By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:08 EST, 2 September 2012 | UPDATED: 14:46 EST, 2 September 2012 Despite its many successes, Apple has never been known for its charitable giving - perhaps until now. Now established as America’s most valuable company, Apple appears to be doing a shift toward more philanthropic endeavours. In fact, founder Steve Jobs was notorious for his scant contributions to good causes. Cheap? Steve Jobs was notorious for his scant contributions to good causes, and believed that Apple's contributions to the public were its devices Stacy Palmer, editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, told the New York Post that the late Apple founder wasn't one for monetary donations.
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Company did little charitable giving under late CEO Steve Jobs
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Apple now America's most valuable company, and set to become even richer after winning a $1.5billion patent lawsuit against Samsung
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Under new CEO Tim Cook, Apple gave a reported $100million to charity last year
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