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Max Funding
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Application Due Date
Jan 15, 2026
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Funder Details:
Funder Type:
Corporate
Funding Frequency:
Biannual Grant
Use of Funds:
Programs/Projects
Funding Duration:
Not Disclosed
Application Type
Full Application
Eligibility:
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations
Program Areas:
Food Security, Seniors, Children, Job Training, Youth, Homelessness, Housing, Veterans, Human Services, Community Outreach, Economic Development, Disabilities, Community Development, Arts & Culture, Education, Disaster Relief, Women's Shelter, Family Shelter, Homelessness Shelter, Foster Care, Diversity, Literacy, Employment
Locations:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Washington DC, Puerto Rico
About The Grant
At Ameriprise Financial, giving back is deeply rooted in our culture. We’ve initiated positive change in the communities where we live and work for over 125 years. We believe our community involvement enables us to actively live our values. Through grant making, volunteerism, and employee and financial advisor gift matching programs, we support a diverse group of over 8,000 nonprofits.
Our grant-making is an important part of how we strengthen communities and help individuals and families in need. We focus on three key priorities. By targeting our giving, we make the most of our resources and engage our people to make a collective impact with greater benefit for communities.
Our Grant-Making Focus Areas Are:
Meeting Basic Needs
Hunger
Food banks, food shelves and food pantries, daily meal programs
Hunger-relief programs targeted to meet the special needs of ethnic populations, seniors, and children
Programs addressing food deserts
Holistic efforts to “shorten the line” and help solve hunger, for example, food distribution at a job training session
Impact matters. Programs reaching a larger number of individuals will be prioritized
Shelter
Emergency shelter, including youth homelessness
Transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and efforts to end chronic homelessness
Housing-first models (programs that quickly provide housing and then address needed services)
Achieving and maintaining home ownership, repair, and maintenance efforts helping keep seniors, veterans, and other populations in their homes
Adult Self-Sufficiency
Programs serving adults age 21 and older that help increase financial security and address the following areas:
Basic hard and soft skills that help adults achieve economic and family stability
Basic financial and budgeting skills
Work readiness and job transition programs helping increase employability and wages
Employment of disabled adults
Supporting Community Vitality
Community Development
Economic development
Strengthening and supporting small businesses and nonprofits through technical expertise, access to capital, and affordable financing
Neighborhood revitalization
Cultural Enrichment
Diverse artists, exhibitions and performances that spark topical community conversations
Arts education
Access for underserved populations
Disaster Relief and Recovery
We do not accept applications in this focus area. Our disaster relief and recovery support is only available by invitation.
Volunteer-Driven Causes in our headquarters community of Minneapolis and St. Paul
Ameriprise Financial accepts grant applications twice a year – Nov. 15 through Jan. 15 and March 15 through May 15.
Requirements
Hold a 501(c)(3) IRS designation.
Non-eligible programs: International organizations or domestic organizations requesting funding for programs outside the United States and its territories.
Provide a complete application, including an uploaded Federal 990, financial audit or Financial review that was completed within the last two years in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Clearly match one of our three grant-making focus areas as defined in this document: Meeting Basic Needs, Supporting Community Vitality, and Volunteer-Driven Causes.
Show measurable results and documented outcomes.
Demonstrate financial stability.
Provide required reporting if a prior grantee.
Grantor Information:
Restrictions:
Restricted