The following are the primary guidelines used to determine funding by the American Fidelity Foundation.  

The American Fidelity Foundation focuses its resources inthe following areas.
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• Education: We support initiatives from early childhood programs to university instruction.
• Health and Welfare: We support the United Way and organizations related to health and wellness.
• Arts and Culture: We contribute to the Allied Arts and other arts organizations.
• Civic and Economic Development: We support economic development and community improvement projects.  

Additional areas the Foundation reviews include:
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• Non-profit groups with active support from American Fidelity or other Cameron Company Colleagues
• Programs with specific objectives that can be evaluated for success
• Projects that include contributions from more than one non-profit organization
• Projects that provide creative models for broader adoption, replication and impact
• Non-profit organizations with a proven track record for results and good use of prior funding

Exclusions 
The American Fidelity Foundation does not fund any of the following:

• Organizations that are not tax exempt under paragraph 501( c )3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code
• Individuals, for any purpose
• Requests to support travel expenses
• Organizations that in turn would provide grants to charities they choose (except for United Way or Allied Arts of Central Oklahoma)
• Capital campaigns
• Endowment campaigns, except to fund scholarships or for other specific education projects
• Private clubs
• Religious, fraternal or sectarian organizations
• Organizations that seek to influence or initiate legislation
• Political candidates, parties or campaigns