Corporate Giving: Related Charts
November 1, 2001 | Read Time: 2 minutes
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| COMPANIES THAT MADE 20% OR MORE OF THEIR GIFTS IN PRODUCTS IN 2001 | |||
| Noncash gifts | What they donate | Percentage of total giving | |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | $288,041,540 | pharmaceuticals, consumer products | 86.1% |
| Pfizer | $376,686,715 | pharmaceuticals | 84.3% |
| Merck & Company | $283,000,000 | pharmaceuticals | 83.1% |
| Microsoft Corporation | $179,000,000 | computer software | 83.0% |
| Sears, Roebuck and Company | $30,790,000 | appliances, tools, clothing | 75.0% |
| I.B.M. Corporation | $91,500,000 | computers and other technology | 72.0% |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | $33,061,611 | computers and other technology | 69.8% |
| Safeway Inc. 1 | $60,000,000 | food, consumer products | 68.7% |
| Johnson & Johnson | $151,082,000 | pharmaceuticals, consumer products | 65.8% |
| Kroger Company | $51,694,776 | food, consumer products | 57.0% |
| Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Company | $25,300,000 | office and library equipment, supplies, construction consumer products | 53.7% |
| Delta Air Lines | $6,000,000 | airline tickets | 50.4% |
| Sara Lee Corporation 2 | $14,063,000 | food, consumer products | 47.6% |
| Pharmacia Corporation | $6,700,000 | pharmaceuticals | 44.4% |
| AT&T Corporation | $25,229,000 | Internet and cable service, prepaid calling cards | 31.8% |
| Dell Computer Corporation | $3,000,000 | computers and other technology | 30.3% |
| Coca-Cola Enterprises | $4,700,000 | beverages | 24.4% |
| Cisco Systems | $13,300,000 | computers and other technology | 23.7% |
| 1. Total giving figures do not include the corporate foundation, which was founded in 2001. 2. Value of donated company products is based on the cost of manufacturing them, not on fair market value. |
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| HOW MUCH COMPANIES SPENT TO MATCH EMPLOYEE GIFTS IN 2001 | ||
| Employee- matching gifts |
Percentage of company’s cash giving |
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| I.B.M. Corporation | $23,100,000 | 64.9% |
| Microsoft Corporation | $17,578,000 | 48.0% |
| Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company | $5,574,000 | 41.8% |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | $5,054,985 | 35.3% |
| General Electric Company | $19,090,000 | 25.4% |
| Verizon Communications | $20,500,000 | 24.8% |
| Sprint Corporation 1 | $1,740,309 | 23.9% |
| Prudential Insurance Company of America | $11,289,640 | 23.4% |
| Valero Energy Corporation | $1,120,885 | 23.1% |
| BellSouth Corporation | $4,500,000 | 20.2% |
| Merck & Company | $11,600,000 | 20.1% |
| Motorola 1 | $1,981,861 | 18.0% |
| Georgia-Pacific Corporation | $1,181,058 | 17.3% |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | $20,488,671 | 17.1% |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Company | $16,000,000 | 17.1% |
| Pfizer | $11,385,382 | 16.2% |
| Aetna | $3,391,922 | 15.8% |
| Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 2 | $2,438,716 | 15.6% |
| Pharmacia Corporation | $1,280,000 | 15.2% |
| Note: Includes only those companies that made 15 percent or more of their cash gifts to match employee donations. 1. Percentage of cash giving is based on gifts from the foundation only and does not include gifts made by the company. 2. Percentage of cash giving does not include subsidiaries. |
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| COMPANIES THAT GAVE MORE THAN 10% OF TOTAL DONATIONS TO CHARITIES OUTSIDE THE U.S. | ||
| 2001 donations outside the U.S. |
Percentage of total giving |
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| Merck & Company | $289,000,000 | 84.9% |
| Alcoa | $14,294,000 | 36.1% |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | $17,039,000 | 36.0% |
| Citigroup | $23,230,946 | 34.3% |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | $37,157,600 | 31.0% |
| I.B.M. Corporation | $24,800,000 | 19.5% |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | $2,045,000 | 18.9% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | $62,000,000 | 18.5% |
| Conoco | $2,200,000 | 15.9% |
| Compaq Computer Corporation* | $1,857,000 | 15.5% |
| Cisco Systems | $7,000,000 | 12.5% |
| Philip Morris Companies | $16,400,000 | 12.0% |
| Ford Motor Company | $16,300,000 | 11.2% |
| Merrill Lynch & Company | $3,777,652 | 10.8% |
| American Express Company | $3,300,000 | 10.8% |
| * Company merged with Hewlett-Packard Company in May 2002. | ||
