The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., its brands, and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation have provided the following donations:
- A $2 million grant was awarded to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
- In New York City, where the company is headquartered, a grant was provided to support the establishment of The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund, administered by the New York Community Trust.
- In China, over $800,000 was awarded to relief efforts. Funds will support the Red Cross Society of China, Shanghai Charity Foundation and Give2Asia. Additionally, $1.4 million worth of in-kind donations were provided to the China Women's Development Foundation to support front line medical staff.
- The Estée Lauder brand is donating two million surgical masks for those on the front lines in New York
- Clinique is donating 50,000 skin care products as a thank you to the doctors and nurses in New York City's hospitals.
- M∙A∙C Cosmetics' VIVA GLAM Fund will be allocating $10 million to 250 local organizations all over the world that are providing essentials needs and services to people at higher risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies is also reopening the Melville, New York manufacturing facility to produce hand sanitizer for high-need groups and populations, including front-line medical staff. Compensated, employee volunteers will support this vital effort. The companies UK-based Whitman manufacturing facility has also begun producing hand sanitizer, to be donated to frontline workers.