Recent Gifts and Grants for Katrina Relief Efforts: a Sampling

CORPORATIONS

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF CINCINNATI
$15,000,000 over two years to provide housing assistance in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

VISION SERVICE PLAN
$15,000,000 in cash and services, including vouchers for free eye exams, and financial assistance to doctors living or working in areas affected by the hurricane

BELLSOUTH FOUNDATION
$5,000,000 to support online academic courses for students displaced by the hurricane

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS
$5,000,000 for a fund to provide housing and other assistance to communities in Louisiana and Mississippi

MCDONALD’S CORPORATION
$5,000,000 in cash to relief efforts, as well as products and supplies

STARBUCKS
$5,000,000 over five years, with an initial $1,000,000 going to the American Red Cross (Washington)

THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS
$5,000,000 to Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.) to help rebuild homes in the Gulf Coast region

BEST BUY CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION
$2,000,000 to match customer donations to the American Red Cross

DELL CORPORATION
$2,000,000 to the American Red Cross

JM FAMILY ENTERPRISES
$2,000,000 to the American Red Cross

SHELL OIL COMPANY
$2,000,000 to the American Red Cross and an additional $1,000,000 to match employee donations

QVC
$1,909,620 to the American Red Cross

PHILIP MORRIS
$1,050,000, including $500,000 to the American Red Cross-Greater Richmond Chapter (Va.), $500,000 to various relief organizations, and $50,000 to match gifts made by employees in Richmond

AFLAC
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, with $800,000 going to the national headquarters and $200,000 to the organization’s West Central Georgia chapter, in Columbus

ALLSTATE FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to establish its own hurricane-recovery fund, which will distribute grants to groups in the Gulf Coast region

ALTRIA GROUP
$1,000,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, $500,000 to the American Red Cross, and approximately $100,000 to match employee gifts

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, of which $500,000 will match employee donations

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to relief efforts

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi

BOEING COMPANY
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross; the company has also provided medicines to relief efforts

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

ERNST & YOUNG
$1,000,000 to match gifts made by employees

FANNIE MAE CORPORATION and the FANNIE MAE FOUNDATION
$1,000,000, half of which will go to the American Red Cross and half to longer-term rebuilding efforts supported by housing organizations

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
$1,000,000 to be divided between America’s Second Harvest (Chicago), the American Red Cross, and the Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.); the company has also donated 150 used vehicles, valued at $2,000,000, to the states of Louisiana and Mississippi

GAP
$1,000,000 to relief efforts

GENERAL MILLS
$1,000,000 in cash as well as products valued at $1,000,000 to be distributed through America’s Second Harvest

HCA
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, and an additional $1,000,000 to the HCA Hope Fund to provide direct relief to affected employees in the Gulf Coast region

HITACHI AND THE HITACHI FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

HP COMPANY FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and has pledged up to $1,000,000 to match employee contributions

HUMANA FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 of which half will go to the American Red Cross and half will be divided among local relief groups

INTEL CORPORATION and the INTEL FOUNDATION
$1,000,000, as well as 1,500 laptop computers and other services for distribution to shelters, to the American Red Cross

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL
$1,000,000, half of which will go to the American Red Cross and half to AmeriCares (Stamford, Conn.)

MERRILL LYNCH
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and has pledged up to $500,000 to match employee contributions

METLIFE FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and other nonprofit organizations in the Gulf Coast region

MILLER BREWING COMPANY
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, including $500,000 for immediate relief and up to $500,000 to match employee contributions; the company also plans to send 15 truckloads of bottled water each week through the month of September to support recovery efforts

MONSANTO COMPANY
$1,000,000, of which $750,000 will go to the American Red Cross and $250,000 to three United Way chapters in Louisiana

PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

PULTE HOMESv $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

QUALCOMM
$1,000,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund

SBC FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to match employee contributions, which will go to the American Red Cross

ST. PAUL TRAVELERS FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

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

TIME WARNER
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and $1,000,000 to local relief organizations

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

UNILEVER UNITED STATES
$1,000,000 in cash to be split evenly between the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army; the company will also donate products valued at $2,600,000 to be distributed by America’s Second Harvest, the American Red Cross, and other groups

WYETH
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, the Children’s Health Fund (New York), and other relief groups; the company will also provide free 30-day replacements of Wyeth products through authorized pharmacies and will aid patients who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina

NIKE
$500,000 to the American Red Cross and products valued at approximately $3,500,000

LEVI STRAUSS AND CO. and the LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION
$400,000 in cash and clothing valued at $1,500,000

MATTEL
$100,000 in cash to the American Red Cross and toys valued at up to $1,000,000 to be distributed by the American Red Cross and Gifts in Kind International (Alexandria, Va.)

FOUNDATIONS AND OTHERS

ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION
$10,000,000 to educational and cultural institutions affected by the hurricane. Its initial $5,500,000 in grants include $2,800,000 to the Southern Education Foundation (Atlanta), $1,200,000 to Xavier U. of Louisiana (New Orleans), $800,000 to Dillard U. (New Orleans), $500,000 to Associated Colleges of the South(Atlanta), and $200,000 to the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (New Orleans)

CONRAD N. HILTON FOUNDATION
$6,000,000, of which $2,500,000 will go to the Salvation Army, $1,500,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (La.), $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, and $1,000,000 to the Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.)

ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
$3,000,000 to be divided among the Greater New Orleans Foundation, the Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.), Habitat for Humanity International, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (New York), and the Urban League of Greater New Orleans

KATE B. REYNOLDS CHARITABLE TRUST
$2,000,000 to assist Hurricane Katrina victims who have relocated to North Carolina

PAUL G. ALLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 of which $500,000 will go to the American Red Cross and $500,000 to charitable groups in the Gulf Coast region for long-term rebuilding efforts

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross and $1,000,000 to the CDC Foundation (Atlanta) for relief efforts

MISSOURI FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH
$1,000,000 in grants to support health groups in Missouri that are helping hurricane evacuees

MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY FREEDOM FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the Healing Hands Coalition (Houston), which is helping to feed and provide shelter to people at the Houston Astrodome

OPRAH’S ANGEL NETWORK
$1,000,000 to America’s Second Harvest

IRENE W. AND C.B. PENNINGTON FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation

EDMOND J. SAFRA PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

SCHULTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to be split evenly between the American Red Cross and Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.)

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

WEAVER FAMILY FOUNDATION
$1,000,000 to the United Way

INDIVIDUALS

OPRAH WINFREY
$10,000,000 for relief efforts

STEVEN SPIELBERG
$1,500,000, half of which will go to the American Red Cross for immediate relief efforts, and half to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund for long-term recovery efforts

J. HARWOOD AND LOUISE COCHRANE
$1,000,000 to the American Red Cross

ROBERT MCNAIR
$1,000,000 to match football fans’ donations, which will go 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.