Apple and Apple Employees Donated $100 Million to Various Charitable Causes in 2019

[timidpimpin]

What are the chances that if it was all given anonymously you'd instead be complaining that Apple didn't give anything to charity this year?

The chances are zero. I don't monitor such things. I'm only offering my opinion here because it was the top news story when I loaded this website.

No one should be surprised that I don't think like them. I don't think like you because I'm not you. Stunning, huh?

 

[Bandaman]

The chances are zero. I don't monitor such things. I'm only offering my opinion here because it was the top news story when I loaded this website.

No one should be surprised that I don't think like them. I don't think like you because I'm not you. Stunning, huh?

Do you just spend your time finding things to be miserable about then?

 

[guzhogi]

Good for them. I just have to wonder how much of this is out of the kindness of their hearts, and how much is for the PR?

 

[V_Man]

And far more than Amazon's Bezos donation of $690,000 to the devastating Australian wildfires fund....

Jeff Bezos net worth is around $117 billion.

I dont know the answer to this but is amazon making their donation public news
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Because it inspires some people, customers, etc to donate as well. I understand that probably does not include yourself.

Also, many people like to know about a company's philanthropy they do business with.

Or it’s pure marketing BS. Apples is magnificent at marketing
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Another day, another opportunity to craft an ulterior motive to crap on Apple.
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I would guess it's a decent amount of money.

Another day another anti Apple post to “correct”

 

[SDJim]

This story is mostly about the donations of Apple employees. Also, Apple has a 1:1 donation match, which blows my mind. I have no problem with them praising their employees for giving generously, and I'm happy to hear it.

I swear, you people would find a way to complain on a TanksGoodNews post.

 

[robjulo]

Really? Maybe in the Apple world full of sheep....but in the real world....what corporations do doesn't "inspire" anyone.

Because it inspires some people, customers, etc to donate as well. I understand that probably does not include yourself.

Also, many people like to know about a company's philanthropy they do business with.

 

[guzhogi]

And far more than Amazon's Bezos donation of $690,000 to the devastating Australian wildfires fund....

Jeff Bezos net worth is around $117 billion.

This is the kind of thing I hate about donations (and taxes as well): should we care about the percentage of net worth, or the total amount of money given? $690,000 is only 0.0005% of Bezo's $117 billion net worth, but it's also 20x my annual salary. To Bezo, not much money, but to me, it's a LOT. We should just be thankful these people give.

 

[44267547]

Really? Maybe in the Apple world full of sheep....but in the real world....what corporations do doesn't "inspire" anyone.

Well, if there was one overly-broadened statement in this thread, it would probably be yours. How are you able to know what ‘inspires’ someone based off what Apple decides to do with their money? Does it necessarily mean it’s going to gain new followers? Maybe not. But it does how how humble of a company Apple is on the outside of just trying to ‘sell you’ their product/services? Absolutely.

 

[Ntombi]

A true donation is anonymous. Anything else is marketing, and it's quite shameless here.

Studies have shown that being open about charitable donations leads to a net increase of other donations. Public donations do more good than that amount of money, not only to the charity in question, but donations overall.

There are good reasons to remain anonymous if you choose, but also good reasons other than “marketing” to be public about it.

Now, if we were talking about those icky videos where people record themselves giving a server an extra large tip, I’d be right there with you.

 

[iapplelove]

Because it inspires some people, customers, etc to donate as well

Seeing all the news articles and videos of animals dying, trees and homes burning up and people in major crisis isn’t inspirational enough to donate?

 

[timidpimpin]

Do you just spend your time finding things to be miserable about then?

Now you're being ridiculous. Having an opinion that differs from yours is not being "miserable". Have some self respect.

 

[BWhaler]

Walking the talk. This is the Apple way. (And yes, like all groups and all people, I know you can point out exceptions. But I believe for the vast majority of the time, Apple is a company which does the right thing.)

Well done Apple. This is the best part of Tim Cook’s leadership.

 

[acorntoy]

And far more than Amazon's Bezos donation of $690,000 to the devastating Australian wildfires fund....

Jeff Bezos net worth is around $117 billion.

And most of it is tied into heavily volatile stock that he can’t just liquify willy nilly without serious reprecussions for his company. Bezos has power but people are stupid to think he has $117B lying around freely.

 

[26139]

A true donation is anonymous. Anything else is marketing, and it's quite shameless here.

Any true good take is private. Anything else is attention seeking, and it's quite shameless here.

 

[brinary001]

We donate thousands to heart disease and cancer.

I no longer donate to cancer research efforts because I've become convinced that we actually do have the cure for cancer, it's just been kept under wraps because it would too heavily disrupt the billion-dollar healthcare industry. After all, that's an industry that would be severely crippled without sick people. I don't typically don a tin foil hat, but that's something I genuinely believe.

I still donate to organizations that provide assistance to cancer patients, such as St. Jude. And yes I know they do research too, but most importantly they cover medical costs for families with sick kids who can't afford cancer treatments.

 

[26139]

Likely nowhere near that in terms of cash-in-bank liquid assets though?

Sigh. Glad you're here to defend the billionaires.
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I guess you don't understand the meaning of anonymous. If I say how much I donated (under any name/nic) then it isn't anonymous.

I'm always amazed at just how offended some get over any criticism of Apple.

You're on a site dedicated to Apple fans and you're surprised people might not enjoy subjective criticism?
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And most of it is tied into heavily volatile stock that he can’t just liquify willy nilly without serious reprecussions for his company. Bezos has power but people are stupid to think he has $117B lying around freely.

Hope you get a nice Amazon gift cert for defending the billionaires!

 

[acorntoy]

Sigh. Glad you're here to defend the billionaires.
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You're on a site dedicated to Apple fans and you're surprised people might not enjoy subjective criticism?
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Hope you get a nice Amazon gift cert for defending the billionaires!

I would defend anybody being unjustly roasted. Having money doesn’t make you a bad person.

 

[timidpimpin]

Any true good take is private. Anything else is attention seeking, and it's quite shameless here.

Having an opinion in a discussion is attention seeking? I think there's something on this forum causing mass confusion, as it's pretty common here.

 

[26139]

I would defend anybody being unjustly roasted. Having money doesn’t make you a bad person.

No, running companies that exploit workers while extinguishing competition only to keep most of that money to yourself makes you a bad person.
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Having an opinion in a discussion is attention seeking? I think there's something on this forum causing mass confusion, as it's pretty common here.

Yes, if you had not wanted other people to see it, you wouldn't have publicly shared it.

Sorta similar to publicizing donations you've made, right?

You want the world to see you a certain way.

 

[ZMacintosh]

A true donation is anonymous. Anything else is marketing, and it's quite shameless here.

I think its more so trying to highlight the efforts of the employees and that Apple helps encourage them and support their efforts. Nothing to whine about...

 

[26139]

Seeing all the news articles and videos of animals dying, trees and homes burning up and people in major crisis isn’t inspirational enough to donate?

Not for a a lot of people, no. They wait to know if others are donating, then they do it.

 

[-BigMac-]

And far more than Amazon's Bezos donation of $690,000 to the devastating Australian wildfires fund....

Jeff Bezos net worth is around $117 billion.

How much did Apple donate to the bushfires?

 

[26139]

Really? Maybe in the Apple world full of sheep....but in the real world....what corporations do doesn't "inspire" anyone.

one day I will finally see this “real world” you people claim exists
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How much did Apple donate to the bushfires?

ongoing. I read they have a 1:1 donation policy.

Apple Accepting Donations to Help Australian Bushfire Relief Efforts

Apple is now accepting donations from users to help Australian bushfire relief efforts. The company has updated its U.S. and Australian websites with...

www.macrumors.com

 

[TexasStargazer]

A true donation is anonymous. Anything else is marketing, and it's quite shameless here.

21,000 people were kind enough to donated 42 million dollars and their time. How is that marketing?

 

[iConcept]

While it would be nice for large businesses to just hand over a wedge of cash to charities, at the end of the day they are an organisation which answers to shareholders and would be seen as bad investment to just give money away.

As for the publicity, of course a company is going to want consumers to see their generous side, but beyond that...just think of the awareness companies like Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft can generate. Likely better than some media outlets in some cases. Even touting their own generosity, these big names are more likely to generate more good press for the cause than for themselves.

But even if they didn't publicise the news are people naïve enough to think that they could do it anonymously? Companies have to file their numbers to account for where their outgoings go, so the information would have gotten around anyway.

Really? Maybe in the Apple world full of sheep....but in the real world....what corporations do doesn't "inspire" anyone.

On the contrary, working for a company that donates 1 for 1 is likely to inspire their employees to undertake charitable acts more frequently, which I think is the point of the story. Many companies don't match anything, and those that do often don't contribute on a 1 for 1 basis.