Altria Corporate Giving PortfoliosIn 2018, we thoroughly evaluated our corporate giving portfolios leading to a 2019 update of our strategic focus areas for giving and community engagement. This refresh enables our resources – both human and financial – to continue making our strongest impacts where they matter most. Our approach is based on community engagement, and proposals are accepted by invitation only.

What’s Changing?All portfolios identify specific geographic focus – two portfolios are national and the others target certain geographies, supporting communities where concentrations of our employees and other stakeholders live and work.

National

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Help reduce underage tobacco use & other risky behaviors of middle andhigh-school age young people served by partners’ programs.

Increase employee engagement in volunteering and giving programs, including new program participation, new employees and new geographies; support leadership growth and inclusive behaviors among employees.

Targeted

Expand the local pool of qualified and diverse candidates for professional,hourly and skilled-trade opportunities at Altria’s companies and in themanufacturing sector generally.Focuses primarily in Central Virginia, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky

Help reduce the environmental impacts of our businesses; stewardand conserve natural resources on which our businesses and communitiesdepend for sustainability.Focuses in operating and supplier communities of our businesses

Help attract, retain and engage vibrant, diverse local talent for our businessesand communities through strong, relevant and sustainable community culturalassets; build inclusive access to opportunity by contributing to basic socialstability that helps communities thrive.Focuses primarily in Central Virginia with selected projects in WashingtonDC, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky

Workforce & Economic Growth

Environment

Inclusive Community & Culture

Underage Tobacco PreventionUnderage use of our companies’ products is not good for our business or society. Investing in the evidence-based, proven effective solutions of national-scale youth development partners helps youth avoid a wide range of risky behaviors.

Strategies:■ Support leading national evidence-based youth development organizations to:

➤Deliver proven effective programs to youth, their parents and/or other influential adults

➤Improve youth-serving organizations’ capacity to deliver high-quality services and collaborate to better coordinate efforts and increase youth impacts

➤Deliver proven effective prevention and cessation programs to youth

■ Support innovative and transformative programs to enable greater reach through established and new grantee organizations. May include activities to:

➤Engage new partners to explore approaches to help youth avoid risky behaviors

➤Work with existing partners including direct service organizations, field-building partners, academic experts and other funders to identify strategies addressing social access

➤Expand geographic reach and impact of prevention and cessation programming to areas of highest need

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Employee volunteering and giving strengthen our employees’ connection to theircommunities, provide engaging leadership experiences that increase inclusive behaviors, anddeepen our connections to our work.

Strategies:■ Engage employee purpose and develop skills through transformative volunteering

➤Support employee volunteering activities that include flexible options to align with employee interests

➤Use volunteering time strategically to strengthen leadership and inclusion skills and build teams

➤Offer incentives (e.g., Dollars for Doers) to recognize and reward volunteering

■ Support employees who choose to make financial contributions to nonprofits➤Enable employees to give their financial resources collectively to build group impact and strengthen team and enterprise shared values

➤Support workplace culture initiatives for team-building and relationship connection

➤Support individual charitable giving by matching employees’ individual donations

Our Portfolio Strategies

Businesses and communities must work together to sustain a healthy economic climateand develop a talent pipeline that meets current and future employment needs.Investing in workforce development helps attract new businesses, expands job opportunitiesand contributes to economic growth.

Strategies:■ Help communities build middle- and high-school career pipelines

➤Increase awareness of high-paying and high-demand careers that don’t require four-year degrees

➤Support K-12 training and education that leads to certifications, associate degrees, dual degrees and other credentials to meet regional skilled-trade workforce needs equitably

➤Increase career exploration opportunities through Career Technical Education (CTE), out-of-school time and apprenticeship programs

■ Support military and veterans and their spouses in job access and transition➤Increase access for service members to translate skills to private sector opportunities

■ Prepare unemployed or underemployed adults (including opportunity youth)➤Support training and education that leads to certifications, associate degrees, dual degrees and other credentials

to meet regional workforce needs equitably

■ Attract high-quality talent ➤Support HR efforts to attract a diverse set of qualified applicants for current and future company positions

➤Help create a healthy economic climate for business expansion and attraction

➤Support selected initiatives that make the region a desirable location to start, relocate or expand a business

Workforce and Economic Growth

Environment

Responsible environmental business practices and viable supply chains promote long-term business success and sustainability of natural resources.

Strategies:■ Support water conservation and quality initiatives that help our companies achieve

our water neutrality goals and storm water management priorities in both our operating and tobacco and wine growing communities

■ Invest in sustainable agriculture initiatives that help our companies reduce Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions and support good agricultural practices in our tobacco and wine growing communities

■ Help our communities prevent cigarette litter and maintain attractive public spaces

■ Support reforestation and air quality initiatives that help reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions within our supply chains and replenish natural resources related to our businesses

An inclusive, vibrant community and positive quality of life for all residents benefits the entire community and strengthens our businesses’ ability to attract, retain and engage top talent.

Strategies:■ Help build more inclusive opportunity in communities

➤Support initiatives that foster an inclusive local culture and promote diversity

➤Support select local projects that build community connectivity, civic engagement and collective work toward shared goals

■ Support arts and cultural assets ➤Sponsor major cultural attractions that draw large and diverse audiences, create leading environments

to retain talent, and generate new interest in local culture

➤Support community access to arts and culture programming

■ Support basic social stability➤Support essential services to help families at or below the poverty line access economic opportunity

➤Help provide access for families to consistent, high-quality and nutritious food

Inclusive Community and Culture