Altria Companies Employee Community Fund

The Altria Companies Employee Community Fund (ACECF) was founded in 2000*, because employees wanted to be more actively involved in helping local communities. The Fund continues today as a workplace-giving program administered and managed directly by employees. Employees choose the Fund's focus areas and nominate organizations to apply for support, and an employee committee selects the grant recipients. Since its inception, the ACECF has awarded more than 793 grants totaling over $23 million to non-profit organizations in central Virginia.

Altria Group makes an annual contribution to the Fund and pays for its administrative costs. This ensures that every employee dollar raised goes directly to support non-profit organizations in our local communities.

In 2009, the Fund contributed a total of $2.4 million to 90 grantees in central Virginia.

* This program began at PM USA as the Philip Morris Employee Community Fund or PMECF.

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