Discover 20+ Top Companies That Donate to Nonprofits

Corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are easy ways for nonprofits to earn more revenue, but many charitable organizations are unaware of just how many corporate giving opportunities are available to them.

To help your nonprofit understand the scope of corporate donations, this guide will take a look at over 20 top companies that donate to nonprofits.

What are Corporate Donations?

Corporate donations are charitable contributions made by companies. Often these gifts are monetary, but they can take several forms, including:

In-kind donations. Rather than donating funds for your nonprofit to spend on supplies, companies sometimes give nonprofits their products or services for free or at discounted rates. This could be a grocery store donating food to a food bank or a software company letting nonprofits use their products for free.
Matching gifts. Many companies participate in philanthropy because they want to improve their reputation with customers and employees. Matching gifts allow employees to take a more active role in the corporate donation process by having them donate first. Then, their employer matches their gifts.
Volunteer grants. Similar to matching gifts, volunteer grants are donations companies make to nonprofits where their employees volunteer. These provide nonprofits with more volunteers and revenue at the same time.

In addition to these, monetary donations also come in several forms, from sponsorships to grants to scholarships and more!

Top Companies That Donate to Nonprofits

Check out the following particularly generous companies! These examples of corporate social responsibility stand out as leaders in philanthropy, demonstrating a deep commitment to supporting nonprofits and making a positive impact on society.

1. Google

Google needs little introduction, but its various philanthropy programs might. For instance, Google offers nonprofits the Google for Nonprofits program. Through this initiative, nonprofits can receive free access to Google Workspace applications like Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Meet, Google Sheets, and more. Additionally, they can secure free advertising opportunities through the Google Ad Grants program.

Plus, Google also offers employees a generous matching gifts program. Google matches individual employee donations up to $10,000 per year. Plus, along with personal donations, Google also matches funding supporters raise on behalf of nonprofits, such as through a pledge drive or peer-to-peer campaign.

2. Ben & Jerry’s

Ben & Jerry’s, famous for their ice cream, supports nonprofit causes through the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation.

Specifically, Ben & Jerry’s offers two grant programs: one for their home state of Vermont and one for the rest of the United States and its territories. These grant programs are meant to help grassroots advocacy organizations seeking social and economic justice, especially for those who have been historically disempowered.

The national grant offering provides winners with two years of unrestricted funding, broken up into two annual payments of $30,000. However, there are restrictions on this program, such as applicants needing to have budgets under $350,000 and a cause related to advocacy.

3. Bombas

Shirts, socks, and underwear are the top three most requested clothing items at homeless shelters, and clothing company, Bombas, helps provide these items by donating one item for every item purchased.

As a result, they’ve donated over 100 million items since the program’s beginning.

After a purchase, Bombas makes a note of it and allocates 12 months from the time of the purchase to finalize the donation. This may seem like a long timeframe, but it allows Bombas to get in touch with their nonprofit partners to assess their needs and provide the organizations in need with the clothing items they need.

4. Patagonia

Clothing brand Patagonia provides outdoor gear to customers and is invested in protecting the outdoors through its 1% for the Planet program. Through this initiative, Patagonia has donated 1% of its sales to domestic and international environmental groups. Since the start of this program in 1985, Patagonia has donated over $140 million in the name of environmental protection.

Additionally, Patagonia hosts support pages for a variety of other environment-related causes on the activism page of its website and on Patagonia Action Works. This site lets visitors enter their location and get connected with ongoing environmental campaigns in that area. This means along with donating, Patagonia encourages their customers to take action by signing petitions, volunteering, and donating themselves to drive collective action.

5. Microsoft

Matching gift programs enable companies to give to a wide range of nonprofits, as demonstrated by Microsoft’s matching gift program leading to a donation total of over $250 million to over 35,000 nonprofits.

Microsoft also has a generous volunteer grant with no minimum hour requirement. This means employees can earn $25 for the nonprofits they care about after volunteering for just one hour. Thanks to this generosity, Microsoft employees have collectively volunteered for more than one million hours since the program’s founding.

6. Salesforce

Constituent Relationship Management systems (CRMs) are core parts of most nonprofits’ technology ecosystems. However, these systems can be expensive, especially for organizations with growing and extensive data needs.

Fortunately, Salesforce, one of the top CRM providers for nonprofits and businesses alike, offers the Power of Us Program. This program provides free and discounted licenses of Salesforce’s tools to nonprofits and educational institutions.

The program is open to most registered nonprofits including organizations that specialize in:

Religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational
Socially benefiting or social welfare
Arts, culture, and/or heritage
Humanitarian
Nonprofit providers of the following social services:
- Retirement Care
- Hospice
- Mental Health Treatment
- Community Health Services (Outpatient Only)
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Blood & Organ Transplant Banks
- Developmental Services Disability Services
- Reproductive Health Services
Nonprofit foundations or fundraising organizations, including hospital foundations
Community Development Financial Institutions registered as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4)

Additionally, higher education institutions, K-12 organizations, and fiscally sponsored nonprofits are eligible. For more information, check out their complete eligibility guidelines.

7. LEGO

The LEGO Foundation believes that play teaches essential life skills and can lead to lifelong well-being. The foundation asserts that all children have a right to play. As such, they provide free educational courses, resources, and funding to programs dedicated to helping children play in new and creative ways.

They support nonprofits focused on childhood development and play in:

Denmark and Greenland
Mexico
Kenya
South Africa
Ukraine
USA
Vietnam

Additionally, the LEGO Foundation conducts its own research into childhood development related to play to better understand how play helps children develop future skills and what parents, schools, and child development services can do to help children play.

8. Allstate

The Allstate Foundation is the charitable arm of the insurance company Allstate, and it works to support nonprofits with missions in the following focus areas:

Racial equity by investing in nonprofits that provide development services and social entrepreneurs who work to implement workplace development strategies that advance equity.
Youth skills development by working with partner organizations to create programs that let youths impact their communities.
Domestic abuse by collaborating with nonprofit partners to expand their support capacity and raise awareness about the signs of abuse.
Nonprofit development by offering free online courses that nonprofit professionals can take to improve their skills related to management, board governance, fundraising, and more.

Plus, Allstate also has a branch of their foundation dedicated to sustainability. This takes the form of investing in sustainable agriculture in California.

9. Toast

Toast is a point-of-sale provider for restaurants, and its philanthropic arm, Toast.org is dedicated to fighting food insecurity and waste. Toast also helps local communities through its matching gifts and volunteer grant programs. Toast summarizes its goal as:

Our purpose is to enrich the food experience for all and create a healthier, more sustainable, and equitable world.

Similar to Patagonia, Toast also donates 1% of its equity to provide grants to nonprofits with missions that align with Toast’s philanthropic goals, such as the Food Recovery Network, Food for Climate League, and GreenWave.

10. Uncommon Goods

Uncommon Goods sells miscellaneous items that often make good gifts for birthdays and holidays, such as engraved plates and mugs, garden decorations, and custom puzzles.

As an independently owned business, Uncommon Goods supports a handful of nonprofits it believes in strongly through the Better to Give program. Whenever a customer makes a purchase, Uncommon Goods donates a dollar to one of their nonprofit partners, resulting in over $3 million given to charity so far.

While Uncommon Goods only gives to a select number of charities, nonprofits with missions that align with Uncommon Goods’ philanthropic goals can reach out to their team for consideration.

11. NVIDIA

NVIDIA has been in the news lately for its work in artificial intelligence, but in the world of philanthropy, NVIDIA has long since empowered its employees to take action by offering:

Matching gifts. NVIDIA employees can have all their donations up to $10,000 matched per year.
Skilled volunteer opportunities. NVIDIA connects employees with volunteer opportunities where they can make use of their skills, such as youth mentoring, consulting, and AI education.
New hire grants. New NVIDIA employees receive $25 to donate to the charity of their choice as part of their welcome package.

Plus, NVIDIA also encourages employees in their offices around the world to launch fundraising and volunteer events that service local communities.

12. Crayola

School supplies giant Caryola has a mission of helping “parents and educators raise creatively alive children.” To fulfill this goal, Crayola has its philanthropic branch, Crayola Cares.

This program supports nonprofits and schools located around Crayola’s headquarters in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, although they do offer some support to charitable organizations in other parts of the U.S. as individual Crayola locations are encouraged to organize activities for their local communities.

Through Crayola Cares, Crayola provides grant funding for K-8 schools and nonprofits that focus on the arts and childhood development. These grants are meant to power specific programs and are often product-match grants, meaning that funds spent on Crayola products will go twice as far.

13. DICK’S Sporting Goods

Some businesses provide sponsorships to nonprofits that have philanthropic missions that align with the company’s. For example, DICK’S Sporting Goods accepts and reviews sponsorship requests from sports-related organizations, including leagues, teams, athletes, and outdoor enthusiasts.

To apply for a sponsorship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

Be a youth sports league or organization.
Be for a community that has a DICK’S Sporting Goods store.
Must not be a religious or political organization or from a DICK’S Sporting Goods employee or their family members.
The sponsorship request must be under $25,000.
The request must be directly related to a sport. The full list of acceptable sports can be found on DICK’S Sporting Goods’ website.
Applicants must agree to comply with the DICK’S Sporting Goods anti-discrimination policy.

Additionally, DICK’S Sporting Goods accepts applications for donations of sporting goods. These awards usually take the form of vouchers or coupons that can be redeemed at local DICK’S Sporting Goods stores.

14. The Home Depot

The Home Depot Foundation has a variety of philanthropic goals and “works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap and support communities impacted by natural disasters.”

As part of its mission to help veterans, Home Depot provides nonprofits with major grants, usually totaling between $100,000 to $500,000, to help these organizations create and upkeep veteran housing. Between this grant program and other corporate donations, Home Depot has given over $500 million to veteran-related causes.

15. Target

For multi-national corporations, it often makes sense to have numerous corporate donation programs that operate in various regions.

For instance, the Target Foundation has grant programs for nonprofits based in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the greater state of Minnesota. This program is known as the Target Foundation hometown program. This grant is meant to help nonprofits that provide underrepresented communities with housing, workforce skill training, and economic development.

Target also has similar grant programs at the national and global levels, but these programs are invitation-only. While your nonprofit cannot apply for these grants, you can set yourself up to get noticed by applying for and winning other corporate grants, building relationships with corporate decision-makers, and continuing to fulfill your mission.

16. Nordstrom

Nordstrom engages in several types of corporate social responsibility, but when it comes to corporate donations, nonprofits should look to their grant program. Every year, Nordstrom awards over $2 million in grants to nonprofits in the following fields:

Education, including nonprofits focused on literacy, early childhood development, and preparing students for high school and post-graduation life
Health Care, including nonprofits focused on preventative care and supportive health services, such as assisting families with children that require long-term care
Human Services, including nonprofits that focus on providing children and families with food, shelter, and safety

Individual Nordstrom grants are between $5,000 and $20,000, and while Nordstrom does survey recipients after awarding funds, submitting a grant report is optional. This means Nordstrom trusts grantees and wants them to focus on completing their missions rather than paperwork.

17. Macy’s

Macy’s has a 160-year history of corporate citizenship. As such, Macy’s regularly schedules events and activities to celebrate ongoing social and cultural movements, such as funding Asian American and Pacific Islander-related causes during AAPI Heritage Month.

Additionally, Macy’s Future of Style Fund is a new program dedicated to powering nonprofit causes that provide underrepresented youth with mentorship opportunities, learning experiences, and other resources that will improve their economic well-being.

Plus, Macy’s also focuses on youth mental and emotional health, building corporate partnerships with the following mental health-related organizations in 2022:

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
The Jed Foundation
Active Minds
Bring Change 2 Mind
The Steve Fund
The Mental Health Coalition
On Our Sleeves
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network

Outside of official sponsorships, Macy’s also cultivates a generous workforce with employees donating over $3 million to more than 6,000 charitable organizations since 2022.

18. Whole Foods

Whole Foods aims to support the communities where its stores operate through its community giving program. Through these programs, Whole Foods provides both monetary support and in-kind donations to nonprofits in need.

Monetary grants can be applied for through Whole Foods’ website, while nonprofits seeking in-kind donations of food can reach out to their local stores. This arrangement allows individual Whole Foods locations to assess community needs and deliver products directly to the nonprofits that request them.

19. Nike

Shoe brand Nike gives to nonprofits that share the company’s philanthropic mission:

We invest in more equal, inclusive and active communities to help create a future where everyone can thrive. We work with more than 200 organizations around the world dedicated to leveling the playing field and addressing inequality.

Nike supports nonprofits that promote racial equality and focus on intersectionality. For example, as part of a partnership with Jordan Brand and Michael Jordan, Nike plans to donate $40 million to nonprofits dedicated to creating a just and equitable society for Black Americans.

20. Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a global corporation, and the Coca-Cola Foundation has given more than $1.5 billion in grant funding to nonprofits all over the world. Currently, the Coca-Cola Foundation’s focus areas include:

Sustainable access to water. Two billion people lack access to clean drinking water, and the Coca-Cola Foundation funds nonprofits researching innovative ways to safely filter and deliver drinking water.
A circular economy. A circular economy means a circular cycle for production where plastic used in products is recycled rather than thrown into the ocean. Focusing on recycling and reuse reduces the amount of plastic produced and improperly disposed.
Climate resilience and disaster preparedness and response. With the amount and intensity of natural disasters on the rise, Coca-Cola provides nonprofits with resources to provide immediate relief to vulnerable communities in the event of disaster.
Economic empowerment. To empower communities around the world, the Coca-Cola Foundation powers nonprofits that focus on education, workforce development, and entrepreneurship opportunities.

Additionally, like most global corporations, Coca-Cola also has special funding opportunities reserved for its local community. In this case, Coca-Cola supports social and economic programs in its hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.

21. Deloitte

When it comes to matching gift programs, leading financial institution Deloitte is hard to beat. Along with matching up to $32,000 per employee per year, both full-time Deloitte employees and retirees are eligible to get their donations matched.

But where Deloitte really shines is its simplified matching gift process. Deloitte’s CSR software makes use of matching gift auto-submission technology. Some CSR platforms have partnerships with matching gift database providers (like Double the Donation!). By connecting their CSR software to leading matching gift software, employee donors who give to nonprofits that use 360MatchPro have the opportunity to have their matching gift request submitted for them.

This means Deloitte employees just need to fill out their initial donation form, hit a checkbox opting into auto-submission, and the matching gift process is completed for them. This dramatically streamlines the requesting process, increasing the total number of match requests and matched gifts.

To learn more about matching gift auto-submission, check out this video from our team at Double the Donation:

More Corporate Giving Resources

There are many companies that donate to nonprofits, and the first step to becoming a nonprofit that receives corporate support is to seek out these organizations. Research local businesses near you to discover if they offer corporate giving programs and how your nonprofit can apply to receive corporate donations.

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