Transamerica Foundation – Grant Program
Foundation Grants Supporting Social Empowerment and Financial Empowerment in Transamerica Communities
The Transamerica Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that improve the well-being of communities where Transamerica employees live and work. The foundation evaluates grant requests based on geographic eligibility and alignment with its priority areas: social empowerment and financial empowerment.
Organization: Transamerica Foundation
Support Type: Foundation grants
Geographic Focus: Select Transamerica employee communities in Maryland, Iowa, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
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About the Funder
Transamerica is a financial services company whose foundation supports nonprofit organizations working to strengthen community well-being. The Transamerica Foundation is a nonprofit, private foundation that prioritizes charitable programs serving communities where Transamerica employees live and work.
Through its grantmaking, the foundation supports organizations that expand access to essential services, strengthen community resilience, build financial knowledge, and help individuals and families become more socially and financially empowered.
What This Program Supports
The Transamerica Foundation supports nonprofit partnerships in two primary focus areas:
Social Empowerment
The foundation supports partnerships that enhance opportunities and capabilities for people in its communities, broaden social networks and aspirations, and increase access to essential services.
Examples of eligible social empowerment programs may include efforts that:
Increase accessibility to the arts for youth and underserved populations
Advance community development, civic engagement, and leadership
Advance inclusion and diversity
Promote health education, nutrition, medical services, or disease prevention
Increase access to food, housing, and clothing
Build resilient communities
Encourage self-reliance and empower people socially by strengthening adaptability, skills, and capabilities
Financial Empowerment
The foundation supports partnerships that build financial awareness, knowledge, and skills, or provide tools that help people become more financially resilient.
Examples of eligible financial empowerment programs may include efforts that:
Provide and promote education and personal development, especially in financial literacy
Provide access to job skills training
Eligible Support Types
The Transamerica Foundation may provide support for:
Foundation grants
Charitable programs aligned with social empowerment
Charitable programs aligned with financial empowerment
Community-based nonprofit partnerships
Programs serving eligible Transamerica communities
Eligibility & Preferences
Applicants must be qualified IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
For 2026, the foundation is accepting applications focused on communities where Transamerica employees live and work, including:
Baltimore, Maryland Area: Baltimore City and County, Anne Arundel, Howard, Carroll, and Harford counties
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area: Communities within a 50-mile radius of Cedar Rapids
Denver, Colorado Area: Denver, Arapahoe, Douglas, Broomfield, Jefferson, Adams, and South Boulder counties, excluding the City of Boulder
Harrison, New York Area: New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, primarily including Westchester and Putnam counties in New York, some New York City communities, Fairfield County in Connecticut, and Hudson County in New Jersey
Strong-fit requests are likely to:
Serve one of the foundation’s eligible 2026 geographic areas
Align with social empowerment or financial empowerment priorities
Improve community well-being
Expand access to services, skills, opportunities, or resources
Support underserved or vulnerable populations
Demonstrate clear community benefit
Ineligible Requests
The Transamerica Foundation does not provide grants to individuals.
The following types of organizations or programs are not eligible:
Athletes or athletic organizations
Conferences, seminars, or trips
Courtesy or goodwill advertising
Fellowships
Fraternal organizations
K-12 school fundraisers or events
Political parties, campaigns, or candidates
Religious or denominational organizations, except for specific programs that are broadly promoted and available to anyone, free from religious orientation
Social organizations
Funding Amounts
Transamerica Foundation does not publish standard grant amounts. Funding decisions are based on location, alignment with foundation priorities, eligibility, and the strength of the request.
Timeline & Review
📅 Application Window: January 1–November 1
📅 2026 Geographic Focus: Select communities where Transamerica employees live and work
📅 Review Process: Foundation review based on location, eligibility, and priorities
Application / Request Process
Organizations should complete the Transamerica Foundation grant application and email the completed application to the foundation.
Applicants should also provide the following documents:
W-9 on current form
IRS 501(c)(3) favorable determination letter
Governing board list, including titles and business affiliations
Financial statements, with audited report preferred, and a copy of the current annual budget
Names and titles of officials responsible for administration and expenditure of the grant
Apply / Learn More:
➡️ Transamerica Foundation Grant Program
Submit Completed Application To:
➡️ shtransamericafound@transamerica.com
Why This Opportunity Is a Good Fit
This opportunity is a strong fit for nonprofit organizations that:
Serve eligible Transamerica employee communities
Work in social empowerment or financial empowerment
Provide access to essential services such as food, housing, clothing, health education, nutrition, medical services, or disease prevention
Promote financial literacy, job skills training, or personal development
Advance community development, civic engagement, inclusion, diversity, or resilience
Can provide the required nonprofit, financial, and governance documentation
The Transamerica Foundation Grant Program is best suited for 501(c)(3) nonprofits with community-based programs that help people become more socially and financially empowered in the communities where Transamerica employees live and work.
Corporate Grants Guide Notes
Review Type: Foundation grant review
Typical Lead Time: Applications accepted January 1–November 1
Best Suited For: 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving eligible Transamerica communities through social empowerment or financial empowerment programs
Support Type: Foundation grants
