SPH promotes a culture of charitable giving and contributes generously to deserving charities each year. The Group is an active member of the SHARE programme under the Community Chest and matches dollar-for-dollar its staff contribution to SHARE.
The Group's flagship English newspaper, The Straits Times, launched the highly successful The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. Started in 2000, more than S$2.5 million was raised in 2001 to help some 6,000 children from low-income families. The amount raised crossed the S$3 million mark in 2002 to help 7,200 needy children.

SPH is also a strong supporter of the President's Challenge, raising close to S$600,000 for the community fund in 2002 with events organised by its Chinese Newspapers Division and The New Paper.

The two events organised by the SPH Chinese Newspapers Division - Horse Sculpture Charity Auction and National Treasure Hunt raised S$117,200 and S$333,798 respectively. Proceeds of S$56,000 from The New Paper Big Walk 2002 went to the President's Challenge. The New Paper also organised the Be Yourself Day when students attended school in attires of their choice to express creativity and raise funds for charity. This event raised S$88,450 for the President's Challenge 2002.

In 2000, SPH started the Adopt-A-Charity programme to encourage staff to visit the less fortunate regularly to bring cheer to them. Some of the charities adopted by SPH staff include the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped, MINDS Tampines Home, Bright Hill Evergreen Home and the Asian Women's Welfare Association Special School.