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- Assets: $11,919,642 (2005)
- Grants Received: $21,057,901 (2005)
- Grants Awarded: $19,693,310 (2005)
Incorporated in 1954 in New York City, the American Express Foundation's funding priorities involve Community Service, Cultural Heritage, and Economic Independence. These three broad grant-making categories are subdivided into the following: Aging; Animals and Wildlife; Arts and Culture; Community Service; Crime and Violence Prevention; Diseases and Disabilities (especially AIDS/HIV Services & Research); Adult Education (verbal and financial literacy); Job Training; Vocational Education; Environment; Family Services; Gay and Lesbian Issues and Services; Public Libraries; Art and History Museums; Performing Arts; Race and Intergroup Relations; Visual Arts; Women and Girls; Women and Minority Business Development & Opportunities; Women's Economic Empowerment; and Youth Development Services.
Much of the American Express Foundation's funding within the U.S. is earmarked for minority, gay, feminist, environmental, and abortion rights groups. Most Foundation grants go to projects operating in locations where the company has a major employee or market presence.
Among the beneficiaries of American Express Foundation grants are the National Organization for Women's Legal Defense & Education Fund; the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund; the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC); the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy; the National Council of La Raza; the Brookings Institution; Chicanos Por La Causa; the Council on Foreign Relations; the American Indian College Fund; the Aspen Institute; the American Indian College Fund; the Gay Men's Health Crisis; the Urban Institute; the Gay and Lesbian Community Center; the Native Forest Network; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center; the Children's Defense Fund; the Aspen Institute; the National Organization on Disability; the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; Greenpeace; the Coalition for the Homeless; the Center for Women's Policy Studies; Womenventure; the Global Fund for Women; the Center for the Advancement of Women; the National Conference for Community and Justice; the Asian American Renaissance; the National Puerto Rican Coalition; Earth Share; Planned Parenthood; the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; and the National Urban League.
The Chairman of the American Express Foundation is Thomas Schick, who has also been the American Express Company's Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications since March 1993.
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