Results of the Council for Financial Aid to Education's 1984 survey of 422 companies providing financial support to higher education are summarized. Attention is directed to: national trends in corporate pretax net income and contributions; inflation; corporate support in relation to total voluntary support and institutional expenditures; the distribution and types of corporate contributions; foundation cash flow by industry; changes in market value of corporate foundation assets by industry; total support of education in relation to worldwide pretax net income and assets; support of education by major marketing areas; comparative rankings of educational support by industry; support of education by purpose; and contributions by manufacturing companies. National estimates include: corporate support of education in 1984 rose 16.4% to an estimated $1.6 billion; education claimed the largest share of total corporate contributions at 42.1%; total corporate contributions rose 15.2% to an estimated $3.8 billion. Survey results from the 422 companies indicate that more than three-fifths of product gifts went to education, and gifts of company products and other property to all causes more than doubled in 1984 to comprise 21.2% of reported contributions. Problems of measuring total corporate contributions are discussed in an appendix. (SW)