Big Gifts and Grants for Katrina Relief:a Sampling

CORPORATIONS

WAL-MART
$15,000,000 in cash to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, and has donated $1,000,000 to the Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.) and $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross (Washington)

FREDDIE MAC AND THE FREDDIE MAC FOUNDATION
$10,100,000 to relief organizations, including the American Red Cross

UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION
$10,000,000 to the relief efforts

EXXONMOBIL
$7,000,000 to the American Red Cross

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
$6,000,000 to the American Red Cross and plans to supply medical devices, water-purification systems, and other goods and services valued at $10,000,000

AMERIQUEST
$5,000,000 in direct contributions and employee matching funds to the American Red Cross and HomeAid America (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and to help create a temporary-housing plan for people displaced by the storm

CHEVRON CORPORATION
$5,000,000 for the hurricane-relief efforts: $3,000,000 to the American Red Cross, and $2,000,000 to local charities to be determined by the company

COCA-COLA COMPANY, FOUNDATION, AND BOTTLERS
$5,000,000 to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and other organizations. The company is also providing Coca-Cola products such as Powerade and Dasani water to victims of the hurricane.

TOYOTA
$3,000,000 to the American Red Cross and $2,000,000 to the Friedkin Disaster Relief Fund (Houston)

AMGEN FOUNDATION
$2,500,000 to the American Red Cross and to organizations that can assist patients in the Gulf Coast area, especially dialysis and oncology patients

WALT DISNEY COMPANY
$2,500,000, of which $1,000,000 will support the American Red Cross’s immediate relief efforts, $1,000,000 will go to children’s charities engaged in rebuilding efforts, and $500,000 will support volunteer centers

ABBOTT LABORATORIES
$2,000,000 in cash and $2,000,000 in nutritional and medical products to be distributed by organizations including the American Red Cross, AmeriCares (Stamford, Conn.), America’s Second Harvest (Chicago), and MAP International (Brunswick, Ga.)

BAYER
$2,000,000 to the American Red Cross

CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
Food products valued at $2,000,000 to America’s Second Harvest

KAISER PERMANENTE
$2,000,000 to the CDC Foundation (Atlanta) to support the public-health response to the hurricane through its Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund and an additional $1,000,000 for long-term recovery support

LOWE’S COMPANIES
$2,000,000 to match customer donations made to the American Red Cross

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
$2,000,000 to the American Red Cross

PFIZER
$2,000,000, half of which will be divided among the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.), and half of which will support the rebuilding of hospitals and health-care facilities

VERIZON FOUNDATION
$2,000,000 to the American Red Cross

XEROX
$2,000,000 in cash, equipment, and services to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations

TARGET
$1,500,000 to the American Red Cross, $500,000 of which has been earmarked for immediate relief efforts

UPS FOUNDATION
$1,250,000, which includes $500,000 in cash and up to $750,000 in medical and health-related items to be divided among the American Red Cross, America’s Second Harvest, and other relief groups

AMERADA HESS CORPORATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

AT&T and the AT&T FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and will match up to $500,000 in employee donations; the company will also distribute 35,000 prepaid phone cards to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army

BANK OF AMERICA
$1,000,000, with $500,000 going to the American Red Cross, $100,000 to the Houston Food Bank through the Gulf Coast United Way Katrina Relief Fund, and $400,000 to be given to organizations serving the neediest areas

BP FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, with $500,000 earmarked for Louisiana, $250,000 for Mississippi, $100,000 for Alabama, and $150,000 for unrestricted use

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
$1,000,000 in cash for immediate relief efforts to the American Red Cross, $1,000,000 in products and technology for longer-term reconstruction work, and $1,000,000 to match employee donations

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS &COMPANY
$1,000,000, with a focus on disaster relief in DeLisle and Pascagoula, Miss.

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
$1,000,000 in cash and insulin valued at $1,000,000 to relief organizations

ENTERGY CORPORATION
$1,000,000 to create the Power of Hope Fund, based at the Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.)

GRAINGER
$1,000,000 in cash and supplies to the American Red Cross

JOHNSON CONTROLS
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

JPMORGAN CHASE
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and will match employee donations up to $1,000,000

KOCH INDUSTRIES
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, and $250,000 to the Salvation Army

KRAFT FOODS
$1,000,000 in food and cash to America’s Second Harvest, the American Red Cross, and AmeriCares

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY
$1,000,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation

MEDTRONIC FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

MERCK COMPANY FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

MICROSOFT CORPORATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations, and technology assistance valued at approximately $5,000,000

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

NEW YORK YANKEES
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

NOKIA
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

3M and 3M FOUNDATION
Safety, cleaning, and medical products valued at $1,000,000 to relief organizations and $500,000 to match employee donations

WEATHER CHANNEL COMPANIES
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

FOUNDATIONS AND OTHERS

WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION
$15,000,000, including $8,000,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, $4,000,000 to the Salvation Army, $2,000,000 to America’s Second Harvest, and $1,000,000 to the Foundation for the Mid South

LILLY ENDOWMENT
$10,000,000 to the American Red Cross and $10,000,000 to the Salvation Army

MICHAEL & SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION
$5,000,000 for relief efforts

BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
$1,500,000 to the American Red Cross

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION, and the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
$1,000,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund to help hospitals, health-care systems, and patient-support services

ANNENBERG FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

JESSIE BALL DUPONT FUND
$1,000,000, which will be split evenly between the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army

CARNEGIE CORPORATION
$1,000,000, with $250,000 going to the American Red Cross, $250,000 to the Salvation Army, and $500,000 to other relief groups

GAY AND LESBIAN FUND FOR COLORADO
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

MCCORMICK TRIBUNE FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to support local aid organizations in New Orleans

JOHN S. AND JAMES L. MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION
$1,000,000, half of which will go to the American Red Cross and half to the Salvation Army, to aid residents of Biloxi and Harrison County, Miss.

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION
$1,000,000 to the Salvation Army

PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

RAPIDES FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the United Way of Central Louisiana (Alexandria)

RECORDING ACADEMY AND MUSICARES FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to help musicians affected by the hurricane

USA FUNDS
$1,000,000 for scholarships to college students in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi

HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to be divided evenly between the United Jewish Communities (New York) and Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.)

INDIVIDUALS

SIDNEY E. FRANK
$5,000,000 to Brown University for its efforts to help victims of the hurricane

JOHN AND RENEE GRISHAM
$5,000,000 to the Rebuild the Coast Fund, which they established at a Tupelo, Miss., bank to help recovery efforts in Mississippi

LEONA HELMSLEY
$5,000,000 to the American Red Cross in Greater New York

BOONE PICKENS
$5,000,000 to the American Red Cross

GEORGE CLOONEY
$1,000,000 to the United Way of America

DIDDY
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

JAY-Z
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

Note: Totals do not include employee donations and may not include all noncash support.

An extended list is available online at http://philanthropy.com.