Cash
Contributions
Total Cash Contributions
Reported To Date: $14,039,677 |
| - ADC
Foundation & Corporation |
1. $50,000 from
ADC Foundation to The
September 11th Fund (full
story). |
| - American
Express |
$1 million
to establish the American Express World Trade Center Disaster Relief
Fund (full story). |
| - Best
Buy Co., Inc. |
1. $100,000 to
the American Red Cross.
2. $35,000 to seven
local Red Cross chapters, given in conjunction with seven new store
grand openings on Sept. 14.
3. Raised $1.2 million for the American Red Cross through a
customer donation program
conducted in every Best Buy, Sam Goody, On-Cue, Media Play and
Suncoast store through Nov. 3, 2001.
4. $1
million from the sale of NSYNC bobblehead dolls is earmarked for
nonprofit organizations serving youth (K-12 grade) in the New York
tri-state metro area that have been affected by the events of
September 11th. This contributions program is being administered by
the Best Buy Children's Foundation. |
| - F.R. Bigelow
Foundation |
$10,000 to the
September 11th Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation. |
| - Blue Cross
and Blue Shield of Minnesota |
$30,000 as part
of a nationwide Blue Cross and Blue Shield effort to contribute $1
million to support the American Red Cross in providing disaster relief
(full story). |
| - Otto Bremer
Foundation |
$200,000 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - Bremer
Financial Corporation |
$100,000 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - Brooks Family
Donor-Advised Funds at The Minneapolis Foundation |
$2,000 to
American Red Cross. |
| - Bush
Foundation |
$25,000 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - Patrick and
Aimee Butler Family Foundation |
$20,000 to
American Red Cross, St. Paul Chapter, to support activities related to
Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. |
| - Buuck
Family Foundation |
$2,500 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - Cargill Foundation
& Corporation |
$100,000
to the American Red Cross. Several
business units also made donations to organizations such as the
American Red Cross, The
September 11th Fund,
Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, Cantor Fitzgerald Fund and the
Salvation Army to be matched by Cargill's corporate contributions. |
| - Deluxe Corporation
Foundation |
$50,000 to the American
Red Cross (full
story). |
| - General
Mills Foundation & Corporation |
$100,000 to the American
Red Cross (full
story). |
| - ING
Foundation & Corporation |
$50,000 to The
September 11th Fund. Also plan to provide a cash
donation to the New York City Public/Private Initiatives, Inc. (full
story). |
| - Jerome
Foundation |
1.
$43,000 to the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, which was located in
the World Trade Center, to
relaunch the World Views Artist Residency Program. The grant will help artists who lost their studio space in the WTC to
buy supplies and get back to work in new space.
More than $34,000 will go directly to the individual
artists in the program and $8,000
is earmarked for disaster relief (full
story).
2.
$10,000 to 3-Legged Dog, an experimental theater company that lost its
entire office, which was located in a building near the World Trade
Center. |
| - Lutheran
Brotherhood and Aid Association for Lutherans |
$5.6 million to
help those affected by the attack on America, through supplemental
funds from LB and AAL and fund-raising activities by the
organizations’ national network of volunteer groups. More than 1,000
AAL branches have raised an estimated $3.0 million and AAL has
released $1 million to supplement those funds. LB is matching all
contributions made to Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) up to $650,000,
and its volunteer branches have generated $1 million in additional
support. |
| - Medtronic
Foundation & Corporation |
1. $500,000 to
assist families of New York City firefighters, police and EMS
personnel who were affected by the tragedy.
2. $100,000 to the American
Red Cross. (full
story). |
| - The
Minneapolis Foundation |
1. $10,000 to The
September 11th Fund at the foundation (full
story).
2. To date, the foundation has
received $308,070 in contributions for its September 11th
Fund of which
$200,000 has been contributed to The
September 11th Fund and
$20,000 has been contributed to the University of Minnesota to cover
travel expenses for its grief counselors. |
| - Minnesota
Foundation |
To date, the foundation has
raised $70,024
for The
September 11th Fund at the foundation. |
| - Minnesota
Mutual Foundation & Corporation |
$20,000 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - MWVE Fund |
$5,000 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - Northwest
Minnesota Foundation |
$5,000 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - Omaha
Community Foundation |
To date, the foundation has
raised more than $33,000 for its September 11th Fund. |
| - RBC Dain
Rauscher Foundation & Corporation |
1. $25,000 to
American Red Cross for disaster relief efforts.
2. $1 million from RBC Financial Group, Dain Rauscher's parent
company, to The
September 11th Fund (full
story). |
| - The St. Paul
Companies, Inc. Foundation |
$50,000 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - The
Saint Paul Foundation |
1. $25,000 to The
September 11th Fund at the foundation (full
story).
2. To date, the foundation has raised $485,266
for the fund, which represents the
largest grant made by a community foundation nationwide. |
| - Southwest
Minnesota Foundation |
$2,500 to The
September 11th Fund. |
| - SUPERVALU
Foundation & Corporation |
$25,000 to
American Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund. |
| - Target
Corporation |
$600,000 to
American Red Cross disaster funds for aid to victims in New York, D.C.
and Pennsylvania. |
| - TCF
Foundation & Corporation |
$100,000 to New
York Police and Fire Widows' Benefit Fund. |
| - Wells Fargo |
$1 million to American Red
Cross (full story). |
| - West Central
Initiative |
$20,000 to The
September 11th Fund. WCI's component funds raise $10,000, which
the WCI board of directors matched with an additional $10,000. |
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Employee
Gifts
Companies matching their employees' gifts to relief efforts &
other employee contributions efforts.
Total employee gifts & employer matches reported to date:
$361,104.
|
| - ADC
Foundation & Corporation |
$30,000 from
ADC employees to various groups, with $30,000 company match of
employee gifts. (full
story). |
| - American
Express |
Will match
contributions made by American Express employees, advisors and
retirees to the "The American
Express World Trade Center Disaster Relief Fund" (full story). |
| - Cargill Foundation
& Corporation |
Will
match
individual employee contributions to the American Red Cross through
the company's Disaster
Relief Program.
Employees also conducted fundraising drives, sold t-shirts, and
used funds for holiday parties and staff events for relief efforts. |
| - CHS
Cooperatives Foundation |
Contributed
$25,000
to the The
September 11th Fund, which represented
contributions from employees and member cooperatives, along with a
match from the foundation (full
story). |
| - Deluxe Corporation
Foundation |
Will match
employees' gifts to The
September 11th Fund, up to $50,000 total (full
story). |
| - Imation
Corporation |
Will
provide a dollar-for-dollar match of U.S. employee contributions (made
through Oct. 31) to The
September 11th Fund or The
American Red Cross, up to $500 per employee or $50,000 total. |
| - ING
Foundation & Corporation |
Will match all U.S. employees' personal
donations to the American Red Cross. |
| - Land
O'Lakes, Inc. |
Will
match donations by employees and farmer-members, up to $50,000 total,
to American Red Cross and United Way's Sept. 11th Fund. |
| -
McNeely Foundation |
Provided a one-for-one match of
employees' donations of $14,583, for total donations of $29,166. |
| - Metris
Companies Foundation |
"The
Metris September 11 Fund" was created to benefit The American Red
Cross and New York City Public/Private Initiatives, Inc. (NYCPPI)
aiding the families of police, fire, emergency medical technicians and
other New York City employees involved in rescue efforts. Employees
contributed $31,669 to the fund, which was matched with $31,669 from
Metris for a total of $63,338. |
| - Omaha
Community Foundation |
Employees have
contributed $450 to the foundation's September 11 Fund. |
| - Pillsbury
Company Foundation |
Set up a
"Doughboy 911 Fund" to which Pillsbury employees in North
America can donate for relief efforts. The campaign will run Sept. 19
- Oct. 31, and The Pillsbury Company Foundation will match the
contributions dollar for dollar. An employee committee has been formed
to determine the best fit for the contributions, with an emphasis on
organizations channeling funds to the victims and families of those
touched by the tragedy. |
| - RBC Dain
Rauscher Foundation & Corporation |
Matched
employee gifts to The September 11th Fund, the American Red Cross and
other related disaster relief agencies immediately following the
tragedy through Oct. 17. Employee gifts totaling approximately $47,000
were matched by Dain for total
donations of more than
$76,000. |
| - Red Wing Shoe
Company Foundation |
To date
employees have donated $3,546 to relief efforts, which the company has
matched dollar-for-dollar ($7,092 total). |
| - The St. Paul
Companies, Inc. Foundation |
Will provide a
one-for-one match of employee gifts made through Oct. 15. To date,
employees have donated $107,649, to be matched with
$103,659 from
company for a total of $211,308. |
| - The Saint
Paul Foundation |
Will provide a
dollar-for-dollar match of employee contributions, up to $1,500 per
year. To date employees have donated $375 to relief efforts ($750
total). |
| - Star Tribune
Foundation |
Will match gifts
from employees to the Red Cross fund for disaster relief in New York. |
| - Tapemark
Corporation |
Will provide a
dollar-for-dollar match of employee contributions (made through Dec.
1) to relief efforts for victims of the Sept. 11 tragedy, up to $250
per employee or $25,000 for the company. There is no min. contribution
to get the match and the contributions will not count toward
Tapemark's regular employee gift-matching matching program. |
| - Tennant
Company & Tennant Foundation |
Tennant Company
has set up the Tennant Relief Fund.
The Tennant Foundation will be matching employees' gifts to the Fund. |
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In-Kind Donations
Local companies' donations
of products, services & other non-cash items.
Value of In-Kind Contributions
Reported To Date: $1,778,520
|
| - Best
Buy Co., Inc. |
1.
Equipment for Red Cross Respite Centers, including computers,
televisions, game stations, CD players, cameras and movies. Est.
value: $30,000.
2. Stores in New York City contributed family radios to help with
urgent communication needs for rescue workers, police, firemen and
volunteers.
3.
85 Compaq laptop computers for two New York City schools to assist
teachers who lost their equipment in the collapse of the World Trade
Center. Est. value: $128,520.
4. Televisions to New York City YMCA. |
| - Cargill
Foundation & Corporation |
Made
product donations such as cooked
meat, flour and instant soup to help feed rescue workers in New
York City. |
| - General
Mills Foundation & Corporation |
$100,000 in food to
emergency and disaster relief workers (full
story). |
| - ING
Foundation & Corporation |
Donated the company's scheduled national advertising
airtime on network and cable television for several days to the Red Cross
to help the organization make public service announcements. The 30-second
time slots, which would have launched the company's fall advertising
campaign, are valued at more than $750,000 (full
story). |
| - Medtronic
Foundation & Corporation |
Donated
Medtronic's LIFEPAK 500 automated external defibrillators (AEDs),
LIFEPAK defibrillator/monitors, battery support systems and electrodes
for emergency monitoring and life support. Est. value: $650,000
minimum (full
story). |
| - Pillsbury
Company |
Has made the
company's corporate plane available
to transport blood and medical personnel. |
| - SUPERVALU
Foundation & Corporation |
Offer of retail
locations for blood collection sites, in-kind gifts of products such
as juice and cookies for Red Cross blood collection sites, and
other products as needed. |
| - Target
Corporation |
1. Donated
various merchandise for American Red Cross and Salvation Army.
2. Supported American Red Cross in promoting 1-800-HELP-NOW phone line
and local blood drive locations. |
| - The Toro
Company |
Donated 5 Toro
Workman Utility Vehicles to the City of New York and 3 Toro Workman
Utility Vehicles to the Pentagon for relief and recovery efforts
(total est. value: $120,000). |
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Volunteer Efforts
Employee volunteer efforts
organized by local companies.
|
| - ADC
Foundation & Corporation |
ADC in the Twin
Cities held blood drives for employees at its world headquarters (full
story), with more than 150 donors. |
| - Best
Buy Co., Inc. |
Conducting
blood drives at Best Buy stores and related facilities nationwide,
including a drive at the Minnesota corporate headquarters on Oct. 19. |
| - Bremer
Financial Corporation |
Gave
Bremer's 1,800 employees paid time off to donate blood or
volunteer. |
| - Dain
Rauscher Foundation & Corporation |
Conducting
blood drive for Memorial Blood Center on Sept. 25. |
| - ING
Foundation & Corporation |
More than 20 ING locations have coordinated on-site blood
drives. Also, ING AFS employees conducted an
on-site medical and supply drive, raising more than a truckload of
supplies for the Salvation Army that will travel to emergency workers in
the New York area (full
story). |
| - Land
O'Lakes |
Encouraging
blood donation by employees in the next 60 days by offering paid time
off to those employees with appointments to give blood. |
| - Minnesota
Mutual Foundation & Corporation |
Holding
a special on-site Red Cross blood drive for employees. |
| - The St. Paul
Companies, Inc. Foundation |
Conducting
blood drives throughout the U.S., and encouraging employee
volunteerism in local communities. |
| - Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo
team members are coordinating blood drives with local Red Cross
chapters in Wells Fargo communities across the country (full
story). |
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Donor
Funds
The following community/public foundations and companies have established
funds or accounts to which donors can contribute for relief efforts.
Donations to these funds will go to The September 11th Fund at the New
York Community Trust (see
story) and/or to other disaster-related nonprofits.
|
| - Catholic
Community Foundation
|
The
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has
established a relief fund at the foundation. Checks can be made out to
"Archdiocese of St. Paul and
Minneapolis" and sent to: National Disaster Relief Fund, 226
Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55102. |
| - Lutheran
Community Foundation
|
LCF welcomes donations from persons wishing to assist
individuals, families and communities affected by the tragedy.
Donations earmarked "East Coast Recovery" may be made either directly
to the foundation by check or by
credit card to the foundation account online at www.helping.org.
100% of these gifts will be directed to agencies involved in the
relief and healing efforts. |
| - The
Minneapolis Foundation
|
Established
its September 11th Fund to help
members of our community contribute to the relief effort. Contributions
will be directed to the New
York-based September 11th Fund to provide short- and long-term relief
to the victims, their families, and the communities affected by the
terrorist attacks (full
story). |
| - Minnesota Foundation
|
Teamed up with
local companies and DoTheGood, Inc. to offer online giving to
individuals who wish to help the families and communities affected by
the September 11th terrorist attacks. All donations will be forwarded
to the national September 11th Fund (full
story). |
| - Omaha
Community Foundation
|
Established
the September 11 Fund. The foundation will accept donations of cash,
stock, credit cards for the fund: Send to: September 11 Fund, Attn:
Sara Russell, Omaha Community Foundation, 1623 Farnam St., Suite 600,
Omaha, NE 68102. |
| - The
Saint Paul Foundation
|
Established a
September 11th Fund to help the families and communities affected by
the nation's terrorist attacks. All donations will be forwarded to the
national fund of the same name created by the United Way of New York
City and The New York Community Trust (full
story). |
| - TCF
Foundation & Corporation
|
Opened
an account for people to make donations to the New York Police &
Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund. Donations are being accepted
at any TCF Bank location in Minnesota. |
| - U.S.
Bancorp
|
Opened
“Disaster Relief Funds” for people who want to contribute to
victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Contributions to the
funds can be made at any Firstar Bank or U.S. Bank location (full
story). |
| - Wells Fargo
|
Established a
Wells Fargo Red Cross account in all of its more than 3,000 banking
stores in 23 states as a convenient way for customers, team members
and all Americans to make personal contributions to the National Red
Cross disaster relief fund (full
story). |
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Other Efforts
|
|
| - Best
Buy Co., Inc. |
Conducting community blood
drives at Best Buy stores and related facilities nationwide. |
| - Bremer
Financial Corporation |
Bremer banks
will facilitate donations by employees, customers and community
members. |
| - Duluth-Superior
Area Community Foundation |
In partnership with
United Way of Greater Duluth and WDSE-TV/Channel 8 public television
station, holding an on-air fund drive for The September 11th Fund on
Sept. 18 (full story). |
| - Minnesota
Foundation |
The foundation
has been selected to administer a fund honoring Thomas Edward Burnett
Jr., who died during the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 on
September 11 (full
story). |
| -
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation |
In
light of the enormous and unprecedented outpouring of financial and
other assistance from the American people for the September 11th
relief efforts, The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation has chosen
a different approach. The foundation's
trustees have agreed that the best response from the foundation is to
support the local agencies that will be called on to shore up the
families affected by the economic repercussions of September 11th and
to support efforts to combat discrimination against our local Islamic
community. The trustees believe
that this is the best way for the foundation to carry out its mission,
its focus on our local community, and its commitment to building good
relationships among people of all races and religions, in this time of
national crisis. |
| - The St. Paul
Companies, Inc. Foundation |
Working with
company's Diversity Office on sponsorship of sessions for employees
aimed at increasing understanding between the Muslim community and
employees. |
| - U.S.
Bancorp |
All U.S. Bank and Firstar Bank locations have been
instructed to assist customers through the waiver of fees associated with
credit card cash advances, wire transfer of funds, cashiers checks and
money orders when those transactions are needed to assist individuals
impacted by the disaster or stranded while traveling. In addition, U.S.
Bank and Firstar Bank have created an emergency credit line product, which
is available to individuals impacted by this tragedy (full
story). |
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