Unlike political contributions, contributions to charities from individuals and businesses are confidential.
Detailed information is available when a charity or donor (individual or corporation) responds to a survey or
publicizes their gifts. There are very rough estimates available at a national level for total corporate giving.
Below are some potential sources for corporate giving:
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
http://www.corporatephilanthropy.org/
Its 2006 survey reported in "Giving in Numbers: 2007 edition" included only 136 corporations:
http://www.corporatephilanthropy.org/research/index.html
The Conference Board's survey included only 189 corporations in fy 2006:
http://www.conference-board.org/knowledge/knowledgeProd.cfm?id=1419&program=Citizenship%20&%20Sustainability&nav=cc
The American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel provides aggregate information regarding corporate giving on its
website.
http://www.aafrc.org
If a business contributes through a separately incorporated foundation, the foundation will file Form 990-PF and
the scanned image can be found on the NCCS website.
The Foundation Center provides aggregate information regarding corporate foundations on its website.
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/nationaltrends.html
Giving USA also publishes information on corporate giving.
http://www.givingusa.org/
KEYWORDS: CORPORATE GIVING, BUSINESS GIVING, CORPORATE DONATIONS