Amazon, Facebook and Google match $3m to help Harvey victims
Amazon, Facebook and Google are among the companies making significant donations to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Google matched the $250,000 donation made to the American Red Cross by its staff, as well as making a corporate gift of $250,000. The company has launched a further $1m matching campaign to encourage donations from staff and users. Amazon will match donations made in its stores or on its website up to $1m. Facebook has pledged to match every dollar raised on its site up to a total of $1m. AT&T and Microsoft have also made donations.
SAN FRANCISCO — It took fewer than 24 hours for several tech companies to hit their matching goals of $1 million in funds raised to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Facebook met its $1 million fundraising matching goal within just a few hours, according to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Hurricane Harvey Recovery Fund, which received the funds.

Google fulfilled its $1 million matching campaign in under 24 hours, raising funds from Google users and staff for Red Cross efforts in Texas and other affected areas. Its staff donated $250,000 to the American Red Cross, which the company matched dollar for dollar, and Google also made a corporate contribution of $250,000.

Amazon, and its newest acquisition Whole Foods Markets, met its $1 million matching goal within days, the company said..

The Amazon wish list from the Red Cross gives a sense of the immediate needs of those in flood-ravaged areas: phone chargers and children's bedding. Amazon fulfillment teams in northern and central Texas continue to ship the needed items to Red Cross distribution centers.

Apple donated $2 million to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The company has also pledged to match employee donations two to one.

In addition, Apple is making it easy for users to donate to the Red Cross via its iTunes page, which now features buttons for donating between $5 and $200. The money is transferred directly to the American Red Cross from iTunes, so those donating won't get a tax writeoff. But they also won't have to do anything more than click a button on a site they probably visit frequently.

AT&T has pledged $350,000 to help communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The AT&T Foundation will also match employee donations up to $100,000. In addition, customers can text ‘HARVEY’ to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross.

Microsoft made an initial donation of $100,000 to the Red Cross, with the company and its employees pledging to do more.

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