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Learning Through Skills-Based Providing Opportunities for Impact Volunteerism In 2022, PayPal reintroduced in-person volunteering and continued offering virtual volunteer opportunities, “Thanks to the outstanding skills-based volunteerism In 2022, PayPal employees contributed nearly 50,000 from PayPal employees in Japan and our 2022 grant, hours to skills-based volunteering through pro bono, including through our Team Up for Impact summer we have been able to create a mutually valuable coaching and leadership programs designed around campaign. The campaign provided approximately 2,800 partnership between PayPal and a service-learning model. This approach combines employees an opportunity to connect with each other Japanese social entrepreneurs learning objectives with volunteerism to provide and their communities. Employee volunteers contributed and nonprofit organizations, and employees with a practical and reflective learning nearly 17,000 hours to 33 nonprofits across 10 countries gained a great deal of insight experience while helping create economic opportunity during the campaign. First-time volunteers made up over from PayPal for our future programs.” and improve financial health in our communities. 50% of the participating PayPal employees. Yuko Motoki Board Member & Social Innovation Team Across PayPal, employees applied their skills to make a Over the past year, our Community Impact Grants ETIC. (Entrepreneurial Training for Innovative Communities) positive impact by: program allowed nearly 11,000 employees to select 71 PayPal Community Impact grantees to further PayPal’s • During the Skills for Good campaign in October 2022, mission in their local markets. In 2022, we launched the PayPal employees collectively volunteered more than Partnering to Mentor Female Championing Possibilities Pro Bono program to build the 10,000 hours to local organizations and communities Entrepreneurs capacity of PayPal’s Community Impact Grant initiative. around the world, a 35% increase from 2021. Through this new program, we provide grantees pro • PayPal employees provided 5,800 hours of pro bono PayPal partnered 62% of mentees bono services in technical areas, including legal, service to create economic opportunity for our with the Cherie Blair reported improved finance, communications, marketing, risk, technology, communities, help small businesses grow and provide Foundation for Women business performance human resources and strategy. nonprofits with access to technical expertise. for the fifth consecutive after program year to provide female participation • PayPal employees provided coaching and mentorship entrepreneurs access to help the NFTE prepare more than 45,000 young to mentorship and other services. Since 2018, people for career success.87 370+ mentors from PayPal across 26 countries Engaging Employees through Impact • PayPal employees volunteered to support currently supported 470+ women entrepreneurs. Employee Community Impact is core to our and formerly incarcerated women through the business at PayPal, not only for helping those Televerde Foundation’s PATHS programs to help around us but also to empower our employees. develop the skills and confidence needed to We found that teams with a higher participation support post-incarceration careers. “One of the most effective ways we’ve found to in community impact activities also had higher provide learning opportunities is through skills-based engagement scores and longer tenure at PayPal. volunteering, such as coaching a small business Learn more about our employee engagement owner. Equally as beneficial is that these efforts in Employee Engagement. programs also help us advance our mission, which is the foundation of our company and an evergreen reason why people love working at PayPal.” Kendra Goldbas Global Head of Enterprise Learning and Development Seattle, WA, U.S. 87 For fiscal year from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

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