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The Fortune 500 make their contributions to Katrina relief

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If Corporate America owes any debt for some of the excesses of the past few years, many of the nation's largest companies are showing off their benevolent side in Katrina's wake. Some donations were in cash, like Exxon's $7 million check to the American Red Cross; others mixed monetary and in-kind donations, like GE's pledge of $6 million in cash and $10 million in medical supplies and equipment. UnitedHealth says it has set up a $10 million fund and will simply write checks until it's gone.

This list, compiled from news reports and sources such as the Chronicle of Philanthropy in Washington, D.C., is not complete—but an overview. Some numbers represent Employee Matching Programs; and some pledges are capped at $1 million, but others, like Verizon's, has an "and counting" attached. It also contains only donations that readily wear a dollar sign. Not on the list are Internet companies like Yahoo! that are rewiring New Orleans for rescue workers, or Intelius, a tech company from Washington State, is offering free background checks for those opening their homes to displaced strangers.

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