2020 PHILANTHROPY Our Priority Areas of Focus: Developing Leaders, Preserving Places and Serving Communities

2020 PHILANTHROPY Our Priority Areas of Focus: Developing Leaders, Preserving Places and Serving Communities.

This includes American Express Foundation and corporate gifts. In 2020, we contributed $42.5 million to communities around the world. How We Give

Supporting Colleagues* *Includes COVID-19 relief grants, Matching, 16% Serve2Gether Grants, Employee Scholarships and Culture Card Programs. Developing 16% Leaders

Serving Preserving Communities 16% 52% Places

2 We trained more than 21,000 emerging social purpose leaders through American Express funded leadership programs.

3 Developing Leaders

We help emerging social purpose leaders build their leadership skills and organizational effectiveness. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we continued to support best-in-class leadership development training through virtual and hybrid (in-person and virtual) programming.

In 2020, we trained more than 275 global Recognizing the ongoing need to scale access emerging social purpose leaders through nine to leadership training, we continued our virtual or hybrid American Express Leadership support for Leaderosity.com and the Acumen Academy programs. The Leadership Academy Academy. In order to tell the stories of these is designed as a multidisciplinary approach leaders, we remained the sole sponsor of to train the current and next generation of Leaderstories.org — a storytelling platform for emerging leaders through intensive leadership Academy participants and grant recipients. development training programs targeted to In addition, we made 65 grants to nonprofit different segments of the social sector. Over organizations that switched to virtual formats 5,400 emerging leaders have participated in a to create, develop or maintain their own Leadership Academy since 2008. leadership development programs for high We also strengthened our ongoing Leadership potential, emerging leaders. Academy alumni engagement through the American Express Leadership Academy Alumni network. The Alumni created a new initiative, Leaders Café, to address the challenges leaders faced this year. This alumni-driven open forum provided a virtual space for continued learning, networking and sharing of best practices during uncertain times.

4 Developing Leaders - $6.7M

Acumen Fund Atlas Service Corps Acumen Online Leadership Platform, New York, NY 2021 Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summits, Washington, DC Alliance for Strong Families and Communities Leadership Through Affinity Groups, Milwaukee, WI Atlas Service Corps American Express Leadership Academy Alumni Award, American Foundation for the Blind Washington, DC Leadership to Build a Culture of Inclusion, Arlington, VA Atlas Service Corps Leadership Development Program & Leadership Fellow, American Leadership Forum Washington, DC Join & Strengthen Diverse Leaders for Common Good, Houston, TX Baltimore Corps Developing Impact Leaders for COVID-19 Relief, American Symphony Orchestra League Baltimore, MD Emerging Leaders Program and Digital Learning, New York, NY Berkeley Repertory Theatre Leadership and Resilience for Theatre Workers, Americans for Indian Opportunity Berkeley, CA Ambassador Alumni Engagement Project, Albuquerque, NM Brioxy Diverse Leadership Pipeline Online Network, Americans for the Arts Oakland, CA Arts U Phase 2: Advancing Leadership Education, Washington, DC Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service Communications Staff Development Project, Arizona Science Center Brooklyn, NY Life Long Learning L3 Series, Phoenix, AZ Building Movement Project Arizona State University Foundation for Race to Lead: Developing A Race Equity Assessment, A New American University New York, NY American Express Leadership Academy Thunderbird, Tempe, AZ Campaign for Black Male Achievement Leadership Webinars and General Operating Support, Arizona State University Lodestar Center for New York, NY Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation American Express Leadership Academy, Center for Nonprofit Advancement Phoenix, AZ Executive Preparation Institute, Washington, DC

Ashoka Chicago Foundation for Women Masterclass Webinars and General Operating Support, Virtual Womens Leadership Development Initiative, Arlington, VA Chicago, IL

Aspen Institute, The College Summit General Operating Support, Washington, DC LeadForward: Coaches-In-Training, Washington, DC

Association of Performing Arts Professionals Common Purpose Charitable Trust Leadership Fellows Program Alumni Network, American Express Leadership Academies, Washington, DC London, United Kingdom

5 Developing Leaders - $6.7M

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Growth Philanthropy Network Catalyst Leadership Program, Atlanta, GA Exchange National Conference: Unifying Leadership, 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 CUP Virtual NY/LA Fellows Program, New York, NY Hispanics In Philanthropy Dance/USA Latinx Lideres Virtual Program, Oakland, CA General Operating Support, Washington, DC Hispanics In Philanthropy Echoing Green Lideres Fellowship in Mexico, Oakland, CA Affinity-Based Approach to Leadership Development, New York, NY Independent Sector 2020-2022 NGen Fellows, Award and Online Courses, Education and Research Foundation of the Washington, DC Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York BBB Charity Effectiveness Program Series, King Baudouin Foundation United States New York, NY Virtual Leaders in Heritage Management Workshops, New York, NY Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Center for Leadership Development, New York, NY Latino Policy Forum Multicultural Leadership Academy Alumni Program, Forum for Youth Investment, The Chicago, IL LeaderStories Platform and Engagement, Washington, DC Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Impact: a program for emerging nonprofit leaders, Georgetown University Los Angeles, CA New Strategies Program, Washington, DC LeaderSpring, a Project of the Tides Center Georgia Center for Nonprofits Women of Color LeadStrong, Oakland, CA High Potential Diverse Leaders Program, Atlanta, GA Management Leadership for Tomorrow Girls Virtual Development of Diverse Nonprofit Leaders, Leadership Framework Launch, New York, NY Bethesda, MD

Give2Asia Mandela Institute for Humanity, The Service Academy Partner-Japan General Support, The Mandela Fellowship Oakland, CA New York, NY

Global Good Fund Maven Leadership Collective Leadership Development Curriculum & LEAP Program, Leadership Program Alumni Support, Miami, FL Glenwood, MD NAF Global Health Corps General Support, New York, NY Leadership Training Institute for Fellows, New York, NY

6 Developing Leaders - $6.7M

National Guild for Community Arts Education Seedspot Leading Beyond Crisis: CAELI Alumni Program, Empowering Underrepresented Entrepreneurs, New York, NY Phoenix, AZ

National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. SRI Foundation American Express Aspire Award, Washington, DC ARCUS Leadership Program, Rio Rancho, NM

National Urban League Steppenwolf Theatre Company Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), New York, NY Teaching Artist Program, Chicago, IL

New Profit Take The Lead Virtual Leadership Development, Boston, MA 50 Women Alumnae Leadership Program, New York, NY New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Administrative Fellows Program, New York, NY Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating to the Caribbean Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Arts and Cultural Fellowships Programs, Leaderosity Talent and Leadership Platform, New York, NY Kansas City, MO World Monuments Fund OPERA America Leadership Workshop for Heritage Professionals, Leadership Development Program, New York, NY New York, NY

Partnership for After School Education Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children Alumni Leadership Institute, New York, NY Legacy Leadership Program for Executive Directors, New York, NY PhD Project Association AHEAD: Achieving Higher Ed Administration Diversity, Montvale, NJ

Princeton Project 55 Emerging Leaders Online, Princeton, NJ

Pro Inspire Emerging Leaders Cohort and Alumni Network, Washington, DC

Public Allies Creating Pathways to Opportunity for Men of Color, Milwaukee, WI

Radical Partners Strategic Planning Summit & Alumni Support, Miami, FL

RVC Seattle Leaders of Color Fellowship Program, Seattle, WA

7 We supported 25 historic preservation projects, including several programs that allowed visitors to access historic sites virtually during the pandemic.

Koutammakou houses-Land of the Batammariba photo by Damien Radermecker

8 Preserving Places

We support organizations and projects that preserve or restore major historic sites to provide sustainable access and enjoyment for current and future visitors.

Through our partnership with the National over the last three years; Museo Nacional de Trust for Historic Preservation, we supported Antropologia (Mexico City, Mexico) to restore a Virtual Preservation Month to promote 31 two key pieces of the Museum’s permanent virtual tours and other new ways of engaging collection: View of Tenochtitlan in the Lake of with historic buildings and sites during the Mexico by Luis Covarrubias and Interpretation COVID-19 pandemic. From the Pauli Murray of Huichol Techniques 1 by Mathias Goeritz. House in Durham, North Carolina to the Lower We also sponsored the World Monuments East Side Tenement Museum in New York Fund’s 2020 Monuments Watch, a list of City, New York to Route 66 from Illinois to 25 sites from around the world, in which California, the Trust transported virtual visitors American Express provided $1 million dollars to well-known historical sites and hidden gems. in funding to seven sites in eight countries: We also provided support for the International Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island, Chile); African American Museum (Charleston, SC), Inari-Yu Bathhouse (Tokyo, Japan), Bennerley to underwrite the development of a series of Viaduct (Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom), virtual experiences; the World War I Memorial Central Aguirre Historic District (Puerto Rico, (Washington, DC) in support of the “Virtual United States), Canal Nacional (Mexico City, Explorer”, an extended reality (ER) application Mexico), Courtyard Houses of Axerquía combining augmented and virtual reality to (Córdoba, Spain), Koutammakou (Benin engage visitors; the Fundación Nacional para and Togo). la Cultura Popular (San Juan, Puerto Rico) to help restore the library at the historic venue which has been damaged by natural disasters

9 Preserving Places - $7M

American Friends of the Victoria and Albert Museum Rails to Trails Conservancy Refurbishment of the V&A Raphael Court in the UK, Sharing History on the Great American Rail-Trail, New York, NY Washington, DC

Civil Rights Foundation Resource Foundation, The Museum of Civil Rights, New York, NY Modern and Contemporary Art Preservation, New York, NY Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, The Stained Glass Window Restoration, Toronto, Royal Oak Foundation Ontario, Canada INTO Antwerp 2021 Conference, 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 Fundacion Nacional Para La Cultura Popular Juan Ortiz Jimenez’s Library Restoration, Society for Preservation of Weeksville & San Juan, Puerto Rico Bedford Stuyvesant History, Restoration of the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses, Grand Canyon Conservancy Brooklyn, NY Desert View Inter-Tribal Cultural Heritage Site, Grand Canyon, AZ South Mountain Theaterworks Drive by History - Season 4 on PBS, Maplewood, NJ International African American Museum Virtual Museum Tours, Charleston, SC Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation The Statue of Liberty Museum, New York, NY Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Remastering an Iconic Building: David Geffen Hall, Stephen Petronio Dance Company New York, NY Bloodlines Historic Restaging and Expansion, New York, NY National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. The National Mall Tidal Basin Ideas Lab, Stichting het Rijksmuseum Washington, DC Project Night Watch, Amsterdam, Netherlands

National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. United States Foundation for The Commemoration Partners in Preservation: Main Streets and Annual of The World Wars Conference, Washington, DC The World War I Memorial Virtual Explorer App, Washington, DC National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. PastForward Conference Sponsorship, World Monuments Fund Washington, DC 2020 World Monuments Watch, New York, NY

National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. Virtual Preservation Month and PiP Support, Washington, DC

10 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our funding enabled organizations across the globe to purchase over 18 million meals and 525,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) items.

11 Serving Communities

We support nonprofit organizations that back our communities, deliver mission-critical services and engage volunteers. In 2020, we supported more than 80 nonprofits that served the needs of local communities in 20 countries. This helped to improve community access to necessities such as food, shelter, green spaces and educational opportunities.

With the company’s more than $8 million between four major Black chambers: The in support for the COVID-19 response, we National Black Chamber of Commerce, The provided more than 50 grants to organizations National Business League, The U.S. Black on the frontlines of the pandemic in 20 Chambers, Inc., and Walker’s Legacy. countries. Our response to the pandemic The company also responded to wildfires in the focused on two pressing issues: the western United States ($100,000), Hurricane overwhelming need for nutritious meals and Laura in West Louisiana and East Texas the rapid distribution of Personal Protective ($100,000) and a catastrophic explosion in Equipment (PPE) to healthcare professionals. Beirut, Lebanon ($100,000). We provided over $9 million in grants to Given the challenges of COVID-19, we pivoted the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational our in-person volunteer activities to be virtual Fund, the National Urban League and other and engaged over 2,000 colleagues globally People of Color-led organizations. Additionally, in skills-based virtual volunteer opportunities, in collaboration with the U.S. Chamber of supporting nearly 100 nonprofits. Commerce Foundation, we launched the “Coalition to Back Black Businesses” with We also engaged over 20,000 colleagues a $10 million commitment to fund a grant globally who participated in a virtual tree- program and support Black-owned small planting campaign resulting in over 57,000 business recovery in the U.S. through 2023. trees planted. The Coalition is a first-of-its-kind collaboration

12 Serving Communities - $22.1M

Advertising Council, The City Harvest Enhancing Impact via Social Media and Innovation, Volunteer and Food Rescue Sponsorship, New York, NY New York, NY City Parks Foundation Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Partnerships for Parks, New York, NY General Operating Support, New York, NY Clontarf Foundation American National Red Cross Education Engagement Program, Bentley, Australia Designated Disaster Relief, Washington, DC Discalced Arthur Ashe Institute For Urban Health General Operating Support, Brooklyn, NY Healthy Communities Volunteer Program, Brooklyn, NY Feeding America Australian Business and Community Network COVID-19 Response Fund, Chicago, IL Disadvantaged Schools Mentoring Partnership, Sydney, Australia Feeding South Florida COVID-19 Emergency Response, Pembroke Park, FL Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation Limited, The Feeding South Florida Early Language & Literacy Lands Project, Emergency Food Distribution, Pembroke Park, FL Edgecliff, Australia First Nations Development Institute Ballet Theatre Foundation Native American COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, General Operating Support, New York, NY Longmont, CO

Battery Dance Corporation Foundation Center, The General Operating Support, 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 and Retention for Programs, Phoenix, AZ Bipartisan Policy Center General Support, Washington, DC Give2Asia Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Relief Effort, Oakland, CA Bric Arts Media Bklyn BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival 2020, Brooklyn, NY Give2Asia Australian Bushfire Relief Effort, Oakland, CA Catchafire Foundation Serve2Gether Consulting+, San Francisco, CA Give2Asia COVID-19 Relief Effort, Oakland, CA Central Park Conservancy Community Volunteer Program, New York, NY Give2Asia Kyushu Floods Disaster Grant, Oakland, CA Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center Medical and Support Services, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Globalgiving Foundation General Operating Support, Washington, DC City Harvest Creating Access to Food in Response to COVID-19, God’s Love We Deliver New York, NY Soup Kitchen Volunteer Program, New York, NY

13 Serving Communities - $22.1M

Governors Island Alliance King Baudouin Foundation United States General Operating Support, New York, NY Finance and Creative Careers for Inclusive Futures, New York, NY Greater New York Hospital Foundation Supporting NY Hospitals’ COVID-19 Response, King Baudouin Foundation United States New York, NY Funding Cultural Projects in the United Kingdom, New York, NY Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona Impact of COVID-19 on Housing, Peoria, AZ King Baudouin Foundation United States Helping Domestic Abuse Victims in Italy, New York, NY HandsOn Greater Phoenix Virtual and Team Volunteering Project, Mesa, AZ King Baudouin Foundation United States Working to End Racial Injustice in the UK, New York, NY Harlem Children’s Zone Community Pride, New York, NY Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 2019-2020 Lincoln Center Corporate Fund, New York, NY Hispanic Federation Nonprofit Emergency Assistance Fund, New York, NY Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Mostly Mozart Festival 2020, New York, NY International Medical Corps Global COVID-19 Response, Los Angeles, CA Lincoln Center Theater INTIMATE APPAREL, New York, NY International Rescue Committee Global COVID-19 Response, New York, NY Lower Manhattan Cultural Council River To River Festival 2020, New York, NY International Rescue Committee Volunteers Supporting New Americans, New York, NY Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hong Kong Limited The Wish Challenge, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Junior Achievement International China Personal Finance Program, Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Opera Association A New production of Phillip Glass’s ‘Akhnaten’, Junior Achievement of Arizona New York, NY Mentoring Primarily Low-Income Arizona Students, Tempe, AZ Money Advice Trust Financial Education, London, United Kingdom Junior Achievement of New York American Express Theater at Education Center, My Good Deed New York, NY General Operating Support, Irvine, CA

Junior Achievement USA NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Volunteer Engagement Strategy, Colorado Springs, CO Policing Reform and Capacity Building, New York, NY

KidsCan Charitable Trust National Cares Mentoring Movement School Support Programme, Auckland, New Zealand Strengthening Local Capacity to Engage Mentors, New York, NY King Baudouin Foundation United States COVID-19 European Support Grant, New York, NY National Foundation For The Centers For Disease Control & Prevention COVID-19 Emergency Response, Atlanta, GA

14 Serving Communities - $22.1M

National Urban League Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun Justice and Social Engagement, New York, NY 17th Annual Rock-n-Roll Safe at Home Event, Mesa, AZ

Nature Conservancy Resource Foundation, The Plant a Billion Trees Campaign, Arlington, VA Better Alliances, Better Forests (BABF) 2021, New York, NY New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation General Operating Support, Newark, NJ Resource Foundation, The COVID-19 Response and Support Projects in Mexico, New York Cares New York, NY New York City Volunteer Program & COVID-19 Response, New York, NY Resource Foundation, The COVID-19 Response Program in Latin America, New York City Center New York, NY General Operating Support, New York, NY Resource Foundation, The New York City Partnership Foundation Medical Supplies in Tlaxcala COVID-19, New York, NY Civic Engagement Projects, New York, NY Rethink Food NYC New York Restoration Project COVID-19 Restaurant Response Program, Brooklyn, NY Lead Service Sponsor, New York, NY Rise Against Hunger New York Shakespeare Festival COVID-19 Response & Meal Packing, Raleigh, NC General Operating Support, New York, NY Roulette Intermedium New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ A/V Apprenticeship Training Program, Brooklyn, NY Lower Manhattan Hospital Providing Quality Healthcare in Lower Manhattan, Sadler’s Wells Association New York, NY General Support, New York, NY

Ocean Conservancy Salvation Army, The Moving One Million More for Trash Free Seas, Back to School Program, Phoenix, AZ Washington, DC Save the Children Federation Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation South Sudan COVID-19 Emergency Appeal, Fairfield, CT Volunteer Program Serving Young Patients, Phoenix, AZ Save the Children Federation Points of Light Foundation The Global Malnutrition Initiative, Fairfield, CT General Operating Support, Atlanta, GA Second Stage Theatre Points of Light Foundation General Operating Support, New York, NY International Women’s Day Volunteering Partnership, Atlanta, GA Signature Theatre Company General Operating Support, New York, NY Project Sunshine General Program Support for COVID-19 Response, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African New York, NY American History and Culture Culture Galleries Support and Curator Endowments, Washington, DC

15 Serving Communities - $22.1M

Soho Repertory Theatre United Way of Broward County General Operating Support, New York, NY Broward County Support & COVID-19 Response, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Special Olympics Arizona Virtual Volunteer Initiative, Goodyear, AZ United Way of New York City BoardServeNYC, New York, NY Spoleto Festival USA American Express Woolfe Street Series 2020, United Way of New York City Charleston, SC New York City COVID-19 Community Fund, New York, NY

St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance United Way of Salt Lake COVID-19 Relief Efforts, Phoenix, AZ COVID-19 Community Relief Grant, Salt Lake City, UT

Strive for College Collaborative United Way Worldwide Mentoring at Scale to Support College Access, BET and United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Fund, Milpitas, CA Alexandria, VA

Student Conservation Association The, Urban League of Broward County Virtual Engagement Content, Arlington, VA Community Engagement Program, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation US Chamber of Commerce Foundation Komen Greater NYC Race for the Cure, New York, NY Black-Owned Small Business Grant Program, Washington, DC Sussex Community Foundation Sussex Crisis Fund for COVID -19 Relief, Valley of the Sun United Way Lewes, Sussex, United Kingdom United for the Valley COVID-19 Fund, Phoenix, AZ

Taproot Foundation Volunteer Action Center of Broward County 2020 Pro Bono Consulting Support, San Francisco, CA Service for Impact, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Wildlife Conservation Society Project Supernova, Washington, DC General Operating Support, Bronx, NY

Trevor Project, The World Central Kitchen Life-Saving Crisis Services, West Hollywood, CA ChefsForAmerica, Washington, DC

Two Good Foundation World Trade Center Performing Arts Center Two Gooders Program – Phase TWO, Eveleigh, American Express Cultural Preservation Fund, New South Wales, Australia New York, NY

UMOM New Day Centers Young Mens Christian Association of Greater New York Emergency Shelter Volunteer Program, Phoenix, AZ General Operating Support, New York, NY

United Nations Foundation COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, Washington, DC

United Way Greater Toronto Local Love Fund COVID-19 Relief, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

16 Through our Give2Gether and Serve2Gether programs, we engaged nearly 25,000 colleagues in 27 countries around the world.

Note: Photo taken prior to COVID-19 pandemic.

1717 Supporting Colleagues - $6.7M

Gift Matching Scholarships $5.8 Million $523,500

Launched a Global Match program now available in 35 We assist colleagues in meeting the costs countries. We match the personal contributions of their children’s undergraduate college education of colleagues and the Company’s board of directors in the United States and Canada. to qualified nonprofit organizations.

Serve2Gether Grants Culture Card $63,000 $314,000

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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