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Corporate Giving for Haiti Relief According to the Business Civic Leadership Center, a corporate giving research center, these are the major corporate gifts for Haitian relief as of Sunday January 17.

Abbott $1 million in grants and in-kind donations of critical pharmaceutical and nutritional products; portions of grant monies allocated to American Red Cross, Partners in Health, and Catholic Medical Mission Board

Advent Software $25,000 to Partners in Health; employee-donation matching program for Partners in Health, matched 1:1 up to $12,500

Aetna Activated 47 volunteer councils to engage with relief agencies by collecting funds and goods

Air Products $25,000 to the American Red Cross for the Haiti Relief & Development Fund

Alcon Laboratories $1 million worth of eye drops and eye-related antibiotics and ointments; in partnership with Project Hope, AmericCares, Direct Relief International and Heart to Heart

The Allstate Foundation $100,000: $50,000 to the American Red Cross, $50,000 in employee matching

Altria Group Inc. $100,000 to the American Red Cross; ongoing employee matching gifts program that will match 1:1 up to $30,000 per employee

American Express $250,000 directed to the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, International Rescue Committee and the United Nations' Friends of the World Food program; matching employee donations; offering rebate on the merchant discount rate for charitable contributions made on the American
Express Card directly to any of the NGos listed on the USAID website in support of Haiti relief - effective retroactively from Jan. 12-Feb. 28, 2010

Amerijet International On 1/15/10 opened its facilities in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, adn New York to collect rice, dried beans, tents, and money -- all donations will be transported to Haiti by air

Amgen $2 million

AMR (American Airlines and American Eagle parent company Offering bonus reward miles for donations to the American Red Cross; delivering aid supplies to Port-au-Prince

Amway $100,000 to the American Red Cross and SOS Children's Village

Astoria Federal Savings $25,000; employee-donation matching up to $25,000 to benefit the American Red Cross, International Medical Corps or Americares

AstraZeneca $163,150 to the British Red Cross Emergency Appeal

AT&T Facilitating text message donations of $10; 100% of texted donations goes to the American Red Cross

Bank of Montreal $243,000

Bank of America $1 million; 50% of which directed to the American Red Cross

Baxter $1 million; $350,000 to support both immediate, acute-care and longer-term needs; support for the American Red Cross International Diesaster Relief Fund and CARE.

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) $1.2 million; $550,000 directed to American Red Cross, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, AmeriCares, Catholic Medical Mission Board, Direct Relief International, Heart to Heart International, Partners in Health, Project HOPE and Save the Children; $500,000 in medical equipment; employee-donation match of up to $150,000 for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF

Best Buy Employees in Puerto Rica are organizing with the San Juan Municipality to send food and other items

BMO Financial $250,000 to the American Red Cross

BP Foundation Will match employee donations worldwide 1:1

Bristol-Myers Squibb $200,000; employee-donation matching of 2:1

Broadview Networks $5,000, plus facilitating employee donations through payroll deductions

CA $50,000 to the American Red Cross; employee-donation match of up to $150,000 for various organizations

Campbell Soup Co. $200,000

The Canon Group $220,000 to the American Red Cross

Cargill $50,000 to CARE and the World Food Programme

Caterpillar $200,000 to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent relief efforts; also will match 1:1 employee, retiree, and dealer donations up to $100,000

Chiquita Brands International Inc. up to $200,000, involving an employee match of 1:1

Chubb Corporation $500,000; $125,000 to Doctors Without Borders, $125,000 Share Our Strength, $250,000 in employee match

CIGNA $50,000 to the American Red Cross, plus an additional match of employee donations to the Red Cross up to $50,000

Cisco Foundation $250,000 to the American Red Cross, plus employee-donation match of up to $1 million

Citigroup Sent a team and medical equipment, humanitarian supplies and satellite phones

Coca-Cola $1 million to the American Red Cross

ConAgra $100,000 to the American Red Cross

Cogeco Cable $50,000 to the American Red Cross

Comcast $1 million

ConAgra $100,000 to the American Red Cross

ConocoPhillips $1 million to the American Red Cross

Credit Agricole $1.45 million (1 million euros)

Credit Suisse $1 million divided between the American and Swiss Red Cross societies; employee-donation matching worldwide of 2:1 to benefit Red Cross societies

Crocs Donating thousands of pairs of shoes

CSRwire Waived all fees for all news releases relating to aid in rescue and recovery efforts

Desjardins $292,000 to the American Red Cross

DHL Deployed Disaster Response Team to manage logistics for inbound freight at the airport, including transfer and distribution of incoming relief goods

Diageo plc 45,000 lbs of food and emergency supplies

Digicel $5 million to various NGOs leading relief efforts

Discover Financial Services $100,000 to the American Red Cross; matching donations of Cashback program customers up to $1 million; employee-donation matching of 1:1

The Dow Chemical Company $500,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti

Earthquake Relief Fund; employee-donation matching up to $250,000 (combined) to benefit the World Food Programme and CARE

DuPont $100,00 for the American Red Cross Haiti Relief & Development Fund
E. On U.S. LLC (Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities Co. parent company) $50,000 to the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, and United Way

Eaton Corporations $100,000 to the American Red Cross International Disaster Relief Fund; employee-donation matching to benefit the United Way Worldwide Disaster Relief Fund

Eli Lilly and Company $250,000; 50% pledged for immediate relief and 50% pledged for long-term recovery; NGO recipients to be announced

EnCana Offering 2:1 match of employee donations; many relief agencies are eligible but EnCana suggests World Vision and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF

Excelon Corporation $50,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF; employee-donation matching of up to $250,000 to benefit the same two organizations

FedEx $425,000 divided among the American Red Cross International Relief Fund, Salvation Army, Direct Relief International, and Yéle; transporting 78 pallets of supplies to the disaster zone in partnership with relief agenices (total cash and in-kind exceeds $1 million)

First Energy Foundation Matching employee donations to the American Red Cross International Response Fund

FPL Group Foundation $100,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund

General Electric Company $2.5 million: immediate disbursement of $1 million to the American Red Cross and $500,000 to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF; the remainder to be allocated as the situation changes

General Mills Foundation $250,000: $100,000 to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund and $150,000 to CARE

GenNX360 $25,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund
GlaxoSmithKline Donated cash and medicine, mostly oral and topical antibiotics; further commitments will be made as local infrastructure is repaired

GM Foundation $100,000 to the American Red Cross

GoDaddy.com $500,000

Goldman Sachs $1 million

Google $1 million to UNICEF and CARE

Hanes Brands $25,000

Harris Teeter $25,000; allowing customers to purchase $1 and $5 relief cards

Health net Inc. $50,000 plus matching employee donations

Heinz Company Contribution to the World Food Programme

Henry Schein Inc. $1 million worth of medical supplies to partner NGOs

Hewlett-Packard Co. $500,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund; employee-donations matching of 1:1 up to $250,000 to benefit Global Impact

Home Depot Foundation $100,000 to the American Red Cross; matching employee donations up to $1,000

Hormel Foods Corporation Matching employee donations of up to $25,000 to the American Red Cross

Humana Foundation $150,000; $100,000 for immediate support, with $50,000 allocated to employee-donation matching

IBM $150,000 in technology and technical services

IDT Corporation Using its services to help customers contact loved ones in Haiti; setting up calling stations in Haiti in hotels and other locations in partnership with Access Haiti; donating 4,000 calling cards to U.S. Haitian communities in New York and Florida and lowered calling rates to Haiti to $.02 per minute

Intel $250,000 commitment and an employee-donation match of 1:1 to one or more strategic NGO partners; coordinating an IT response team to provide technology and technical expertise

International Paper $50,000 plus an employee-donation match of 1:1 up to $100,000 (employee fundraising effort spearheaded by the chairman

ITT $100,000 to Mercy Corps, plus the donation of five water treatment units which will provide water for 100,000 people

Jefferies Group $1 million to the American Red Cross, UNICEF, Save the Children, and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund; also raised $4.5 million by allocating all net commissions and salaries from the 1/15/10 trading day to earthquake response

JM Family Enterprises Inc. and Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC $100,000 to the American Red Cross

JP Morgan Chase $1 million

Kellogg Company $250,000 to the American Red Cross

Kimberly-Clark Sponsoring a shipment of medical supplies in partnership with MedShare; supporting the American Red Cross through the Annual Disaster Giving Plan

KPMG $500,000 for relief and long-term recovery via corporate contributions, employee donations and matching

Kraft Foods $25,000 to the American Red Cross

Limited Brands $100,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund

Lowe's Companies Inc. $1 million to the American Red Cross

Major League Baseball $1 million to UNICEF

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company $100,000 to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund/Haiti; revising matching-gifts program for six months to include matches to the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity

Mattel $10,000 to Save the Children

Marathon Oil Company $100,000; 50% to the American Red Cross and 50% to UNICEF

Mastercard Allowing cardholders to transfer their reward points to a cash donation to the Canadian Red Cross

McDonald's Corporation $500,000 to the International Federation of the Red Cross; matching donations from Arcos Dorados expecting to equal another $500,000

McKesson $200,000 in cash (American Red Cross) and medical supplies (World Vision) including crutches, orthopedic braces, gauze, masks and mosquito nets; matching employee donations 1:1; helping HHS by quickly fulfilling orders for vaccines and medicines bound for Haiti

Menchie Hosting an Haiti Earthquake Support Day on Fri., Jan. 15, 2010, at all locations across country; 5% of sales on Support Day will go the American Red Cross

Merck $550,000: $350,000 cash to several NGOs to support the deployment of emergency response units, disaster specialists, blankets, clean water, therapuetic food, medical supplies, and temporary shelters; shipped $200,000 worth of pharmaceutical products; matching employee donations

Microsoft $1.25 million in cash and in-kind donations; employee-donation matching up to $12,000; mobilization of employee response team and technical support of NGOs operating on the ground

MoneyGram International $10,000 to the Pan American Development Foundation

Morgan Stanley $1 million to the American Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund
The Mosaic Company $500,000 to the American Refugee Committee, Canadian Red Cross, American Red Cross, and International Red Cross

Motorola $100,000 to the American Red Cross, plus a pledge of up to $25,000 in matched dollars for employee donations

National Bank $250,000 to the Canadian Red Cross

National Grid $100,000 to the American Red Cross

Nestle Waters North America $1 million worth of bottled water

News Corp. $250,000 to the American Red Cross and Salvation Army; employee-donation matching up to $250,000 to benefit numerous NGOs

New York Yankees $500,000

Northern Trust $250,000 to the American Red Cross

Office Depot $20,000 split between Doctors Without Borders and Feed the Children; 2.500 backpacks donated to Feed the Children; underwriter of the

National Disaster Help Desk for Business, a service by BCLC ($100,000 value)

Panasonic $109,962 (10 million yen) for relief and recovery

PepsiCo Foundation $1 million; $500,000 divided among the American Red Cross, Save the Children, and Friends of the World Food Program; $500,000 allocated for longer-term rebuilding efforts

Pfizer Cash donation and employee-matching; working with partners to assess which products are needed most

PRNewswire Waived all fees for all news releases relating to aid in rescue and recovery efforts

Procter & Gamble Sending PUR Purifier of Water devices to Haiti

Project Earth H20 Donating $3 of every bottle it sells to Direct Relief International until Feb. 28, 2010

Publix $100,000 to the American Red Cross for the Haiti Relief & Development Fund

RBC $100,000 to the Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund

ReCellular Collecting used cell phones and sending proceeds to the American Red Cross

Reynolds American Inc. $100,000 to the American Red Cross

Rite Aid $50,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund; sponsoring employee fundraising and customer fundraising by selling $1 relief certificates

Rockwell Collins $10,000 to the American Red Cross

Rogers Communications $250,000 to Partners in Health

Royal Caribbean $1 million for relief; re-opening port calls at Labadee, Haiti

Safeway Inc. $100,000 to the American Red Cross and UNICEF

ScotiaBank $250,000 to the Canadian Red Cross

Sempra Energy Foundation $50,000 to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund

SES World Skies Donating satellite capacity on five spacecraft and access to teleport facilities

The Shell Oil Company $100,000 to the American Red Cross

Sol Inc. $300,000 worth of solar LED lighting, plus a matching program whereby a solar light system is donated when one is purchased

Southern Company Charitable Foundations $50,000 to the American Red Cross

Spirit Airlines Offering free miles for donors ($5+) to the American Red Cross, Yéle Haiti, and UNICEF

Sprint $50,000 to the American Red Cross

Staples Inc. $100,000 to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief and development

Symantec $50,000 to CARE; employee-donation matching of up to $1,000 per employee

Target $500,000 to the American Red Cross, plus the donation of more than 1 million meals

TD Bank $100,000 to the Red Cross

Tenet Healthcare Corporation $50,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development

Tesco $81,600 to the Red Cross

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Matching 1:2 in member donations for a maximum of $1 million

TJX Companies $100,000 to the American Red Cross

Toyota $500,000 to the American Red Cross, Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders

Toys R Us $150,000 to Save the Children

Travel Guard Providing free emergency travel and medical assistance services to travelers and families affected by the earthquake

UBS $500,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund

Unilever $500,000 to the UN World Food Programme

UnitedHealth $100,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund; employee-donation matching of 1:1 up to $250,000 to benefit Global Impact

United Technologies Corporation $250,000 cash to the American Red Cross; matching employee donations up to $250,000

UPS $1 million to the American Red Cross, CARE, UNICEF and others

U.S. Bancorp $100,000 to the American Red Cross

Verizon Foundation $100,000 to World Vision and Food for the Poor; facilitating text donations to support the American Red Cross

Visa $200,000 to the American Red Cross

The Vitamin Shoppe $10,000 to K.I.D.S.; donated a truckload of water and energy bars worth more than $20,000 to be distributed in Haiti by K.I.D.S. through World Vision and Operation Compassion

Wakefern Food Corp. (ShopRite and PriceRite stores) $250,000 to the American Red Cross

Walgreens $100,000 to the American Red Cross; also providing water, food, and medical supplies to the University of Miami Global Institute for Community Health and Development, which set up clinics and triage units in Port-au-Prince

Walmart $500,000 to the American Red Cross; $100,000 worth of donated pre-packaged food kits requested by the Red Cross

Walmart Canada $100,000 to Project Haiti Relief

The Walt Disney Co. $100,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund

Wells Fargo $100,000 to the American Red Cross

Western Union $250,000 to NGOs including Mercy Corps and Save the Children

YUM! Brands $500,000 allocated from its World Hunger Relief effort to provide food for victims