Ameriprise Financial Announces Grants to Nonprofits

Highlights from the company’s recent funding cycle include:

* Supporting the Backpack Buddies program of the Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa. The grant from Ameriprise Financial supports the club’s basic needs nutrition program, which expands the Backpack Buddies program into a full-fledged food and nutrition program to teach youth and their families about growing, purchasing and preparing nutritious food.
* Helping women in California learn valuable career skills. Women at Work is a career and job resource center serving women in the greater Los Angeles area. The organization helps women attain their full career and earning potential by providing job and career resources in a supportive environment.
* Providing important economic understanding to Latinas in Minnesota. The company’s grant to Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio will support the organization’s economic empowerment services, which integrate employment, educational and financial programs to help Latino families overcome barriers to self-sufficiency and stability.