2024 was a tough year for Levi’s® senior stylist Siti Fadillah. A single mother of a daughter with epilepsy, Siti found herself needing a helping hand as she was juggling household bills with her daughter’s medical treatments and prescriptions.
“When my daughter had to go through both a heart scan and a brain scan at once, and with so many things to pay off, I just couldn’t do it all,” Siti shared.
That’s when she turned to the Red Tab Foundation (RTF). For over four decades, RTF has offered support, financial security and hope to the Levi Strauss & Co. community, assisting with more than 33,000 hardships since the foundation’s inception. Thanks to the foundation’s help, Siti was able to pay off her bills.
“It took me a lot of courage to apply to the Red Tab Foundation for help, but I’m so glad that I did,” she said. “Knowing that there are people out there who want to give what they have to help people like me, it means a lot. I just know now that I’m not alone.”
Siti is just one of the many grantees who received financial support from RTF last year and whose story is highlighted in the foundation’s 2024 Impact Report.
In fiscal year 2024 alone, the foundation gave out $2.8 million in support and responded to nearly 2,000 hardships. From purchasing schoolbooks for manufacturing employees to providing individualized support for housing crises, RTF ensured LS&Co. communities around the world were supported through hardships of all kinds. They also expanded access to their proactive matched savings program, which has helped more than 3,600 employees save $1.3 million of their own dollars for emergencies since 2015 through the Red Tab Savers program.
“The Red Tab Foundation is one of the most tangible ways that we can support employees at LS&Co..” said Jenny Rodriguez, RTF’s executive director. “We provide them a lifeline of support when personal crises occur and act as a source of their hope in action. This work is funded in majority by employees at the company and is truly a community effort.”
From supporting during large-scale natural disasters to helping with small-scale medical emergencies, RTF has been — and continues to be — a critical financial safety net for LS&Co. employees and retirees. Find more stories like Siti’s and learn about the Red Tab Foundation’s impact over the past year in their 2024 Impact Report.
