What is your corporate mailing address?
RR Donnelley
Corporate Headquarters
111 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-4301
Telephone: 312-326-8000
Where can I get an annual report?
Click here to request a copy.
Where can I get information about your company's environmental and recycling policies?
Contact:
Michael Manzella
Vice President, Environmental, Health & Safety
RR Donnelley
3075 Highland Parkway
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Or send email to: EHS@rrd.com
Are you a publishing company?
RR Donnelley is a printer, not a publisher. Our customers are publishers of books, catalogs, retail and advertising inserts, magazines, directories and financial documents.
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What is your company's relationship, if any, to R.H. Donnelley?
RR Donnelley, founded in 1864 by Richard Robert Donnelley, is the world's largest commercial printer. In the 1870s-1880s, RR Donnelley diversified outside general commercial printing by forming a subsidiary, the Chicago Directory Company, to publish the Chicago telephone directory.
Reuben H. Donnelley, a son of our company's founder, joined the Chicago Directory Company as a clerk in 1882, and by 1887 rose to a management position. In 1916, the Chicago Directory Company was dissolved and a separate company, The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, was formed; it was to become the country's largest publisher of telephone and other directories. In 1961, Dun & Bradstreet acquired The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation.
The two Donnelley companies are not connected, except that R.R. Donnelley prints many of the directories that R.H. Donnelley publishes.
For more information about The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, visit its Web site at www.rhdonnelley.com .
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Why is the Indianhead no longer part of RR Donnelley's visual identity?
RR Donnelley's distinctive Indianhead artwork -- an Indian chief's profile -- is no longer part of the company's logo or visual identity. This change was made based on customer and employee research to better understand what our stakeholders expect from our brand. The Indianhead originated as a "pressmark" and today it is reserved for such special uses as employee service awards, the RR Donnelley Foundation and on Lakeside Press publications.
The idea for RR Donnelley's pressmark came from the exterior of one of its early plants - the Lakeside Press Building at Plymouth Court and Polk Street in Chicago. In 1897 Howard Van Doren Shaw, the building's architect, decided to enhance the appearance of the south wall. The company commissioned Joseph C. Leyendecker, a young Chicago artist, to design an image that Shaw envisioned: the head of a Native American chief set against the Fort Dearborn blockhouse, which was originally located along the Lake Michigan shoreline, not far from RR Donnelley's printing plant. His design was transformed into terra-cotta shields for the building and, shortly thereafter, was adopted as R.R. Donnelley's pressmark because it associated the company's progress with the frontier spirit of early American life.
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Would your company consider donating money to our organization?
The RR Donnelley Foundation is the company's primary contributions vehicle. The mission of the RR Donnelley Foundation is to enhance those communities in which employees work and live. Within this geographical focus, the company gives top priority to activities related to the written word.
The Foundation makes charitable grants to 501(c)(3) organizations, including special purpose grants and general operating grants. Funding and policy decisions are made by a Foundation Board composed of company executives.
Some restrictions apply:
- Scholarships are awarded only to children of employees and retirees through the company's corporate giving program.
- Special-event support is made only under circumstances where there is high correlation with company priorities and active employee involvement.
The company does not:
- contribute printing;
- make grants to individuals or to religious organizations;
- make grants for television, radio, film or video;
- make grants for specific diseases, clinical care, medical research or equipment.
Application Process
Because the foundation supports decision-making at the local level, agencies and organizations located in communities in which RR Donnelley has facilities should contact the local manufacturing division. (On our home page, click on "About Us" button, then go to "Locations.")
Requests from Chicago-area and national organizations should be directed to:
RR Donnelley Foundation
111 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-4301
E-mail: communityrelations@rrd.com
To apply for funding, please send the following information:
- A short proposal containing a description of the organization, its activities and its clients
- A clear statement of what is wanted from RR Donnelley
- An explanation of what you plan to accomplish
- A copy of the organization's IRS status letter
- A list of board members
- An audited financial statement
A limited amount of other supporting materials, such as an annual report, brochure or newsletter, also is welcome.
Proposals are accepted between January 1 and November 1.
Does your company offer educational scholarships, grants or loans?
RR Donnelley's scholarship program is limited to dependent children of current employees with at least three years of full-time service with the company and of deceased or retired employees with at least 10 years of full-time service with the company. For additional details about the eligibility requirements and qualifying procedures, please contact:
RR Donnelley Foundation
111 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-4301
E-mail: communityrelations@rrd.com
Where can I get information about your Lakeside Classics?
The Lakeside Classics series was started in 1903 by Thomas E. Donnelley, then president of RR Donnelley and son of the founder. T.E. believed that a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift. You can read more about the Lakeside Classics, including a chronological list of volumes and a list of electronic versions.
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