2019 PHILANTHROPY Our priority giving areas: Developing Leaders, Preserving Places and Serving Communities.

This includes the American Express Foundation and corporate gifts. In 2019, we contributed over $37 million to communities around the world. How We Give

Supporting Colleagues Includes Gift Matching, Serve2Gether Grants, 17% Scholarships and Culture Card programs Developing 29% Leaders

Serving 32% Communities 22% Preserving Places

2 We trained 800 emerging social purpose leaders through 22 American Express Leadership Academy Programs.

3 Developing Leaders

Through this program, we support projects that provide best-in-class leadership development training programs that help current and future emerging social purpose leaders build their leaderships skills and organizational effectiveness.

In 2019, we trained over 800 emerging social We also strengthened ongoing Leadership purpose leaders through 22 American Express Academy alumni engagement through the Leadership Academy programs in locations American Express Leadership Academy across the globe. The Leadership Academy is LinkedIn group, which has grown to include designed as a multidisciplinary approach to over 2,800 alumni. For the fifth year, we training the current and next generation of hosted the American Express Leadership emerging leaders through intense, leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit, which development training programs targeted included 80 Academy alumni from around the to different segments of the social sector. world. We supported local Academy alumni In 2019, our 12 partners in this effort were: group activities in Kampala, Uganda; London, Arizona State University Lodestar Center United Kingdom; New York, NY; Tokyo, Japan; (Phoenix, AZ), Arizona State University and Washington, D.C. Thunderbird School of Global Management Recognizing the ongoing need to scale access (Phoenix, AZ), Ashoka (New York, NY; Mexico to leadership training, we continued our City, Mexico; Madrid, Spain; Nairobi, Africa; support for Leaderosity.com and the Acumen and Dakar, Senegal), the Aspen Institute Academy. In order to tell the story of these (Aspen, CO), the Campaign for Black Male leaders, we continued to be the sole sponsor Achievement (Greensboro, NC), the Center for of Leaderstories.org, a story telling platform Creative Leadership (New York, NY), Common for Academy participants and grant recipients. Purpose (London, United Kingdom; Singapore; Hong Kong, China and Johannesburg, In addition, we made over 85 grants to non- South Africa), Entrepreneurial Training profit organizations to create, develop, expand for Innovative Community [ETIC] (Tokyo, or maintain their own leadership development Japan), Independent Sector (Washington, programs for high potential, emerging leaders. DC), Japan Philanthropic Association [JPA] More than 5,000 leaders attended in-person (Tokyo, Japan), Points of Light (Atlanta, GA) trainings through these grants. and SparkAction (Brooklyn, NY). Over 5,100 emerging leaders have participated in a Leadership Academy since 2008.

4 Developing Leaders - $10.7M

ACCESS Atlas Service Corps NNAAC Empowering Emerging Arab American Leaders, American Express Leadership Academy Alumni Award, Dearborn, MI Washington, DC

Acumen Fund Atlas Service Corps Acumen Online Leadership Platform, New York, NY Leadership Academy Alumni Engagement, Washington, DC Alliance for Strong Families and Communities Building Capacity for Diversity & Inclusion, Milwaukee, WI Baltimore Corps Developing Leaders Across Baltimore Corps’ Network, American Foundation for the Blind Baltimore, MD The Blind Leaders Development Program, Arlington, VA Berkeley Repertory Theatre American Leadership Forum Next Generation Fellowship Program, Berkeley, CA Join & Strengthen Diverse Leaders for Common Good, Houston, TX Brioxy Diverse Leadership Pipeline Bootcamps, Oakland, CA American Symphony Orchestra League Emerging Leaders Program and Digital Learning, Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service New York, NY Leadership Pipeline Development Project, Brooklyn, NY

Americans for Indian Opportunity Building Movement Project Ambassador Alumni Engagement, Albuquerque, NM Leadership Funders Meeting, New York, NY

Arizona Science Center Building Movement Project Life Long Learning L3 Series, Phoenix, AZ Race to Lead: Developing A Race Equity Assessment, New York, NY Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University Campaign for Black Male Achievement American Express Leadership Academy Thunderbird, American Express Leadership Academy, New York, NY Tempe, AZ Center for Creative Leadership Arizona State University Lodestar Center for American Express Leadership Academy, Greensboro, NC Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation American Express Leadership Academy, Phoenix, AZ Center for Creative Leadership American Express Leadership Academy 2020, Ashoka Greensboro, NC Emerging Innovators Bootcamps, Arlington, VA Center for Creative Leadership Asian Venture Philanthropy Network American Express Women in Music Leadership Academy, American Express Leadership Academy in Japan, Greensboro, NC Singapore Center for Creative Leadership Aspen Institute, The American Express Women in Music Leader Academy American Express Leadership Academy 2.0, 2020, Greensboro, NC Washington, DC Center for New American Security Association of Performing Arts Professionals Next Generation National Security Leaders Program, Leadership Fellows Program, Washington, DC Washington, DC

5 Developing Leaders - $10.7M

Center for Nonprofit Advancement Girls Inc. Executive Preparation Institute, Washington, DC Leadership Framework Launch, New York, NY

Chicago Foundation for Women Global Good Fund Women’s Leadership Development Initiative, Chicago, IL Annual Summit, Columbia, MD

College Summit Global Health Corps LeadForward Initiative, Washington, DC Leadership Training Institute for Fellows, New York, NY Common Purpose Charitable Trust American Express Leadership Academies, Good Shepherd Services London, United Kingdom Jean Goldberg Thomases Leadership Institute, New York, NY, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Catalyst Leadership Program, Atlanta, GA Growth Philanthropy Network The Social Impact Exchange, New York, NY Coro New York Leadership Center Immigrant Civic Leadership Program, New York, NY Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement Leadership Academy - Nonprofit Pipeline Initiative, Council of Urban Professionals Institute, The Chicago, IL Fellows Program - New York and Los Angeles, New York, NY Hispanics In Philanthropy Lideres Fellowship in Mexico, Oakland, CA Dance/USA Institute for Leadership Training, Washington, DC Independent Sector Upswell Chicago Awards Event, Washington, DC Echoing Green Leadership Development Framework, New York, NY King Baudouin Foundation United States NYC Study Visits on Fundraising - Europe & Africa, Education and Research Foundation of the Better New York, NY Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York Charity Effectiveness Series XII-XIII, New York, NY Latino Policy Forum Multicultural Leadership Academy, Chicago, IL Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Center for Leadership Development, New York, NY Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Impact: A Program for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders, Forum for the Future US Los Angeles, CA School of System Change North America, Brooklyn, NY LeaderSpring Forum for Youth Investment, The a Project of the Tides Center, Women of Color Leadstrong American Express Converge Leadership Academy 2020, Fellowship, Oakland, CA Washington, DC LIDERAMOS - The National Latino Leadership Alliance Forum for Youth Investment, The Advancing Latino Leadership, Denver, CO LeaderStories Platform and Engagement, Washington, DC NAF Career Academy Leadership Program, New York, NY French American Foundation for the Development of Relations Between France & US National Geographic Society Young Leaders Program, New York, NY Early Career Leadership Program, Washington, DC Georgia Center for Nonprofits High Potential Diverse Leaders Program, Atlanta, GA 6 Developing Leaders - $10.7M

National Guild for Community Arts Education Radical Partners Community Arts Education Leadership Institute, The Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Miami, FL New York, NY Rainier Valley Corps National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. Leaders of Color Fellowship Program, Seattle, WA American Express Aspire Award, Washington, DC Resource Foundation, The National Urban League Leadership Development in Mexico, New York, NY Emerging Leaders Program, New York, NY Seedspot New Profit Empowering Underrepresented Entrepreneurs, Community of Leaders: Leadership Development, Phoenix, AZ Boston, MA SRI Foundation New York Foundation for the Arts ARCUS Leadership Program, Rio Rancho, NM Emerging Leaders Program, Brooklyn, NY Steppenwolf Theatre Co New York Theatre Workshop Professional Leadership Program, Chicago, IL 2050 Administrative Fellows Program, New York, NY Support Center for Nonprofit Management New York Women’s Foundation The Leadership Collaborative, New York, NY Lead the Way Initiative for Women of Color Leaders, New York, NY Synergos Institute Bridging Leadership in Mexico, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance New York, NY Leaderosity Talent and Leadership Platform, Kansas City, MO Take the Lead 50 Women Can Change the World in Nonprofits 2.0, OPERA America Shohola, PA Leadership Development Program, New York, NY Unlocking Potential Foundation Partnership for After School Education Salt Lake City Emerging Leader Development Program, Emerging Leaders in Nonprofit Management, Alexandria, VA New York, NY Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Phd Project Association Relating to the Caribbean AHEAD: Achieving Higher Ed Administration Diversity, ICA Fellows NextGen Leaders for Cultural Equity, Montvale, NJ New York, NY

Points of Light Foundation Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children American Express Leadership Academy, Atlanta, GA Legacy Leadership Program for Executive Directors, New York, NY Princeton Project 55 Emerging Leaders Professional Development, Princeton, NJ

Pro Inspire Leadership Institute and Alumni Network, Washington, DC

7 We supported 50 historically significant preservation projects in 10 countries.

Janesville Woman’s Club Building in Janesville, WI photo by Anne Roe

8 Preserving Places

In this program area, we support organizations and projects that preserve or restore major historic sites in order to provide sustainable access and enjoyment for current and future visitors.

Through our partnership with the National Staten Island, NY; The Ladies’ Literary Trust for Historic Preservation, we launched Clubhouse, Salt Lake City, UT; Union Block, the third Partners in Preservation: Main Streets Mount Pleasant, IA; Dr. Justina Ford Home, program, which recognized historic buildings Denver, CO; College Hall (Lake Erie College), and sites that celebrate contributions of Painesville, OH; Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, women in communities across America TX and The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis, to commemorate the 100th anniversary Minneapolis, MN. of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, We also sponsored the World Monuments guaranteeing women the right to vote. Fund’s 2019 Monuments Watch, which Twenty historic sites participated in the included 25 sites spanning 21 countries from public voting campaign to win a share around the world. A select number of these of preservation funding from American sites will compete for a share of one million Express. The 13 winning sites received a total dollars in preservation funding from American of $1.8 million in grants to help fund their Express in 2020. preservation projects, in addition to initial In addition, we provided support to preserve grants of $10,000 that each site received to or restore 26 preservation projects around increase public awareness of their historic the world, including the American Friends of places. The winning main street historic The Prado Museum (Madrid, Spain), Friends sites, determined by popular vote, included: of Notre-Dame De Paris (Paris, France), Grand Janesville Woman’s Club Building, Janesville, Canyon Conservancy (Grand Canyon, AZ), The WI; Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, Savannah, Museum of Tolerance (Mexico City, Mexico), GA; Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, OR; Chester Rails to Trails Conservancy (Washington, County Historical Society, West Chester, PA; DC) and the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Monroe County Courthouse; Monroeville, AL; Netherlands). Holly Union Depot, Holly, MI; Casa Belvedere,

9 Preserving Places - $8M

American Friends of the Prado Museum National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. Reframing the Prado: The Spinners by Velazquez, Partners in Preservation (PIP): Main Streets and Annual Minneapolis, MN Conference, Washington, DC

American Friends of the Victoria and Albert Museum National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. Refurbishment of the V&A Raphael Court in the UK, The National Mall Tidal Basin Ideas Lab, Washington, DC New York, NY Paul Taylor Dance Foundation Ballet Hispanico of New York Repertory Preservation Project, New York, NY Restoring & Preserving Historic Latino Dance Works, New York, NY Rails to Trails Conservancy Sharing History on the Great American Rail-Trail, Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, The Washington, DC Stained Glass Window Restoration, Toronto, Canada Resource Foundation, The Discalced Historic Preservation Program in Argentina, New York, NY Dances for the Future, Brooklyn, NY Resource Foundation, The Finca Vigia Foundation Modern and Contemporary Art Conservation in Mexico, Historic Preservation at Museo Hemingway, Boston, MA New York, NY

Friends of Notre-Dame De Paris Resource Foundation, The Restoration of Notre-Dame De Paris, Washington, DC Restoration of Traveling Collection in Mexico, New York, NY

Fund for the City of New York Sing Sing Prison Museum NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, New York, NY The Sing Sing Prison Historic Cellblock Revealed, Ossining, NY Grand Canyon Conservancy Desert View Inter-Tribal Cultural Heritage Site, Society for Preservation of Weeksville & Bedford Grand Canyon, AZ Stuyvesant History Restoration of the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses, Grounds for Sculpture Brooklyn, NY Cornerstones of the Collection: Beverly Pepper, Hamilton, NJ Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation The Statue of Liberty Museum, New York, NY Harlem Stage The Gatehouse Restoration Project, New York, NY Stephen Petronio Dance Company Bloodlines Historic Restaging and Expansion, King Baudouin Foundation United States New York, NY Opera di Santa Croce Exhibit & Iconic Houses Site, New York, NY Stichting het Rijksmuseum Project Night Watch, Amsterdam, Netherlands Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Remastering an Iconic Building: David Geffen Hall, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY David Hammons Day’s End Public Art Project, New York, NY Lower East Side Tenement Museum Historic Preservation of 97 Orchard Street, New York, NY World Monuments Fund 2020 World Monuments Watch, New York, NY National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation Preserving 9/11 at the World Trade Center Site, New York, NY 10 We supported more than 65 nonprofits that engaged an estimated 7 million volunteers in over 30 million hours of service to serve the needs of local communities in 16 countries.

11 Serving Communities

We enable charitable organizations to deliver mission-critical services by engaging community members and our colleagues as volunteers. We also fund immediate and long-term relief and recovery efforts to help victims of natural disasters.

In 2019, we supported more than 65 nonprofits In addition, we provided nearly 32,000 that engaged an estimated 7 million volunteers volunteer opportunities for our colleagues, in over 30 million hours of service to serve the equivalent to 400,000 hours of company- needs of local communities in 16 countries. sponsored volunteer service valued at about These volunteers improved their communities’ $10 million, and pro-bono consulting to 17 access to critical necessities such as food, organizations in New York, NY; Phoenix, AZ; shelter, green spaces and educational Salt Lake City, UT; Sunrise, FL and Washington, opportunities. DC engaging over 100 colleagues who donated 5,100 hours of consulting services (valued at In response to Hurricane Dorian, which caused $765,000). significant damage in the Bahamas and the Southeastern United States, we provided We also supported a number of arts $100,000 to the American National Red Cross organizations that provide access to cultural in disaster relief aid. events in their communities.

12 Serving Communities - $12M

Advertising Council, The Catchafire Foundation Enhancing Impact Through Social Media & Innovation, Serve2Gether Consulting+, San Francisco, CA New York, NY Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation 2018-2019 Public Programming, New York, NY CITY OF RAIN (Production Support), New York, NY Central Park Conservancy American National Red Cross Community Volunteer Program, New York, NY Designated Disaster Relief, Washington, DC Central Park Conservancy American National Red Cross Neighborhood Parks Volunteer Program, New York, NY Disaster Volunteer Recruitment, Washington, DC Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center American National Red Cross CMS at 50 Anniversary Exhibition, New York, NY Implementing Volunteer Recruitment Strategy, Washington, DC Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center 27th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade, Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health Ft. Lauderdale, FL Healthy Communities Volunteer Program, Brooklyn, NY City Harvest Australian Business and Community Network Volunteer and Food Rescue Sponsorship, New York, NY Disadvantaged Schools Mentoring Partnership, Sydney, Australia Clontarf Foundation Education Engagement Program, Bentley, Australia Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation Limited, The Feeding South Florida Early Language and Literacy Project, Edgecliff, Australia School Pantry Program, Pembroke Park, FL

Battery Dance Corporation Foundation Center, The 38th Annual Battery Dance Festival, New York, NY General Support, New York, NY

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona Workplace Mentoring Program, New York, NY Volunteer Recruitment for Programs for Children, Phoenix, AZ Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex Hudson and Union Counties NJ Fund for Cities of Service Empowering Vulnerable Youth Through Mentoring, Engaged Cities Award, New York, NY Newark, NJ God’s Love We Deliver Bipartisan Policy Center Soup Kitchen Volunteer Program, New York, NY General Support, Washington, DC Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona Bric Arts Media Bklyn Mighty Roof Raiser Sponsorship of Affordable Homes, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival 41st Season, Peoria, AZ Brooklyn, NY HandsOn Greater Phoenix Bright Horizons Foundation for Children Team Volunteering Project, Mesa, AZ Volunteer Program Aiding Domestic Violence Victims, Harlem Children’s Zone Newton, MA Community Pride, New York, NY

13 Serving Communities - $12M

International Rescue Committee Montclair Film Festival Emergency Preparedness, New York, NY Volunteer, Internship and Mentorship Programs, Montclair, NJ International Rescue Committee Volunteers Preparing New Americans for Citizenship, Museum of Discovery and Science New York, NY Executing Community Outreach, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Jazzmobile My Good Deed Fifty Five Years of Keeping the Music Playing, 9/11 Day of Service Volunteer Mobilization, Irvine, CA New York, NY National Cares Mentoring Movement John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Building Capacity to Engage Mentors, New York, NY 2019 Kennedy Center Corporate Fund, Washington, DC National Geographic Society Junior Achievement of Arizona Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution, Washington, DC Mentoring Low-Income Arizona Students, Tempe, AZ Nature Conservancy Junior Achievement of New York Building Capacity to Grow Ambassadors for Nature, Engaging Volunteer to Prepare NYC Students, Arlington, VA New York, NY Nature Conservancy Junior Achievement USA Chilean Forest Protection Through Carbon Offsets, Volunteer Engagement Strategy, Colorado Springs, CO Arlington, VA

KidsCan Charitable Trust New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation School Support Programme, Auckland, New Zealand 2019-2020 World Music Series, Newark, NJ

King Baudouin Foundation United States New York Immigration Coalition Funding Cultural Projects in the United Kingdom, Digital Engagement Strategy, New York, NY New York, NY New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lower Manhattan Hospital 2018-2019 Lincoln Center Corporate Fund, New York, NY Providing Quality Healthcare in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Mostly Mozart Festival, New York, NY New York Public Radio Developing Digital Engagement Strategy, New York, NY Lower Manhattan Cultural Council River to River Festival, New York, NY New York Restoration Project Lead Service Sponsor, New York, NY Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hong Kong Limited The Wish Challenge, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong New York Shakespeare Festival “For Colored Girls” by Ntozake Shange Metropolitan Opera Association (Production Support), New York, NY A New Production of Phillip Glass’s “Akhnaten”, New York, NY Ocean Conservancy Audience Engagement and Event Activation Strategy, Money Advice Trust Washington, DC Financial Education, London, United Kingdom

14 Serving Communities - $12M

Ocean Conservancy Spoleto Festival USA Moving One Million More for Trash Free Seas, American Express Woolfe Street Series 2019, Washington, DC Charleston, SC

Open for Business St. James’ Settlement LGBT Inclusion Initiative, Washington, DC Extended After-School and Support Program, Hong Kong OPERA America Implementing Social Media and Branding Campaign, St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance New York, NY Emergency Food Box Program, Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation Strive for College Collaborative Volunteer Program Serving Young Patients, Phoenix, AZ Mentoring at Scale to Support College Access, Milpitas, CA Poets House Website Redesign and Communications Strategy, Student Conservation Association, The New York, NY Community Conservation, Arlington, VA

Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Rock n Roll Paint A Thon, Tempe, AZ Komen Greater NYC Race for the Cure, New York, NY

Resource Foundation, The Sussex Community Foundation Better Alliances, Better Forests Initiative, New York, NY Local Grants in Sussex U.K., Lewes, United Kingdom

Sadler’s Wells Association Taproot Foundation Sampled Festival 2020 and 2021, New York, NY Pro Bono Consulting Support, San Francisco, CA

Salvation Army, The Taproot Foundation Back to School Supply Drive, Phoenix, AZ 2020 Pro Bono Consulting Support, San Francisco, CA

Save the Children Federation Terrence Higgins Trust Limited The Global Malnutrition Initiative, Fairfield, CT Volunteer Programme, London, United Kingdom

Second Stage Theatre Theatre for a New Audience GRAND HORIZONS (Production Support), New York, NY Fairview (Production Support), New York, NY

Second Stage Theatre Theatre Forward SUPERHERO (Production Support), New York, NY Key Messaging Implementation and Awareness, New York, NY Signature Theatre Company Signature Spotlight Series, New York, NY Trevor Project, The Employee Volunteerism and Education, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African West Hollywood, CA American History and Culture Culture Galleries Support and Curator Endowments, Two Good Foundation Washington, DC Two Gooders Program, Eveleigh, Australia

Special Olympics Arizona UMOM New Day Centers Volunteer Support for Summer and Fall Games, Emergency Shelter Volunteer Program, Phoenix, AZ Phoenix, AZ

15 Serving Communities - $12M

United Way of Broward County Broward Community Engagement & Hurricane Relief, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

United Way of New York City BoardServeNYC, New York, NY

United Way of Salt Lake Team Volunteering Project, Salt Lake City, UT

Urban League of Broward County Community Engagement Program, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Utah Arts Festival Foundation Volunteer Support for Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT

Valley of the Sun United Way Weekend Hunger Backpacks, Phoenix, AZ

Volunteer Action Center of Broward County High-Impact HandsOn Service Program, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Volunteer Canada/Benevoles Canada Advancing Citizen Engagement in Canada, Ottawa, Canada

World Trade Center Performing Arts Center American Express Cultural Preservation Fund, New York, NY

Young Vic Company Taking Part Sponsorship, London, United Kingdom

16 Through the Give2Gether matching program, we engaged 80% of colleagues in the United States and 86% of colleagues in Canada.

1717 Supporting Colleagues - $6.5M

Gift Matching Scholarships $5.6 Million $507,000

We match the personal contributions of We assist colleagues in meeting the costs of colleagues and the Company’s board of directors their children’s undergraduate college education to qualified nonprofit organizations in the in the United States and Canada. United States and Canada.

Serve2Gether Grants Culture Card $100,000 $322,000

We award grants to nonprofit organizations We support New York cultural institutions in the United States to recognize the volunteer that offer free and/or discounted admission services of our colleagues. to our colleagues.

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