Profit Sharing: Companies That Donate the Most From What They Earn
2011 giving as a percent of 2010 pre-tax profits Alcoa (Pittsburgh) 6.7% Merck & Company (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) 4.4% General Mills (Minneapolis) 4.0% Kroger Company (Cincinnati)1 4.0% Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Conn.) 3.3% Target Corporation (Minneapolis) 3.3% Goldman Sachs Group (New York)…
Companies That Made 90% or More of Their Gifts in Products in 2011
Noncash gifts as a proportion of total giving Oracle Corporation (Redwood Shores, Calif.) 99.5% Pfizer (New York) 98.2% Merck & Company (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) 94.3% Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis) 92.0% Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Ill.) 91.8% Learn more: Report summary | Full report…
Getting Support From Big Companies: 8 Tips for Fundraisers
Nonprofits need fundraisers who speak corporate donors’ language and can back up their pitch with strong data, say leaders of the giving units at America’s biggest companies.
By Maria Di Mento and Raymund Flandez
How <em>The Chronicle</em> Compiled Its Survey on Corporate Giving
The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual survey of corporate giving gathers data from the nation’s largest companies. The newspaper sent questions to the 300 highest-ranking corporations on Fortune magazine’s list of top revenue-producing companies. The Chronicle’s analysis includes data for 112…
By Marisa López-rivera
Contributor
10 Companies That Gave the Most Cash in 2011
Learn about the giving priorities and 2012 forecasts for companies such as Wal-Mart Stores, Goldman Sachs Group, and ExxonMobil.
Most Big Companies Expect Flat Giving, Despite 2011 Gains
Most large businesses have no plans to increase giving in 2012 as they worry about the economy and consumer demand, a Chronicle study finds.
How One Corporation’s Efficiency Team Improved Operations at a Charity
The executive director of a Michigan food charity explains how experts from a local business improved the organization’s operations.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Find out how much money some of the nation’s largest companies have given to nonprofit groups over the past three years and what charities they support.
Companies That in 2010 Gave Charities More Than 5% of Their 2009 Profits
2010 giving as a percent of 2009 pre-tax profits 2009 pre-tax profits 2010 cash giving Kroger Company (Cincinnati)1 10.9 589,100,000 64,000,000 Macy’s2 (Cincinnati) 8.1 507,000,000 41,226,887 Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.) 7.3% $469,000,000 $34,237,817 Safeway (Pleasanton, Calif.) 7.5…
Companies That Made 50% or More of Their Gifts in Products in 2010
Noncash gifts as a percentage of total giving Value of noncash gifts Oracle Corporation 99.6% $2,300,000,000 Pfizer 97.8% $3,041,322,814 Merck & Company 93.7% $1,084,800,000 Abbott Laboratories 91.4% $572,849,548 Bristol-Myers Squibb 88.3% $418,080,015 Eli Lilly and Company 86.8% $374,372,000…
Companies That Gave More Than $10-million in 2010 to Charities Outside the United States
Cash and product total Percentage change from previous year Pfizer $1,710,108,765 31.2% Merck & Company $787,400,000 12.8% Microsoft Corporation $234,000,000 25.1% Chevron Corporation $113,599,642 51.1% IBM $113,400,000 4.2% Coca-Cola Company $102,075,957 16.1% Cisco Systems $90,202,099 17.1%…
Companies That Declined to Say How Much They Will Give in 2011
AES Ally Financial Amazon.com American International Group AmerisourceBergen Corporation Anadarko Petroleum Apache Corporation Apple Applied Materials Aramark Archer-Daniels Midland Company Arrow Electronics Automatic Data Processing AutoNation Avnet Avon Products Ball Corporation Berkshire…
How The Chronicle Compiled Its Survey of Corporate Giving
The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s survey on charitable giving by America’s largest companies gathers data from companies that appear at the top of Fortune magazine’s list of the 500 companies with the most revenue. For the second year in a row, USA Today collaborated with The Chronicle to gather data…
By Marisa López-rivera
Contributor
A Nonprofit Seeks Common Ground With a Grant Maker to Maintain a Long Partnership
Boys & Girls Clubs of America persuaded The Gap to finance a career program for young people and expanded the relationship to include the salary of a coordinator of volunteers.
By JACOB BERKMAN
Contributor
Deep Local Ties Help a Community Center Pull In Business Support
The Jones Center for Families, in Springdale, Ark., says bringing donors on tours is a key way it has attracted support, including big grants from Tyson Food and Wal-Mart.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor