With its affiliates throughout the world, AIG fulfills a social commitment of providing charitable contributions in local communities. The AIG Corporate Giving Program as well as other subsidiaries listed below has embarked on sophisticated programs to assist local needs of communities where it operates.
American International Assurance Company, Ltd. (AIA)
AIG American General
Hartford Steam Boiler
Nan Shan Life Insurance Company, Ltd.AIG Corporate Giving Program
The Corporate Giving Program enables AIG to invest its human and financial muscle in visionary institutions that share the AIG values for innovation, integrity and leadership. AIG’s proud tradition of investing in new markets underpins its vision to building working relations across social, political, economic and cultural barriers to better or to enrich civic lives and contribute to community development where it matters the most.AIG’s strategic focus is to leverage its business expertise to provide lasting contribution to spur economic activity and growth and enhance communities’ lives in many areas where it operates. The company’s long history for civic involvement continues with the following major initiatives in:
- Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment
- Independence for People with Disabilities
- Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief
- Strategic Health and Education Initiatives
AIG also lends its support to nonprofit non-government organization in other areas of economic development. It prioritizes its civic engagement wherever AIG has businesses and where its people’s involvement can best achieve a value-added presence.AIG employees around the world pride in a tradition of support for communities adversely affected by natural calamities. The AIG Disaster Relief Fund created in 2001 matches’ employee contributions dollar for dollar that essentially doubles the fund to enables the fast and efficient deployment of relief goods and services to devastated communities.On top of these regular charity works, AIG supports employee communities with a Matching Gift Program as well as a range of philanthropic volunteer programs initiated by AIG colleagues worldwide.AIG’s philanthropic resources are prioritized and allocated to projects that fit its strategic corporate focus. Most of the philanthropic grants are initiated by AIG without the need for solicitations. AIG does not support individual requests for grants, nor does it entertain requests from organizations with political agenda or those that espouse sectarian objectives for political gain or those that are inconsistent with AIG’s policies of racial and religious non-discrimination. While letters for grants can be sent to the corporate.giving@aig.com in PDF or word format, unsolicited proposals are not accepted and AIG will respond only if there is interest for a full proposal.
AIG has given a long-standing support to Orbis International, a global organization with a network of community care to saving and restoring the gift of sight to countless people. Since 1982, Orbis volunteers of nurses, doctors and philanthropists have been working to restore sight and transform the lives of hundred of thousands of people in over 80 countries worldwide.Together with the Flying Eye Hospital, a converted DC-10 jet brings eye-care professionals to depressed countries. AIG has championed medical eye care and sponsored fund-raising initiatives in the US. AIG’s affiliate Nan Shan based in Taiwan has similar commitments that include educational programs and fund-raising activities to educate college students on the proper care of eye sight as well pediatric engagements in Vietnam. GP
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