You seem to forget, it's OUR oil!

When we lease OUR land to the oil companies for exploration, development, and production, the lease stipulates that they will be subject to paying rents, royalties, and taxes, for OUR oil. 

At every step of the way since TAPS was completed, the industry has schemed and connived, to cheat Alaska out of its fair share of money from OUR oil. They overstated their production and transportation costs, they have bribed legislators for favorable tax treatment and tax credits. 

Philanthropy is just a PR stunt to divert attention away from their corruption.