{"id":1991,"date":"2016-06-30T06:57:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2016-06-30T06:57:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:57:07","slug":"25-of-the-most-generous-companies-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1991","title":{"rendered":"25 of the most generous companies in America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0So besides 3 giant drug companies, the most generous company on this list of Fortune 500 companies is Walmart, which comes as somewhat of a surprise considering their reputation for stinginess. \u00a0I did notice there are no drug-store chains on this list, even though at least 1 of them had more pre-tax profits than 10 companies who ARE on this list. \u00a0But hey, at least they give free ExtraBucks.<\/p>\n

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Each year, The Chronicle of Philanthropy<\/a>\u00a0gathers data on charitable giving in corporate America.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Chronicle, an organization dedicated to advising and reporting on nonprofits, determines its annual list of the most generous companies by ranking the largest Fortune 500 companies on the amount of total donations given \u2014 including both cash and product donations \u2014 for the fiscal year.<\/em><\/p>\n

This year’s corporate giving report<\/a>\u00a0reveals that America’s largest companies increased cash donations by 2% in 2015, largely led by gifts from banks and drug companies. Pfizer and Gilead Sciences topped the list, with more than $3\u00a0billion and $2 billion, respectively, in total donations last year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Though The Chronicle sought to include data for the 150 largest companies on the Fortune 500, two organizations \u2014 Berkshire Hathaway and Fannie Mae \u2014 said they do not make charitable grants, and an additional 81 companies either declined to provide data or did not respond to repeated requests.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read on to find out which of America’s largest corporations made the most philanthropic donations in 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

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25. Mondelez International<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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REUTERS\/Samsul Said<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Northfield, Illinois<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$7.88 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$70.8 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$12.6 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$58.2 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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24. PNC Financial Services Group<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of PNC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Pittsburgh,\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$5.51 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$72 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$72 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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23. Verizon Communications<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of Verizon Communications<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>New York, New York<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$28.24 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$89.1 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$56.4 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$32.7 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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22. PepsiCo<\/h3>\n
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AP\/Vasiliy Baziuk<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Purchase, New York<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$7.44 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$110.5 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$56.4 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$54.1 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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21. AT&T<\/h3>\n
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Facebook\/AT&T<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Dallas, Texas<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$20.7 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$120.1 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$112.95 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$7.16 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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20. Coca-Cola<\/h3>\n
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Jonathan Leibson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Atlanta, Georgia<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$9.61 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$126.04 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$117.3 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$8.8 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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19. Citigroup<\/h3>\n
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Facebook\/Citi<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location: <\/strong>New York, New York<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$24.83 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$142.8 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$142.8 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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18. General Mills<\/h3>\n
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Facebook\/General Mills<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.76 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$155\u00a0million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$105 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$50\u00a0million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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17. Bank of America<\/h3>\n
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Facebook\/Bank of America<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Charlotte, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$22.15 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$183.14 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$168.46 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$14.68 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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16. Target<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of Target Corporation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$4.92 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$215.5 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$111.5 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$104 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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15. Kroger<\/h3>\n
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AP<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Cincinnati, Ohio<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$3.09 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$219.2 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$76.5 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$142.7 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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14. Chevron<\/h3>\n
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Facebook\/Chevron<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location: <\/strong>San Ramon, California<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$4.84 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$225 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$225\u00a0million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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13. JPMorgan Chase<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of JPMorgan Chase<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>New York, New York<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$30.7 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$236.2 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$236.2 million<\/p>\n

Product giving: <\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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12. ExxonMobil<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of ExxonMobil<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Irving, Texas<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$22 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$268 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$268 million<\/p>\n

Product giving: <\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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11. Goldman Sachs<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of Goldman Sachs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>New York, New York<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$8.78 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$276.41 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$276.41 million<\/p>\n

Product giving: <\/strong>$0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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10. Cisco Systems<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of Cisco<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong> San Jose, California<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$11.2 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$286.18 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$41.16 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$245.02 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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9. Wells Fargo<\/h3>\n
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Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0San Francisco, California<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$33.64 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$317.54 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$281.28 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$36.26 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8. Eli Lilly and Company<\/h3>\n
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Facebook\/Eli Lilly and Company<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Indianapolis, Indiana<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$2.8 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$560 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$50 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$510 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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7. Bristol-Myers Squibb<\/h3>\n
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Glassdoor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0New York, New York<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$2.08 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$725 million<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$27 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$698 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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6. Microsoft<\/h3>\n
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Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Redmond, Washington<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$18.51 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.06 billion<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$135.2 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$922.1 million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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5. Google<\/h3>\n
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Facebook\/Life at Google<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Mountain View, California<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$19.65 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.17 billion<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$167.83 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$1 billion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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4. Walmart<\/h3>\n
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Walmart<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Bentonville, Arkansas<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$24.8 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.4 billion<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$301 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.1 billion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Merck & Company<\/h3>\n
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Merck\/Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Whitehouse Station, New Jersey<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$5.4 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.82 billion<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$132.54 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.68 billion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2. Gilead Sciences<\/h3>\n
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Eric Risberg\/AP Images<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Foster City, California<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$21.6 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$2.32 billion<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$446.74 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$1.87 billion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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1. Pfizer<\/h3>\n
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Courtesy of Pfizer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0New York, New York<\/p>\n

Pre-tax profits:\u00a0<\/strong>$8.97 billion<\/p>\n

Total donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$3.24 billion<\/p>\n

Cash donations:\u00a0<\/strong>$93.33 million<\/p>\n

Product giving:\u00a0<\/strong>$3.15 billion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0So besides 3 giant drug companies, the most generous company on this list of Fortune 500 companies is Walmart, which comes as somewhat of a surprise considering their reputation for stinginess. \u00a0I did notice there are no drug-store chains on this list, even though at least 1 of them had more pre-tax profits Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-companies"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1998,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions\/1998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}