support teachers with grants and students with scholarships; Toyota TAPESTRY, the largest K-12 science teacher grant program of its kind in the U.S.; Toyota Community Scholars, which provides 100 scholarships to high school seniors based on academics and community service and the Toyota International Teacher Program.

Toyota also supports scholarships through the Hispanic Scholarship Fund; United Negro College Fund; Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation; National FFA and the American Indian College Fund.

For more information, visit www.toyota.com/community.

Toyota strongly believes that in today's global society, international education and understanding are critical to success. In 1998, Toyota partnered with the Institute of International Education to develop its first study abroad program for U.S. teachers in Japan. Now in its tenth year, the Toyota International Teacher Program has funded almost 600 teachers on international professional development study visits to Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands, and Japan.

The Toyota International Teacher Program recently completed its third program year to Costa Rica, bringing the total number of educators traveling abroad to 585. Although details are not yet available, the next study program will be scheduled for 2010. Please email us at toyotateach@iie.org if you would like to be notified when the next program is announced and applications are available online. Please also continue to check back with our website for announcements. Thank you for your continued interest in international conservation issues.