Causes: Health, Health Care, Public & Societal Benefit

Mission: Our mission, "so the world may hear, " is about bringing understanding between people through caring and sharing. We believe caring develops trust and by sharing we find our humanity. We believe by growing engagement in this cause we can increase tolderance and respect for life.

Programs: International hearing missionsstarkey hearing foundation provides the gift of hearing to people in need around the world. We fit more than 100,000 hearing aids annually to children and adults and have worked in more than 100 countries. As a member of president clinton's global initiative, we have pledged to fit more than 1 million hearing aids to people in need this decade.

domestic missions and eventsstarkey hearing foundation conducts events throughout the country to provide hearing aids to u. S. Residents in need. These events also act as an opportunity to join with other organizations to raise awareness and promote our cause. Recipients receive new, digital hearing aids, customized to their hearing loss.

each year starkey hearing foundation helps thousands of people living in the u. S. Through the daily efforts of hear now, our application-based program that provides hearing help to low-income americans. Each person we help is fit with brand new, top-of-the-line digital hearing aids that are customized to their hearing loss. Hear now also has a hearing aid recycling program. We accept any hearing aids regardless of age, make or model. In 2014, the foundation provided $1,208,875 in hearing aids to 4,836 recipients through the hear now program.