The Trucking Cares Foundation donated $200,000 for a wide variety of charitable causes in 2024, from supporting disaster relief and workforce development to combatting human trafficking and deadly fentanyl.
“The extraordinary generosity and profound altruism of the trucking industry leaders and companies that contributed to the Trucking Cares Foundation are truly awe-inspiring. I would like to express my most heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of our donors who made this record-breaking year of donations possible,” said TCF Chairman Greg Owen, head coach of Ability Tri-Modal. “Together, we were able to provide tremendous support for an array of nonprofits that not only support truckers, but the communities that our industry serves as well. While the financial impact we made is large, the beneficial effect of these contributions is incalculable. I look forward to building on this momentum in 2025.”
To keep the Trucking Cares Foundation on a firm financial footing and ensure that it can continue making robust investments in nonprofits and other charitable causes in perpetuity, the Trucking Cares Foundation is redoubling its fundraising initiatives with the ultimate goal of creating an endowed fund. The ongoing, generous support of the trucking community is needed to achieve that goal. Donate here.
The organizations the Trucking Cares Foundation supported in 2024 are as follows:
Disaster Relief:
- $50,000 for the Pardee Hospital Foundation in Hendersonville, North Carolina, to provide urgently needed funds to the hardworking medical staff for housing repairs, mold remediations, tree removal, and other essential services in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
- $5,000 for the NCTA Foundation to provide relief supplies for the immediate purchase and delivery of pallets of water days after Helene hit the western North Carolina region.
Workforce Development:
- $40,000 for the Next Generation in Trucking Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to engaging and training the next generation of trucking industry professionals, to support the development of a physical and mental health curriculum in the CDL training courses the organization provides to high schools, community/technical colleges, and private schools.
- $25,000 for the South Dallas Driving Academy to support SDDA’s mission to help underprivileged youth and adults obtain their Class C driver’s license and begin their career path into the trucking industry. TCF has contributed a total of $60,000 to SDDA over the last three years.
- $5,000 for the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Gala in memory of the late David Parker, a founding member of the TCF Board of Directors.
Trucking Cares:
- $25,000 for TAT (formerly Truckers Against Trafficking) to support the organization’s continued work raising up a mobile army of transportation professionals to assist law enforcement in the recognition and reporting of human trafficking in order to aid in the recovery of victims and the arrest of their perpetrators. This is the fourth year in a row TCF has contributed.
- $25,000 for Voices for Awareness to continue a collaborative partnership to combat the fentanyl crisis. TCF has worked with VFA to develop trailer wraps with fentanyl PSAs and participated in an event in Times Square on National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day.
- $10,000 for the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund to help truck drivers and families recover from injury or illness, as well as support the overall health and wellness of truck drivers.
- $5,000 for Hands on Nashville, continuing a tradition established in 2023 of contributing to a charity tied to ATA’s Management Conference & Exhibition host city.
- $5,000 for the Ollie Otter Foundation, in conjunction with the Tennessee Trucking Association Foundation which also donated $5,000, for the purchase of up to 200 new car seats to provide to families in need.
- $5,000 for Harmony House, an organization in Springfield, MO, that provides shelter and support services to domestic violence survivors. The contribution was made in the name of Dee Sova, a professional truck driver with Prime Inc., who was honored with the John Lex Premier Achievement Award during ATA’s MCE.