Wow.
According to the Business Civic Leadership Center, a
program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, $61 million in corporate
pledges had been announced (as of 3:00 p.m. EST), with 28 donors pledging
$1 million or more in cash or a mix of cash and in-kind support.
Update: As of 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday, January 18, corporate contributions to relief efforts had passed $75 million. Million-plus commitments include:
- Jefferies & Co. ($7.5 million)
- Digicel ($5 million)
- Deutsche Bank AG ($4 million)
- General Electric Company ($2.5 million)
- Amgen ($2 million)
- Citigroup ($2 million)
- Crédit Agricole S.A. ($1.45 million)
- Microsoft ($1.25 million)
- Sutter Health ($1.25 million)
- Becton, Dickinson and Company ($1.2 million)
- Abbott ($1 million)
- Alcon ($1 million)
- Avon ($1 million)
- Bank of America ($1 million)
- Baxter International ($1 million)
- Coca-Cola Company ($1 million)
- Comcast ($1 million)
- ConocoPhillips ($1 million)
- Credit Suisse ($1 million)
- FedEx Corporation ($1 million)
- Goldman Sachs ($1 million)
- Google ($1 million)
- Henry Schein, Inc. ($1 million)
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($1 million)
- Lowe’s Companies ($1 million)
- Major League Baseball ($1 million)
- Morgan Stanley ($1 million)
- Nestle Waters North America ($1 million)
- PepsiCo Foundation ($1 million)
- Royal Caribbean ($1 million)
- Starbucks ($1 million)
- UPS ($1 million)
For a complete list of corporate donors to the relief effort, visit the BCLC Web site.
(This post is from Philantopic and originally appeared here).