ExxonMobil and American Idol

ExxonMobil is proud to support Idol Gives Back and has been a chief corporate sponsor since 2007.

Idol Gives Back is American Idol's special fundraiser focused on fighting extreme poverty in the U.S. and Africa. In addition to generating more than $140 million in proceeds, Idol Gives Back also raised a great deal of awareness among the American public of the challenges impoverished communities face.

ExxonMobil has donated approximately $14 million through Idol Gives Back, enabling the distribution of hundreds of thousands of bed nets throughout disease-stricken communities in Angola.

Additionally, ExxonMobil has hosted trips to Africa for American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin, Idol winners Fantasia Barrino and Carrie Underwood, former Idol judge Kara DioGuardi and actor and malaria-champion Forest Whitaker. During these trips to Angola, Idol talent witnessed firsthand the Idol Gives Back donations at work, distributed bed nets, visited malaria clinics and shared stories of progress against malaria with the tens of millions of viewers during the Idol Gives Back broadcast.