How Great American Gives Back to Our Communities

Investing in our Communities

AFG has been a long-time corporate supporter of organizations that serve our communities. We have focused our efforts on organizations that provide education to under-served populations, improve health and welfare, serve the needs of children, enrich lives through art and culture and provide domestic disaster relief services. We believe that AFG’s rich history of corporate citizenship is exemplified by our contributions to create safe and healthy neighborhoods where we live and work, and that this serves the best interests of our companies, employees and shareholders.

Through a sponsorship of the Red Cross Ready When the Time Comes program, AFG’s employees are trained to work in and/or manage shelters established to assist those affected by large scale disasters. As the Title Sponsor of the Greater Cincinnati Great American Clean Up™, our employees’ efforts to beautify area neighborhoods helped to promote pride in those communities. A 2008 cell phone recycling campaign conducted through Cell Phones for Soldiers™ not only promoted responsible recycling of cellular phones, but also produced close to 1,300 hours of “talk time” for U.S. military personnel and their families.

As a leading provider of 403(b) annuity products to educators, AFG and its subsidiary, Great American Financial Resources, are passionate about supporting programs that enhance learning opportunities for children. Through our Teachers Deserve the Best initiative, we offer programs that support teachers in and out of the classroom. The Great American Classroom Makeover program, launched in 2008, gives teachers the opportunity to nominate their classrooms to receive cash awards to purchase needed supplies or equipment. We’ve also partnered with USA TODAY Education to offer a series of financial literacy lessons that can students understand financial matters. Additionally, the Company’s gifts to the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, made possible the construction of a school library designed to create the positive, engaging learning environment that has become a model that educators across the country are emulating. Ongoing support of the Ron Clark Academy is helping to recognize and encourage excellent teaching as thousands of educators visit the site each year to learn the Academy’s innovative, successful methods.