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Commitment To Our Communities

At Stewart, we believe in making a meaningful impact beyond business. Our commitment to social responsibility is reflected in how we support our employees, partners, customers, vendors, and the communities where we live and work. Through active engagement, charitable giving, and employee-driven initiatives, we strive to create a better future for all. We focus our commitment in three key areas:

Empowering employees to support local organizations and causes they care about through employee-nominated charity donations and paid time off to volunteer
Partnering with charitable organizations through Stewart Title Foundation grants and hands-on support
Responding to community needs with disaster relief and targeted gifts, including our board of directors charitable matching gift program and Stewart Scholarships

2025 Highlights

Stewart Title Foundation 2025 Annual Giving Overview

Over the past five years, Stewart’s charitable giving has more than doubled, growing from $513,750 in 2021 to just over $1.2M in 2025. This growth reflects not only increased financial investment, but a fundamental shift toward an employee-led, participation-driven model of impact.

What began as a traditional corporate giving program has evolved into a nationally scaled platform for employee voice, volunteerism, and community leadership—engaging employees and supporting organizations in all 50 states and embedding service into the fabric of how Stewart shows up for its communities.

Stewart’s giving increased every single year over the five-year period, with annual growth ranging from ~19% to ~26%. Importantly, this growth was not driven by a single outsized gift, but by the scaling of employee-powered programs, particularly Community Service Awards, scholarships, and volunteer engagement.

Stewart’s Strategic Enterprise Partnerships

While employee-driven programs scaled rapidly, Stewart also maintained and deepened long-term enterprise partnerships:

Multi-year investments in organizations like Houston Food Bank, Rebuilding Together, Feeding America, ALTA Good Deeds, and MBA Opens Doors
Expansion from localized impact to multi-city, disaster response, and national footprint initiatives
Integration of hands-on volunteerism, resulting in over 1,700 cumulative volunteer hours with Rebuilding Together alone since partnership inception

This balance ensured growth did not come at the expense of focus or effectiveness.

Volunteerism as a Force Multiplier

Stewart’s Global Volunteer Time Off (VTO) program launched in 2024 and grew more than 30% year over year:

15,737 volunteer hours in 2024
20,780 volunteer hours in 2025
1,792 employees participating in 2025 alone

At Stewart, volunteerism is fully integrated into our impact model with over 36,000 VTO hours being taken in just two years.

Revitalizing Communities with Rebuilding Together

Since 2023, 337 Stewart volunteers have dedicated 1,725 hours to revitalizing communities across the U.S. through Rebuilding Together, making essential home repairs for those in need. This work has resulting in repairing 22 homes in 19 cities (14 states). We have also funded Hurricane Ian relief efforts in SW Florida, wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles, and flood relief efforts in the Texas Hill Country.

In 2025, 108 volunteers (573 hours) gave time to help repair 7 homes across 7 states.

Three people stand smiling in front of a banner reading Rebuilding Together San Diego. They wear t-shirts stating Be the Good, conveying a community spirit.

A group of ten smiling people stands outdoors on a grassy area, with tall brick buildings in the background. Some wear Be The Good shirts, conveying a cheerful and community-focused atmosphere. Trees with autumn leaves surround them.

A man and woman smile outdoors wearing matching Be The Good shirts. They stand on concrete, surrounded by trees and cleanup equipment, suggesting volunteer work.

A group of volunteers paint a house exterior. One person kneels with a roller, while others stand nearby. T-shirts read It's in our DNA, highlighting teamwork.

Five people work on a home construction project outside a white house. Two kneel cutting wood, while others measure and discuss. Overcast, collaborative mood.

Group of twelve people stand on a wooden ramp outside a white house, holding a Stewart ReBuild sign. They're smiling, conveying a sense of community and teamwork.

A woman in sunglasses and a blue volunteer shirt smiles while kneeling on a street. She is surrounded by red buckets and paint supplies, suggesting outdoor work.

Two smiling women stand outdoors by a truck, wearing Be the Good shirts—one pink, one black. A sunny day with trees and a house are in the background.

A group of smiling volunteers stands on a lawn in front of a house wearing Be the Good T-shirts. A sign reads Stewart and Rebuilding Together.

A woman in a pink Stewart T-shirt smiles while scraping paint off a window frame. She wears gloves and stands beside a ladder, conveying a cheerful, volunteer atmosphere.

Tackling Food Insecurity Across the U.S. with Feeding America

Through our donations in 2025, Stewart provided 290,000 meals to food insecure people across the U.S. via Feeding America partners. *This includes donation to LA Regional Food Bank for 2025 LA fires disaster relief.

At the Houston Food Bank, Stewart’s donations provided over 73,000 meals to children in need.

Two smiling women in orange vests hold bags of apples in a warehouse. Other workers and boxes of produce are visible in the background. The mood is cheerful.

A group of five people wearing colorful T-shirts and smiling at the camera while volunteering at Houston Food Bank.

Four smiling volunteers wearing red aprons pose in a kitchen. They appear happy and engaged, creating a warm, friendly atmosphere.

Other notable charity partners

Through our donation to the MBA Opens Doors Foundation,15 families were provided with rental or mortgage assistance.

Our donation to ALTA® Good Deeds funded grants of $6,000 each to four charities.

Community Service Awards Program

Created in 2021, the Community Service Awards program allows any employee to nominate a local charity, foundation and/or other non-profit organization to receive a $500 donation from the Stewart Title Foundation in the name of the nominating employee.

The program has become the cornerstone of Stewart’s giving strategy, growing from:

$243,000 in 2021 → $605,000 in 2025
472 unique organizations → 790 unique organizations supported
42 states → all 50 states + DC

In 2025, Community Service Awards alone represented 50% of total giving, underscoring Stewart’s commitment to trusting employees to lead impact in their own communities. Twenty-five charities were randomly selected to receive $1,000 instead of the standard amount. In total, 1,185 awards were given to 790 unique organizations on behalf of employees.

Stewart Scholarship Program

Scholarships & Future Investment

Since 1994, we have supported continuing education for high school seniors and undergraduate students who are children of Stewart employees and have excelled academically. The Stewart Scholarship Program lets us recognize and reward these students with annual scholarships.

In the last five years, Stewart has more than tripled the dollars and number of recipients in the scholarship program.

$79,000 (2021) → $238,000 (2025)
37 students → 119 students

In 2025, we expanded the program to include the children of our Canadian employees, increased our annual scholarship pool from $200,000 to $238,000, and raised the number of scholarships from 100 to 119.

Culture of Caring