Corporate Giving: Statistical Data

August 4, 2005 | Read Time: 3 minutes

COMPANIES THAT GAVE MORE THAN $1-MILLION TO CHARITIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN 2004

Percentage change from previous year

Merck & Company (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

$448,700,000

+9.2%

Pfizer (New York)

384,795,000

+216.2

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (New York)

56,630,000

– 8.7

IBM Corporation (White Plains, N.Y.)

41,300,000

– 4.4

Exxon Mobil Corporation (Irving, Tex.)

35,757,900

+17.7

Citigroup (New York)

34,878,223

+30.0

Chevron Corporation (San Ramon, Calif.)¹

29,600,000

-2.2

Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Wash.)²

23,700,000

– 4.4

Altria Group (New York)³

22,847,465

+27.4

Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, Calif.)⁴

22,650,000

+8.8

Wal-Mart Stores (Bentonville, Ark.)⁵

18,342,669

– 17.7

Aetna (Hartford, Conn.)

17,119,575

+4.5

General Electric Company (Fairfield, Conn.)

16,793,308

+66.3

Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta)

14,143,174

+3.1

Alcoa (Pittsburgh)

13,069,783

+26.1

Raytheon Company (Waltham, Mass.)

10,172,000

–

Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich.)

10,000,000

– 44.8

Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.)

10,000,000

+25.0

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (New York)

7,915,403

+38.7

Merrill Lynch & Company (New York)

6,053,567

+236.3

Safeway (Pleasanton, Calif.)

5,000,000

–

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Wilmington, Del.)

3,784,175

+9.3

Duke Energy Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.)

3,104,293

+44.7

Morgan Stanley (New York)⁶

2,948,465

+27.1

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Dallas)

2,894,000

–

Weyerhaeuser Company (Federal Way, Wash.)

2,509,378

– 10.3

UPS (Atlanta)

2,400,000

+185.5

United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Conn.)

2,167,835

– 18.6

Time Warner (New York)

1,735,202

+335.6

Boeing Company (Chicago)

1,284,685

+31.2

Prudential Financial (Newark, N.J.)

1,013,713

–

Notes: Unless otherwise noted, the worth of company products is based on their fair market value, and figures cover fiscal years ending December 31.

1. Formerly the ChevronTexaco Corporation.
2. Figures are for the fiscal years ending June 30.
3. Formerly the Philip Morris Companies.
4. Figures are for the fiscal years ending October 31.
5. Figures are for the fiscal years ending January 31, 2004 and 2005.
6. Figures are for the fiscal years ending November 30.

COMPANIES THAT MADE 20 PERCENT OR MORE OF THEIR GIFTS IN PRODUCTS IN 2004

Percentage of total giving

Merck & Company (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

$921,000,000

pharmaceuticals

94.1%

Pfizer (New York)

1,161,906,114

pharmaceuticals

92.2

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (New York)¹

601,909,558

consumer products, pharmaceuticals

90.3

Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Wash.)²

363,000,000

computer software

88.4

IBM Corporation (White Plains, N.Y.)

115,499,000

computers

80.4

Gap (San Francisco)³

25,731,000

clothing

77.0

Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.)

406,900,000

consumer products

76.9

Safeway (Pleasanton, Calif.)

100,000,000

consumer products, food

73.9

Time Warner (New York)

135,014,678

cable and Internet services

71.0

Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, Calif.)⁴

43,800,000

computers and other technology

69.7

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)

5,796,505

airline tickets

68.6

Sara Lee Corporation (Chicago)²

22,641,000

clothing, consumer products, food

66.0

Kroger Company (Cincinnati)³

59,729,939

consumer products, food

62.6

3M Company (St. Paul)

26,600,000

consumer products, office products

55.1

Altria Group (New York)¹, ⁵

66,835,133

computers, food

37.1

Boeing Company (Chicago)

24,828,643

machinery, patents

36.2

Cisco Systems (San Jose, Calif.)⁶

19,200,000

computers and other technology

31.4

General Electric Company (Fairfield, Conn.)

35,768,409

appliances, health-care and energy products

30.6

AT&T Corporation (New York)

6,000,000

prepaid calling cards

28.8

General Motors Corporation (Detroit)

17,200,000

vehicles

27.4

Coca-Cola Enterprises (Atlanta)

3,700,000

beverages

26.4

Notes: Unless otherwise noted, the worth of company products is based on their fair market value, and figures cover fiscal years ending December 31.

1. Value of donated company products is based on the wholesale value, not on fair market value.
2. Figures are for the fiscal year ending June 30.
3. Figures are for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2005.
4. Figures are for the fiscal year ending October 31.
5. Formerly the Philip Morris Companies.
6. Figures are for the fiscal year ending July 31.

HOW MUCH COMPANIES EXPECT TO GIVE IN 2005

Percent change from 2004

Target Corporation (Minneapolis) ¹

$101,119,000

13.9%

Wachovia Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.)

$70,255,000

13.8%

SBC Communications (San Antonio)

$65,000,000

0.9%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (New York)

$64,374,589

Caterpillar (Peoria, Ill.)

$49,800,000

52.8%

Boeing Company (Chicago)

$48,087,400

10%

ConocoPhillips (Houston) ^**

$40,000,000

7.9%

Safeway (Pleasanton, Calif.)

$39,000,000

10.5%

MetLife (New York)

$32,400,000

7.3%

Prudential Financial (Newark, N.J.)

$32,000,000

6.9%

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Dallas)

$26,607,000

5.3%

Allstate Corporation (Northbrook, Ill.)

$19,050,000

22.9%

Lehman Brothers Holdings (New York)²

$17,700,000

63.9%

Exelon Corporation (Chicago) ^**

$16,500,000

0.1%

Costco Wholesale Corporation (Issaquah, Wash.)³ ^**

$13,500,000

16.4%

Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Conn.) ^*

$13,000,000

5.7%

Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.) ^*

$11,000,000

-91%

International Paper Company (Stamford, Conn.)

$10,500,000

5.2%

J.C. Penney Company (Plano, Tex.)¹

$8,870,000

-20.6%

Motorola (Schaumburg, Ill.) ^*

$8,525,000

1.5%

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)

$3,400,000

* Represents cash giving from corporate foundation only.

** Represents cash giving from corporate-giving program only.

1. Figures are for the fiscal years ending January 31, 2005 and 2006.
2. Figures are for the fiscal years ending November 30.
3. Figures are for the fiscal years ending August 28.