Lilly Endowment Inc.

• For more than 60 years, the Lilly Endowment has been a leading supporter of the American Red Cross. The Endowment generously and consistently provided resources during times of need since its first gift to the Red Cross in 1941 --aid for civilian war casualties of World War II.
• In 2004, Lilly has committed over ten million dollars to assist in Red Cross relief efforts in the Southeastern United States after the devastating hurricane season.

Microsoft

• Microsoft provides important technology tools that improve the quality and speed the delivery of Red Cross disaster relief.  Microsoft's donation of core business software applications used by the Red Cross Response Technology team will assist in disaster damage assessment, coordination of relief efforts, composition of reports and information, and much more.
• Microsoft employees nationwide also generously support the American Red Cross with employee contributions and matching gift programs, and also provide donations of time as volunteers and blood donors.

Anheuser-Busch Companies

• Helping communities cope with natural disasters has been an Anheuser-Busch tradition since 1906 when Adolphus Busch made a donation to victims of the San Francisco earthquake. 

• In response to the destructive 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Anheuser-Busch Companies and its family of independent wholesalers donated $1 million to the American Red Cross as part of a nationwide program called "Operation Hurricane Relief." The program was launched with a $500,000 donation from Anheuser-Busch and grew to $1 million through contributions from its wholesalers across the country.  In addition, the Anheuser-Busch Foundation donated $300,000 to support hurricane relief efforts.

• Anheuser-Busch also donated more than six million cans of water to the Red Cross and other relief agencies to aid victims and relief workers following the 2004 hurricanes.

Bright House Networks

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• The LDS Church supported the American Red Cross with both financial contributions and gifts-in-kind for the hurricane response.  In addition to their cash support, they provided trained disaster mental health care workers to provide counseling to disaster victims and approximately 100,000 hygiene kits containing items like toothbrushes and toothpaste for distribution to disaster victims.  We're thankful that the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints turn their care into action through the American Red Cross.
• Since 1986, the LDS Church has partnered with the American Red Cross by supporting both domestic and international relief efforts and initiatives.  In 2003, the LDS Church became the primary supporter of the Measles Initiative with a $3 million commitment to prevent measles deaths in Africa.

Grainger

• Grainger, Inc. is a supporter of the American Red Cross at the chapter and national level.  In response to the devastation caused by this recent series of severe storms, Grainger has added a financial component to their ongoing in-kind support of American Red Cross disaster relief operations. 
• Grainger has contributed emergency supplies to the relief effort – including thousands of flashlights, batteries and tarps – to help the victims of these destructive hurricanes. With the financial component added to their in-kind support, Grainger's total contribution to Red Cross relief operations is more than $1 million.

JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC, and Toyota Companies

• JM Family Enterprises, Inc., its associates and subsidiary Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC, along with Toyota Companies have donated over a million dollars to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in support of the relief efforts in Florida, Alabama and other states impacted by Hurricanes Jeanne, Ivan, Frances and Charley. The funds will provide food, water, shelter, counseling and other essential items to families left devastated by the recent storms.

Johnson & Johnson

• Johnson & Johnson has donated more than $2 million dollars for hurricane relief, and conducted an employee campaign that has contributed more than $45,000.
• Additionally, Johnson & Johnson generously provided over 187,000 toothbrushes that were used in American Red Cross comfort kits and the Red Cross distributed over 140,000 comfort kits to victims of the 2004 hurricanes. 

The Kresge Foundation

• The Kresge Foundation, a longtime supporter of the American Red Cross and its local chapters, is an independent, private foundation, created in 1924 by Sebastian S. Kresge "to promote the well-being of mankind." Through its grant making programs, The Kresge Foundation seeks to strengthen the capacity of charitable organizations like the Red Cross to provide effective programs of quality.

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

• In response to the recent hurricanes, Lowe's and the American Red Cross are working together to help communities recover with on-the-ground support by providing financial and in-kind contributions.
• By activating Lowe's in-store customer donation program, Lowe's is acting as an official Red Cross donation site asking their customers to support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. All Eastern Seaboard and Gulf coast Lowe's stores, as well as online at www.lowes.com will be collecting cash contributions and Lowe's will match customer donations dollar-for-dollar, up to $1 million dollars.

Qwest

• Through generous philanthropy, Qwest, a national voice, video and data services provider, has helped launch the American Red Cross first chapter pilot disaster emergency communication response center in the Denver Mile High Chapter. The call center handled 20% of the emergency calls from the recent four hurricanes in Florida.

Rich & Helen DeVos Foundation & Orlando Magic

State Farm®

• With a relationship dating back to after World War II, State Farm – through corporate contributions, agent and employee matching gift programs, and agents and employees who donate their time as volunteers and give blood – is a long-term, premier partner to the American Red Cross.
• As a member of the Annual Disaster Giving Program, State Farm contributes $2 million over a four-year period to help provide a stable base of funding for response to thousands of disasters nationwide each year.

Wal-Mart/SAM'S CLUB Foundation

• Wal-Mart foundation and stores have been consistent supporters of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund since 1991, averaging $200,000 to $500,000 annually. This $1 million dollar gift is their largest ever single gift to the American Red Cross.

Winn Dixie Stores

• Along with a $55,000 gift to victims of Hurricane Charley, Winn Dixie provided warehouse space for vital supplies during American Red Cross disaster relief.

Albertson's, Inc.

• Albertsons is a long time supporter of the American Red Cross, providing support with financial gifts, in-kind donations and customer outreach.
• Through corporate gifts and serving as a cash donation site for their customers, Albertsons contributed more than $576,000 to support the 2004 American Red Cross Hurricane relief efforts.

Altria Group, Inc.
Kraft Foods
Philip Morris USA

• Since their first humanitarian aid grant to the American Red Cross in 1960 to help victims of an earthquake in Chile, the Altria family of companies has provided millions of dollars in cash as well as in-kind and employee volunteer support to victims and communities affected by disasters.
• With $450,000 worth of snacks and beverages and cash support of $250,000, Altria Group, Inc. to include Kraft Foods and Philip Morris USA has provided $700,000 worth of disaster relief assistance to the American Red Cross for the hurricane relief efforts.

Andersen Foundation

Bank of America Foundation

• For the second year the Bank of America Foundation has supported the Disaster Relief Fund at the $500,000 level. In addition, Bank of America instituted a customer donation program to support the victims of the 2004 hurricane season.

Best Buy Children's Foundation

• Best Buy and the Best Buy Children’s Foundation provided the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund with a $500,000 gift to support the efforts of the 2004 Hurricane relief efforts and the 70,000 disasters Red Cross responds to annually.
• Best Buy’s 600 stores nationwide also serve as official donation sites for the Red Cross, which provides a convenient way for customers and employees to donate to the Disaster Relief Fund and participate in the response efforts.

Carnival Cruise Lines

The Case Foundation

DisneyHand, Worldwide Outreach
for The Walt Disney Company

• Walt Disney World's “Salute to Central Florida Hurricane Heroes” provided complimentary five-day theme park passes to Red Cross hurricane volunteers in Central Florida.
• More than 30,000 plush Mickey Mouse toys donated by DisneyHand, worldwide outreach for The Walt Disney Company, were given to children and families to provide comfort in the aftermath of the hurricanes.
• DisneyHand donated $50,000 to the Red Cross to support Florida hurricane relief efforts.  And, with the help of DisneyHand, Disney Cruise Line donated $25,000 to American Red Cross hurricane response in the Bahamas and Cayman Islands.

FedEx

Ford Foundation

FPL Group, Inc

General Motors

Harman Management (A Franchise of KFC)

Office Depot

• In addition to a $500,000 Disaster Relief Fund gift in response to Hurricane Charley, the Office Depot also gave essential school supplies like copy paper, children's art supplies, teacher materials and 5,000 backpacks for disaster victims.
• A senior member of Office Depot's management volunteered for two days in Ft Myer's Florida by assisting with damage assessment and serving meals from Emergency Response Vehicles.
  

The Pew Charitable Trusts

• A supporter of the American Red Cross since 1948, The Pew Charitable Trusts serves the public interest by providing information, policy solutions and support for civic life. Based in Philadelphia , with an office in Washington, D.C., the Trusts makes investments to provide organizations and citizens with fact-based research and practical solutions for challenging issues.

Progress Energy

• A longtime supporter of local Chapters and the Disaster Relief Fund, Progress Energy is committed to improving the customers, employees and communities they serve.
• Progress Energy has inspired Americans to donate millions of dollars to the Disaster Relief Fund by placing matching gift coupons in newspapers throughout their communities immediately following disasters.

The Procter & Gamble Company

• Procter & Gamble has been a regular contributor of financial and in-kind support to the American Red Cross since 1985.
• Most recently, Procter & Gamble donated $125,000 to the Disaster Relief Fund, as well as a large amount of in-kind donations that reduced our costs and allowed us to provide greater services to our disaster clients.  These donations included snacks, paper products, consumer health care items, and personal care items.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• Established in 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care in the United States. 
• They have been regular contributors to the American Red Cross for more than 20 years, supporting everything from mental health counseling after disasters to elder assistance programs in communities across the country.

Target Corporation

• For over a decade, Target has been a committed partner in the disaster relief efforts of the American Red Cross, speeding the recovery of affected communities through generous corporate gifts, in-kind donations, and membership in the Annual Disaster Giving Program.
• Most recently, Target donated $755,000 to help the communities devastated by Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.

Schering-Plough

• Schering-Plough Corporation, a supporter of the American Red Cross at the chapter level and nationally, generously donated approximately 95,000 units of sunscreen for use by Red Cross disaster clients affected by Hurricanes Charlie, Frances, and Ivan. 

Vision Service Plan

• VSP is America 's leading provider of eye care wellness benefits.
• In addition to making donations to the Red Cross, VSP's Sight for Students Program provides free eye exams and eye glasses, when prescribed, to more than 50,000 low-income/uninsured children across the nation each year.

3M Company

Aerobed

AMC Theatres

Archer Daniels Midland Company

Adobe Systems Incorporated

AT&T Wireless

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

The Cannon Foundation, Inc.

Cargill

Clear Channel Communications

Computer Associates

Costco Wholesale

Delta Air Lines, Inc

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Ford Motor Company Fund

Freddie Mac

Fulbright & Jaworski Foundation

Gannett Foundation

Georgia Pacific, Corp.

Holiday Retirement Corporation*

The Humana Foundation

HSBC-North America

JCPenney

Lehman Brothers

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Tim McGraw

McGregor Fund

MTV

Nissan North America, Inc

PepsiCo Foundation

Philosophy

Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Pulte Homes

SouthTrust

Sprint Corporation

Trinity Broadcasting

Valero Energy Corporation

Wachovia

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Washington Mutual*

Wells Fargo Foundation

Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation

Wrigley Company