2008 Highlights
- As committed, NI donated more than 1 percent of corporate pretax profits
- United Way Capital Area recognized NI corporate headquarters with the 2008 Spirit of Caring Award
- 6 percent of NI headquarters employees each volunteered an average of 95 hours in classrooms, amounting to more than 8,000 mentoring hours
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2008 Challenges
- Missed goal of 20 percent year-over-year increase in employee giving, but did grow 3 percent and exceeded a record $500,000 USD in donations
- Data for all NI operations worldwide was not available in 2008
- Did not implement a Dollars for Doers program for volunteers to match volunteer hours with a dollar amount
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2009 Commitments
- Maintain commitment of donating 1 percent of pretax profits
- Implement a global tracking mechanism for philanthropy and volunteerism data to scale all efforts worldwide
- Create an employee funding advisory council as an unbiased group to maintain philanthropic transparency
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