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You are being invited to participate in this confidential survey on your company’s charitable giving and community investments globally.
This survey seeks to gain a better understanding of corporate philanthropy and community investments in a global context. By completing the survey, you will be providing valuable information on how your company engages in such activities domestically and internationally. Your insights will help improve the practice of corporate philanthropy and maximize its impact globally. There are no right or wrong answers. Please give your honest opinion about each question.
We very much appreciate your time. Your participation in the study is voluntary and confidential. Please be assured that no information shall be presented or published in any way that will allow identification of any individual who responds to this survey or any company that is represented.
The survey was developed by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, a leading academic institution dedicated to increasing the understanding of philanthropy and improving its practice worldwide. Your feedback will be compiled and analyzed by the School.
The survey will take approximately 20 minutes. It consists of five sections: Charitable Giving, International Charitable Giving, Community Investments, Giving to Disasters, and About Your Company. Please allow enough time to provide thoughtful responses to each question. We thank you in advance for taking the time participating in the survey.
Note: You will not be able to change responses once you have proceeded to the next page. Please do NOT use your browser's back button, as it can cause errors. |
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| This section asks questions about your company’s charitable giving both within and outside of the United States. Here, charitable giving refers to charitable donations of cash, products, or services. |
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| * Did your company make any charitable donations in the past fiscal year? |
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| * Does your company have a foundation? |
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| * At your company, which unit(s) usually has a primary role in making decisions for charitable giving? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Through which unit(s) does your company make charitable donations? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * What are the primary areas of your company’s charitable giving? (Please select all that apply.) |
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Organizations that serve a combination of purposes (e.g., United Way, United Jewish Federation, Catholic Charities)
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Education (K-12, public libraries, adult education, and other)
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Human services (e.g., Salvation Army, American Red Cross, agriculture programs, nutrition programs, employment training, homeless shelters, housing development programs, crime prevention, public safety, recreation and sports)
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Disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery
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Environment preservation or animal protection
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Arts, culture, or ethnic awareness
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Public and society benefit (e.g., community improvement, economic development, civil rights, science, social science, technology, public transportation)
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International activities (excluding disaster relief)
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| Listed below are the goals that companies often pursue through corporate giving. Please indicate the level of importance for each goal that your company seeks to achieve through charitable giving.
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| Please rate the influence of the following factors on your company’s funding decisions for charitable giving.
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| Please indicate how closely your company's objectives for charitable giving are aligned with business objectives on the following scale, with 1 being not related at all and 10 being very closely aligned.
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| * What are the most important factors that your company considers when establishing or maintaining a relationship with recipient organizations of your company’s donations? (Please select up to three factors.) |
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| What type(s) of charitable support does your company provide? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Does your company track charitable giving separately from other types of community investments (e.g., sponsorships, volunteerism, strategic investments, cause-related marketing)? |
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For the most recently completed fiscal year, approximately how much (in U.S. dollars) did your company donate in total to nonprofit organizations?
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Please do NOT include funds or the value of hours contributed by employees.
Please enter numeric values only. If you don’t know the total amount, please leave the text box blank. |
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Then, approximately how much did your company donate in the following ways, respectively, during the most recently completed fiscal year?
Notes:
Please do NOT include funds or the value of hours contributed by employees.
Please enter numeric values only. If your company did not make charitable donations in any of these ways, please enter 0 in the corresponding text box.
If you don’t know any of these, please leave the corresponding text box blank.
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| Donations of cash (from the company) | | |
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| Donations of cash (from the foundation) | | |
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| Non-cash (e.g., products, services) | | |
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| Other/Breakdown not available | | |
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For the most recently completed fiscal year, approximately how much (in U.S. dollars) did your company spend in total on charitable donations and other types of community investments?
Notes:
Please do NOT include funds or the value of hours contributed by employees.
Please enter numeric values only. If you don’t know the total amount, please leave the text box blank. |
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Then, approximately how much did your company spend on charitable donations and other types of community investments in the following ways, respectively, during the most recently completed fiscal year?
Notes:
Please do NOT include funds or the value of hours contributed by employees.
Please enter numeric values only. If your company did not make charitable donations in any of these ways, please enter 0 in the corresponding text box.
If you don’t know any of these, please leave the corresponding text box blank.
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| Donations of cash (from the company) | | |
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| Donations of cash (from the foundation) | | |
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| Non-cash (e.g., products, services) | | |
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| Other/Breakdown not available | | |
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| * What obstacles does your company face in participating in charitable initiatives? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| International Charitable Giving |
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| This section asks about your company’s charitable donations made to support international initiatives in particular. This refers to donations made through a U.S.-based nonprofit organization or directly to a foreign recipient organization that is the equivalent of a U.S. nonprofit organization. |
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| * Did your company make charitable donations to support international initiatives in the past fiscal year? |
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| * How does your company make charitable donations to support international initiatives? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * To which geographic area(s) (referring to the location of end recipient organizations) does your company make charitable donations outside of the United States? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * During the most recently completed fiscal year, approximately what percentage of your company's charitable donations supported international initiatives? |
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| During the most recently completed fiscal year, approximately what percentage of your company’s international charitable giving went to end recipient organizations in developing countries? |
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| * At your company, which unit(s) usually has a primary role in making decisions for international charitable giving? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Which of the following factors concerning a host country influence your company’s charitable giving in that country? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * How did the dollar amount of your company’s international charitable giving change from the previous fiscal year? |
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| What contributed to the increase in your company’s international charitable giving over the past fiscal year? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| What contributed to the decrease in your company’s international charitable giving over the past fiscal year? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| How is your company planning to change the budget size for international charitable donations during the next fiscal year? |
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| How is your company planning to change the geographic focus of your company’s international charitable donations during the next fiscal year? |
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| Which of the following resources would most benefit your company’s international charitable giving programs? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| This section asks about your company’s other types of community investment initiatives besides charitable donations both within and outside of the United States. These may include sponsorships, volunteerism, cause-related marketing, strategic investments, and other investments to address social needs in communities. Therefore, in this section, please do NOT include information about charitable donations in your answer. |
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| * Did your company make other types of community investments besides charitable donations in the past fiscal year? |
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| * Which of the following types of community investments does your company engage in? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Through which unit(s) does your company make community investments (excluding charitable donations)? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Did your company make other types of community investments to support international initiatives in the past fiscal year? |
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| * Which of the following types of community investments does your company engage in internationally? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| What types of international employee-volunteer programs does your company offer? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Does your company plan to start new community investing programs within the next three fiscal years? |
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| This section contains several questions about charitable donations that your company made to support domestic and overseas disaster relief efforts. |
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| * Did your company make charitable donations to any of the following domestic or overseas disasters? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Among the following different types of charitable donations, which type did your company make primarily for disaster relief and recovery in the past? |
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| * Does your company have policies in place regarding how to respond to disasters? |
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| * What are the most important factors that influence your company’s funding decisions when responding to a disaster? (Please select up to three factors.) |
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| Does your company have a contingency fund budget for future disasters? |
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Notes:
Please enter numeric values only. If you don’t know the amount, please leave the text box blank.
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| This section contains several questions about your company’s basic information. As with all aspects of this survey, all responses are completely confidential. No information shall be presented or published in any way that will allow identification of any individual who responds to this survey. |
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| * In which of the following geographic area(s) does your company operate? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| * Which form(s) of business operations does your company have in countries outside of the United States? (Please select all that apply.) |
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| During the most recently completed fiscal year, approximately what percentage of your company’s total pre-tax profit came from the United States: |
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| Which department/office do you work for within your company? | | |
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| Which of the following best describes your current position at your company? |
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