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TOP 15 FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS BY TOTAL GIVING (1)
Financial
services rank
All industry
rank
Foundation (state) Industry (2) Amount
1 3 The Bank of America Charitable
Foundation, Inc. (NC)
Commercial banking $198,695,705
2 5 The JPMorgan Chase Foundation (NY) Commercial banking 133,757,626
3 6 GE Foundation (CT) Diversified financial 112,221,740
4 8 Wells Fargo Foundation (CA) Commercial banking 68,367,615
5 9 Citi Foundation (NY) Commercial banking 63,573,500
6 11 The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation, Inc. (NC) Commercial banking 51,809,171
7 13 The PNC Foundation (PA) Commercial banking 49,385,359
8 17 MetLife Foundation (NY) Life insurance 39,800,039
9 20 The Goldman Sachs Foundation (NY) Commercial banking 36,029,944
10 26 Nationwide Foundation (OH) Property/casualty insurance 27,990,598
11 35 The Prudential Foundation (NJ) Life insurance 23,859,315
12 37 U.S. Bancorp Foundation, Inc. (MN) Commercial banking 19,968,742
13 39 Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation (NC) Property/casualty insurance 19,673,793
14 42 The Allstate Foundation (IL) Property/casualty insurance 17,939,851
15 44 State Street Foundation, Inc. (MA) Commercial banking 17,690,253

(1) Based on financial services companies on the Foundation Center's "50 Largest Corporate Foundations by Total Giving" list published in March 2012. Rankings based on Foundation Center data on "grants and contributions."
(2) Based on Fortune Magazine designations.

Source: Foundation Center.

 
LARGEST GIVERS TO U.S. BENEFICIARIES BY INDUSTRY, 2007
Rank Industry Number of companies Total U.S. contributions
1 Pharmaceuticals 12 $3,840,799,369
2 Banks   18 718,342,606
3 Computers and technology   15 644,367,140
4 Petroleum, gas and mining   7 549,082,917
5 Food, beverage and tobacco   14 507,998,103
6 Printing, publishing and media 6 494,587,399
7 Retail and wholesale trade   10 437,928,926
8 Other services (1) 12 286,388,905
9 Insurance   19 211,103,197
10 Utilities   26 179,247,937
11 Other manufacturing (2) 14 166,865,301
12 Precision instruments   9 140,800,884
13 Chemicals   7 123,939,355
14 Finance   9 99,617,113
15 Aerospace and defense   4 82,392,554
16 Industrial machinery and construction   5 60,685,903
17 Transportation   6 49,437,974
18 Paper and allied products   4 27,333,083
    Total  197 $8,620,918,666

(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.

 
LARGEST GIVERS TO U.S. BENEFICIARIES BY INDUSTRY, 2008
Rank Industry Number of companies Total U.S. contributions
1 Pharmaceuticals 10 $2,457,550,359
2 Banks 14 589,779,685
3 Printing, publishing, and media 4 485,385,723
4 Retail and wholesale trade 5 472,564,729
5 Food, beverage and tobacco 11 465,074,984
6 Computers and technology 10 368,470,134
7 Petroleum, gas and mining 3 341,330,813
8 Insurance 19 297,287,359
9 Telecommunications 3 236,204,202
10 Utilities 23 197,599,917
11 Other manufacturing (1) 10 159,343,526
12 Chemicals 7 138,088,094
13 Precision instruments 9 129,449,985
14 Other services 8 111,066,483
15 Healthcare 4 101,388,476
16 Transportation 7 101,307,170
17 Aerospace and defense 5 88,573,298
18 Industrial machinery and construction 3 59,484,206
19 Finance 7 51,564,867
20 Paper and allied products 3 23,783,458
  Total 165 $6,875,297,468

(1) Includes aerospace and defense, electrical equipment and appliances, paper and allied products and other diversified manufacturing.

Source: The Conference Board.

 
TOP 15 FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS BY TOTAL GIVING (1)
Financial
services
rank
All industry rank Foundation (state) Industry (2) Amount
1 3 The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. (NC) Commercial banking $190,668,042
2 5 GE Foundation (CT) Diversified financial 103,573,293
3 6 The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation, Inc. (NC) Commercial banking 99,435,085
4 7 The JPMorgan Chase Foundation (NY) Commercial banking 81,422,595
5 9 Wells Fargo Foundation (CA) Commercial banking 68,367,615
6 10 Citi Foundation (NY) Commercial banking 66,507,524
7 16 MetLife Foundation (NY) Life insurance 39,465,498
8 20 The Goldman Sachs Foundation (NY) Commercial banking 36,029,944
9 26 The PNC Foundation (PA) Commercial banking 29,694,921
10 27 Nationwide Foundation (OH) Property/casualty insurance 27,990,598
11 33 The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation (CA) Asset management 22,095,559
12 34 The Prudential Foundation (NJ) Life insurance 21,914,868
13 35 State Farm Companies Foundation (IL) Property/casualty insurance 21,565,275
14 42 U.S. Bancorp Foundation, Inc. (MN) Commercial banking 19,968,742
15 48 The Allstate Foundation (IL) Property/casualty insurance 18,344,750

(1) As of December 2009. Based on financial services companies on the Foundation Center's "50 Largest Corporate Foundations by Total Giving" list published in April 2011.
(2) Based on Fortune Magazine designations.

Source: Foundation Center.