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1. Disaster Relief Programs & Practices: A Study of Corporate Community Involvement in Silicon Valley May – July 2008 Sponsored by: Co-sponsored by: Presented by:

2. STUDY LOGISTICS & OUTCOMES • Silicon Valley companies were invited to participate in an on-line study • Printed letters were mailed to 52 company representatives • Email communications, with a URL link to the survey instrument, were sent to 35 company representatives • Additional outreach was conducted through local networks including CCRC, EF Listserv, American Red Cross & others • Email and telephone reminders were also utilized • The original close date of the survey was extended to allow for greater participation and in response to recent natural disasters • The survey site recorded 33 visits • The survey site recorded 18 completed surveys

3. RESPONSE EVENLY SPLIT ACROSS REVENUE CATEGORIES • Note: while local headcount was evenly split across categories, 77% of respondents reported worldwide headcount higher than 5,000 ees.

4. POLICY & PROGRAM STATEMENTS • 50% of the respondents have formal policies • More than half of the respondents are currently, or plan to, re-evaluate their existing policy • Responses were consistent across categories

5. DISASTER CATEGORIES RESULTING IN RELIEF • Relief for disasters within a company’s geography was most common (1 exception) • 56% provide relief in “other” geographies • 50% of the respondents have formal policies • 39% support other “states of emergency” • No respondent provides relief for “technological disaster” outside their primary geography

6. FINANCIAL SUPPORT TOWARD DISASTER RELIEF • Giving varies by and within revenue category • Large and small companies do not track relief • All but three respondents indicated that the company’s giving budget was discretionary • 1 company identified a “fixed % of budget” • 1 company identified “incremental” • 1 company identified “not sure”

7. BUSINESS PRACTICES RELATED TO FINANCIAL GIVING • 78% of respondents provide relief as the need arises • 72% consider the number of individuals impacted before providing relief • 72% use matching gifts to support disaster relief • Note: yellow banding represents grouping by revenue category from low to high

8. BUSINESS PRACTICES IN DISASTER VOLUNTEERISM • Mixed practices related to volunteerism • Paid time off practices • 4 companies (3 small, 1 large) provide for paid time off ranging from 8-40 hrs. • 5 companies do not give paid time off for disaster related volunteerism • 8 identified “discretionary” practices • Unpaid time off • 72% of respondents allow for “discretionary” practices in unpaid time off • 2 companies (1 mid, 1 large) do not give unpaid time off • 2 companies (1 small, 1 large) provides for specific allocation of unpaid time off • Other Practices: • 72% indicated disaster related volunteerism is incremental to other volunteerism

9. BUSINESS PRACTICES IN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE • Companies offer some discretionary accommodations for employees impacted by disasters – 61% formal leave, 78% schedule consideration, 67% EAP referral, 28% CBO; Trend is lower for an employee’s dependent • Note: yellow banding represents grouping by revenue category from low to high

10. OTHER BUSINESS PRACTICES IN DISASTER RELIEF • 69% permit employees to champion drives & provide services or “in-kind” • 62% of respondents conduct company wide drives • 38% of respondents provide product donations • Note: yellow banding represents grouping by revenue category from low to high