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Tobacco companies also spread their money throughout a variety of non-profit organizations to help cultivate good will in the community. It’s all perfectly legal and it shows the deep level of entrenchment tobacco companies have established for themselves in American society.

• Public documents show that between 1985-94, Lorillard, the 4th largest tobacco company in the United States, made donations to these and other organizations: AIDS Center at New York Hospital, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Broadcasting, National Merit Scholarship Corp., National Jewish Appeal, New York Urban League, Tufts University.
• According to an Education Week online article from June 11, 1997, Philip Morris granted $200,000 for teacher training and teacher development programs at nine tribal colleges, coordinated through the AICF. The grants were intended to address negative attitudes on reservations toward the teaching profession.
• Founded in 1991, Project Angel Heart supports the nutrition needs of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS in the Denver area. Philip Morris, makers of Marlboro cigarettes, awarded the group a $20,000 grant in 1999, allowing it to deliver a hot meal and a continental breakfast to 50 more clients, six days per week.

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