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Porsche is actively involved in many charitable causes and even created the Ferry Porsche Foundation in 2018 to support projects in connection with education and social issues. The Stuttgart-based manufacturer marked 75 years of Porsche sports cars by initiating an extensive fundraising campaign during the 24 Hour Le Mans race, which raised 911,000 Euro.
The automobile company is now going to distribute this fund among three charities. Out of the 911,000 Euro, a total of €549,750 ($595,573) will be donated based on its three factory Porsche 963s combining to complete 733 laps. For each of the race laps completed,750 Euro has been referred to special funds in support of the “Racing for Charity” campaign. However, Porsche topped up the donated amount of 549,750 Euro on the occasion of its anniversary.
The associations of Kinderherzen Retten (Save Children's Hearts) and Interplast Germany e.V. are each set to receive €350,000 to help children from developing and crisis regions who suffer from heart disease, injuries, deformities, or burns while the remaining €211,000 will go to the Ferry Porsche Foundation.
Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board of Porsche AG, Research and Development said, “Porsche has always faced up to its social responsibilities as a company. Now, with the ‘Racing for Charity’ initiative, we’ve successfully implemented this maxim in motorsport for the first time.”
Porsche’s social commitment was recognized by the organizer of the Le Mans race, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), which awarded the “Racing for Charity” campaign first place in the “Sustainable Endurance Award” on June 16. Of the three official Porsche 963s, the #5 driven by Dane Cameron finished 16th and the #6 entrusted to Kévin Estre/André Lotterer/Laurens Vanthoor ended the race in 22nd place while the #75 shared by Felipe Nasr/Mathieu Jaminet/Nick Tandy was forced to retire with a fuel pressure problem.
