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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Financial services firms are major contributors to charitable causes, according to a survey of some 200 of the largest U.S. corporations by the Conference Board. Banks, insurance companies and finance firms were each among the top 15 contributors. These three segments of the financial services industry made combined donations of $1.14 billion, making financial services the second largest contributor by industry, topped only by pharmaceuticals.
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LARGEST GIVERS TO U.S. BENEFICIARIES BY INDUSTRY, 2006
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Industry |
Number of companies |
Total U.S. contributions |
| 1 | Pharmaceuticals | 11 | $2,926,705,480 |
| 2 | Banks | 25 | 921,649,453 |
| 3 | Computers and technology | 16 | 672,253,381 |
| 4 | Petroleum, gas and mining | 9 | 589,992,374 |
| 5 | Food, beverage and tobacco | 8 | 521,911,281 |
| 6 | Printing, publishing and media | 5 | 516,204,605 |
| 7 | Retail and wholesale trade | 10 | 481,895,935 |
| 8 | Other services (1) | 15 | 353,423,498 |
| 9 | Other manufacturing (2) | 14 | 217,495,171 |
| 10 | Utilities | 22 | 162,932,408 |
| 11 | Insurance | 20 | 147,119,275 |
| 12 | Precision instruments | 9 | 101,734,465 |
| 13 | Chemicals | 10 | 98,137,384 |
| 14 | Transportation equipment | 4 | 74,989,440 |
| 15 | Finance | 4 | 67,771,687 |
| 16 | Industrial machinery and construction | 7 | 57,515,265 |
| | Total | 189 | $7,911,731,102 |
(1) Includes telecommunications, transportation and other diversified services.
(2) Includes aerospace and defense, electrical equipment and appliances, paper and allied products and other diversified manufacturing.
Source: The Conference Board. |
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