Our Community Impact

March 30, 2026 8 mins

Our Community Impact

Aon is committed to making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work around the world.

Aon’s community impact strategy is rooted in our belief that strong communities and engaged colleagues create shared value. Guided by our firmwide strategy and local connections, our social impact efforts are focused on:

Empowering colleagues to lead local change, amplifying volunteerism, giving and early career leadership through programs like the Global Launch Challenge and Aon Gives Back .
Investing in resilient communities, directing philanthropic support toward disaster preparedness, health and human services, education and workforce development, environmental sustainability and community-led initiatives .
Mobilizing rapid response and long-term recovery, partnering with organization such as the Red Cross to strengthen disaster preparedness, response and resilience worldwide.
Advancing wellbeing and opportunity, supporting programs that expand access to skills, employment, legal aid and essential services for underserved populations across regions.

Philanthropic Impact

Aon is committed to making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work around the world. We believe in the power of volunteerism and philanthropic investment to make our regions stronger, more prosperous and better connected.

Our charitable work is driven by our firmwide strategy and our colleagues’ local connections and commitment to amplifying our impact. In 2025, Aon and NFP’s combined charitable contributions totaled more than $17 million across more than 2,500 individual charities in the following prioritized categories:

Disaster preparedness and response
Health and human services
Education and workforce development
Environmental sustainability and resilience
Local community initiatives and colleague-led projects

Last year, we empowered early careers colleagues to lead high-impact projects, continued to help our partners mobilize quickly in the event of disasters and amplified colleague giving and volunteerism around the world.

Carolyn Barry Frost, president and executive director of the Aon Foundation said: “Through the Aon Foundation and our global corporate giving initiatives, we empower our colleagues to lead change in the communities where we live and work. By leveraging our time, talent and treasure, we are building stronger, more resilient communities, mobilizing when disasters strike and advancing wellbeing for our people and our neighbors. Each initiative we undertake is a testament to our commitment to service and to creating positive, lasting impacts.”

Our Global Launch Challenge — Early Career Colleagues Driving Local Impact

Introduced in 2025, Aon’s Launch Challenge invites early-career colleagues to step forward as changemakers. By designing and leading volunteer projects, participants bring creativity and purpose together — making a lasting difference in the communities where we live and work.

Through this global challenge:

700 early-career colleagues in Aon’s Launch program formed teams across multiple regions.
Teams were invited to pitch ideas for volunteer events that would address needs in their local communities, with a focus on measurable impact, sustainable partnerships and strong colleague engagement.
11 teams were selected as winners, receiving grant funding and planning support to bring their ideas to life.

Winning projects reflected the creativity and passion of our Launch colleagues. Examples include:

Chinampas cleanup in Mexico City
A team in Mexico City organized a large-scale cleanup of the historic chinampas ecosystem, benefiting Pronatura, a leading environmental conservation organization in Mexico. Colleagues worked side-by-side with local partners to remove waste, protect biodiversity and raise awareness about the importance of these traditional agricultural islands for environmental resilience.
Multicountry charity run across the Nordics and Dubai
Launch colleagues in the Nordics and Dubai collaborated on a coordinated run to benefit Africa Fire Mission, engaging participants across borders in support of improved fire safety training and resources in African communities.
Driving marrow donor registration through NMDP
As part of the multicountry effort, colleagues also organized on-site and virtual activities encouraging Aon colleagues to join the marrow donor registry through NMDP, helping expand access to life-saving matches for patients in need around the world.

Across all Launch Challenge projects, colleagues deepened local relationships, sharpened leadership skills and proved how early-career talent can significantly advance Aon’s philanthropic and Corporate Sustainability priorities. This program sets the stage for even greater colleague-led innovation in the years ahead.

How Aon Colleagues Made an Impact This Giving Season

Aon colleagues around the world united to make a tangible difference through this year’s Aon Gives Back initiative, demonstrating that generosity is most powerful when it is shared. Nearly 100 Colleague Impact Stories were submitted from every region, showcasing how our people give back through board service, volunteering, charitable donations and support for causes that matter most to them.

This impact came to life in powerful ways, including stories like:

Miracle Field of Horsham (United States)
Since 2021, Aon colleague William Slaymaker has helped lead the creation of the Miracle Field of Horsham — an accessible baseball field for children with disabilities — mobilizing more than $2.5 million in funding and bringing Opening Day in April 2026 within reach.
Pond Rejuvenation (India)
In India, Aon colleagues sponsored a pond rejuvenation project that transformed a neglected water body into a clean, thriving source of fresh water and a green community space, improving both environmental health and quality of life for local villagers.

At the same time, hundreds of colleagues deepened a culture of appreciation through the 21‑day Giving and Gratitude Challenge on Thrive, our wellbeing platform. During this challenge, colleagues completed thousands of micro‑actions, such as asking others how they give back, to nightly gratitude journaling and to offering a sincere “thank you” to someone each day.

Impact Story: Legal Advice for Hamburg’s Poorest Communities

Aon’s Global Pro Bono program offers opportunities throughout the year for Aon colleagues across the organization to volunteer in support of organizations and causes that are important to them and their communities.

In Hamburg, Germany, four Aon colleagues from our legal and claims teams each devote at least half a day a month offering free legal advice to people from lower-income backgrounds and communities.

Over the past two years, and working in partnership with local non-profit organization Guter Rat vor Ort (“Good Advice On Site”), Aon colleagues Tatjana Christians, Moritz Boenkendorf, Christian Eley, Birte Schabow and Malte Neuhaus, have helped vulnerable members of the community in central Hamburg with a range of issues including access to welfare, immigration law and housing.

In one case, an elderly homeless woman was living in a single room in rundown and unsafe hotel and failing to have her situation heard by the local authorities. Aon colleague Malte Neuhaus worked with the woman to write to the housing authorities, detailing the woman’s circumstances and outlining the local government’s responsibility to find good quality accommodation for the more vulnerable members of the community. Thanks to Neuhaus’ help, the local authority found a better place for the woman to live.
Impact Story — Strengthening Communities Across India
Aon colleagues in India have helped several community initiatives improve their resilience. Here are some examples of the programs carried out in 2025.

Helping Visually Impaired Young People in India Develop Crucial Skills

In Delhi, Aon India Consulting Private Limited has committed funds and guidance to a new venture to help develop skills and provide employment for young blind and visually impaired people.

Aon has donated 2,500,000 rupees ($28,000) to Café Beyond Eyes at the National Association of the Blind’s Delhi campus. The café, which is open to the public, will offer training and permanent employment to young people with visual impairment. Aon India’s sponsorship of the venture highlights its commitment to inclusive employment and skill development.

Cancer Support (Faridabad, Delhi and Bengaluru)

Aon India Consulting Private Limited, in partnership with the Child Help Foundation and Humanist, is supporting three children undergoing treatment for pediatric cancer and has donated a dialysis machine to serve underserved communities. Aon is facilitating comprehensive care by ensuring access to necessary medical treatment at reputable hospitals and remains committed to providing post‑treatment assistance, including follow‑up care, nutritional support, and counselling.

Empowering Bharat (Delhi NCR &Bengaluru)

In India, Aon has launched a number of training and development programs for 125 women from low-income backgrounds the southern city of Bengaluru and 75 disabled people in the Delhi National Capital Region. This program offers up to six hours of training a day in market-relevant skills with the target of finding work for at least 80 percent of the trainees in the IT or retail sectors.

Hakkipikki Community (Bengaluru)

Aon in India is helping to fund the advancement and development of the Hakkipikki community. Working with not-for-profit organization ResponseNet, Aon’s contributions have helped fund purification units, tarpaulin sheets, push-carts and drinking water facilities. Overall, up to 350 people from 54 Hakkipikki families in three locations in Bengaluru have benefited from Aon’s involvement.

Basai School (Basai, Gurugram)
- In India, Aon has funded the renovation of Basai School near the northern city of Gurugram, benefiting more than 100 students from low‑income backgrounds through a new computer lab, new schoolroom furniture, nutritious meals, regular health check‑ups and separate washrooms for boys and girls.
- Aon India has also set up a Digital Learning Centre at Basai School for over 30 children.
- As part of a three‑month volunteering campaign, Aon colleagues are leading sessions on basic computer skills, email creation and use, digital security and passwords and using the internet and search engines.