Truist Foundation

About Truist Foundation

The Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation’s (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. Established in 2020, the foundation makes strategic investments in nonprofit organizations to help ensure the communities it serves have more opportunities for a better quality of life. The Truist Foundation’s grants and activities focus on building career pathways to economic mobility and strengthening small businesses. Learn more at Truist.com/Foundation. 

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Announces Second Inspire Awards Challenge To Support Nonprofits Serving Undercapitalized Entrepreneurs
Truist Foundation announced the launch of its second Inspire Awards Challenge, featuring a pitch and a capacity-building grant program for nonprofit organizations that are aiding entrepreneurs from undercapitalized communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Inspiring Conversations: Truist Foundation and Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative Leaders Discuss Overcoming Income Inequality
Atlanta, where the majority of the population is Black, ranks first among income inequality in U.S. cities. To overcome the glaring disparity, Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI) was created to support accessing and sustaining wealth among Black families.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inspiring Conversations: Truist Foundation Supports NCGrowth in Creating Sustainable and Equitable Opportunities
On a recent episode of Inspiring Conversations, Truist Foundation’s audio series with nonprofit leaders doing the work, Truist Foundation President Lynette Bell and Mark discuss and envision an economy that has opportunities for everyone to prosper.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inspiring Stories: Truist Foundation and Community First Fund Support Diverse Entrepreneurs by Aligning Capital With Social Justice in Pennsylvania
Learn how Truist Foundation’s $2.25 million grant to Community First Fund’s Economic Justice Fund is helping small business owners, like Mamie Sardnee, owner of Woodland Produce in Philadelphia, grow their businesses and achieve their dreams.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inspiring Conversations: Truist Foundation and VestedIn Discuss Investing in the Next Generation, Supporting Small Businesses
Truist Foundation President Lynette Bell speaks with James Burnett, executive director of VestedIn, to learn more about how the CDFI is providing resources to youth and small businesses in communities that have been underrepresented and underserved.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albany Community Together, Inc. Receives $1 Million Grant from Truist Foundation
Albany Community Together, Inc., a leading network for Community Development Financial Institutions, announced it has received a $1 million grant from Truist Foundation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Provides $1 Million Grant to Goizueta Business School’s Start:ME Accelerator
Today, Truist Foundation announced a $1 million grant to Emory University Goizueta Business School’s Start:ME Accelerator program, the largest gift in the program’s 10-year history.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inspiring Conversations: Truist Foundation and Miami Bayside Foundation Connect on Removing Barriers for BIPOC-Owned Small Businesses
During its Inspiring Conversations audio series, Truist Foundation President Lynette Bell sits down with various partners of the foundation so they can share the amazing work their organizations are doing to make a difference in their respective communities.

Events, Media & Communications

Truist Foundation Introduces New Audio Series, Inspiring Conversations, Featuring In-Depth Discussions With Nonprofit Leaders
Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation's purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Purpose Built Communities Announces 2023 Truist Foundation Racial Equity Ambassadors Cohort
Purpose Build Communities today announced the participants selected for its third cohort of the Truist Foundation Racial Equity Ambassadors Program.

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