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America’s Big Corporate Givers

September 5, 2018

The Chronicle of Philanthropy asked the nation’s biggest companies how much they give to charity. Of those that responded, the top 20 are below. Subscribers can find the full searchable data set, including the causes corporations support, at philanthropy.com/corporategiving.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy asked the nation’s biggest companies how much they give to charity. Of those that responded, the top 20 are below. Subscribers can find the full searchable data set, including the causes corporations support, at philanthropy.com/corporategiving.

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Pfizer
Type: Health care
$4,886,262,659
Product: $4,676,082,770
Cash: $210,179,889
1
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Merck & Company
Type: Health care
$2,718,881,000
Product: $2,624,996,000
Cash: $93,885,000
2
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Google
Type: Information technology
$1,755,100,000
Product: $1,500,000,000
Cash: $255,100,000
3
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Gilead Sciences
Type: Health care
$1,610,366,424
Product: $1,222,249,534
Cash: $388,116,890
4
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Johnson & Johnson
Type: Health care
$1,469,000,000
Product: $1,242,000,000
Cash: $227,000,000
5
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Microsoft Corporation
Type: Information technology
$1,383,159,448
Product: $1,213,698,178
Cash: $169,461,270
6
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Bristol-Myers Squibb
Type: Health care
$1,172,700,000
Product: $1,010,000,000
Cash: $162,700,000
7
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Amgen
Type: Health care
$1,170,610,450
Product: $1,147,010,450
Cash: $23,600,000
8
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Eli Lilly and Company
Type: Health care
$1,170,610,450
Product: $938,000,000
Cash: $33,500,000
9
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Cisco Systems
Type: Information technology
$367,303,624
Product: $293,606,195
Cash: $73,697,429
10
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IBM
Type: Information technology
$286,525,448
Product: $261,100,000
Cash: $36,600,000
11
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Wells Fargo & Company
Type: Bank
$286,525,448
Product: $0
Cash: $286,525,448
12
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Goldman Sachs Group
Type: Bank
$279,628,000
Product: $0
Cash: $279,628,000
13
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JP Morgan Chase & Company
Type: Bank
$250,000,000
Product: $0
Cash: $250,000,000
14
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Target Corporation
Type: Retailer
$217,673,712
Product: $112,673,987
Cash: $104,999,725
15
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ExxonMobil Corporation
Type: Energy
$204,000,000
Product: $0
Cash: $204,000,000
16
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Kroger Company
Type: Retailer
$189,000,000
Product: $177,000,000
Cash: $12,000,000
17
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Bank of America
$185,983,552
Product: $5,338,031
Cash: $180,645,521
18
Type: Bank
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Citigroup
Type: Bank
$146,812,958
Product: $0
Cash: $146,812,958
19
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General Mills
Type: Retailer
$136,759,522
Product: $45,518,000
Cash: $91,241,522
20

A version of this article appeared in the September 5, 2018, issue.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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