Companies tie giving abroad to bottom line, local needs � Philanthropy North Carolina

Companies tie giving abroad to bottom line, local needs � Philanthropy North Carolina: Local needs and corporate financial performance in countries in which they do business are the main factors that drive U.S. companies to make social invests abroad, a new study says.

Eighty-six percent of companies that gave internationally say they plan to increase or maintain the size of their foreign giving budget, says the study, commissioned by Global Impact and prepared by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.