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Responses by Minnesota Foundations & Corporations to Tsunami Disaster Relief
As reported to the Minnesota Council on Foundations
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Total Contributions Reported To Date: $20,181,620
(includes cash and in-kind contributions and employee matches) 
Cash Contributions
Total Cash Contributions Reported To Date: $11,444,591
Allianz Life $1.5 million, including $1.3 million internationally and $200,000 locally to CARE USA.
American Express $1 million to the American Red Cross.
Hugh J. Andersen Foundation $195,000: $120,000 to United States Fund for UNICEF; $75,000 to Habitat for Humanity International.
Buuck Family Foundation $5,000 to the International Red Cross.
Caribou Coffee Company $106,000 to the Coffee Kids "Sumatra Relief Fund."
Cargill $420,000, which includes $25,000 to the American Red Cross and $100,000 to CARE International for water purification and sanitation.
Central Minnesota Community Foundation $109,225 raised from St. Cloud area citizens and companies.
CHS Foundation $100,000.
Delta Dental Plan of Minnesota $10,000 in total to American Red Cross, American Refugee Committee, CARE and UNICEF.
Deluxe Corporation $37,496 contributed by employees, which includes $11,164 to CARE and $26,332 to the American Red Cross.
Ecolab Foundation $25,000. 
General Mills $750,000 to American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, King of Thailand Foundation, National Relief Fund of India and UNICEF.
Imation $50,000: $10,000 each to the American Red Cross, Americares, CARE USA, MAP International and UNICEF.
The Jostens Foundation $22,874 donated by Jostens employees: $12,144 to the American Red Cross and $10,730 to World Food Program.
Lutheran Community Foundation $108,000: $90,000 to Lutheran World Relief; $15,000 to Bethlehem Lutheran Church; $1,000 to the American Tract Society; $1,000 to Cross of Life Lutheran Church (Roswell, GA); and $1,000 to St. John's Lutheran Church (Boyertown, PA).
Medtronic Foundation $100,000 to the American Red Cross.
The Minneapolis Foundation $525,000: Grants from donor advised funds total more than $500,000, plus $25,000 from the foundation.
Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation $175,000, including $100,000 to the American Refugee Committee.
Minnesota Twins Community Fund $10,000 raised via on-air auction on WCCO Radio for the American Red Cross.
Marjorie Weil and Marvin Edward Mitchell Foundation $1,000 to Doctors Without Borders and $1,000 to AmeriCares.
The Pentair Foundation $11,500 to the American Red Cross.
St. Paul Travelers Foundation $25,000 to the American Red Cross.
Target $1 million to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
TCF $10,000 to UNICEF.
Thrivent Financial $5 million divided between disaster relief programs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Lutheran World Relief's "Wave of Giving" campaign.
Wells Fargo $100,000 to Global Impact, Red Cross International Relief Fund and UNICEF.
 


Matching Employee Gifts
Companies matching their employees' gifts to relief efforts & other employee contributions efforts.
Total potential employer matches reported to date: $6,337,029.

3M $500,000 worldwide.
ADC 1:1 match with no limit to the American Red Cross, CARE International and UNICEF. For international employees, will match gifts to local agencies by making a foundation "matching" gift to the Red Cross International Relief Fund. 
Allianz Life 1:1 match with no limit to the American Red Cross, CARE USA and UNICEF through 1/31/05.
American Express Unlimited match until 2/11/05 to the following organizations: American Jewish World Service, American Red Cross, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Doctors Without Borders, International Orthodox Charities, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Save the Children and UNICEF.
Best Buy $1 million to the American or Canadian Red Cross. Also allowing employees and customers to make tax-deductible donations in stores through 1/31/05.
Cargill 1:1 match with no limit.
CHS Foundation $100,000 to CARE International. The matching funds also apply to their member cooperatives' donations.
Delta Dental Plan of Minnesota $20,000 (1:1 match of employee donations of $10,000).
Deluxe

$50,000 to CARE International, Red Cross International Relief Fund.

Deluxe Corporation Foundation $37,496, a 1:1 match on employee contributions to CARE ($11,164) and the American Red Cross ($26,332).
Ecolab $15,000 to the American Red Cross.
General Mills $250,000 to the American Red Cross.
Imation 1:1 match up to $1,000 per full-time employee, up to $25,000.
Medtronic Foundation $900,000 to date: 1:1 match, which currently totals $450,000 from employees and $450,000 from Medtronic Foundation.
Minnesota Twins Community Fund 1:1 match on contributions between $50 and $1,000 made by employees of Pohlad-owned companies to qualified nonprofits.
The Pentair Foundation $217,829 to the American Red Cross, CARE and Red Cross International: 1:1 employee match of contributions of $108,914, up to $1,000 per employee.
Piper Jaffray 1:1 match on contributions between $25 and $1,000 made to Red Cross International Relief Fund, Global Impact or UNICEF, up to a combined total of $200,000.
RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation Will match up to $25,000 to the following organizations: American Red Cross, American Refugee Committee, CARE, Give2Asia and UNICEF.
St. Paul Travelers Foundation Community Action Awards program minimum gift reduced from $50 to $25 through 1/31/05 for the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, U.S. Fund for UNICEF and World Emergency Relief. So far, $35,000 in matched gifts has been committed.
Skalicky Foundation $100,000 match of the $109,225 raised by Central Minnesota Community Foundation.
TCF $29,200 in matched funds to UNICEF.
Thomson West 2:1 match with no limit.
Thrivent Financial $2.5 million to Lutheran World Relief's "Wave of Giving" campaign.
Toro $100,000 to the American Red Cross or International Red Cross/Red Crescent.
Wells Fargo $250,000 to Global Impact, Red Cross International Relief Fund and UNICEF.
West Central Initiative Will match gifts made by its board, staff, and component funds, through February 1, 2005, up to $10,000. All funds will be donated to American Refugee Committee's fishing boat project, to hire local craftsmen to replace fishing boats lost by villagers in southwest Thailand.
 


In-Kind Donations

Local companies' donations of products, services & other non-cash items.

3M 

In-kind product donations likely to exceed $1 million.

Ecolab

To date, Ecolab has donated over one million bottles of waterless hand sanitizer and over 30,000 pounds of soap and other cleaning products, for a total value of $1.4 million.

Target Sourcing offices in Southeast Asia are contributing volunteer time and product donations.
 
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