Community Impact
Commitment to community
Grant making
We provide grants to nonprofit organizations that strategically align with our giving areas: Meeting Basic Needs, Supporting Community Vitality and Volunteer Driven Causes.
Volunteerism
We support the diverse interests of our employees and advisors by encouraging and rewarding volunteerism.
Disaster relief
We strongly believe in preparing for the unexpected in life. With the increased frequency and intensity of disasters, we continue our tenured support of nonprofits that provide immediate relief and ongoing recovery when tragedy hits a community.
Together with our people, in 2023 Ameriprise contributed:
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Working together to reduce hunger
Commitment to hunger relief
Since 2009, Ameriprise has had a strong philanthropic partnership with Feeding America©, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Through our commitment to helping alleviate hunger, domestically and globally, we’ve provided 124 million meals and nearly 400,000 volunteer hours.
Engagement with charity partners
We’re a firm driven by our values, and respect for individuals and communities in which we live and work guides our actions. Through strategic grants, volunteerism and global gift matching, in 2023 we supported a diverse group of 7,800 nonprofits.
Engagement with charity partners
Ameriprise India supports seven local NGOs to help meet the basic needs of older adults and children, in addition to mentoring and providing educational opportunities to underprivileged youth.
Columbia Threadneedle Foundation
In the UK and Europe, the Columbia Threadneedle Foundation supports long-term charity partners addressing critical social issues – inclusion, opportunity, employment, empowerment, and mental health – using the power of art, sport and education and training as catalysts for change. Common threads in our programs and charity partners include the ability to build skills and confidence, challenge perspectives and broaden horizons.
Community Reinvestment Act
Ameriprise Bank, FSB, in accordance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) continues to make grants and investments to support affordable housing, social services and economic development, and volunteer service in the Minneapolis/St. Paul region, its designated CRA assessment area.
The collective impact of individual giving
We support our people and the causes they are passionate about through global gift matching and a robust Volunteer Rewards Program. When matched by Ameriprise, advisors and employees generously donated more than $9.5 million to causes they care about.
