MISSION, STRATEGY, & FOCUS

As one of the country's premier financial services organizations, Lincoln Financial Group is committed to providing its customers with the life insurance, retirement and investment products and services they need to maintain their quality of life. As a concerned corporate citizen, the company's foundation has sustained a strategic philanthropic program to improve the quality of life in the communities where our employees live and work. These communities include:

• Chicago, Illinois
• Concord, New Hampshire
• Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Greensboro, North Carolina
• Hartford, Connecticut
• Omaha, Nebraska
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Lincoln Foundation's approach to local philanthropic giving reflects Lincoln Financial's strong connection to its communities. Recognizing that the employees in its affiliate offices can best determine the needs of their respective communities, Lincoln Financial has created an employee giving network by establishing local Charitable Contribution Committees in our primary business locations. These committees review grant proposals, make site visits, and award grants to the nonprofit organizations that they believe will make an enduring impact on their communities.

The Charitable Contributions Committees bring the Lincoln Foundation's mission to life by focusing contributions in three "quality of life" areas:

• Arts and Culture
• Education/Workforce Development
• Human Services