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September 11, 2001—The Response

Raising Millions of Dollars in Support

AT&T Foundation
The AT&T Foundation will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts in New York City and Washington, DC.  AT&T has committed up to an additional $300,000 in funds to match employee donations to the relief efforts. The company will also donate $10 million in AT&T long distance calling cards for use by relief workers in the two cities, and will provide free long distance service from all payphones in the affected areas of New York City for the duration of the emergency.

AssetStream Corporation
AssetStream Corporation is offering free use of its online tool to support disaster relief efforts.  The company will waive all fees through December 1, 2001 to allow donations of stock to make an immediate difference in the wake of this national tragedy. AssetStream is working with participating brokers to waive brokerage fees as well.

The Bush Foundation
The Bush Foundation has contributed $25,000 to the September 11th Fund.

Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York will donate $10 million to city relief efforts. The Corporation intends to work with a number of organizations that are responding to the needs of those whose lives were disrupted by the terrorism that rocked New York City on September 11th. In keeping with its mission, the Corporation expects to support institutions and organizations that offer assistance to or work in the area of educational and social needs.

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
The board of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation approved a $500,000 grant to The September 11th Fund that is being administered by United Way and the New York Community Trust.

Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems has made a $6 million donation to key relief and support organizations serving New York City and Washington, DC.  The company has partnered with the American Red Cross, the City of New York, and other organizations to help provide support. The Cisco Foundation is matching employee donations to key relief organizations and funds. Employees are organizing blood drives throughout the country.

The Citigroup Foundation
The Citigroup Foundation is showing its support for the families of victims of the September 11th disasters. In addition to the Citigroup Foundation's initial $15 million contribution to the Fund, employees contributed more than $200,000 in the first week alone.

Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola Foundation, and its bottling partners have committed $12 million to be divided between the American Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund and local funds in New York and Washington providing support to essential humanitarian needs.

Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and $100,000 to the September 11th Fund.  The corporation will has also offered a dollar-for-dollar match for worldwide employees and retirees who donate gifts to the Red Cross and September 11th Fund.

GE Fund
The GE Fund has contributed $10 million to the Twin Towers Fund for the families of the firefighters, police officers and other rescue workers who lost their lives while responding to the World Trade Center disaster. The GE Fund will also match (on a one to one basis) GE employee and retiree gifts to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund—gifts totaling more than $1.3 million so far. In addition, General Electric is contributing medical equipment, portable generators, refrigerators (to store medical supplies and food for the volunteers), and other equipment (such as safety glasses) for the relief effort.

General Mills
General Mills is responding with food and immediate financial support. The General Mills Foundation has contributed $100,000 in immediate financial assistance to the American Red Cross, and the company is providing an additional $100,000 in food to emergency and disaster relief workers.

Hasbro Children's Foundation
The September 11th Children's Fund was established with an initial donation of $250,000 from the Hasbro Children's Foundation.

Humanitarian Medical Relief
Humanitarian Medical Relief is collecting facemasks and respirators to send to the disaster sites.

Johnson & Johnson
In addition to its donation of medical supplies to The American Red Cross and other organizations, Johnson & Johnson is providing $1 million to fund corporate matches of employee contributions. The corporation will match contributions at a rate of $2 for $1, up to $5,000 contributed per employee. Another $3 million is being pledged to The September 11th Fund, which will go directly to victims, orphans, widows, and survivors. A special fund of $6 million is being established to support the needs of local organizations with strong community outreach, including Community Health Centers, Mental Health and Counseling Centers, school nurses, and fire, EMT, and emergency squads.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is making an initial grant of $5 million to help families and communities disrupted by the recent violence. One of the Foundation's grantees, Partnership for Caring, has materials on coping with grief on its website. Its project, Finding Our Way, is a 15-week newspaper series being distributed free to newspapers nationwide by the Knight-Ridder Tribune News Service. The Knight-Ridder Tribune News Service has lifted its embargoes so that local newspapers and community organizations can immediately gain access to authoritative articles on unexpected violence and death, coping with death, and living with loss. The Foundation has also released a report on its website: RWJF Responds to the September 11th Tragedy.

Lilly Endowment, Inc.
The Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis has pledged $30 million to assist in relief efforts coordinated by the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and The New York Community Trust and United Way's September 11th Fund.

Merrill Lynch Global Philanthropy
Merrill Lynch is committing $10 million to support disaster relief efforts.  As part of this commitment, the firm will match employee contributions up to $1,500, above and beyond the annual matching gift allocation, through the Merrill Lynch September 11 Special Matching Gift Fund.  In addition, the company is coordinating additional volunteer and fundraising efforts.

MissionFish
MissionFish is still collecting items for use in needed areas or auction for cash to mobilize volunteers and support activities for recovery from September 11th. The National Communities Fund page of their website shows what has been donated so far as a part of this effort. 

National Association of Chain Drug Stores
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, through its 30,000 member pharmacies nationwide, has raised over $5 million.

NEC Corporation and NEC Foundation of America
NEC Corporation will make a $700,000 contribution to the September 11th Fund. NEC Foundation of America will make a $300,000 donation to the “Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund,” managed by the Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of America.

New York Life Foundation
The New York Life Foundation is contributing $3 million to the September 11th Fund.  The Foundation has expanded its matching gift program to match contributions made by New York Life agents, employees, and retirees to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in all sites of the attack, with a promise of no less than $1 million in matching funds.

Nike 
Nike, Inc., has announced that it will provide cash and product to assist in relief efforts. Nike will match the first $50,000 in contributions to the American Red Cross made by employees. A gift of more than $100,000 is anticipated. Nike is also donating product to aid members of the New York Fire Department.

Nokia
Nokia, in close cooperation with the International Youth Foundation, has established a new global fund for the college education needs of children who have lost a parent or parents in the unfortunate tragedies of September 11. With an initial corporate grant of $1 million from Nokia, the fund will provide scholarships to young people affected by the tragedy, irrespective of their nationality. Nokia's intent is to ensure a long-term impact by providing younger generations with the resources they need to succeed. Nokia will reach out to its employees, partners, customers, suppliers, and subcontractors to support the fund with additional monetary donations.

Orange County Community Foundation
A collaboration of United Ways and the Council of Foundations has created a single fund as our collective, national response to the September 11th Crisis. Orange County Community Foundation and Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Orange County have joined forces with Orange County's United Way to support The United Way National Response Fund or the September 11th Fund as it is also known.  One hundred percent of contributions to this fund will be used in response to this crisis to provide immediate support to established emergency assistance agencies, such as the American Red Cross.

Prudential Financial
Prudential made a $5 million dollar commitment to disaster relief following the September 11 tragedy. The American Red Cross was the recipient of $3 million and Prudential has dedicated $2 million to rebuilding efforts. The company has also matched over $700,000 of employee gifts.

Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation has committed $5 million to support nonprofit organizations providing aid and assistance to families and individuals whose lives were disrupted by the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The Foundation's funds will also be allocated to nonprofit organizations providing protection and support to Arab, South Asian, and Muslim communities in New York City.

The Tides Foundation and eGrants
The Tides Foundation and eGrants have created the Tides 9/11 Fund to support both short-term and long-term relief efforts. This Rapid Response Fund supports relief efforts for the working poor affected by the incidents of September 11 as well as peace and justice efforts that focus on the rebuilding of communities and relationships between people of different ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds. To date, more than $250,000 has been contributed to the fund. 

 

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