Applied Materials leverages its involvement in local communities to develop partnerships and innovative solutions to break down social, cultural, racial, and national boundaries.

• Applied Materials runs one of the largest corporate food drives in the United States. As a result of last year's Holiday Food Drive, employees, along with the Company match, donated over $1million (the equivalent of more than 2 million meals) to 27 food banks across North America.
• The Blood Match challenge, a partnership between Applied Materials and its customers Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., earned the attention of an international blood-donor recruitment organization as well as met a critical community need.
• In January 2005 Applied Materials set up a Tsunami Relief Fund to match employees' donations to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
• Art@Applied resulted from a partnership between Applied Materials and cultural and educational organizations to create art exhibits that inspire viewers to consider a range of themes from cultural identity to the impact of innovation on society. Art@Applied workplace exhibitions have included Northern Exposure: New Art from Japan, Visions of Israel, Moving Mountains: Mt. Fuji 2000, and Albert Einstein: Man of the Century. 
• Applied Materials founded Charitech in 1992 to foster dialogue and partnerships between nonprofits and businesses. Today, the program facilitates training and assessment activities that develop blueprints for community improvement in cities around the United States.
• Applied Materials co-founded The National Kindness & Justice Challenge with the non-profit organization Do Something. The program, in association with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, encourages America's youth to perform acts of goodwill and generosity. So far, the effort has reached more than four million students and educators in 37,000 schools throughout the United States.
• DOT.COMmunity was designed by Applied Materials to partner with other companies such as Micron, Microsoft and Samsung Austin Semiconductor to refurbish, upgrade and deliver computers to selected nonprofits - benefiting the community and protecting the environment.
• Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, founded in 1992 by Applied Materials and the San Jose/Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, is an unprecedented coalition of business, government, education, and community leaders joining forces to advance Silicon Valley's economy. The network stands as a proven regional model to help communities collaborate in their efforts to compete globally.
• Applied Materials committed $1 million in 2001 to create the Taiwan Research and Development Fund. In partnership with the Taiwan Science Council, the fund was formed to encourage and promote innovative research and semiconductor application development programs in Taiwan.
• The Applied Materials Shanghai Research & Development Fund with the Shanghai Commission of Science and Technology encourages and promotes microelectronics and information technology development in universities and research institutes in the People's Republic of China. Since 1994, the Company has committed $3 million to the fund.