The Progressive Insurance Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 30-0013138 · since 2002progressive.com/about/purpose/community-involvement·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$11.7M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The Progressive Insurance Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity cannot approach it with a cold proposal.
Its giving runs through Name Your Cause, a programme where individual employees each year nominate a favourite charity to receive a monetary gift, so the practical route in is through a personal connection with a Progressive employee rather than a formal application to the foundation itself.
Eligible recipients are qualified, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charities working in civic, cultural, educational, environmental, health care, human services or religious fields, so your cause needs to sit within one of those areas.
No grant range or geographic focus is stated, so it isn't possible to size a request or target a particular area with confidence.
Anyone planning to send an unsolicited request should not do so, as the foundation says plainly that it does not accept these; the realistic strategy instead is to cultivate relationships with Progressive staff who might put your charity forward.

Overview

The Progressive Insurance Foundation is a US private foundation based in Cleveland, OH.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Progressive Insurance Foundation supports causes its people care about, with the goal of reaching a wide array of communities where Progressive and its customers live and work. Through Name Your Cause, each Progressive employee has an annual opportunity to recommend a favourite charity for a monetary gift. Eligible recipients may be qualified, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charities working in civic, cultural, educational, environmental, health care, human services or religious fields. Its giving approach centres on employee choice and a broad community reach; the filing specifies that it makes contributions to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Themes

Civic causes
Cultural causes
Education
Environmental causes
Health care
Human services
Religious organisations

How to apply

Through Name Your Cause, each Progressive employee has an annual opportunity to recommend a favourite charity to receive a monetary gift.

Application success factors

What the foundation says:

The Foundation aims to support causes its people care about while reaching the widest array of communities where it and its customers live and work.

Officers and directors

James L Kusmer — Treasurer
Peter J Albert — Assistant Secretary
Michael Grathwol — Secretary
John P Sauerland — Vice President
Susan Patricia Griffith — President
John P Sauerland — Trustee
William L Clawson — Trustee
Lori A Niedest — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$7,776,222	$7,538,757	$145,859	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$7,650,380	$7,387,491	$483,822	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$12,179,247	$11,743,224	$1,303,281	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.