Corporate Donations
GE Pledges $2.5 Million to Haiti Relief and the GE Foundation commits 100% match of employee donations.
Yum! Brands Directs $500,000 to Haiti Through Its World Hunger Relief Effort and Company Foundation Matches Cash Donations from Global Employees to $500,000.
Citigroup says it will donate $2M in Haiti aid. The New York bank said it will give $250,000 to the American Red Cross to be used for immediate relief.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. will donate $1 million for relief and recovery efforts in earthquake-stricken Haiti.
Morgan Stanley Gives $1,000,000 to Provide Relief in Haiti.
Microsoft pledged at least $1.25 million in cash and in-kind donations to relief efforts in Haiti.
Amgen, which has a research center with several hundred employees on Elliott Bay, said it will donate $2 million toward relief efforts.
Credit Agricole S.A. to donate $1.45 million to Haiti relief efforts.
Goldman Sachs will pitch in $1 million, and Wells Fargo $100,000
Walmart is donating 500,000 to the Red Cross, in addition to $100,000 worth of food.
Google is giving $1 million and has added a link on its homepage that explains ways people can support Haiti’s disaster relief.
Virgin Atlantic, according to the Financial Times, is “flying key medical workers and relief agency staff to Haiti in its flights to Miami, Orlando and Jamaica during the coming days, while British Airways said it was preparing a Boeing 747 with capacity for up to 50 tonnes of cargo to fly to Haiti on Saturday.”
McDonald’s said it will donate at least $1 million to relief efforts.
Web hosting company Go Daddy pledged $500,000 to Hope for Haiti.
The UPS Foundation committed $1 million to various relief organizations.
Sprint gave $50,000 to the American Red Cross.
Visa committed $200,000 to the Red Cross.
The PepsiCo Foundation donated $1 million and committed Quaker products, bottled water, and Gatorade for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Diageo Plc, the alcoholic drinks provider, committed to giving 45,000 pounds of food and emergency supplies to the earthquake victims.
Comcast is directing over $1 million to the relief efforts.
Unilever donated $500,000 for earthquake victims in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme.
The Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) committed emergency hurricane supplies from its hospitals in the southern United States to the relief effort.
U.S. Bank pledged $100,000 and committed to match employee donations.
The Walt Disney Company said it would give $100,000 to earthquake victims.
General Mills donated $250,000, $150,000 of which will be used for long-term rebuilding.
Apple has allowed its customers to donate through iTunes. Donations can me made for $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 and $200. 100 percent of the money will go to the American Red Cross.
Walgreens has donated $100,000 and is matching employee contributions of up to $50,000.
Western Union has committed $250,000 and waving fees for sending money to Haiti for seven days.
Dell has pledged $500,000 to be split evenly between UNICEF and the International Red Cross. The company is also matching employee donations up to a total of $250,000.
Credit Suisse promised to match employees’ donations two-to-one.
Target will donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross.
UBS also said it would match employee contributions, up to a maximum of $500,000.
Deutsche Bank will donate all of the commissions from its U.S. Equity Trading desk on Friday to the relief effort in Haiti.
The broker dealer Jefferies said it would donate $1 million plus all of its commissions on Friday. The firm expects its total contribution to reach $5 million by the end of the day.
Hewlett-Packard announced that it will donate $750,000, and may donate up to another $250,000.
The Pew Charitable Trusts pledge $500,000 to the effort. One half of the donation will be granted to the American Red Cross and the other half will go to CARE.
The Rothschild Estates donated $2.5 million to support the earthquake victims in Haiti.
A number of pharmaceutical companies pledged to contribute money and drugs to the effort.
Pfizer donated an undisclosed sum as well as drugs;
Merck committed $350,000 and promised to match employee contributions, in addition to donating $200,000 worth of drugs to the country;
GlaxoSmithKline sent money and drugs;
Abbott said it would give $1 million;
Eli Lilly pledged $250,000 and promised to match employee contributions up to that amount;
Squibb sent medicine and will give $250,000; and Amgen gave $2 million.
The Intel Foundation is matching employee donations.
FedEx is providing shipping services for relief organizations.
The Coca Cola Foundation donated $1 million to aid the relief effort.
Time Warner will be matching employee donations up to $500,000 ($1 million total.
Cigna is donating $50,000 and will match employee donations up to $50,000
Southern Wine and Spirits is matching employee donations up to $100,000
