5 Questions for...Ebony Frelix, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy and Engagement, Salesforce.org

The push to ensure that all students receive the high-quality computer science and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education needed to compete in the twenty-first-century economy has been gaining urgency. This week, global Internet companies, foundations, and wealthy individuals announced commitments totaling $300 million in support of K-12 computer science education, including a pledge of $50 million and a million volunteer hours from customer-relationship management software provider Salesforce. That commitment was on top of grants totaling $12.2 million that Salesforce.org, the company's philanthropic arm, had awarded recently to the San Francisco and Oakland Unified School Districts to enhance computer science and STEM education, which included unrestricted funding of $100,000 each to middle school principals.

Earlier this month PND spoke with Ebony Frelix, senior vice president of philanthropy and engagement at Salesforce.org, about the organization's model of giving back 1 percent of equity, product, and employee time; its focus on equality in education; and the importance of expanding access to computer science education for tomorrow's diverse workforce — especially in a sector in which women and people of color are underrepresented.

Philanthropy News Digest: This is the fifth consecutive year that Salesforce.org has provided financial support to schools in San Francisco and the second year it has done so in Oakland. What results are you seeing thus far in terms of enrollment in computer science courses specifically and overall curriculum quality in general?

Ebony Frelix: We know that computer science in general is essential in today's job market and it's imperative that students gain the technical skills they need to be successful in the future. Our goal is to provide opportunities for underrepresented youth in the communities where we live and work to gain exposure and experience in computer science that will help them become college- and career-ready. Ultimately, we believe this will lead to a more talented, skilled, and diverse workforce.

In the San Francisco Unified School District we've given $7 million this year and $21 million in grants to date. Over five years we've seen the enrollment of girls in middle school computer science classes go from nearly two hundred to more than thirty-eight hundred, and of underrepresented student populations from less than one hundred to more than thirty-eight hundred. What that means is that computer science enrollment now mirrors the San Francisco community, with women and underrepresented groups making up nearly half of the students. We also funded twenty-four hundred hours of math content coaching, and we've cut the percentage of students repeating Algebra I in half, from 51 percent to 23 percent, and we hope to see that number continue to drive down. We've also seen a drop in D and F grades in math classes, from 18 percent to 12.6 percent.

In Oakland, we've given $5.2 million this year and $7.7 million in grants to date. We saw an enrollment of nine hundred OUSD middle school students in computer science classes in the first year alone. That was very encouraging, and what was really neat was that those computer science classes are 45 percent females, 38 percent Latinos, and 29 percent African Americans, again closely aligning to the district as a whole. What's even better is that 80 percent of those students received either an A or a B in computer science.

PND: Through the Principal's Innovation Fund (PIF), this year's awards include grants of $100,000 to middle school principals in San Francisco and Oakland. How are principals using those funds?

EF: We like to think that principals are like the CEOs of their schools; they know best how to address the unique needs of their schools. We often hear from principals that failure is not an option, things like "We can't spend money on things that don't work," "We can't take a chance with the district's money." The PIF allows principals to try things and experiment with what works, and then share those learnings with the district. That way we can avoid potentially making a district-wide faux pas with funding or with a program that may not be successful.

We know also that, with a limited budget, principals haven't been able to modernize their schools to align with a twenty-first-century workplace. So if you go into a classroom, they look like they did decades ago — the teacher at the front of the room, the kids sitting in rows, facing the teacher — and that's preventing students from learning in a collaborative workspace. Principals can use the PIF to redesign the classroom, to create a twenty-first-century environment where students are able to learn at standing desks, couches, or pillows; move tables around; have LCD screens all around them. You don't know where the front of the classroom is versus the back of the classroom, because it's flexible. That's a really good way for students to learn, and it also mirrors the workplace they're going to be entering.

In addition, students continue to enter middle school far below grade level, so teachers are faced with having multiple grade levels within one class and having to provide differentiated instruction. Principals are using the PIF to hire additional staff to teach different levels within a multi-tiered computer science curriculum as well as to teach engineering, animation, and robotics courses. And they can implement online personalized learning programs to address the needs of each student and create lesson plans to bring them up to grade level.

Once and for All: Lead-Free, Healthy Kids

We want all our children to be safe and happy — that's why we have safeguards in place to protect them. Newborns are taken home from the hospital in car seats, kindergarteners must have all their vaccines to enter school, even playground equipment is closely regulated. Yet, despite these investments in their health and safety, children are still at risk in their own homes. While we are closer than ever to eliminating lead in homes, it's still all too prevalent, seeping into the lives of our children through peeling paint, unfiltered water from unsafe pipes, and other sources.

Even though lead poisoning is entirely preventable, 535,000 children under the age of six in the United States are exposed to the dangerous toxin each year through water, paint, soil, and other sources. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "at least four million households have children living in them that are being exposed to high levels of lead." Lead exposure can lead to learning disabilities, speech delays, attention deficit disorder, reduced motor control and balance, and aggressive behavior. In fact, kids with lead poisoning are seven times as likely to drop out of school than their non-lead-poisoned peers, are six times as likely to become involved in the juvenile justice system, and as adults face increased risks of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, depression, and early mortality.

When the Flint water crisis became international news, it was easy to brush it aside as an anomaly — something that would never happen in your own town. But in 2016 a report by Reuters found three thousand localities across the country where at least 10 percent of children — double the rate of lead poisoning in Flint at the height of the crisis there — had elevated levels of lead in their blood. In some cities, "the rate of elevated [lead] tests over the last decade was 40 to 50 percent." Many of the affected communities are low-income and majority African-American and Latino populations, a sadly unsurprising fact given the stark racial disparities when it comes to addressing lead poisoning. In fact, African-American children are roughly five times more likely and Latino children nearly twice as likely to be poisoned by lead than their white peers.

Commitments for Mexico Earthquake and Hurricane Maria Relief

Following hard on the heels of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Hurricane Maria has wreaked havoc in Puerto Rico, Dominica, and other Caribbean islands, many already devastated by earlier storms, and continues on its path of destruction. In Mexico City and surrounding areas, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on September 19 — which followed an earlier quake September 7 — has left dozens of buildings completely collapsed and a death toll of 286 and climbing. Pledges from corporations, foundations, public charities, and individuals for relief and recovery efforts are beginning to come in. Here are the commitments of at least $25,000 tracked by our Foundation Center colleagues Andrew Grabois and Grace Sato as of September 22.

For commitments designated for both Harvey and Irma relief, please see our updates to the Harvey relief commitments announced by corporate foundations and corporate giving programs, foundations, public charities, and individuals. For commitments designated specifically for Hurricane Irma relief, see our post here. Please also see Foundation Center's Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy site for Harvey-related grants.

[We're continuing to update the tables as commitments are announced. Please scroll to the bottom of the post for ongoing updates.]

Company-Sponsored Foundations and Corporate Giving Programs

GRANTMAKER	TYPE	RECIPIENT	AMOUNT	NOTES
3M Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	For Latin American relief for Hurricane Maria, Mexico earthquake
Abbott Fund and Abbott Laboratories Corporate Giving Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	National Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Multiple Recipients	$2,000,000	For Hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico and Caribbean islands and Mexico earthquake relief; includes $500,000 in cash and nutrition products and medicines
Amgen Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Direct Relief, Unknown Recipient(s)	$5,050,000	$50,000 to Direct Relief for Mexico earthquake relief; $3 million for urgent relief and $2 million for long-term relief from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Bacardi & Company Limited Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$3,000,000	For communities in Florida, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and Mexico impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria and Mexico earthquake
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Value of donated building materials; for Mexico earthquake of 9/7/17
Coach Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Direct Relief	$66,000	For Hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico and Mexico earthquake relief
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	For Hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Diageo PLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For Hurricane Maria relief in the U.S. Virgin Islands
E. & J. Gallo Winery Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	For Hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$625,000	For Hurricane Maria relief; also medical donations and emergency shipments
EVERTEC, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For Hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico
Facebook, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	International Red Cross	$1,000,000	Will also waive fees on donations to UNICEF made on its Facebook page for Mexico earthquake relief7
Fundación Metlife México	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Fondo para la Paz	$400,000	For earthquake of 9/7/17
Fundación Wal Mart de México	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(S)	$2,200,000	For Mexico earthquake relief
Google.org	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(S)	$250,000	Employee match for Hurricane Maria relief
Home Depot Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$500,000	For Mexican earthquake relief; also product donations from Home Depot Mexico
Honeywell Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Mexico Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA)	$400,000	Value of donated personal protective equipment for Mexico earthquake relief
Humana Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$250,000	Value of airlifted supplies to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria relief
JetBlue Airways Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For Puerto Rico for Hurricanes Irma and Maria relief
Kaiser Permanente Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	International Medical Corps, CDC Foundation	$2,000,000	$1 million each for first responders for Mexico earthquake relief and public health support following hurricanes in Puerto Rico
Lowe's Companies, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000	For Hurricane Maria and Mexico earthquake relief
Major League Baseball Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Habitat for Humanity, Project C.U.R.E., U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	For Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico and Mexico earthquake relief
M & T Bank Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$300,000	to assist victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the earthquake in Mexico
PepsiCo Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Pan American Development Foundation	$2,250,000	For Mexican earthquake relief, including earthquake of 9/7/17; for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Suntory Holdings Limited Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Mexican Red Cross	$200,000	For Mexican earthquake relief
United Air Lines, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipients(s)	$50,000	Customer match; for Hurricane Maria relief
UPS Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Mexican Red Cross (earthquake), American Red Cross (Hurricane Maria)	$25,000	Value of in-kind donation for Mexico earthquake relief
USANA True Health Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Children's Hunger Fund	$50,000	Food, nutrition and other aid for Mexico earthquake relief
Vallarta Supermarkets Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	CENACED	$50,000	Customer match; for Mexico earthquake and Hurricane Maria relief
Wal-Mart Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$565,000	For Mexico earthquake relief
Walt Disney Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipient(s)	$500,000	For Mexico earthquake relief
Wells Fargo & Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	For Mexico earthquake relief
Western Union Foundation and Western Union Company Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation and Corporate Giving Program	Save the Children, Unknown Recipient(s)	$55,000	Agent match ($10,000); employee match ($25,000) for Mexico earthquake relief
		Total:	$28,886,000

 

Table 2: Foundations

David Tepper Charitable Foundation	Independent Foundation	Feeding America	$3,000,000	With Appaloosa LP; to help rebuild critical food distribution networks in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Texas following Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey
		Total:	$3,000,000

 

Table 3: Public Charities

Direct Relief International	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	For deployment of emergency medical response personnel and essential medical supplies; for Mexico earthquake of 9/7/17
Knights of Columbus	Public Charity	International Medical Corps	$200,000	$100,000 each for Hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico and Mexico earthquake relief
		Total:	$300,000

 

Table 4: Individuals

Carlos Beltran	Individual	Fundación Carlos Beltran	$1,000,000	For Hurricane Maria relief
Salma Hayek	Individual	GoFundMe	$100,000	For Mexico earthquake relief
Jennifer Lopez	Individual	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For Hurricane Maria relief
Ricky Martin	Individual	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	YouCaring campaign; for Hurricane Maria relief
Shawn Mendes	Individual	GoFundMe campaign	$100,000	For Mexico earthquake relief
Mark Zuckerberg	Individual	Mexican Red Cross	$1,000,000	For Mexico earthquake relief; also Facebook waiving fees on donations to UNICEF made through Facebook tools
		Total:	$3,200,000

 

September 25, 2017

The Amgen Foundation, Inc., which had pledged $50,000 for Mexico earthquake relief efforts, announces commitments totaling $5 million for Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

Carlos Beltrain announces a $1 million commitment for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

Facebook, Inc. Contributions Program announces a $1 million commitment for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Kaiser Permanente Corporate Giving Program announces a $1 million commitment for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

Jennifer Lopez announces a $1 million commitment for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

Ricky Martin announces a $100,000 pledge for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

Shawn Mendes announces a $100,000 pledge for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The United Air Lines, Inc. Contributions Program announces a $50,000 pledge for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

The UPS Corporate Giving Program announces a $50,000 pledge for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Wells Fargo & Company Contributions Program announces a $250,000 commitment for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

Updated total: $22,445,000

September 27, 2017

The Abbott Fund and Abbott Laboratories Corporate Giving Program announce commitments totaling $2,000,000 for Hurricane Maria/Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Coach Foundation, Inc. announces a $66,000 pledge for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Delta Air Lines, Inc. Contributions Program announces a $250,000 pledge for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

The Diageo PLC Contributions Program announces $1,000,000 commitment for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

The E. & J. Gallo Winery Corporate Giving Program announces a $100,000 pledge for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

The EVERTEC, Inc. Contributions Program announces $1,000,000 commitment for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

Google.org announces a $250,000 pledge for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

The Major League Baseball Corporate Giving Program announces a $1,000,000 commitment for Hurricane Maria/Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Knights of Columbus announces $200,000 pledge for Hurricane Maria/Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Lowe's Companies, Inc. Contributions Program announces a $250,000 pledge for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Major League Baseball Corporate Giving Program announces a $1,000,000 commitment for Hurricane Maria/Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Suntory Holdings Limited Contributions Program announces a $200,000 commitment for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The USANA True Health Foundation announces a $50,000 pledge for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

The Walt Disney Company Contributions Program announces a $500,000 pledge for Mexico earthquake relief efforts.

Updated total: $29,461,000

September 28, 2017

The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation announces a $625,000 pledge for Hurricane Maria relief.

The JetBlue Airways Corporation Contributions Program announces a $1 million contribution in airlifted supplies to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria relief.

Kaiser Permanente, which had pledged $1 million in support of Mexico earthquake relief, announces a $1 million commitment for hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

The M & T Bank Corporate Giving Program announces a $100,000 pledge for victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the earthquake in Mexico.

The David Tepper Charitable Foundation announces a $3 million commitment for relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Texas following Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey.

Updated total: $35,386,000

SPARCC: Rewriting the Playbook on Equitable Infrastructure Investment

Throughout the history of the United States, major public infrastructure investments have spurred economic development and shaped entire regions. From the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 to the completion of the Interstate highway system in 1992, publicly funded infrastructure has played a critical role in the development of our modern economy.  

Yet the story of major infrastructure investments is hardly all positive: Residents of nearly any city in America can point to a large-scale project that displaced and decimated the wealth and social fabric of communities of color, for example. Interstate 81 destroyed the 15^th Ward of Syracuse, New York, while Interstate 75 dismantled Detroit's "Black Bottom" neighborhood, home to thousands of people and three hundred and fifty African American-owned businesses. In New York City, mega-projects like the Cross Bronx Expressway put a physical barrier between low-income communities of color and opportunities to earn better livelihoods.  

Major public infrastructure projects can also have harmful impacts on health and climate by increasing our dependence on fossil fuel consumption, increasing CO₂ emissions, exacerbating respiratory illnesses like asthma, and inhibiting people's physical activity. And too often, infrastructure investments in walking and cycling amenities, new transit, improved stormwater drainage, broadband, or parks don't reach the people and neighborhoods that need them most.

Mindful of the high stakes of getting infrastructure right, several leading foundations, working in close collaboration with four national partners, have launched the Strong, Prosperous and Resilient Communities Challenge. SPARCC aims to create opportunities for low-income people and communities of color through strategies that promote equity, better health outcomes, and climate resilience. All three of these goals can be realized by amplifying regional public investments in housing, transit, and other impactful infrastructure so that their benefits can be shared equitably—and by empowering the communities that stand to benefit.  By demonstrating how investments in the built environment can create a path for all of a city's residents to thrive, we aim to rewrite the national playbook for how such projects are designed and implemented in the future.

In this month's edition of the Community Development Investment Review, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, we describe how the Robert Wood Johnson, Ford, Kresge, and JPB foundations and the California Endowment — along with our implementing partners, the Low Income Investment Fund, Enterprise Community Partners, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco — worked together to develop this ambitious six-site, $90 million initiative. Together, we aim to test a different model for development — one that harnesses a major public investment in infrastructure to prioritize the needs of low-income people for healthy, resilient, and connected communities, rather than cutting people off or displacing them. We hope that SPARCC can point the way toward reversing a series of urban policy and programmatic decisions that kept communities of color out of the decision-making process, and resulted in decades of disinvestment in low-income communities across the nation, fueling enormous disparities in health and economic opportunities between zip codes that are often just a few miles apart.

We designed SPARCC to capitalize on catalytic moments, those rare times in the life of a community when it is ripe for action. While a significant infrastructure initiative (like the buildout of a regional transit system) is often that catalyst, new leadership, population shifts, strong public will, policy overhauls — or even efforts to recover from a natural disaster, like Superstorm Sandy — can also attract a significant pool of private and public capital and accelerate opportunity. SPARCC pursues a multiplier effect in that opportune moment — for example, taking advantage of the buildout of transit to prioritize affordable housing development near transit stops, or ensuring that a major investment in greenways or revitalization offers benefits to low income communities, rather than triggering rising rents and displacement.

After a competitive review process, the SPARCC partners selected six places for SPARCC to support over the next three years: Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis and the San Francisco Bay Area. In that period, each region will be awarded $1 million in direct grant and technical assistance funds to support cross-sector efforts to retool policy and development practice. Collectively, the regions will benefit from an additional $14 million for programmatic support in areas including data systems, policy, and communications. A $70 million pool of investment capital — some from the participating foundations, some leveraged through institutions that finance community development — will also be available for community-based projects.

Recognizing that SPARCC's ambitious goals will require more than a three-year grant period to achieve, we will support cross-sector leaders and accelerate change so that the six regions are equipped to carry out the vision over the long term — and share their learning with communities across the country. We plan to share our own learnings along the way, and invite the engagement of new partners who are also interested in learning how to leverage systems to achieve health, climate and equity goals.

Public infrastructure dollars can and should do much more to promote equitable, resilient, and healthy communities. Our aspiration is that SPARCC will begin to provide a new roadmap, based on the experience of these six regions, that can inform policy and practice in cities across the U.S.

Read our full article here.

Chris Kabel is deputy director of health at  the Kresge Foundation, Amy Kenyon is a program officer for equitable development at the Ford Foundation, and Sharon Z. Roerty is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Commitments for Hurricane Irma Relief

In the nearly two weeks after Hurricane Irma devastated wide swaths of the Caribbean and Florida, corporations, foundations, and public charities have pledged support for relief and recovery efforts. Here are the commitments of at least $25,000 tracked by our Foundation Center colleagues Andrew Grabois and Grace Sato as of September 20.

For commitments designated for both Harvey and Irma relief, please see our updates to the Harvey relief commitments announced by corporate foundations and corporate giving programs, foundations, public charities, and individuals. See also Foundation Center's Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy site for Harvey-related grants. We're also posting commitments designated for Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquake.

[We're continuing to update the tables as commitments are announced. Please scroll to the bottom of the post for ongoing updates.]

Table 1: Company-Sponsored Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs

Grantmaker	Type	Recipient	Amount	Notes
Abbvie Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	Also employee match
Allergan Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$150,000	$100,000 to American Red Cross for relief efforts in Florida; $50,000 for relief efforts in Caribbean
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	MusiCares	$25,000
Amgen Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Direct Relief, American Kidney Fund	$100,000	Also employee match
Amway Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000	Employee match
Anthem Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Americares	$75,000	Also employee match
AT&T Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Team Rubicon, Telecoms Sans Frontieres, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,400,000	$1,000,000 to Team Rubicon; $150,000 to Telecoms Sans Frontieres
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,250,000	$1,000,000 to be allocated when an assessment is completed
BankUnited, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	For impacted areas of Florida
BB&T Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000	Includes $250,000 in donated supplies
BBVA Compass Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$825,000	$75,000 for employee match
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For relief and recovery efforts in Florida
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000
Charter Communications, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Rebuilding Together	$1,350,000	Includes $1,000,000 in donated public service announcements
Charter Communications, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Rebuilding Together	$1,350,000	Includes $1,000,000 in donated public service announcements
Chevron Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	DonorsChoose.org	$400,000	For local public school classroom projects in south Florida
Chevron Global Fund	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$600,000	Also employee match
Citi Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
Coach Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Direct Relief	$33,000
Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Immediate relief and long-term rebuilding
CUNA Mutual Group Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	CUAid	$50,000	For affected credit union partners and employees
CVS Health Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Florida Disaster Fund, CVS Health Employee Relief Fund	$75,000
Duke Energy Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Volunteer Florida Foundation – Florida Disaster Fund, United Way, Energy Neighbor Fund, local community agencies	$1,000,000
eBay Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	For impacted areas of Gulf Coast
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$250,000	Also product donations from company
Enterprise Holdings Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Americares	$1,000,000	$750,000 to American Red Cross; $250,000 to Americares
EVERTEC, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	United for Puerto Rico – Together Changing Trajectories, Unknown Recipients	$150,000	For relief efforts in Puerto Rico; $50,000 for social media match
FedEx Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Cash and value of transportation support
Fifth Third Bank Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$500,000	$250,000 for employee match
Ford Motor Company Fund	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$150,000	Employee match.
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000	For relief and recovery efforts in Florida and the Caribbean. Also employee match
Google.org	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,250,000	For impacted areas in southeastern United States and Caribbean; $250,000 for employee match
Humana Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Also employee match
IBM Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	Shelter and call center management. Also donations of Cloud and consulting, and technologies for large-scale volunteer management for Government and NGO partners
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	For impacted areas in United States and Caribbean
Kohl's Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Also employee volunteerism
Lowe's Companies, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Cash and in-kind donations. Also customer donations
MAXIMUS Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Volunteer Florida	$100,000
McKesson Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Americares	$185,000	Value of donated product
Mckesson Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$125,000	Employee match
Merck & Co., Inc. Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Hand in Hand Hurricane Relief Fund, Multiple Recipients	1,250,000	Also product donations
Microsoft Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$750,000	Also donation of tech services
New York Life Insurance Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Save the Children, Feeding America, UNICEF, NYLIC Family Disaster Assistance Fund	$450,000	Also employee match; $100,000 for impacted agents and employees
NextEra Energy Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Florida Disaster Fund	$1,000,000	Also employee match
Norfolk Southern Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Feeding Tampa Bay, Feeding South Florida	$100,000
Paypal Holdings, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Save the Children	$200,000	Also customer donations
PepsiCo Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Feeding America, American Red Cross	$1,750,000	For assistance in Florida and the Southeast U.S., Mexico, Caribbean
Prudential Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$500,000	Also employee match
Royal Bank of Canada Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$300,000	For relief and recovery efforts in Florida and the Caribbean
Scotiabank Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Canadian Red Cross	$500,000	$250,000 for relief and recovery efforts in the Caribbean; young people in affected communities
Sealed Air Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	World Food Program USA, American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity	$225,000	$100,000 each for emergency aid for the Caribbean and mainland U.S.; $25,000 for employee match; also product donations
StorageMart Partners, L.P. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	GlobalGiving	$25,000	Employee match
SunTrust Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000	$250,000 to American Red Cross
Target Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Save the Children, UNICEF, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Cash and in-kind donations
United Air Lines, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$50,000	Customer match
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For impacted Florida communities. Also employee match
UPS Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For recovery efforts in the Caribbean, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Includes cash grants, in-kind transportation movements and technical expertise
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000	Employee match.
Verizon Communications Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Hand in Hand	$2,500,000
VS Health Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000	Value of donated water
Walgreens Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000	For relief efforts in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Also donating food and water.
Wal-Mart Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$10,000,000	Customer match
Walt Disney Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	2,500,000	For Florida, the Caribbean, and other impacted areas
Wells Fargo & Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,100,000	$500,000 to American Red Cross; $100,000 for relief and recovery efforts in the Caribbean
Xerox Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$75,000	$75,000 for employee match
		Total:	$50,243,000

 

Table 2: Foundations

Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, Inc.	Independent Foundation	All Faiths Food Bank, Pines of Sarasota Foundation	$374,000	$172,000 for two weeks of food; $202,000 for air conditioning
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.	Independent Foundation	Senior Resources Alliance, Feeding South Florida, Feeding Northeast Florida, Goodman Jewish Family Services of Broward County, Jewish Community Services of South Florida	$500,000	For the immediate needs of older adults in areas most affected; for emergency food, water, supplies, and repairs throughout Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties; for crisis case management, including counseling and financial assistance to low-income older adults for home repairs and other needs related to the hurricane
		Total:	$874,000

 

Table 3: Public Charities

American Kidney Fund, Inc.	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$120,000	Emergency disaster relief assistance to 500 dialysis patients
Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient	$500,000	For rebuilding school libraries that have been damaged during this year's hurricane season
Our Family Foundation, Inc.	Public Charity	American Red Cross	$250,000	For hardest hit areas in Florida
PetSmart Charities, Inc.	Public Charity	Miami-Dade Animal Services, Atlanta Humane Society, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,115,000	For animal welfare organizations. Also product donations
		Total:	$1,985,000

September 22, 2017

The CUNA Mutual Group Foundation announces a $50,000 pledge for Irma relief efforts.

The MAXIMUS Foundation, Inc. announces a $100,000 commitment for Irma relief efforts.

The New York Life Insurance Company Contributions Program announces a $450,000 pledge for Irma relief efforts.

The Norfolk Southern Foundation announces a $100,000 commitment for Irma relief efforts.

Updated corporate total: $50,194,000

September 25, 2017

The United Air Lines, Inc. Contributions Program announces a $150,000 pledge for Irma relief efforts.

The BBVA Compass Corporate Giving Program announces a $825,000 pledge for Irma relief efforts.

Updated corporate total: $51,069,000

September 27, 2017

The Coach Foundation, Inc. announces a $33,000 pledge for Irma relief efforts.

The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries announces a $500,000 commitment for Irma relief efforts.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announces a $500,000 commitment for Irma relief efforts.

Updated total: $52,102,000

September 28, 2017

The Duke Energy Foundation announces a $1 million commitment for Irma relief efforts.

Updated total: $53,102,000

Disrupting the Traditional K-12 Model

I remember my fourth grade classroom outside Seattle: rows of plastic desks with uncomfortable chairs that inevitably had old bubble gum stuck to the bottom. My teacher sat at a larger wooden desk in front of a large chalkboard, every inch of which was often covered. I remember hurrying to copy all those math equations and English homework questions into my notebook before they were all erased.

You will not be surprised to hear that my kids' teachers rarely use chalk. Students today will never take notes on paper or have to remember what had been on a long-erased chalkboard. These changes have affected not only the way teachers teach and the way students learn, but also the way classrooms and teaching tools can be designed to optimize teacher effectiveness and student ability.

I've noticed two tremendous opportunities in the disruption of the traditional K-12 model — trends that are helping educators reimagine the classroom and how they teach, and reshaping the student learning experience. The first is the imperative to democratize digital skills; the second is the increasing potential of personalized learning and approaches that put students at the center of education.

Keeping the Dream Alive: The Case for Faster Funding

This is a difficult time for our country. The forces of hate and bigotry have emerged from the shadows. White supremacists are marching through the streets proudly waving swastika-adorned flags. And Donald Trump has validated them by throwing more than 800,000 immigrant Dreamers under the bus, revoking their immigration status in a callous act that could have repercussions for years to come.

The hard truth is that, in this moment, funders have to rethink "business as usual" to meet the needs of the moment: with the world aghast at the prospect of 800,000 hardworking Dreamers being deported, and with a White House tacitly endorsing white supremacy, we have to rally behind and expand the fight for justice. Now.

That means identifying innovative mobilization efforts, funding them fast, and taking our cues from the communities we are trying to empower.

Right after Election Day, the Women Donors Network worked in partnership with Solidaire Network and other funders to launch the Emergent Fund, a new kind of fund that was designed to be nimble, responsive, and led (at all levels) by people who are the most marginalized. With quick-turnaround grants of up to $50,000, the fund made it possible for new organizations springing up in response to Trump's policies, as well as those that have been organizing their communities for years, to quickly mobilize, train, and act for social justice.

Here is what we learned from that effort:

Harvey Relief: Individual Pledges/Commitments (Table 1.4)

Biblical. That's the word that best describes the rainfall visited on Houston and southeastern Texas by Harvey, the Category 4 hurricane that slammed into Texas on August 25. The storm meandered over the region for four days, dumping up to forty inches of rain in many places and over fifty in some, becoming the wettest tropical storm ever to hit the contiguous United States.

The catastrophic flooding that followed displaced nearly 40,000 people, prompted more than 17,000 rescues, and damaged over 200,000 homes (of which 12,700 were destroyed). The storm also caused at least 70 deaths and as much as $180 billion in damage, making it one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

Support for relief and recovery efforts began to pour in within forty-eight hours and continued at an impressive clip for the next ten days. Here at the Foundation Center, our colleagues Andrew Grabois and Grace Sato have been tracking the corporate response, and thanks to their efforts, we're able to provide some good detail on more than $28 million from celebrities, sports figures, and wealthy individuals (see Table 1.4 below). We've also tracked nearly $189 million in corporate pledges/commitments of cash and product donations (Table 1.1), more than $58 million in foundation contributions (including $10 million from the United Arab Emirates) (Table 1.2), and over $9 million in public charity pledges/commitments (Table 1.3) — for a total, as of September 9, of almost $285 million ($284,911,000) pledged or committed to Harvey relief and recovery by private individuals and the private sector. Impressive.

We realize we haven't captured every dollar committed to relief and recovery efforts — and are aware that a lot of individual contributions have flowed into J.J. Watt's Houston Flood Relief Fund that may not be represented in our tables — but we do think this is as comprehensive accounting as you're likely to find. We encourage you to send us additional information as you encounter it and/or corrections to the information posted below. You can email that info (and any questions you might have) to Mitch at mfn@foundationcenter.org.)

As we're posting this, powerful Hurricane Irma, which has already flattened Barbuda and caused serious damage to Antigua, St. Martin/St. Maarten, and parts of the British Virgin Islands, has the Florida Keys and south Florida in its sights. Our thoughts are with everyone in the region who was not able to evacuate (or chose to ride the storm out in place). We'll be back on Monday with updates as the damage reports start to roll in.

[We're continuing to update the table as commitments are announced. Please scroll to the bottom of the post for ongoing updates; see also Foundation Center's Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy site for Harvey-related grants. We're also posting commitments designated specifically for Hurricane Irma relief and for Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquake].

Table 1.1 (Corp.) | Table 1.2 (Fdns) | Table 1.3 (PCs) | Table 1.4 (Inds)

Table 1.4: Individuals

Grantmaker	Type	Recipient	Amount	Notes
Leslie Alexander	NBA owner	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$4,000,000
Odell Beckham, Jr.	Pro football player	Americares, Samaritan's Purse	$100,000
Chris Brown	Musician	American Red Cross	$100,000
Sandra Bullock	Actor	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
Charles Butt	Businessman	Houston Flood Relief Fund	$5,000,000
Jim Crane (Houston Astros)	Businessman	Houston Flood Relief Fund	$4,000,000
Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen DeGeneres Show	Entertainer	American Red Cross, SPCA Texas, Unknown Recipient(s)	$75,000	American Red Cross ($25,000), SPCA Texas ($25,000)
Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show	Entertainer	Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000
James Harden	Pro basketball player	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Kevin Hart	Actor	American Red Cross	$25,000
Kieu Hoang	Businessman	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$5,000,000
Huntsman Family	Business	Beaumont Foundation	$1,000,000	To launch Huntsman Flood Fund
Kardashian-Jenner Family Family	Reality TV personalities	American Red Cross, Salvation Army	$100,000
DJ Khalid	Record producer	American Red Cross	$25,000
Kroenke Family		American Red Cross	$1,000,000
Nicki Minaj	Musician	Houston Flood Relief Fund	$25,000
McNair Family (Houston Texans)	NFL owner	United Way of Greater Houston Relief Fund	$2,000,000
Paul Simon and Edie Brickell	Musicians	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000
Amy Adams Strunk (Tennessee Titans)	NFL owner	Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Donald Trump	POTUS	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000
J.J. Watt	Pro football player	Houston Flood Relief Fund	$100,000
Chris Young	Musician	American Red Cross	$100,000
		TOTAL:	$33,575,000

 

September 15, 2017

Businessman Kieu Hoang pledges $5 million to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.

Updated individual total: $33,575,000

Harvey Relief: Public Charity Commitments (Table 1.3)

Biblical. That's the word that best describes the rainfall visited on Houston and southeastern Texas by Harvey, the Category 4 hurricane that slammed into Texas on August 25. The storm meandered over the region for four days, dumping up to forty inches of rain in many places and over fifty in some, becoming the wettest tropical storm ever to hit the contiguous United States.

The catastrophic flooding that followed displaced nearly 40,000 people, prompted more than 17,000 rescues, and damaged over 200,000 homes (of which 12,700 were destroyed). The storm also caused at least 70 deaths and as much as $180 billion in damage, making it one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

Support for relief and recovery efforts began to pour in within forty-eight hours and continued at an impressive clip for the next ten days. Here at the Foundation Center, our colleagues Andrew Grabois and Grace Sato have been tracking the corporate response, and thanks to their efforts, we're able to provide some good detail on more than $9 million in public charity pledges/commitments (see Table 1.3 below). We've also tracked nearly $189 million in corporate pledges/commitments of cash and product donations (Table 1.1), more than $58 million in foundation contributions (including $10 million from the United Arab Emirates) (Table 1.2), and over $43 million from celebrities, sports figures, and wealthy individuals (Table 1.4) — for a total, as of September 9, of almost $3000 million ($299,934,500) pledged or committed to Harvey relief and recovery by private individuals and the private sector. Impressive.

We realize we haven't captured every dollar committed to relief and recovery efforts — and are aware that a lot of individual contributions have flowed into J.J. Watt's Houston Flood Relief Fund that may not be represented in our tables — but we do think this is as comprehensive accounting as you're likely to find. We encourage you to send us additional information as you encounter it and/or corrections to the information posted below. You can email that info (and any questions you might have) to Mitch at mfn@foundationcenter.org.)

As we're posting this, powerful Hurricane Irma, which has already flattened Barbuda and caused serious damage to Antigua, St. Martin/St. Maarten, and parts of the British Virgin Islands, has the Florida Keys and south Florida in its sights. Our thoughts are with everyone in the region who was not able to evacuate (or chose to ride the storm out in place). We'll be back on Monday with updates as the damage reports start to roll in.

[We're continuing to update the table as commitments are announced. Please scroll to the bottom of the post for ongoing updates; see also Foundation Center's Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy site for Harvey-related grants. We're also posting commitments designated specifically for Hurricane Irma relief and for Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquake].

Table 1.1 (Corp.) | Table 1.2 (Fdns) | Table 1.3 (PCs)| Table 1.4 (Inds)

Table 4: Public Charities

Grantmaker	Type	Recipient	Amount	Notes
American Jewish Committee	Public Charity	Multiple Recipients	$34,000
Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio	Public Charity	Texas Baptist Men, Salvation Army	$100,000
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For impacted public libraries, teachers, and students in Houston
CHS Caregivers Fund	Public Charity	Diocese of Rockville Centre Hurricane Harvey Fund	$100,000
Direct Relief International	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient	$200,000	Also entire current inventories worth $100 million made available
Henry Schein, Inc.	Public Charity	Multiple Recipients	$500,000	Cash, in-kind and employee match
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Inc.	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$2,000,000
Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For rebuilding school libraries that have been damaged during this year's hurricane season
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Up to $1 million in direct support to help blood cancer patients in affected communities
NFL Foundation, Inc.	Public Charity	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000	Matching Houston Texans donation
PETCO Foundation	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$2,300,000	All For Saving Lives fund raising campaign in Petco stores and online through September 10
PetSmart Charities, Inc.	Public Charity	Multiple Recipients	$2,000,000	To animal welfare agencies; also pet food and supplies
Scholarship America, Inc.	Public Charity	Unknown Recipient(s)	$200,000	For college students affected by Harvey
		TOTAL:	$11,134,000

 

September 15, 2017

Scholarship America, Inc. announces a $200,000 donation to unknown recipient(s) in support of college students affected by Harvey.

Updated public charity total: $9,634,000

September 27, 2017

The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation announces a $1,000,000 donation for impacted public libraries, teachers and students in Houston.

The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries announces a $500,000 donation for rebuilding school libraries.

Updated public charity total: $11,134,000

Harvey Relief: Foundation Pledges/Commitments (Table 1.2)

Biblical. That's the word that best describes the rainfall visited on Houston and southeastern Texas by Harvey, the Category 4 hurricane that slammed into Texas on August 25. The storm meandered over the region for four days, dumping up to forty inches of rain in many places and over fifty in some, becoming the wettest tropical storm ever to hit the contiguous United States.

The catastrophic flooding that followed displaced nearly 40,000 people, prompted more than 17,000 rescues, and damaged over 200,000 homes (of which 12,700 were destroyed). The storm also caused at least 70 deaths and as much as $180 billion in damage, making it one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

Support for relief and recovery efforts began to pour in within forty-eight hours and continued at an impressive clip for the next ten days. Here at the Foundation Center, our colleagues Andrew Grabois and Grace Sato have been tracking the corporate response, and thanks to their efforts, we're able to provide some good detail on more than $58 million in foundation contributions (including $10 million from the United Arab Emirates) (see Table 1.2 below). We've also tracked nearly $189 million in corporate pledges/commitments of cash and product donations (Table 1.1), over $9 million from public charities (Table 1.3), and more than $28 million from celebrities, sports figures, and wealthy individuals (Table 1.4) — for a total, as of September 9, of almost $285 million ($284,911,000) pledged or committed to Harvey relief and recovery by private individuals and the private sector. Impressive.

We realize we haven't captured every dollar committed to relief and recovery efforts — and are aware that a lot of individual contributions have flowed into J.J. Watt's Houston Flood Relief Fund that may not be represented in our tables — but we do think this is as comprehensive accounting as you're likely to find. We encourage you to send us additional information as you encounter it and/or corrections to the information posted below. You can email that info (and any questions you might have) to Mitch at mfn@foundationcenter.org.)

As we're posting this, powerful Hurricane Irma, which has already flattened Barbuda and caused serious damage to Antigua, St. Martin/St. Maarten, and parts of the British Virgin Islands, has the Florida Keys and south Florida in its sights. Our thoughts are with everyone in the region who was not able to evacuate (or chose to ride the storm out in place). We'll be back on Monday with updates as the damage reports start to roll in.

[We're continuing to update the table as commitments are announced. Please scroll to the bottom of the post for ongoing updates; see also Foundation Center's Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy site for Harvey-related grants. We're also posting commitments designated specifically for Hurricane Irma relief and for Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquake].

Table 1.1 (Corp.) | Table 1.2 (Fdns) | Table 1.3 (PCs) | Table 1.4 (Inds)

Table 2: Independent, Family, Community Foundations

Grantmaker	Type	Recipient	Amount	Notes
Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation	Family Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	To be split evenly among Direct Relief, Houston Food Bank, Operation Homefront, Save the Children, and United Way of Greater Houston
Laura and John Arnold Foundation	Family Foundation	Greater Houston Community Foundation	$5,000,000
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation	Family Foundation	Greater Houston Community Foundation	$100,000
Arthur M. Blank Foundation	Family Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Matching fund for victims of both Harvey and Irma
Bohemian Foundation	Independent Foundation	NoCo Hurricane Harvey Recovery Fund	$2,000,000	1:1 match up to $2 million for donations made by individuals, businesses, and corporate donors in Larimer and Weld County, Colorado
Boston Foundation, Inc.	Community Foundation	Greater Houston Community Foundation	$25,000
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation	Family Foundation	Rebuild Texas Fund	$36,000,000	To launch Rebuild Texas Fund ($18 million); 1:2 text match campaign (up to $18 million)
Leonardo Di Caprio Foundation	Independent Foundation	United Way Harvey Recovery Fund	$1,000,000
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation	Family Foundation	Unknown Recipient	$2,000,000
Houston Endowment	Independent Foundation	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$500,000
Huntsman Foundation	Family Foundation	Beaumont Foundation	$1,000,000	To launch Huntsman Flood Fund
J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation	Family Foundation	American Red Cross	$250,000
Taube Philanthropies	Family Foundation	All Hands Volunteers	$1,000,000	Jewish community needs ($100,000)
United Arab Emirates	Sovereign fund	Multiple Recipients	$10,000,000	Embassy officials will coordinate with state/local leaders about specific relief and recovery efforts
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation	Family Foundation	Houston Food Bank, Jewish Family Services (JFS) of Houston, Mission Continues, Team Rubicon	$500,000
		TOTAL:	$61,375,000

 

September 15, 2017

The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation announces a $100,000 donation to the Greater Houston Community Foundation Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.

Updated foundation total: $59,375,000

September 28, 2017

The Houston Endowment announces a $2 million donation to the Greater Houston Community Foundation Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.

Updated foundation total: $61,375,000

Harvey Relief: Corporate Pledges/Commitments (Table 1.1)

Biblical. That's the word that best describes the rainfall visited on Houston and southeastern Texas by Harvey, the Category 4 hurricane that slammed into Texas on August 25. The storm meandered over the region for four days, dumping up to forty inches of rain in many places and over fifty in some, becoming the wettest tropical storm ever to hit the contiguous United States.

The catastrophic flooding that folloFwed displaced nearly 40,000 people, prompted more than 17,000 rescues, and damaged over 200,000 homes (of which 12,700 were destroyed). The storm also caused at least 70 deaths and as much as $180 billion in damage, making it one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

Support for relief and recovery efforts began to pour in within forty-eight hours and continued at an impressive clip for the next ten days. Here at the Foundation Center, our colleagues Andrew Grabois and Grace Sato have been tracking the corporate response, and thanks to their efforts, we're able to provide some good detail on nearly $189 million in corporate pledges/commitments of cash and product donations (see Table 1.1 below). We've also tracked more than $58 million in foundation contributions (including $10 million from the United Arab Emirates) (Table 1.2), over $9 million from public charities (Table 1.3), and more than $28 million from celebrities, sports figures, and wealthy individuals (Table 1.4) — for a total, as of September 9, of almost $285 million ($284,911,000) pledged or committed to Harvey relief and recovery by private individuals and the private sector. Impressive.

We realize we haven't captured every dollar committed to relief and recovery efforts — and are aware that a lot of individual contributions have flowed into J.J. Watt's Houston Flood Relief Fund that may not be represented in our tables — but we do think this is as comprehensive accounting as you're likely to find. We encourage you to send us additional information as you encounter it and/or corrections to the information posted below. You can email that info (and any questions you might have) to Mitch at mfn@foundationcenter.org.)

As we're posting this, powerful Hurricane Irma, which has already flattened Barbuda and caused serious damage to Antigua, St. Martin/St. Maarten, and parts of the British Virgin Islands, has the Florida Keys and south Florida in its sights. Our thoughts are with everyone in the region who was not able to evacuate (or chose to ride the storm out in place). We'll be back on Monday with updates as the damage reports start to roll in.

[We're continuing to update the table as commitments are announced. Please scroll to the bottom of the post for ongoing updates; see also Foundation Center's Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy site for Harvey-related grants. We're also posting commitments designated specifically for Hurricane Irma relief and for Hurricane Maria and the Mexico City earthquake].

Table 1.1 (Corp.) | Table 1.2 (Fdns) | Table 1.3 (PCs) | Table 1.4 (Inds)

Table 1: Company-Sponsored Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs

Grantmaker	Type	Recipient	Amount	Notes
3M Foundation and 3M Company Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	$250,000 for employee match; $750,000 cash and product support for relief operations in Texas and Louisiana
Aaron's, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$145,000	Employee donations ($45,000)
Abbott Fund, Corporate Giving Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Value of donated healthcare and nutrition products ($100,000
Abbvie Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000
Academy, Ltd. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$2,500,000	Value of unified command center and shelter for first responders
AdvoCare International L.P. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Employee and customer match ($50,000)
Aflac Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$500,000	Employee and customer match ($50,000)
Aetna Foundation	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Team Rubicon	$250,000
Agropur, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$25,000
Ahold USA (Stop & Shop, Giant Food of Landover, and Giant Food Stores of Carlisle)	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$250,000	Cash ($175,000), in-kind ($75,000)
AkzoNobel, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$250,000	American Red Cross ($50,000), Hurricane Harvey Disaster relief Fund ($50,000), misc. recipient ($50,000), employee match ($100,000) $50,000 to Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund, $50,000 to miscellaneous recip, $100,000 employee match"
Albertsons Companies, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$200,000	Customer match
Allergan Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000
Allstate Foundation, Company Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$750,000	For Harvey/Irma relief efforts; includes employee and agency owners match ($500,000), student match ($250,000)
Altria Group, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	OneStar Foundation (for Rebulid Texas Fund), Unknown Recipient(s)	$750,000	$250,000 for employee match
Amazon.com, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,00,000	Customer match
Amegy Bank of Texas Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	United Way Flood Relief Fund	$850,000
Ameren Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000	Also employee contributions
American Express Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	For immediate disaster relief ($150,00), employee match ($100,000)
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee match
American International Group (AIG)	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Center for Disaster Philanthropy	$1,000,000	Immediate needs ($500,000), medium- and longer-term recovery efforts ($500,000)
AmerisourceBergen Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	For Harvey/Irma relief efforts
Amgen Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$100,000
Amway Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, International Red Cross	$250,000	For Harvey/Irma relief efforts, including in Caribbean; also in-kind donations
Anadarko Petroleum	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Andeavor Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, San Antonio Food Bank, Houston Food Bank, Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters, Team Rubicon, Salvation Army, Coastal Bend Community Foundation’s Disaster Recovery Fund, Greater Houston Community Foundation’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, One Star Foundation  (Abbott’s Rebuild Texas Fund), Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Employee match ($100,000)
Andersen Corporate Foundation, Corporation Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Houston Habitat for Humanity	$175,000	Employee match ($25,000), value of donated windows and doors ($100,000)
Archer Daniels Midland Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	$50,000 for employee match
Associa Cares, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$50,000
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Americares	$100,000	Also employee match and product donations as needed
Apple	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$5,000,000	Incudes additional $3 million for relief efforts benefiting people affected by Harvey and Irma
Assurant Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000
Astros Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$4,000,000	Jointly with team owner Jim Crane
AT&T Foundation, Corporate Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	Greater Houston Community Fund, American Red Cross, Coastal Bend Community Foundation, Multiple Recipients	$300,000	Employee match ($50,000)
Atlanta Braves Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Programs	American Red Cross	$25,000
Atlanta Falcons (NFL)/Atlanta United (MLS)	Corporate Giving Programs	American Red Cross, United Way, World Vision	$1,000,000	To be split by the three organizations
Avangrid Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$50,000
Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Employee match ($750,000)
BASF Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	$500,000 for local nonprofits; $500,000 for employee match
Bayer Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$750,000
BB&T Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
BBVA Compass Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$750,000
BBVA Compass Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$325,000	$75,000 employee match; will also raise $250,000 in employee and customer contributions
BD Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Americares, TBD	$700,000	For victims of Harvey and Irma; $100,000 employee match for Americares; $600,000 in cash and product donations to TBD
Bechtel Group Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$500,000
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000	Also employee match
BMO Financial Group Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$125,000	Corporate contributions and employee match. Also product donations
Boeing Company Charitable Trust	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000	Employee match ($100,000)
BP America Corporate Giving Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$750,000	Also employee match through foundation
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Programs	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	For Harvey/Irma relief efforts
Campbell Soup Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Feeding America, Multiple Recipients	$160,000	Value of product donations ($85,000), employee match ($25,000)
Camping World, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$2,000,000	Match. Also product donations
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000
Canadian National Railway Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Louisiana Red Cross	$75,000	$25,000 for employee match
Cargill, Incorporated Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$250,000	Also employee giving via payroll deduction ($150,000), value of 150,000 tons of donated animal feed ($100,000)
CarMax, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee match from CarMAx Foundation
Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Foundation	Corporate Giving Program, Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	To be split among Direct Relief, Houston Food Bank, Operation Homefront, Save the Children, and United Way of Greater Houston
Casey's General Stores, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Employee match
Caterpillar Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$300,000
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000
CenterPoint Energy	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, United Way of Greater Houston	$1,250,000	Includes $250,000 each to the three named recipients
Century Communities	Corporate Giving Program	Houston Food Bank, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$500,000	Houston Food Bank ($125,000), Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund ($125,000)
Charter Communications, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Value of donated public service announcements
Cheniere Energy, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
Chevron Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Also employee match
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston	$750,000	Employee match ($250,000)
CH2M HILL Companies Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$70,000
Cigna Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000
Cincinnati Reds LLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$40,000
Cisco Systems Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$1,000,000	Employee match ($500,000 - up to $10k per employee)
Citi Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
CITGO Petroleum Corp. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, Unknown Recipient(s)	$5,000,000</a	Part of a fund of up to $5 million set aside to provide aid to those affected
Coach Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$200,000	Also employee match
Coca-Cola Foundation and Coca-Cola Company Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Coca-Cola Employee Disaster Relief Fund	$1,100,000	For food and shelter and aid in long-term rebuilding efforts; $100,000 for employee match
Comerica Incorporated Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
Conn's, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$200,000	Match
ConocoPhillips Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, United Way of Greater Houston	$5,000,000	$1.5 million to Red Cross in addition to earlier $1 million gift
Continental	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000	Employee donations ($25,000)
Covestro LLC	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee contributions
Crestwood Equity Partners	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross of Greater Houston	$125,000	Red Cross of Greater Houston ($100,000), Matagorda County ($25,000)
CUNA Mutual Group Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	CUAid	$50,000	For affected employees
Cushman & Wakefield Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	Employee match ($50,000)
CVS Health Foundation, Corporation Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Salvation Army, Unknown Recipient(s)	$175,000	Employee match ($25,000), Value of donated products
Daimler AG Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	On behalf of U.S. subsidiaries
Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston's Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Dell Inc. Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$500,000	Also employee match
DentaQuest Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Rebuild Texas Fund	$1,000,000
DENSO North America Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$50,000
D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000	For Harvey/Irma relief
Diageo North America, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$200,000	Cash, supplies, and water
Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation, Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Corporate Giving Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	DonorsChoose.org, American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$5,500,000	$1 million for community youth sports leagues, teams, organizations affected by Harvey/Irma; $1 million for up to $25,000 for eligible schools' sports programs; $3.5 million in donated clothing and footwear
Direct Energy, LP Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000	Employee match
Discover Financial Services Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,500,000	For Harvey/Irma relief efforts ($1 million); cardmember donation matching program ($500,000)
Dollar General Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000	For relief and recovery efforts across Texas and Louisiana
Dollar Tree, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000	Affected employees ($250,000)
Dominion Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$75,000
Dow Chemical Company Foundation, Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Multiple Recipients	$1,100,000	Employee match ($100,000)
E. & J. Gallo Winery Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee match
eBay Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$250,000	Employee match
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also employee match and product donations
Entergy Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$500,000	Also employee match
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
EOG Resources, Inc. Corporate Giving Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For reflief efforts and employee assistance; also employee match
Exelon Corporation Contributions Program, Exelon Foundation	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$350,000
Exxon Mobil Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$8,500,000	Employee match ($6,000,000), value of In-kind donations ($2,500,000)
Facebook, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	CDP Hurricane Harvey Recovery Fund	$1,000,000
FCA US LLC, FCA Foundation	Corporate Giving Program, Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$200,000	Americares ($50,000), First Response Team of America and Team Rubicon ($75,000)
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$7,000,000	Grants ($6.7 million), member donations ($275,000)
FedEx Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Cash and value of transportation support to deliver critical medical aid and supplies
FirstEnergy Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$75,000	Employee match ($50,000)
Ford Motor Company Fund	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$150,000	$50,000 for employee match for American Red Cross
Foresters Financial Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000
Fortis Inc. and ITC Holdings Corp	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
Friedkin Group	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston Relief Fund	$500,000
Frontier Communications<.strong>	Corporate Giving Program	Rebuild Texas Fund	$1,000,000
Frost Bank Charitable Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,100,000	Match (up to $100,000 for affected employees)
FULLBEAUTY Brands, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Delivering Good	$300,000	In-kind
Gap Foundation, Gap, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Includes a cash grant from Gap Foundation, donations from Gap Inc. brands, and employee-matched donations
General Electric Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$500,000	Also employee match
General Mills, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Feeding America, American Red Cross	$150,000	Employee match ($50,000)
GM Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Habitat for Humanity	$500,000	For both Harvey and Irma relief
GoFundMe	Corporate Giving Program	Direct Impact Fund	$100,000
Google.org	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,750,000	Google.org and employee contributions
Guy and O'Neill Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$200,000	In-kind donation of diapers
H. E. Butt Grocery Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	Also customer contributions
HanesBrands	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$2,250,000	In-kind to Delivering Good and Glen Raven Logistics ($2,000,000 ), American Red Cross ($25,000)
Hanmi Bank	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000
HCA Healthcare Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, HCA Hope Fund	$2,000,000
Hercules Capital, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000
Hess Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$1,000,000	Also employee match
Hilltop Holdings Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000	Also employee contributions
Hilton Worldwide Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000
Home Depot Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Convoy of Hope, Operation Blessing and Team Rubicon	$2,000,000	For short-term relief and rebuilding needs; includes additional commitment of $1 million to support hurricane relief efforts
Honeywell	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$2,000,000
Houston Texans Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Humana Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$250,000
Hyundai Motor America Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Multiple Recipients	$500,000	$200,000 for five children's hospitals in Texas; $300,000 to American Red Cross for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.
IBM Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$2,000,000	Cash and value of in-kind technology and services
Intel Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$250,000	Employee match
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Also employee match
International Paper Company Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Feeding America	$1,000,000
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000	Also help to affected J.C. Penney employees from the Golden Rule Relief Fund
Jefferies Group, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Also pledged to donate all net trading commissions from trading on Wednesday, August 30
Johns Manville Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients (Red Cross and others)	$1,000,000	Also employee match
Kaiser Permanente	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Mental Health America of Greater Houston	$1,000,000
Kansas City Southern Charitable Fund	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$75,000	Employee match ($25,000)
KBR, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	KBR Charitable Foundation Disaster Relief Fund	$500,000	For employees affected by Harvey
Kellogg Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Feeding America	$100,000
KeyBank Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Houston Food Bank	$100,000
Kia Motors America, Inc. Contributions Program, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$300,000	For Harvey/Irma relief efforts
Kinder Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000
Koch Industries, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Koch Employee Assistance Fund	$1,750,000	$500,000 for employee match for Koch Employee Assistance Fund
Kohl's Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$2,000,000	Aid to Kohl's employees ($1,000,000)
Kroger Co Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Houston Food Bank	$100,000	For every social share of the #KrogerCares post, the foundation will donate $5 to the food bank, up to $100,000. Also, customer contributions
Kubota Tractor Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Cash and product donations
Lee's Sandwiches	Corporate Giving Program	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$100,000
Lennar Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000	Also employee match
Lexmark International, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000	Employee match ($20,000)
Liberty Mutual Group Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee match
Lockheed Martin Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$380,000
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	American Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the United Way of Greater Houston Relief Fund ($500,000), in-kind ($500,000)
Lowe's Companies, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$500,000
Lundbeck Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, American Epilepsy Society, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Alzheimer’s Association, Parkinson’s Foundation	$135,000	Includes $10,000 for employee match; $25,000 each for the five organizations
Lyft, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Greater Houston Community Foundation	$100,000	Also customer contributions to Red Cross
LyondellBasell North America Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000
Lytton Rancheria of California Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$1,000,000
M&T Bank Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	Employee match ($100,000)
Macquarie Group Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000
Macy's	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Major League Baseball Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$1,000,000	Jointly with MLB Players Association
Marriott International, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also customer donations
MasterCard Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also waiving any interchange related to donations to specific charities
Mattress Firm, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$2,000,000	Value of product, customer donations
Mazda North American Operations Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Together with foundation
McDonald's Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,250,000	Employee match ($250,000)
McKesson Foundation, Corporate Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation, Corporate Giving Program	Direct Relief, World Vision	$250,000	Value of product donations, also employee match ($100,000)
Merck & Co., Corporate Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Hand in Hand Hurricane Relief Fund, Multiple Recipients	$1,250,000	For Harvey/Irma, also product donations
MetLife Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also employee match
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$500,000
Microsoft Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
MillerCoors LLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000	Also 50,000 cans of drinking water to Red Cross
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$300,000</a
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Habitat for Humanity	$100,000
Monsanto Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Feeding America	$500,000	Also employee match
Motiva Enterprises LLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$500,000
National Hockey League Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity	$200,000	Jointly with National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA)
Nationwide Insurance Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$500,000
NBCUniversal, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Value of advertising time ($500,000?)
New England Patriots LP Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Match
New York Community Bank	Corporate Giving Program	Team Rubicon	$25,000	For hurricane relief efforts in the United States
New York Life Insurance Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Feeding Texas, Save the Children	$350,000
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Nexstar for Texas	$2,500,000
NextEra Energy, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000	Employee match ($100,000)
Norbord Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Home Builders Institute	$1,000,000	For training and educating new construction professionals to help rebuild after Irma and Harvey
Norfolk Southern Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Food Bank of Houston	$100,000
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,100,000	Includes $1,000,000 in in-kind donations
Novo Nordisk Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Houston Health Foundation	$150,000	Also employee match to American Red Cross
NRG Energy, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$2,000,000	Value of in-kind donations and assistance ($1,000,000)
NuStar Energy L.P. Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Salvation Army, San Antonio Food Bank	$250,000
Olin Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also product donations
Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
ONEOK Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000	For employees in need ($200,000)
Orbital ATK	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$100,000
Pacific Gas & Electric Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000	Employee match
Pacific Life Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee match
Panda Cares	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Tzu-Chi Foundation	$1,000,000
Patterson Companies	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$70,000
PenFed Credit Union	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000
Pentair Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$25,000	Also employee match
PepsiCo Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Also Aquafina purified drinking water from local business units
Pet Supermarket, Pet Valu	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$100,000	In-kind
Phillips 66 Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Rebuild Texas Fund, United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$4,000,000
Pioneer Natural Resources Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee match
PNC Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$350,000	Employee match ($100,00)
Prudential Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$500,000	Also employee match
Publix Super Markets, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also employee and customer contributions
Qualcomm Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For long-term recovery ($500,000), employee match ($250,000)
QVC, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$250,000	Customer match ($100,000), employee match ($25,000)
Range Resources Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
Red Wing Shoe Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Good360	$500,000	Product donations
Regions Financial Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$100,000
Renaissance Family Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$25,000
Reynolds American Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$150,000
Rite-Aid Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000	Employee match to American Red Cross ($50,000), in-kind ($20,000)
Rooms to Go Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$2,000,000	Also product donations
Ross Stores, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$400,000	Also customer contributions
Royal Bank of Canada Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Donated products ($500,000)
Sanofi Foundation for North America	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$225,000	Also employee match to American Red Cross
Santander US	Corporate Giving Program	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, American Red Cross	$100,000
Schneider Electric Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000
Scholastic Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$150,000	Also price reduction and expedited shipping for products bound for the affected areas
Scotiabank Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	Zina Garrison Tennis & Education Academy	$100,000
Sealed Air Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$125,000	Employee match ($25,000); also in-kind donations to NGOs
Seattle Mariners Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$150,000
SecureView, LLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
Sempra Energy Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Americares, Unknown Recipient(s)	$200,000
Shell Oil Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
Shiner Beers	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$500,000
Sinclair Broadcasting Group (and affiliates)	Corporate Giving Program	Salvation Army	$1,450,000
Southern Company Charitable Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee match
Southwest Airlines Co. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$500,000	Also donated 100 round-trip tickets to Houston for Team Rubicon responders
Spectrum Housing Assist	Corporate Giving Program	Rebuilding Together	$350,000	To assist with home repairs and renovations
Stage Stores, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$750,000
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Houston ToolBank	$75,000	Also a 2:1 employee match, in-kind donations
Starbucks Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also employee match
Strada Education Network	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000
Stream Cares	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000
SubscriberWise, Ltd. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Americares	$2,500
Suntory Holdings	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	For recovery efforts in communities affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
SunTrust Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000
Sutter Health Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000
Target Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$3,500,000	Includes in-kind gifts
Taylor Morrison Home Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also employee and customer contributions
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$500,000	Employee and customer match
TD Charitable Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$125,000
TechnipFMC plc	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$1,000,000
Tegna Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000	Employee match
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Good360	$1,000,000	Value of bed donations
Tenet Healthcare Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$20,000
Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Also donating proceeds from 9/1-9/3 games
Texas Instruments Incorporated Contributions Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$200,000	Employee match ($100,000)
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Corporate Giving Program	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Habitat for Humanity, Unknown Recipient(s)	$3,000,000	For both Harvey and Irma relief; $1.5 million for employee match; $1 million to support Thrivent members and others to travel to Harvey and Irma affected areas and volunteer with Habitat for Humanity; $500,000 for Habitat for Humanity
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, All Hands Volunteers	$250,000
Toronto-Dominion Bank Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000
Total	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$3,000,000
TransCanada Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	Also employee and customer match
The Travelers Companies, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$500,000
Tribune Media Company Charitable Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, American Red Cross	$100,000
TXU Energy Retail Company LLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$500,000	Assist customers who need help paying their electric bills in areas hit by Hurricane Harvey
UBS Financial Services Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$250,000	Also employee match
Under Armour, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Team Rubicon	$50,000
Union Pacific Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, Unknown Recipient(s)	$250,000	Employee match ($100,000)
United Air Lines, Inc. Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, AmeriCares, Airlink or Operation USA	$100,000	Match first $100,000 donated by MilagePlus members via United's fundraising page
United Rentals, Inc. Contributions Program, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000
Univision Communications, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$500,000	American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, and Texas Diaper Bank ($250,000), in-kind services
UPS Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000
USANA True Health Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients	$130,000
USTA	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient	$500,000
Valero Energy Corporation Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
ValueMomentum, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Team Rubicon	$50,000
Vectren Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Multiple Recipients, Unknown Recipient(s)	$75,000	Employee match ($25,000)
Verizon Communications Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$12,550,000	To four nonprofit agencies TBD; $2,500,000 to Hand in Hand Hurricane Relief Fund; $50,000 to Texas Council on Family Violence for agencies affected by Harvey
Visa Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$250,000	Also will double-match employee donations to Red Cross
Vistra Energy Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$25,000	Also clothing and toiletries
Vitol Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000	Also employee contributions
Vizient Foundation, Inc.	Company-Sponsored Foundation	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Corp contributions and employee match. Also employee, member, and supplier contributions
VSP Global Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$5,025,000	$25,000 for employee match; $5 million for VSP network doctors whose businesses have been damaged by Irma and Harvey
Walgreens Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$200,000	Also donating food items, first aid, and medical equipment
Walmart, Walmart Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Multiple Recipients	$30,000,000	ARC shelters (up to $10 million), GHCF ($2 million); includes second 2:1 customer match of cash and product donations up to $10 million ($20 million total)
Walt Disney Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$1,000,000
Waste Management, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$3,000,000
Watercrest Senior Living Group, LLC Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Samaritan's Purse, Unknown Recipient(s)	$110,000	Fundraising campaign ($100,000)
Waterton Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$50,000
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$10,000
Weatherford International, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Feeding Texas, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund	$50,000
Wells Fargo & Company Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	For local nonprofits ($500,000)
Whataburger Corporate Giving Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross, Whataburger Family Foundation, Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,650,000	Affected local employees ($1,000,000), Local food banks ($50,000)
Williams Companies, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	United Way of Greater Houston Flood Relief Fund	$500,000
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.	Corporate Giving Program	Multiple Recipients	$2,600,000	Cash and in-kind
Wynn Resorts, Limited Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$3,750,000
Xcel Energy Foundation	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000
Xerox Corporation Contributions Program/strong>	Company-Sponsored Foundation	American Red Cross	$100,000	$25,000 each for Harvey and Irma relief, $50,000 employee match
Yara North America, Inc. Contributions Program	Corporate Giving Program	American Red Cross	$100,000	For Harvey/Irma relief efforts
Yardi	Corporate Giving Program	Unknown Recipient(s)	$1,000,000	Plus employee match
		TOTAL:	$252,652,500

 

September 11, 2017

Atlanta Falcons (NFL)/Atlanta United (MLS) announce joint contribution of $1 million to help victims of Harvey and Irma, to be split by American Red Cross, United Way, and World Vision.

Apple announces additional $3 million for relief efforts benefiting people affected by Harvey and Irma.

Home Depot Foundation announces additional commitment of $1 million to support hurricane relief efforts, raising total financial support to $2 million for hurricane aid this season.

Walmart announces a second $10 million 2:1 customer match of cash and product donations to support American Red Cross disaster-response efforts.

Updated corporate total: $203,827,500

 

September 12, 2017

Discover Financial Services, which previously had pledged $500,000 to the American Red Cross as part of a cardmember donation matching program, announces additional $1 million pledge to the Red Cross in support of Irma and Harvey relief efforts.

New York Community Bank announces a commitment of $25,000 to Team Rubicon for hurricane relief efforts.

Suntory Holdings announces $1 million donation to American Red Cross for recovery efforts in communities affected by Harvey or Irma.

Updated corporate total: $205,852,500

 

September 15, 2017

The BD Corporate Giving Program announces an employee match, cash, and product donations totaling $700,000 to Americares and organizations TBD for victims of both Harvey and Irma.

The Scotiabank Corporate Giving Program announces a $100,000 pledge to Zina Garrison Tennis & Education Academy.

The BP America Corporate Giving Program announces a $750,000 pledge in support of Harvey relief efforts.

The DentaQuest Corporate Giving Program announces a $1 million pledge to the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation's Rebuild Texas Fund.

Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation and Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Corporate Giving Program announce cash and product donations totaling $5.5 million for sports programs affected by Harvey and Irma.

The DentaQuest Corporate Giving Program announces a $1 million pledge to the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation's Rebuild Texas Fund.

The KBR, Inc. Contributions Program announces a commitment of $50,000 to the KBR Charitable Foundation Disaster Relief Fund in support of employees affected by Harvey.

The Merck & Co., Inc. Corporate Giving Program announces a pledge of $1 million to the Hand in Hand Hurricane Relief Fund and $250,000 to multiple recipients for Harvey/Irma relief.

The Red Wing Shoe Company Contributions Program announces product donations worth $500,000 to Good360.

The Rooms to Go Corporate Giving Program announces a $2 million commitment and product donations for Harvey/Irma relief.

The Scotiabank Corporate Giving Program announces a $100,000 pledge to Zina Garrison Tennis & Education Academy.

The Target Corporation, which previously had pledged $500,000, announces an additional $3 million commitment, including in-kind gifts.

The Verizon Communications Inc. Contributions Program, which previously had pledged $10 million, announces additional commitments of $2.5 million and $50,000 to the Texas Council on Family Violence to assist South Texas domestic violence agencies affected by Harvey.

The Xerox Corporation Contributions Program pledges $100,000 to the American Red Cross for Harvey/Irma relief.

Updated corporate total: $220,452,500

September 20, 2017

The Allstate Foundation, which previously pledged $500,000 for Harvey relief efforts, increases its commitment to $750,000 total for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

The Amway Corporation Contributions Program announces commitments totaling $250,000 for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

The AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Contributions Program announce a $100,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Corporate Giving Program pledges $1 million for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

The Ford Motor Company Fund announces a $150,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Kia Motors America, Inc. Contributions Program and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Corporate Giving Program announce commitments totaling $300,000 for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

The Lundbeck Corporate Giving Program announces pledges totaling $135,000 for Harvey relief efforts.

The Macquarie Group Foundation announces a $100,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Norbord Corporate Giving Program announces a $1 million commitment for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

The Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Contributions Program announces $1.1 million for Harvey relief efforts.

The Novo Nordisk Inc. Contributions Program announces a $100,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Sanofi Foundation for North America announces a $225,000 commitment for Harvey relief efforts.

The VSP Global Corporate Giving Program announces a $150,000 commitment for Harvey relief efforts.

The Yara North America, Inc. Contributions Program announces a $100,000 pledge for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

Updated corporate total: $230,437,500

September 22, 2017

The Andeavor Corporation Contributions Program announces a $1 million commitment for Harvey relief efforts.

The Atlanta Braves Corporate Giving Program announces a $250,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. Contributions Program announces a $500,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Bechtel Group Foundation announces a $1 million commitment for Harvey relief efforts.

The Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. Contributions Program announces a $200,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Cincinnati Reds LLC Contributions Program announces a $40,000 commitment for Harvey relief efforts.

The D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. Contributions Program announces a $50,000 pledge for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

Updated corporate total: $232,352,500

September 25, 2017

The Canadian National Railway Company Contributions Program announces a $75,000 pledge for Harvey relief efforts.

The Hyundai Motor America Corporate Giving Program, which had pledged $200,000 for Harvey relief efforts, announces an additional $300,000 commitment for Harvey/Irma relief efforts.

The BBVA Compass Corporate Giving Program and BBVA Compass Foundationannounce commitments totaling $825,000 for Harvey relief efforts.

Updated corporate total: $233,552,500

September 28, 2017

Updated corporate total: $252,652,500

Powered by Women: Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

Attacks on women and gender identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. Whether it involves dismantling Title IX, rolling back access to reproductive rights, defunding programs that aim to end gender-based violence, or seeking to ban transgender people from enlisting in the military, this administration has made attacking gender equity a key priority. To respond effectively, the philanthropic sector, too, must make gender justice, in addition to economic and racial justice, a core principle. 

Women have been central to resistance efforts across the country and around the world, with millions participating in Day Without a Woman and the Women's March. In record numbers, more and more of us are becoming engaged in the political process, advocating with state and national elected officials, and running for office. Across the country, ever larger numbers of community leaders are working daily to organize our friends, families, neighbors, and communities. In fact, as I write this, I'm meeting with representatives of hundreds of other women's foundations at the Women's Funding Network conference in San Francisco. All of us are committed to defending democracy, restoring respect, and challenging bigotry, misogyny, and racism.

With the role of gender elevated in our new political normal, philanthropy must address gender and gender issues in its response. Looking to, learning from, and partnering with the women's funding movement will be critical to philanthropy's overall success in the months and years to come. It's a smart and necessary approach because women's foundations:

• continually engage with and are accountable to the public, listen to our grantee partners and donors, are responsive to the current moment with our program strategies, and pivot quickly as needed;
• develop and train leaders, building capacity at the local and state levels by supporting leaders who are rooted in their communities;
• work across issues, making linkages between health, safety, and economic security;
• are nimble and can deploy money quickly; and
• can reach small, grassroots organizations, often making the first grants to organizations that go on to be critical to social justice movement advancement.

Today, women's philanthropy is responding to the current political moment in ways that the broader philanthropic sector would be wise to emulate. In this first year of the Trump administration, the women's funding movement is answering the urgent call to step up and support community leaders, centering those who are experiencing attacks, including women, immigrants, people of color, low-wage workers, and LGBT people.

Philanthropy Teams Up With Institutional Investors to Fight Climate Change

As the world works to tackle climate change without the leadership of the U.S. government, there's a growing need to connect philanthropy to institutional investors and catalyze change at a pace rapid enough to be meaningful. Because philanthropy typically is associated with nonprofit activity, that combination may sound surprising. But because climate change represents such an extraordinary threat, it's imperative we compress the dynamics of innovation and scale through new approaches.

That's why Planet Heritage Foundation, where I am the executive director, co-created and funded the launch of Aligned Intermediary, a global investment advisory firm that works with institutional investors to channel capital into "climate infrastructure" sectors such as clean energy, water, and waste-to-value. These investors — sovereign funds, pensions, endowments, insurance companies, family offices, and foundations — represent more than $80 trillion in assets and are the only stakeholders other than governments with the capacity to invest at a scale that can begin to slow and, ultimately, reverse the world's spiraling carbon emissions.

With less than 1 percent of institutional capital currently being deployed to the climate infrastructure space, we simply do not have the luxury of letting markets organically dictate the timing of our climate change actions. The climate infrastructure industry needs to be exponentially ramped up over the next five to ten years, and that will require the development of new financial products, business models, and business practices. Put another way, we need to make institutional investing in climate infrastructure as easy and standardized as investing in global real estate — and we need to do it quickly. Patient capital, the kind provided by foundations and philanthropy, will be critical to those efforts, and jump-starting the flow of it into climate change efforts is crucial.

The Long Haul: Lessons From Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

While media outlets — both online and print — have been quick to offer suggestions as to how individuals should channel their charitable impulses to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey, many Americans have been inspired by the stirring images of neighbors and strangers lending a hand to help each other.

Alexis de Tocqueville, the Frenchman who documented our voluntary impulse during a tour of a young America in the 1830s, would nod knowingly if he were around to see the extraordinary outpouring of generosity we have witnessed since the first days of flooding in Texas.

Time and again over the last twenty years , I've watched Americans respond quickly and generously to a series of natural and man-made disasters. Corporations and foundations also have risen to the occasion, and the lessons they've learned from their responses are of considerable value as we all weigh how to use our resources to the greatest effect in the wake of a disaster like Harvey.

But I've also learned a few things of my own from the responses to disasters like Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and would like to share them with you.

Weekend Link Roundup (September 2-3, 2017)

Our weekly roundup of noteworthy items from and about the social sector. For more links to great content, follow us on Twitter at @pndblog....

Climate Change

Did climate change magnify the destructive power of Hurricane Harvey? Robinson Meyer The Atlantic's Robinson Meyer uncovers a fair amount of evidence which suggests that global warming is making a bad situation worse.

On the Yes! Magazine site, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben talks with Jacqueline Patterson, director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program about the threat of climate change as a lens to understand many of the injustices confronting the planet.

Collaboration

Which of the following elements of effective collaboration is the most challenging: reaching consensus, bringing diverse perspectives to the table, taking meaningful action? Hop over to the Kauffman Foundation site and cast your vote, then read on to learn how "to apply the principles that matter to move to [a] place where collaboration can happen on a much larger scale." 

Data

Could data science be the key to unlocking the next wave of social change? Elizabeth Good Christopherson, president and chief executive officer of the Rita Allen Foundation, talks with Jake Porway, founder of DataKind, a global network of volunteers skilled in data analysis, coding and visualization, about changes in technology that are influencing the work of his organization and the prospects for accelerated social change.

Disaster Relief

The New York Times has a good roundup of federal assistance for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Looking for commonsense advice about the best way to donate to Hurricane Harvey relief and recovery efforts? This article by Pam Fessler on the NPR site is a good place to start.

In a post on Slate, Jonathan M. Katz explains why the Red Cross, the default disaster relief recipient for a majority of corporations and individual Americans, won't "save" Houston.

And in a post on the NCRP site, Ginny Goldman, founder and former director of the Texas Organizing Project, the Houston-based affiliate of the Center for Popular Democracy, reminds Americans that "[w]hen camera crews head home and it's time to rebuild Houston, the people on the ground will need organizing capacity and legal support to fight for themselves."