The American Express Foundation is a philanthropic organization owned by the American Express Corporation. The foundation awards grants to other nonprofit organizations, including left-of-center groups.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $48,911,085 $1,393,248 $23,495,123 View 2023 $71,012,960 $51,293,531 $25,823,209 View 2022 $45,541,138 $704,482 $21,399,135 View 2021 $66,234,265 $62,922,703 $19,418,381 View 2020 $22,729,943 $3,178,700 $23,647,015 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Grant Activity Grants Received Grants Given
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $592,397 Number of Grants: 87 Number of Funders: 32 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $24,290 2023 Bohnert Foundation Inc UNRESTRICTED-GENERAL PURPOSE $17,500 2024 Campbell Young Leaders Contribution to Support organization $14,500 2024 Harvard Business School Club of Cleveland GENERAL SUPPORT $10,250 2020 United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No 75 DONATION $6,000 2024 Deborah D Tipton Charitable Foundation General Operating Support $2,500 2023 Campbell Young Leaders Contribution to Support Organization $200 2020 E R G Foundation GENERAL PURPOSE
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Total Grant Value: $232,358,274 Number of Grants: 88,232 Number of Recipients: 8,847 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $3,446,817 2024 Common Purpose Charitable Trust AMERICAN EXPRESS LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES $2,090,000 2023 Common Purpose Charitable Trust DEVELOPING LEADERS $1,925,000 2024 American Online Giving Foundation Inc 2024 AMEX GIVE2GETHER FLOAT FUNDING $1,825,000 2024 American Online Giving Foundation Inc 2024 AMEX GIVE2GETHER FLOAT FUNDING $1,450,000 2024 American Online Giving Foundation Inc 2024 AMEX GIVE2GETHER FLOAT FUNDING $1,250,000 2023 American Online Giving Foundation Inc GENERAL SUPPORT $1,130,360 2023 Common Purpose Charitable Trust DEVELOPING LEADERS $1,000,000 2024 International Rescue Committee, Inc. WORKFORCE INTEGRATION FOR NEWCOMERS (WIN) 2.0 $1,000,000 2023 International Rescue Committee, Inc. BACKING EQUAL FUTURES $1,000,000 2022 International Rescue Committee, Inc. BACKING EQUAL FUTURES (EMPOWERING) $1,000,000 2022 Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of American History, Behring Center GENERAL SUPPORT $1,000,000 2020 Smithsonian Institution GENERAL SUPPORT $1,000,000 2020 United Nations Foundation, Inc. GENERAL SUPPORT $980,000 2021 Common Purpose Charitable Trust DEVELOPING LEADERS $905,000 2022 Ocean Conservancy BACKIING LOW CARBON (CLIMATE) $845,250 2022 RESOURCE FOUNDATION INC SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES $845,000 2023 Ocean Conservancy BACKIING LOW CARBON $800,000 2024 American Online Giving Foundation Inc 2024 AMEX GIVE2GETHER FLOAT FUNDING $785,000 2024 Ocean Conservancy TRASH FREE SEAS, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES $750,000 2024 American Red Cross DESIGNATED DISASTER RELIEF FUND $750,000 2023 American Friends of Magen David Adom SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS $750,000 2023 Save the Children Federation, Inc. SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS $750,000 2022 American Red Cross BACKIING LOW CARBON (CLIMATE) $750,000 2021 American Red Cross DISASTER RELIEF $670,000 2022 UNCF BACKING EQUAL FUTURES (EMPOWERING)
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