Corporate Aid Tracker: COVID-19 Business in Action

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.  Pandemics know no borders.  As the number of infections grows daily, it has become clear that no community will be spared its effects.

The leadership of the business community has never been more important than in times of crisis.  American businesses have been at the forefront of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic – from manufacturing essential medical supplies to providing support for first responders and healthcare professionals. 

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has been tracking the contributions from businesses of all sizes and sectors that are helping combat the coronavirus. This tracker is updated daily, and we’d love to include your information.

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2020

Guardian Life Insurance

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has announced that it is committing $500,000 to aid those impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. This includes support on both a national and a local level. The $500,000 commitment includes:

H&R Block

H&R Block associates are donating to the Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund and the H&R Block Foundation is matching those gifts 2:1. H&R Block is offering free tax prep for frontline workers, and joined the “Stand for Small” coalition, offering small business owners discounted tax prep and a new 1:1 consultation service.

H-E-B Grocery Company LP

Supermarket chain H-E-B pledged an initial $3 million in support of local nonprofits, including $1.2 million through its Hunger Relief Program to eighteen food banks across the state; $300,000 to the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio in support of its dedicated coronavirus research team; and $1 million through the H-E-B My Community Investment in support of nonprofits providing critical frontline services.

Hanes

Hanes has agreed to use its manufacturing facilities to help produce medical masks.

Headspace

Headspace is providing free subscriptions to U.S. healthcare providers working in public health settings through 2020. While this is currently only accessible to U.S.-based healthcare providers and employees of the NHS in the U.K., Headspace is working with global NGOs, health systems and government officials to quickly establish ways to uniquely identify healthcare providers in countries around the world. The company is unlocking a free, specially-curated “weathering the storm” collection of meditation and mindfulness content in the Headspace app for everyone around the world...

hearOclub

HearOclub will deliver 60 days worth of FREE hearing aid batteries to any new hearOclub member that is in lock down at home. The offer is to anyone with hearing aids or a cochlear implant.

HEI

The HEI Charitable Foundation (HEICF) has contributed $50,000 to the Hawaii Foodbank and pledged another $75,000 to United Way agencies in support of efforts to assist Hawaii families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. HEI is the parent company of Hawaiian Electric, American Savings Bank and Pacific Current. HEICF pledged $50,000 to Aloha United Way, $10,000 to Hawaii Island United Way, $10,000 to Maui United Way and $5,000 to Kauai United Way.

Helix

Helix is donating 10% of proceeds towards mattress donations to supportive housing solutions for the homeless.

Hello Alice

In light of the recent COVID-19 crisis, Hello Alice has assembled a Resource Center to help entrepreneurs navigate these uncertain times through grants, financial relief, government-issued programs, discounts, virtual events, and a community to give you daily support. Join them daily across all of our social channels for support, advice and tips.

Helm

Helm is donating $20 from every order to the following organizations: CDC Foundation, Feeding America, and Baby2Baby.

Herbalife

Herbalife Vietnam donated over VND 3.7 billion ($160K USD) to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and hospitals in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to help fight COVID-19.

Heritage Foods

Heritage Foods launched Fist Aid Meal Boxes to feed the front lines. Donors buy a complete dose of nutrition for these heroes and can even leave a personalized note.

Hewlett Packard

The HP Foundation donated $1 million to Direct Relief, assisting in the Coronavirus relief effort. HP is also utilizing 3D printing to produce needed equipment. HP has sent contributions of 10,000 Nitrile disposable gloves, 100 3D printed mask adjusters and 100 3D printed door openers to Penang Science Cluster (PSC), as well as 125,000 3ply surgical face masks, 28,000 N95 face masks, 35,000 latex disposable gloves, 22,800 nitrile disposable gloves and 400 (500 ml) hand sanitizers.

Hims

Hims is offering hour long virtual mental health support group sessions for free.

Hitachi Group

Hitachi, Ltd.’s 88 group companies in the U.S. are leveraging deep operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) and products/systems expertise to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and aid local communities in need. Hitachi’s broad-based contributions include prioritizing “critical to life” device manufacturing and accelerating the production of ultrasound cable and cable assemblies specifically intended for respiratory ultrasound machines; 3D printing reusable masks for frontline healthcare personnel;...

Hive

Hive launched the company-wide giving initiative One Million Masks. Hive is matching each employee donation dollar for dollar up to $2,500. The company is also about to kick off an initiative called Hive Heroes: The Million Dollar Challenge. The goal is to donate one dollar for every person using Hive in 2020, totaling $1 million in donations. Each Hive user will be able to select the charity they want to donate to from a list of charities, which includes a COVID-19 relief fund. Hive will kick off the Hive Heroes Million Dollar Challenge in April 2020.

Hogan Lovells US

Hogan Lovells recently helped the Kraft Group and the NFL’s New England Patriots secure the necessary government approvals so the team could use its plane to pick up 1.3 million N95 masks from Shenzhen, China and deliver them to Massachusetts where protective gear is in demand in the fight against Covid-19. A cross-practice team of the firm’s lawyers and staff worked around the clock for over a week to obtain the visas and paperwork needed to get the flight crew in and out of China for the delivery, as part of an effort to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Home Depot

Home Depot has instituted measures for the safety of its customers and associates. It also has introduced several benefits enhancements to take care of its associates. Home Depot is supporting communities in the following ways: 1. Voluntarily froze pricing nationwide across product categories in high demand due to COVID-19 2. Executed a ""Stop-Sale"" on all N95 masks in stores and HomeDepot.com and redirected all shipments to be donated to hospitals, healthcare providers and first responders around the country...

Honda Motor Company, LTD.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. And Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. have made a donation of 10 million yuan ($1,431,209) to the Red Cross in Hubei Province to support local measures.

Honeywell

Honeywell announced that it is temporarily shifting manufacturing operations at two chemical manufacturing facilities to produce and donate hand sanitizer. The company's sites in Muskegon, Michigan, and Seelze, Germany, will produce hand sanitizer over the next two months for government agencies, which will then distribute the product to institutions in need. Both sites are part of Honeywell's Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) business group. Honeywell has doubled its production of N95 masks and intends to increase its capacity fivefold within 90 days...

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