Below is a partial list of the 65 Top Corporate Philanthropists in the Greater Bay Area published by The San Francisco Business Times in the "Corporate Philanthropy 2006" supplement to its July 21-27, 2006 issue. The rankings were based on total cash contributions paid to Bay Area-based charitable organizations in 2005.
1. Wells Fargo & Co.
2. Intel Corp.
3. Bank of America Corp.
4. Chevron Corp.
5. Applied Materials Inc.
6. PG&E Corp.
7. Citigroup Inc.
8. Washington Mututal Inc.
9. AT&T Corp.
10. The Clorox Co.
11. Union Bank of California
12. Genentech Inc.
13. Microsoft Corp.
14. Hewlett-Packard Co.
15. Sobrato Development Cos.
16. McKesson Corp.
17. Gap Inc.
18. Cisco Systems Inc.
19. eBay Inc.
20. Greater Bay Bancorp.
The San Francisco Business Times reported that the 65 corporate philanthropists on its list gave a total of $107 million in cash contributions in 2005, a record amount. The top five contributed $45 million.
Here's the list from the San Francisco Business Times' 2009 Corporate Philanthropy Summit and Awards: http://is.gd/4KlEi. Top 5 spots go to AT&T, Wells Fargo, Chevron, Bank of America, and Safeway.
Posted by: Gene Takagi | November 01, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Very interesting. I never knew Wells Fargo was such a charitable business entity. Perhaps that's one of the reasons they've survived while other banks have not?
-Marcus
Posted by: Business consultants | October 28, 2009 at 02:33 PM