Truist Foundation Grant information

The Truist Foundation supports our communities by investing in innovative nonprofits that align with our key areas of focus: building career pathways to economic mobility and strengthening small businesses. Learn more on our website here.

Although we understand that nonprofits have multiple needs, we'd like all applicants to choose one focus area that's the best fit.

Truist also invests in other areas such as thriving communities, education and disaster relief and recovery, but please note these grant requests are only reviewed if they were submitted with an invitation code.

We don't have a set amount or average grant size. The minimum grant is $5,000. Grant amounts are based on the strength of the program and how many people it impacts as well as how it aligns with our pillars and mission. We like to build our giving amounts as we build a relationship with the grantee.

If you submitted your application by the posted deadline, you'll receive an email notification of the decision approximately four months after the deadline. Thank you for your patience as we work through the internal review and meeting process.

Generally, we require grantees to wait at least three years between their grant award and the next request. We do this because the Truist Foundation doesn't make multiyear grants, nor do we support annual grants. This policy allows us to provide grantees with all funding at the time of the award to support longer-term needs. If your organization doesn't receive a grant, there's no waiting period to apply again.

We do accept applications from fiscal agents and fiscal sponsors for programs that meet the Building Career Pathways to Economic Mobility or Strengthening Small Businesses pillar. If the grant application is approved, the fiscal agent or fiscal sponsor will be required to submit a final report* on behalf of the organization receiving the funding approximately one year after the approval.

*Please refer to the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) reporting requirements linked here.

Please refer to the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) reporting requirements linked here. Depending on the size of your grant, prepare to submit your MEL reports on a quarterly, bi-annual, or annual cadence – you will receive notifications when your reports are available for submission from Versaic.