Truist Foundation

Building better lives

Truist’s purpose is to inspire and build better lives and communities. By partnering with nonprofit organizations across our markets, we're helping them innovate and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those they serve.

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Narrator:

Every day brings new beginnings.

New chances for growth. For hope.

At Truist Foundation, we believe that new opportunities should be open to everyone.

And that everyone deserves the kind of financial stability that can help build a better life.

So, we help open doors to economic mobility.

Since 2021, we’ve been investing in organizations, programs, and initiatives that help create pathways to better jobs and a brighter future for more than 25,000 workers and their families.

Our investments help small businesses open their doors and create jobs.

And we’ve assisted over 18,000 entrepreneurs by supporting their bold ideas.

At Truist Foundation, we see every day as an opportunity to open something new.

A business. A heart. A future.

Because, we believe, when you’re open to what’s possible, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

What we believe—and aim to do

All people and communities should have an equal opportunity to thrive.

Through our two key focus areas, building career pathways to economic mobility and strengthening small businesses, we invest in pioneering ways to strengthen organizations with transformative ideas and proven solutions.

Stories that inspire

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Scaling for Impact

Our grantmaking strategy helps build better lives and communities. Read about the difference we're making in our multi-year impact report.

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Building career pathways to economic mobility

We’re investing in organizations, programs, and initiatives that help disadvantaged adult workers navigate the employment journey.

Our goals:

Enable and equip frontline workers^{Disclosure 1} and unemployed adults, including diverse workers, with the tools and resources they need to move into middle-skill^{Disclosure 2} jobs that provide economic mobility and more pathways for people to thrive.

Our focus areas:

Helping workers navigate employment resources
Building capacity of reskilling and upskilling programs
Strengthening access to high quality employment and worker protections
Improving coordination and sharing knowledge within the workforce system
Advocating for employer practice change
Organizations and programs that serve adults

Strengthening small businesses

We’re opening more doors for diverse small businesses and entrepreneurs by investing in the network of solutions and organizations that support them.

Our goals:

Strengthen the supports that allow diverse small businesses to become more financially sustainable and resilient by eliminating barriers to growth, and improving knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation within the small business ecosystem.

Our focus areas:

Increasing access to capital
Increasing access to technical assistance support and educational programs for entrepreneurs
Building small business networks and mentorship programs to enable more knowledge sharing
Researching and developing new products, technologies, and service innovations for small business
Increasing inclusion in private and public practices and policies that impact small businesses
Organizations and programs that serve adults

Lynette Bell
Truist Foundation President

Who we are

“The Truist Foundation is deeply committed to serving communities differently and with humanity and grace. Through the Truist Foundation, we provide grants in support of nonprofit organizations to help grow their impact through innovative, best-in-class solutions. We believe that we succeed when we give our communities the opportunity to do the same.”

– Lynette Bell, Truist Foundation President