Companies Pledge Millions for Hurricane Katrina Relief

Sept. 1, 2005 — -- Several corporations are pledging financial support toward the Hurricane Katrina relief and rebuilding efforts, in light of the widespread devastation left in the storm's wake. The following is a breakdown of the donations:

3M: $500,000, donation of respirators, medical safety and cleaning products, insect repellent.

Abbott Laboratories: $2 million, plus at least $2 million in nutritional and medical products.

Alcoa Inc.: $220,000.

Altria Group Inc.: $500,000.

Amerada Hess Corp.: $1 million.

American Express Inc: $1 million.

American International Group Inc.: $1 million.

Amgen: $2.5 million.

Anheuser-Busch: $250,000, plus more than 825,000 cans of water.

BellSouth: Will match employee and retiree contributions up to $1 million.

BP Amoco PLC: $1 million to the American Red Cross and an employee matching program, which matches contributions greater than $25 until the end of September.

Boeing Co. $1 million.

Capital One: $1 million.

Chevron Corporation: $3 million contribution to the American Red Cross and $2 million to local charities and relief efforts.

Citigroup: $3 million.

Coca-Cola Co.: $5 million.

Culligan International: Five truckloads of water to residents of Alabama and Mississippi.

CVS/Pharmacy: $250,000, plus $250,000 donation of food, water and personal care items.

Dow Chemical: $3 million.

El Du Pont de Nemours & Co.: $1 million.

Eli Lilly & Co.: At least $1 million to the American Red Cross, and plans to send 40,000 vials of insulin to patients in the Southeast.

Exxon Mobil Corp.: $7 million.

Freddie Mac: $50,000.

General Electric Co.: $1 million. Gave $500,000 to Red Cross earlier this year for general disaster assistance. Will also match employee contributions, which is at least $150,000. NBC, a GE company, also is hosting a disaster relief telethon. Has also offered assistance to FEMA and the Red Cross in the form of equipment and other resources.

General Motors Corp.: $400,000. Also, 25 cars and trucks to the American Red Cross.

Hewlett-Packard Co.: $2 million.

The Home Depot and the Home Depot Foundation: $1.5 million to relief and rebuilding efforts.

Honeywell: $500,000.

Intel: $1 million.

J.P. Morgan Chase Co.: $3 million.

Johnson & Johnson: $5 million, plus $250,000 worth of kits containing toothbrushes, soap and shampoo, plus pallets of pain relievers and wound care supplies.

Kellogg Co.: Seven truckloads of crackers and cookies.

Lowe's: $1 million.

McDonald's $2 million.

Merck Co. Inc.: $1 million. Will send antibiotics and hepatitis A vaccines, and also match employee contributions beginning Sept. 6.

Merrill Lynch: $1 million.

Morgan Stanley: Matching employee contributions up to $500,000.

Nissan North America: Fifty trucks to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

Office Depot: $1 million to the American Red Cross, plus the contents of five New Orleans stores, valued at up to $4 million, to the local relief effort.

Oracle: Matching employee contributions.

Pfizer Inc.: $2 million. May also donate expertise of medical professionals and supplies once assessment is complete.

Procter & Gamble: $700,000.

Qwest Communications International: $230,000 to American Red Cross to help train responders, plus 2,000 long-distance calling cards.

SBC Communications: $1 million plus $4 million toward landline phones and computer centers for evacuees in Texas.

Sprint Nextel Corp.: Three-thousand walkie-talkie-type phones for emergency personnel.

State Farm Insurance: $1 million.

Target: $1.5 million.

Time Warner: $1.25 million.

Turner Broadcasting: $250,000.

Toyota: $5 million.

Turner Foundation: $1 million.

United Tech: $1 million to the American Red Cross and an employee matching program, which matches contributions greater than $25 until the end of September.

Valero: $1 million. Also donating fuel trucks, food, supplies, etc.

Verizon Communications: Company will donate double the amount employees contribute to the Red Cross.

Wal-Mart: $1 million to the Salvation Army.

The Walt Disney Company: (ABC News' parent company): $2.5 million to the relief and rebuilding efforts -- $1 million to the American Red Cross, $1 million to rebuilding efforts targeted at children's charities and the remaining $500,000 to volunteer centers.

Wyeth: Will donate antibiotics and nonprescription pain relievers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.