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Over $54 Million Pledged for September
11 Rescue and Relief Efforts
December 11, 2001 - Three months after the September 11
attacks, Chicago-area corporations and foundations have
mobilized with generous gifts of time, space, money, goods
and services to help victims' families and survivors of
Tuesday's devastating terrorist attacks. The Donors Forum
will continue to monitor and report their giving and other
relief efforts. We encourage the entire community to continue
to discuss ways to respond to this tragedy as well as
the needs felt here in Chicago.
Donors Forum Members Take
Action
Many Members have made extremely generous initial pledges,
to be supplemented by employee donations and additional
company matching gifts. Some have pledged in-kind gifts
such as generators, gloves and face masks to aid in rescue
efforts. Others have set up blood drives for their employees
and are giving away flags. Examples of local generosity
include:
Abbott Laboratories Fund - $2 million in total
to the following agencies: The September 11th Fund, American
Red Cross and Americares (an international disaster relief
fund).
Bank One - $1 million in funds to match employee
contributions.
Baxter International - $1 million to the September
11th Fund (half from the company, half from the foundation)
plus an employee matching gift to disaster relief effort.
The Boeing Company - $5 million divided equally
between the American Red Cross and the United Way September
11th Fund.
BP Amoco - $1 million to the American Red Cross;
$2 million to the Emergency Services Relief Fund of the
City of New York; $2 million in contributions to other
organizations responding to the relief efforts.
BP has established a BP Employee Disaster Relief Fund
that BP will match 3:1, company:employee; these funds
will be directed to nonprofit organizations assisting
those impacted; BP is also contributing free fuel to emergency
and city vehicles in NYC.
Chicago Bar Foundation - $1,000 to The September
11th Fund.
CNA Foundation - Matching employee contributions
to either the American Red Cross or The United Way September
11th Fund.
Crossroads Fund - $75,000 Critical Response Fund
for safety and civil rights aid and advocacy in immigrant
communities.
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation - $100,000 to
the Fireman's Fund in New York City from Driehaus Capital
Management.
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation - $25,000
to the September 11th Fund.
R.R. Donnelley Foundation - $50,000 to the September
11th Fund on behalf of employees. (80% to NYC, 20% to
DC).
FMC Foundation - $100,000 to The September 11th
Fund on behalf of FMC Technologies, Inc. and FMC Corporation.
Fry Foundation - $25,000 to The September 11th
Fund.
Grainger - $25,000 to The September 11th Fund;
matching employee contributions and donating products.
Harris Bank and The Bank of Montreal Group of Companies
- $500,000 to the September 11th Fund; matching employee
donations for as much as $500,000; in the US the donations
will go to the September 11th Fund and in Canada to the
Red Cross.
In addition, Harris Bank's branches and Bank of Montreal's
branches will serve as collection points for contributions
from customers and the public.
Hartmarx/Hart, Schaffner & Marx - $1,000 to The
September 11th Fund.
Hewitt Associates - More than $500,000 has been
forwarded to the September 11 disaster relief effort:
$218,000 from 1,295 associates, and $328,000 in contributions
from the firm in the form of matching funds, budget allocations,
and direct support of the relief efforts. The total will
be distributed as follows: American Red Cross, $273,812.73;
the September 11th Fund, $227,437.76; National Organization
for Victim Assistance, $44,363.41; total, $545,613.90.
More than 140 associates, some with friends and family,
took training and became certified relief volunteers through
the "Ready When the Time Comes" program offered by the
Chicago Red Cross.
Household International
National employee contribution process with 2:1 match.
JCCC Foundation
$100,700 to the American Red Cross Liberty Fund: $10,000
from the Foundation, $10,395 from the Japanese Chamber
of Commerce and $80,305 from Japanese businesses.
The Joyce Foundation
$50,000 from its President's Discretionary Fund to local
organizations that address the human relations and ethnic
tensions raised by the attacks.
Leo Burnett - Donation to the September 11th Fund.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -
$5 million in a newly-established fund for grants to organizations
working on issues related to the September 11 terrorist
attacks and their aftermath. The grants fall into three
categories: 1) providing information and analysis, 2)
strengthening the U.S. and the world's response to terrorism,
and understanding its underlying causes, and 3) protecting
civil liberties and constitutional guarantees, and promoting
adherence to international law.
McCormick Tribune Foundation/Tribune Companies
Tribune Company and the McCormick Tribune Foundation established
a nationwide Disaster Relief Fund that will assist emergency
service agencies helping the victims of September 11;
readers, viewers, listeners and fans contributed over
$18 million dollars, thereby earning all of the $2.5 million
dollars in matching funds that the McCormick Tribune Foundation
pledged for a total of more than $20.5 million to help
the victims.
The McCormick Tribune Foundation's board of directors
approved 36 grants totaling $8.71 million; MTF staff continues
to research additional agencies that provide services
to persons impacted by the attack, including those who
were killed or wounded and their families, those who lost
their homes or jobs and the larger community; priority
is to provide services to populations whose needs will
not be met by other private and public funding sources.
Nicor Gas - September 11th Fund in its annual United
Way Drive.
Prince Charitable Trusts - Made a $25K grant to
support the families of rescue personnel lost assisting
victims; in addition, the family company, F.H. Prince
& Co., will match employee contributions to the September
11th Fund 2:1.
Quaker Oats Foundation - $100,000 from parent company
PepsiCo; matching employee gifts to relief efforts; Quaker
donating Gatorade, energy bars and granola bars to relief
workers.
Sara Lee Foundation - Matching employee donations
to the September 11th Fund on a 2 to 1 ratio.
Sara Lee Corporation divisions are donating a variety
of products, including Hanes underwear and t-shirts, Champion
socks and sweatshirts, Galileo dry salami, Hillshire Farm
summer sausage, Superior and Chock Full o' Nuts coffee
and Sweet Sue canned goods. In addition, Sara Lee divisions
are working with their customers to help feed the relief
workers. For example, Sara Lee Bakery Group donated enough
pizza dough to make 10,000 pizzas for relief workers at
the World Trade Center site. Sara Lee's U.S. employees
held blood drives for their local blood banks and the
American Red Cross. They also collected canned food, bottled
water and blankets for relief workers and victims' families.
The Seabury Foundation - $10,000 to The September
11th Fund.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. - $1 million to The September
11th Fund and the American Red Cross and over $1 million
in customer and employee contributions at all stores to
send to the September 11th Fund.
Sears has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of merchandise including, generators, work boots,
gloves, flashlights, respirators and clothing; many stores
hosted blood drives.
TCF/Jewel Osco - $1.7 million in employee contributions
to the American Red Cross through the Together We Stand
campaign; $100,000 company donation.
Westlake Health Foundation - $25,000 (recipient
TBA).
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