2012 Corporate Giving Survey
Big Companies Gave 4% More Last Year
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Total Cash Giving, 2007-11
| 2007 to 2008 | 11.1% |
| 2008 to 2009 | -6.9% |
| 2009 to 2010 | 15.9% |
| 2010 to 2011 | 5.2% |
Note: Based on information from 88 companies.
Corporations That Gave the Most Cash in 2011
| Total cash giving 2011 | Total cash giving 2010 | Percent change 2010-11 | |
| Wal-Mart Stores (Bentonville, Ark.)* | $342,350,438 | $319,454,996 | 7.2% |
| Goldman Sachs Group (New York) | 337,077,886 | 315,383,413 | 6.9 |
| ExxonMobil Corporation (Irving, Tex.) | 232,658,037 | 198,692,197 | 17.1 |
| Wells Fargo & Company (San Francisco) | 213,481,849 | 219,132,065 | -2.6 |
| Chevron Corporation (San Francisco) | 209,280,000 | 196,543,148 | 6.5 |
| Bank of America (Charlotte, N.C.) | 208,425,076 | 207,939,857 | 0.2 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (New York) | 202,961,667 | 185,026,069 | 9.7 |
| Target Corporation (Minneapolis) | 146,119,380 | 146,159,093 | 0.0 |
| General Electric Company (Fairfield, Conn.) | 144,100,000 | 153,000,000 | -5.8 |
| Citigroup (New York) | 121,910,534 | 109,809,978 | 11.0 |
* Figures are for the fiscal years ending January 31, 2011 and 2010.
