July 2, 2009
How The Chronicle's Latest Survey of Corporate Philanthropy Was Conducted
The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual survey of corporate giving is based on data collected from the American companies that earn the most, according to the Fortune 500 rankings.
The newspaper asked the 300 largest companies on that list to complete a questionnaire about their charitable giving in 2007, 2008, and 2009. It also collected the most-recent available informational tax returns from companies with corporate foundations. Using those two methods, data on 196 companies were
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