Results of the Council for Financial Aid to Education's 1985 survey of 439 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 rose 10.3% in 1985 to an estimated $1.875 billion; education claimed the largest share of total corporate contributions (42.6%); gifts of company products and other property made up one-fifth of reported contributions; more than half of product gifts went to education; and 82% of all corporate education support in 1985 came from the manufacturing companies. (SW)