Assurant Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity should not send a cold proposal and should approach it only where it already has a connection.
- Its stated themes are education, disaster response, housing security and financial literacy, so work in those areas is the clearest fit.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $25 and $3,000 and the median is $125, so a modest request sits within the typical range, although the largest grant was about $415,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- Most of its grant dollars go to organisations it has funded before, with 83% in the latest filing, so it leans heavily on established relationships and a first approach should be built patiently.
- Other published sources give its geographic priority as across the globe.
Overview
Assurant Foundation is a US private foundation based in Atlanta, GA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (assurant.com, azure-na-assets.contentstack.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Assurant Foundation focuses its outreach on education, disaster response, housing security and financial literacy. It makes grants to nonprofit organisations and supports communities where Assurant employees live and work. The company's description presents grantmaking as part of wider community engagement, alongside employee volunteering. The filed grants reach a broad range of organisations, including educational bodies, housing organisations and health organisations; their recorded purpose is financial assistance. This combination of named focus areas and varied grant recipients shows community-oriented giving across several fields, not one named beneficiary.
Themes
- Education
- Disaster response
- Housing security
- Financial literacy
Geographic Focus
Priority: Across the globe. (as reported in other published sources)
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 83% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 4,585 grants to organisations were $125 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 17%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 21%
- The largest single recipient received 8% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 83% of grant dollars went to organisations Assurant Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 6% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Canada, France).
- 16% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 1,709 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $104 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- American Red Cross · Financial Assistance$416,9142024 tax year
- Habitat for Humanity International · Financial Assistance$364,2002024 tax year
- Junior Achievement of Georgia · Financial Assistance$186,5002024 tax year
- Move for Hunger · Financial Assistance$176,7072024 tax year
- AutoNation Foundation · Financial Assistance$118,0002024 tax year
- United Way of Greater Atlanta · Financial Assistance$106,0302024 tax year
- Good360 · Financial Assistance$87,1072024 tax year
- Wounded Warriors Family Support · Financial Assistance$80,2002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- La Shonda — VP
- Lisa Atkinson — Manager
- Suzanne Shepherd — Executive Director
- Monica Bomani — Director
- Monique Patillo — Trustee
- Jeremy Purvis — Trustee
- Francesca Luthi — Trustee
- Christian Formby — Trustee
- Keith Demmings — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,150,971 | $4,020,440 | $2,356,839 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,683,854 | $3,360,458 | $8,089,617 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,587,683 | $4,007,174 | $11,606,230 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
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Contact
- Atlanta, GA