Fifth Third Bank canceled its corporate sponsorship of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, a program that enabled underprivileged children a chance to attend a local parochial school but later reversed its decision (1). The bank also decided to quit financing GEO Group, a private prison, after social pressure resulting from then-President Trump’s immigration policy. The bank has since ceased providing financing to all private prisons (2). Fifth Third received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Fifth Third has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (3).

Fifth Third enables employee matches to eligible educational institutions (e.g., colleges) without discrimination. However, in its grant application through the foundation, individual churches are not eligible to apply for grants (1) (2).

Fifth Third Bank’s discrimination policy does not protect against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Fifth Third Bank has put 100% of its employees through “unconscious bias” training and has developed a toolkit called “From Awareness to Advocacy” (1). The toolkit suggests reading critical race theorists Ibram Kendi, Robin DiAngelo, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, as well as donating to the American Civil Liberties Union and a host of progressive advocacy organizations (2). The bank has also committed to multiple acts of advocacy for the LGBTQ community (3).

Fifth Third Bank has pledged over $2 billion to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes (1)(2).

Fifth Third Bancorp has used its political contributions in a business-focused and non-ideological manner (1) (2).