Fannie Mae

Washington D.C.
Banks

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

The Federal National Mortgage Association, commonly known as Fannie Mae, has both religious and viewpoint protections for its employees. It has not terminated business relationships based on differences in viewpoint. Fannie Mae has generous charitable gift-matching guidelines for employees, with no restrictions placed upon religious organizations. The policy also permits gift matching to a wide variety of groups, including Planned Parenthood and potentially other ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. Fannie Mae has not taken sides on state or national level policy. For these reasons, Fannie Mae receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

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Fannie Mae has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Fannie Mae has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).

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Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

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Rationale

Fannie Mae does not discriminate against religious groups in its charitable giving (1).

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Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

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Rationale

Fannie Mae protects its employees from religious and viewpoint (“political affiliation”) discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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Rationale

Fannie Mae regularly celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month internally (1). The company has not used its reputation to comment on national or state-level politics.

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Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Rationale

Fannie Mae does not donate directly to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression, although the company matches employee donations to Planned Parenthood (1) (2). It has not otherwise used funds to support ideological groups directly.

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Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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N/A
Rationale

According to data from the Federal Exchange Commission, Fannie Mae’s PACs have been defunct since 2010 (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 23, 2023

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