Organizational Profile
American Express Philanthropic Program
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Mission/description
The American Express Philanthropic Program supports organizations that reflect the company's values and complement its business priorities: community service, cultural heritage, and economic independence.
Headquarters
United States
Geographical focus
North America, Unspecified
Art, Culture, Recreation; Education; Disaster and Emergency Relief; Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Children and youth, Women, Displaced people,
Types of support
Grants, emergency funds, employee volunteer services, program development, seed money.
Limitations and additional information
No support for organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or religion, sectarian activities of religious organizations, fraternal or sports organizations, or political causes, candidates, organizations, or campaigns. No grants for goodwill advertising, souvenir journals or dinner programs, or for travel, books, magazines, articles in professional journals, endowments or capital campaigns, or traveling exhibitions, with rare exceptions.
Proposal requirements
Proposal, no more than 2-3 pages
Proposal deadlines
None
Range of grant size
US$1,000-US$50,000
Approximate number of grants per year
289
Average total yearly giving
US$9.08 million
Year established
1954
Chief executive
Terry Savage, Anne Wickham, Directors
Contact
Cornelia W. Higginson, Vice President (International Contact)
Address
American Express Co, World Financial Ctr.
200 Vesey St.
New York, NY 10285-4803
USA
Tel
1 (212) 640-5661
Fax
n/a
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Last update July 10, 2000