Dollar General vs Target
On overall TruNorth grade, Dollar General scores higher (Dollar General: C, Target: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $310K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 12 executive donors.
FEC: $47K PAC donations; 54% to Republican, 46% to Democratic committees. [CA CalAccess + NY COELIG + TX Ethics adds state-level totals.]
Environment
Toxic-Free Future Mind The Store retail scorecard 2024: F — no public chemical management policy. [Mind The Store F]
hazardous waste violation: $22.6M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Labor
296 federal penalties totaling $92.7M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
177 federal penalties totaling $192.4M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
Rolled back major DEI programs in January 2025 — ended its three-year DEI goals and the REACH (Racial Equity Action and Change) initiative begun in 2020, withdrew from the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, stopped tracking DEI hiring goals, and rebranded its Supplier Diversity program to “Supplier Engagement,” citing “an evolving external landscape” (CNBC, Jan 24 2025). Before the rollback Target was a long-standing DEI leader: HRC Corporate Equality Index 100/100 (2024), JUST Capital JUST 100 (#23 of the Russell 1000, 2024), and a Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index member.
Charity
$35M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.09% of revenue) via Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
$230M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.21% of revenue) via Target Foundation. JUST Capital JUST 100 — ranked #23 of Russell 1000 (2025) for treatment of workers, customers, communities, environment. Drucker Institute Management Top 250 — ranked #23 (2024) on customer satisfaction, employee engagement, innovation, social responsibility, and financial strength. Fortune World's Most Admired Companies — ranked #11 (2024). Newsweek Most Trustworthy Companies in America — ranked #6 (2024). Operates the Target Foundation: $26.4M in charitable contributions, gifts & grants paid (FY2024, IRS Form 990-PF).
Animal testing
No public record found.
Target sustainable-seafood policy developed with FishWise — covers MSC + ASC + Seafood Watch alignment. [FishWise partner]
Firearms
No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
Privacy
Terms-of-service privacy grade D (poor) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.
1 publicly-disclosed data breach per Have I Been Pwned (2013) — 70M accounts compromised. Most recent: Target (2013).
Executive pay
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 114:1 — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 794:1 (median employee pay $58,269) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
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