General Questions and DEI

The following questions are being asked by MCF's corporate giving members. Your answers will inform their work. This peer-to-peer benchmarking survey is offered as a service of MCF. We will offer another survey in 6-months to allow you to seek peer input in the future.

Thanks for sharing your responses. (Survey closes COB Friday, Oct 1.)

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* 1. What's the name of your company?

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* 2. Survey results will be shared with MCF members. May we share the name of your company within the survey results?

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* 3. If you're willing to be contacted by your peers about this information, please complete the following.

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* 4. What approximate percentage of the corporate operating profit (pretax profit) is budgeted for charitable giving programs?

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* 5. Is corporate operating profit the benchmark your company uses to set the budget for charitable giving?

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* 6. Which vehicles does your company use for charitable giving? (check all that apply)

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* 7. Based on your answer to Q6, above, approximately what percent of charitable giving occurs through each vehicle? (Total should be 100%.)

  0% Less than 10% 10-24% 25-49% 50-74% 75-99% 100%
Foundation Grants
Corporate Giving Grants
Employee Match Program
Employee Volunteer Program
Pro Bono Services
Product Donations
Sponsorships and Events
Loans or Impact Investments
Other

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* 8. What’s your average grant size or average range of your grants?

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* 9. Who is involved in your grant review and grantmaking decisions? (check all that apply)

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* 10. What’s the relationship between DEI and philanthropy in your company? (For example: Does one report to the other? Are they both housed within the same department? If separate, how do they interact?)

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* 11. What DEI metrics are you tracking?

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* 12. What percent of your total giving specifically supports racial equity efforts?

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* 13. How is DEI embedded into your grantmaking practice?

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* 14. How many employees are dedicated to corporate giving/community relations (outside of any foundation staff)? (total FTE)

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* 15. Does your company have a foundation?

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