Compare your business giving with the giving practices of comparable-sized businesses in Minnesota. Based on your number of employees, you can compare your giving today with the five key categories of comparable-sized businesses and set your target for three years from now.
Next, visit Ways to Give to see how your giving activities compare with other businesses of your size.
| Business Size, By Employees | < 20 | 20-99 | 100-499 | 500+ |
| Average % of gross annual revenue to charitable contributions/activities* | 1.6% | .8% | .4% | .7% |
| % of business establishments making cash contributions | 72% | 76% | 93% | 96% |
| Median value of annual cash contributions | $701 | $3,000 | $8,750 | $46,328 |
| Median value of annual donated products/services | $150 | $1,000 | $1,064 | $5,000 |
| Average % of contributions and activites within local community** | 82% | 76% | 78% | 74% |
* Does not include financial institutions or headquarters that do not track this information by local site.
**Businesses in greater Minnesota report a higher average % of contributions going to their local community than do those located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
SOURCE: 2002 BBIC Survey of 595 Minnesota business establishments.
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