People matter
Grants and scholarships
We support organizations that share our values and commitment to strengthening our communities.
Our efforts focus on underserved women, youth and students, and on programs that address homelessness and housing affordability, barrier reduction and scholarships for these populations.
Support where it matters most
In 2025, we expanded our support through scholarships, nonprofit partnerships and grant funding. Together, these efforts made a meaningful difference in communities.
316
Services and scholarships
316 students supported
2,209
Nonprofits supported
2,209 nonprofits supported nationwide
22
Empowers grants
22 Empowers grants between $20-$50K
Empowering change
Barrier reduction
Our grants support organizations empowering underserved, BIPOC, women and youth to achieve their goals through entrepreneurship, leadership training and education.

Aurora Women and Girls Foundation

The Aurora Foundation aims to remove obstacles and empower low-income women of color and first-generation students as they pursue higher education and careers that pay a family-sustaining wage. Symetra’s grant supports college success programs for students enrolled at colleges in the Greater Hartford area. Services include intensive mentoring and coaching, academic support, wraparound services and tuition support for low-income, Latinx, Black and immigrant women students.
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Hartford

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford serves disadvantaged youth through membership and community outreach. Most people in the community are BIPOC and many families are in single-parent households. Symetra’s grant supports parents of children being served by the clubs. Programming includes information about community-based services and activities designed to support parenting.
National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW)

NCBW advocates on behalf of black women and girls to promote leadership development and gender equity in the areas of health, education and economic empowerment. Symetra’s funding supports financial literacy, mentoring and STEAM programs, scholarships for students in need, voter registration, health and wellness, leadership development training and economic empowerment.
REACH Beyond Domestic Violence

REACH Massachusetts supports survivors of domestic violence through four areas of intervention: safety and shelter, education and prevention, community-based advocacy and community engagement. Symetra supports individuals in the Know Your Rights (KYR) program to provide participants with bilingual legal and community resources that aid domestic abuse survivors.
YWCA Hartford

YWCA Hartford Region is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Our programs, services and advocacy help women, youth and families bridge educational, career and financial gaps, preparing them for economic security and life-long stability. Symetra supports programs that support career readiness, emergency and supportive housing and financial literacy.
YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish

An inclusive and thriving community with social justice for all people. YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Symetra’s funding supports workforce training programming that provides underserved individuals skills to prepare for jobs that will improve wages and access to benefits.
YWCA USA

An inclusive and thriving community with social justice for all people. YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. A healthy community transformed by racial and gender equity, where women and girls of color have equal access to opportunity, and there is social justice for all people.
Degrees of Change

Degrees of Change partners with community organizations, high schools, colleges and employers to provide cohort-based leadership training, college success support and career development programming to underrepresented students and graduates who desire to lead and serve their home communities.
GSBA (Greater Seattle Business Association)

GSBA serves as a connector across the Northwest by bringing the community together through business, while advocating for civil rights and small business, promoting LGBTQ+ tourism and investing in the next generation of leaders. The GSBA Scholarship Fund expands access to education among all LGBTQ+ and allied people, including those who are economically, racially, socially, geographically or politically disenfranchised. Symetra’s funding supports annual scholarships and wraparound services for scholars enrolled in the Leadership Academy.
Treehouse for Kids

Treehouse strives to create a world where every child that has experienced foster care has opportunities and support to pursue their dreams and launch successfully into adulthood. Symetra’s funding supports post-high-school programming offering graduates continued support as they work to achieve stable housing, a degree or credential and a living wage. With Symetra’s support, Treehouse provided basic needs interventions, plus education-, career- and housing-related interventions.
United Way of King County

UWKC works toward racial justice by transforming inequitable systems to create communities where all people have homes, students graduate, and families are financially stable. Symetra’s funding supports UWKC’s Bridge to Finish Emergency Grant services for students pursuing degrees or certificates at colleges by providing access to emergency grants that provide income and financial education support.
University of Iowa Realizing Education and Career Hopes (REACH)

UI REACH (Realizing Educational and Career Hopes) is nested in the University of Iowa College of Education and is a comprehensive transition program for college-age students with intellectual, cognitive and learning disabilities. UI REACH offers an integrated college experience in a caring and structured environment. Academics, career and transition, social growth and campus life are areas of focus. UI REACH is a four-year program with early graduation options.
Morgan State University

The Morgan State University Foundation is an incorporated nonprofit organized for the purpose of promoting the growth, progress and general welfare of Morgan State University. Symetra’s funding supports scholarships for students enrolled in the Actuarial Science program.
Education and scholarships
Our grants fund scholarships and programs that expand access to education for underserved students, including LGBTQ+ and BIPOC students, and youth who have experienced foster care.

Housing and homelessness
Our grants support programs and organizations that address the disproportionate effects of homelessness and housing affordability for underserved populations.

Central Iowa Shelter & Services

Central Iowa Shelter & Services (CISS) is committed to providing low-barrier shelter at no cost to our clients, meaning people who would be turned away at other shelters can come to CISS to get services.
Housing Connector

Housing Connector is a tech-for-good nonprofit that increases access to housing for individuals most in need by solving financial and resident challenges for property owners so they can open doors to more people in the community, and by streamlining the housing search experience for case managers.
Mary’s Place

Symetra’s funding supports Mary’s Place’s goal of ensuring that no child sleeps outside by centering on equity, housing and opportunity for women and families.
The Sophia Way

The Sophia Way is a place of hope and change for women. Symetra’s funding supports The Sophia Way as they support women on their journey from homelessness to safe and stable living.
YouthCare

YouthCare works to end youth homelessness and ensure that young people are valued for who they are and empowered to achieve their potential. Symetra’s funding has provided support for career-readiness and financial-literacy programming to ensure youth are prepared to realize economic opportunity and stability.
Testimonials and moments of impact
"Symetra understands that homelessness is rarely just about housing — it's about the barriers that stand between families and stability. Their investment in our work reflects a genuine commitment to equity, to women and children, and to the kind of long-term change that transforms lives. We are inspired by what we've been able to accomplish together."
— Dominique Alex, CEO, Mary's Place, Seattle
“The partnership between Symetra and UI REACH continues to create meaningful opportunities for students with intellectual, cognitive, and learning disabilities at the University of Iowa. Your support advances our strategic priorities by strengthening student support and inclusion and helping address financial barriers so more students and families can access postsecondary education.”
— Bill Loyd, Director, University of Iowa REACH
“We are grateful for Symetra’s continued partnership and investment in our families and caregivers. Your support allows us to create meaningful, healing-centered spaces for women—particularly those from historically marginalized communities—to build resilience and strengthen their families.”
— Chantel Gray, Vice President of Program Services, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Hartford
Giving guidelines
Symetra’s corporate giving priorities are underserved women, youth and students, and addressing housing affordability and homelessness. These priorities reflect our diversity, equity and inclusion values.
Symetra makes grants that align with our giving priorities, primarily to organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (limited exceptions require special approval).
We do not make grants in support of capital campaigns to build or purchase buildings for nonprofit organizations. At this time, Symetra does not accept unsolicited grant requests.
The following are not eligible for corporate giving:
• Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or on the basis of any other protected class
• Individuals, GoFundMe accounts, individuals’ medical expenses, individuals’ legal funds, employee sports teams, raffles or auctions, golf tournament sponsorships or similar sponsorships or fundraising for special events
• Private foundations
• University-level athletic or alumni associations, memberships or funds
• Churches, religious organizations, seminaries or Bible colleges focused primarily on religious studies
• Fraternal, social, labor, trade or political organizations
• Organizations with addresses outside the United States
• Federal candidates
• Federal political action committees
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