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Companies Matching Donations

You may be able to double or even triple your contribution to the SETI Institute if you work for a company that matches employee gifts. Following is a list of some companies known to match gifts to the SETI Institute. Companies are listed by city and state where they are headquartered. Also listed is the ratio of matching gifts (e.g., a ratio of 1.00 means that if an employee gives $100 to the SETI Institute, the company will also give $100), the minimum employee gift eligible for a company match, and the maximum amount a company will match during one fiscal year.

If your company is not on the list, your Human Resources or Community Relations office should be able to tell you whether your company matches employee gifts and what its rules are. If you tell us about a matching gift company not on this list, we'll send you a free Drake Equation t-shirt for letting us know!

Companies with hotlinks are those which have provided matching gift support to the SETI Institute. If your company matches your gift to us, we'll provide a hotlink to your corporate web site.

List of Companies Matching Donations

COMPANY NAME CITY STATE RATIO MIN. GIFT MAX. GIFT
Murphy Oil Corporation El Dorado AR 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Phoenix AZ 1.00   $500.00
3Com Santa Clara CA 1.00   $1,000.00
Adobe Systems Inc. San Jose CA 1.00 $15.00 $2,000.00
Argonaut Group, Inc. Menlo Park CA      
Autodesk.com San Rafael CA 1.00 $50.00 $500.00
Broderbund Software, Inc. Novato CA 1.00 $25.00 $500.00
Fisher Scientific International San Diego CA   $25.00  
General Atomics Technologies Corporation San Diego CA 1.00   $5,000.00
IKOS Systems, Inc. Cupertino CA 1.00 $25.00 $500.00
Lam Research Corporation Fremont CA 1.00 $25.00 $300.00
Sun Microsystems Mountain View CA 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Shaklee Corporation San Francisco CA 2.00 $20.00 $2,500.00
A. Teichert & Son Sacramento CA 1.00   $150.00
USCS International Rancho Cordova CA 1.00 $25.00 $100.00
Varco International Inc. Orange CA 1.00 $50.00 $5,000.00
Allianz of America, Inc. Westport CT 1.00   $5,000.00
Cologne Life Reinsurance Company Stamford CT 1.00 $10.00 $1,000.00
HSB Group, Inc. Hartford CT 1.00 $25.00 $3,000.00
Price & Pierce Intenational, Inc. Stamford CT 1.00 $25.00 $500.00
Reid & Riege, P.C. Hartford CT 1.00 $25.00 $300.00
Tetley USA Inc. Shelton CT 1.00 $10.00 $500.00
GEICO Corporation Washington DC     $15.00
Georgia Gulf Corporation Atlanta GA 2.00 $25.00 $2,500.00
Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc. Atlanta GA 0.50 $50.00 $3,000.00
RENTOKILL Initial Atlanta GA 1.00   $150.00
Tesoro Hawaii Honolulu HI 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Meredith Corporation Des Moines IA   $25.00 $5,000.00
Archer Daniels Midland Co. Decatur IL 1.00 $100.00 $2,000.00
Henry Crown and Company and CC Industries In Chicago IL
1.00
$50.00 $1,000.00
Follett Corporation River Grove IL 1.00 $25.00 $4,000.00
John Grenzebach & Associates, Inc. Chicago IL 1.00   $100.00
Karps, Inc. Elk Grove Village IL 1.00 $25.00 $50.00
Kirkland & Ellis Chicago IL 1.00   $50.00
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chicago IL 3.00 $50.00 $25,000.00
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Chicago IL 1.00 $25.00 $350.00
Freeport-McMoran Inc. New Orleans LA 2.00 $25.00 $20,000.00
Allegro Microsystems Inc. Worchester MA 1.00 $25.00 $2,000.00
Anchor Capital Advisors, Inc. Boston MA 1.00   $2,500.00
Bandicoot Corp. Watertown MA 1.00 $10.00 $250.00
Baupost Group, L.L.C., The Cambridge MA 1.00   $1,000.00
Colonial Group Inc. Boston MA 1.00   $2,000.00
Eaton Vance Corp. Boston MA 1.00 $25.00 $500.00

Gillette Company, The
Boston MA 1.00   $25.00

Hale and Dorr, LLP
Boston MA 2.00   $2,500.00
Liberty ALL STAR Equity Fund Boston MA 1.00   $2,000.00
Massachusetts Financial Services Company Boston MA 1.00 $25.00 $2,500.00
MOD-TAP Corp. Harvard MA 1.00   $100.00
Norton Company Worchester MA 1.00   $25.00
Serono Laboratories Inc. Norwell MA 0.50 $50.00 $500.00
Stream International Inc. Westwood MA 1.00 $25.00 $500.00
THAT Corporation Marlborough MA 1.00   $300.00
Trans National Group Services International Boston MA 1.00   $100.00
United Asset Management Corporation Boston MA 1.00 $25.00 $2,000.00
International Data Corporation Framingham MA 1.00 $25.00 $500.00
Alex. Brown Incorporated Baltimore MD 1.00 $25.00 $200.00
Calvert Group Bethesda MD 1.00 $10.00 $100.00
DENSO Manufacturing Michigan Inc. Battle Creek MI 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Colonial Craft St. Paul MN 1.00 $15.00 $150.00
Fingerhut Companies, Inc. Minnetonka MN 1.00 $25.00 $100.00
Sheldahl Inc. Northfield MN 1.00 $15.00 $2,000.00
Auto Club Inter-Insurance Exchange St. Louis MO 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00

CPI Corporation
St. Louis MO 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Danforth Foundation, The St. Louis MO 1.00 $25.00 $5,000.00
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Kansas City MO 2.00   $25.00
Morrison and Hecker, L.L.P. Kansas City MO 1.00 $50.00 $250.00
Bank of America Charlotte NC 1.00   $5,000.00
Carolina Power and Light Company Raleigh NC 1.00 $25.00 $4,000.00
Hinrichs Financial Group Charlotte NC 1.00   $25.00
Ross, Johnston & Kersting, Inc. Durham NC 1.00   $25.00
Community First Bankshares Fargo ND 1.00 $25.00 $200.00
Fund American Enterprises Holdings Inc. Hanover NH     $25.00
Markem Corporation Keene NH 1.00 $25.00 $1,500.00
Velcro USA Inc. Manchester NH 1.00   $50.00
King World Productions Inc. Short Hills NJ 1.00   $500.00
Unibase Direct Parsippany NJ 1.00   $10,000.00
Constitution Reinsurance Corporation New York NY 1.00 $10.00 $500.00
Gilman Investment Company, Inc. New York NY 1.00 $25.00 $4,000.00
Green Point Savings Bank Lake Success NY 1.00 $25.00 $10,000.00
IBJ Schroder Bank and Trust Company New York NY 1.00 $50.00 $500.00
New York Tribune New York NY 2.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. New York NY   $25.00 $50,000.00
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. New York NY   $10.00 $3,500.00
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. New York NY   $25.00 $1,000.00
Sherwin-Williams Company, The Cleveland OH 1.00 $25.00 $5,000.00
Techneglas Inc. Columbus OH      
American Fidelity Corp. Oklahoma City OK 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Williams Companies, Inc. Tulsa OK 1.00 $25.00 $10,000.00
Glenmede Corporation, The Philadelphia PA 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Hatfield, Inc. Hatfield PA 2.00 $100.00 $500.00
Heidelberg Cement Inc. Allentown PA     $1,000.00
Pew Charitable Trust Philadelphia PA 2.00 $25.00 $10,000.00
Safeguard Business Systems Fort Washington PA 1.00 $15.00 $250.00
Susquehanna Investment Group Bala Cynwyd PA 1.00   $1,000.00
Teleflex, Inc. Plymouth Meeting PA 1.00   $50.00
Allendale Mutual Insurance Company Johnston RI 1.00 $25.00 $3,000.00
Babbage's, Inc. Grapevine TX 1.00 $25.00 $250.00
Bank One, Texas - Houston Houston TX 1.00 $25.00 $750.00
Kirby Corporation Houston TX 1.00   $1,000.00
Lyondell Petrochemical Company Houston TX 0.50 $25.00 $20,000.00
Maguire Oil Company Dallas TX 1.00   $25.00
Star Enterprise Houston TX   $35.00 $10,000.00
Texas Olefins Company Houston TX 1.00 $25.00 $10,000.00
Ericsson, Inc. Richardson TX 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
AES Corporation Arlington VA 1.00 $25.00 $30,000.00
Fort James Corporation Richmond VA 1.00 $25.00 $5,000.00
Lawyers Title Corporation Richmond VA 1.00 $50.00 $5,000.00
Costco Wholesale Corp. Issaquah WA      
Egghead Inc. Liberty Lake WA 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Microsoft Corp. Redmond WA 1.00 $25.00 $12,000.00
Plum Creek Timber Company Seattle WA 1.00 $25.00 $1,000.00
Rexnord Corporation Milwaukee WI 1.00 $25.00 $2,500.00
US Oil Company Inc. Combined Locks WI 1.00 $50.00 $300.00
Total Companies Listed: 107