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Sunday, January 09, 2005

Target: Charitable Donations

Hugh Hewitt has written extensively on Target's decision to banish Salvation Army from their storefronts during Christmas.

To recap, Target says their "attorneys" had advised them to not allow solicitation at their stores, because this would lead to some activities that Target does not desire.....

Many people were outraged at this, and decided not to buy from Target this Christmas season.

Target said that they anticipated this reaction, and planned accordingly.

Did this have any financial impact on Target? According to Hewitt, yes.

Today in my newspaper, The Houston Chronicle, there was a very nice circular that highlights, in a subtle way (as subtle as a full color, tri-fold advertisement will allow you to be), their charitable contributions.

On the front, are nine very nice pictures of people doing variable everyday things over the following caption:


Every day Target gives back
to the community in countless ways.
At every moment
lives are touched.
Possibilities are discovered.
Hope is found.


There's a few people we'd like you to meet.

Inside are pictures highlighting Target's goodness and mercy. I'm sure they are very nice, good corporate neighbors. But you have to ask, why did they feel the need to spend as they did, on such an advertisement to show they are good and kind? I'm sure the Chronicle is not the only newspaper in the nation to have this advertisement.

All this money, all this effort..... they should have cut a check to the Salvation Army (the same size as the what the advert cost) instead of the advert. I think it would have made many of us if not happy, at least OK with Target......


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  • At 6/08/2011 1:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Target give on average over $3 million away every week in charitable donations, over $150 million per year.
    Target Corporation is consistently ranked as one of the most philanthropic companies in the country. It ranked #11 in Fortune Magazine's "Top 20 Most Admired Companies" for 2007, largely in part to the donation efforts of the company as a whole. According to a November 2005 Forbes article, it ranked as the highest cash-giving company in America in percentage of income given (2.1%). Target donates around 5 percent of its pre-tax operating profit; it gives over $3 million a week (up from $2 million in years prior) to the communities in which it operates. It also gives a percentage of charges from its Target Visa to schools designated by the cardholders. To date, Target has given over $150 million to schools across the United States through this program. Target's corporate by-laws state it must give 5 percent of its pre-tax profits to charity.

    Further evidence of Target's philanthropy can be found in the Target House complex in Memphis, Tennessee, a long-term housing solution for families of patients at the city's St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The corporation led the way with more than $27 million in donations, which made available 96 fully furnished apartments for families needing to stay at St. Jude over 90 days.

    Target has a standard no-solicitation rule at its properties, as it seeks to provide a "distraction-free shopping experience for its guests." Exemptions to this policy were previously made for the Salvation Army red kettles and bell-ringers outside Target stores during the holidays through Christmas. In 2004, however, Target asked the organization to explore alternate methods to partner with Target. Target donates to local Salvation Army chapters through its grant program and annually to the United Way of America (the Salvation Army is a member of the United Way coalition).

    In 2005, Target and the Salvation Army[63] created a joint effort called "The Target/Salvation Army Wish List," where online shoppers could donate goods to the organization for Hurricane victims by buying them directly from Target.com between November 25, 2005, and January 25, 2006. In 2006, they created another joint effort called "The Target/Salvation Army Angel Giving Tree,"which is an online version of the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program; in addition to donating proceeds made from the sales of limited edition Harvey Lewis angel ornaments within Target's stores. During the Thanksgiving holiday of 2006, Target and the Salvation Army partnered with magician David Blaine to send several families on a shopping spree the morning of Black Friday. The challenge held that if Blaine could successfully work his way out of a spinning gyroscope by the morning of Black Friday, then several families would receive $500 shopping certificates. The challenge was completed successfully by Blaine.

    During disasters, Target has been a major benefactor for relief efforts. Target provided monetary and product donations during the September 11 attacks; it also donated money for relief efforts for the 2004 tsunami in South Asia and donated $1.5 million (U.S.) to the American Red Cross in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It also allowed its store properties in the affected area to be used as command centers for relief organizations. It also donated supplies such as water and bug spray. Besides these major disasters, Target also regularly lends support to disasters that are not as well known or only affect a regional area.[citation needed]
    Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation

     
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