Ameriprise Financial Awards $1.1 Million in Grants to Nonprofits

Ameriprise Financial continues to support domestic hunger relief through its philanthropic partnership with Feeding America. The company recently held food drives in employee centers across the U.S. and collected an equivalent of 200,000 meals for local food banks. In Boston and Phoenix, more than 100 volunteers from Ameriprise Financial and Columbia Management spent a day at the Greater Boston Food Bank and the Desert Mission Food Bank, preparing food for distribution to local families. The company also supported Second Harvest Heartland’s annual fundraising event by matching a total of $25,000 in individual contributions to the Twin Cities-based hunger relief organization.

Ameriprise Financial is currently accepting grant applications for third cycle 2011 funding. The application deadline is September 1, 2011. Second cycle grant decisions will be communicated in August.

About Ameriprise FinancialCommunity Relations
Ameriprise Financial is dedicated to using the firm’s resources, talents and volunteer time to improve the lives of individuals and build strong communities. Through grant-making, volunteerism and employee and advisor gift matching programs, the company supports a diverse group of more than 5,000 nonprofits across the country.

About Ameriprise Financial
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a diversified financial services company serving the comprehensive financial planning needs of the mass affluent and affluent. For more information, visit ameriprise.com.

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Grants Awarded: First Cycle 2011

Meeting Basic Needs – 29 grants:AccessAbility, Inc.; Admission Possible; American Indian OIC, Inc.; Anne-Marie House; Association House of Chicago; Augsburg College; Birmingham AIDS Outreach, Inc.; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis; Central PA Community Foundation; Centro Cultural Chicano, Inc.; Family Scholar House, Inc.; Housing Opportunities for Women; Jeremiah Program; Junior League of Salt Lake City, Inc.; La Oportunidad; Lutheran Community Services Northwest; Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center; Northern Illinois Food Bank; Operation ABLE of Michigan; People Serving People Inc; Rebuilding Together - Twin Cities; RESOURCE, Inc.; Sabathani Community Center, Inc.; Second Harvest Heartland; Sterling House Community Center; Store To Door; The Arc of Central Chesapeake Region; The Greater Boston Food Bank, Inc.; Twin Cities RISE

Supporting Community Vitality – 21 grants:Ballet Works, Inc.; Coastal Enterprises, Inc.; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc.; Metropolitan Economic Development Association; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Minnesota Opera Company; Minnesota Orchestral Association; Rebuilding Together Oakland County; Rebuilding Together of Richmond; Riverview Economic Development Association; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society; Shakespeare Theatre Company; Shreveport Opera; South Queens Boys & Girls Club, Inc.; Stages Theatre Company, Inc.; The Children's Theatre Company and School; The Colorado Museum of Natural History; The Harmony Project; University of Minnesota - Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum; Walker Art Center, Inc.

Volunteer-Driven Causes – 16 grants: </b>Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Assn.; American Heart Association, Inc.; Bestprep; Community Hospice Foundation, Inc.; Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.; Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity, Inc.; Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery; Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council; Habitat for Humanity of Wake County; Junior Achievement of Oregon & SW Washington; Junior Achievement of West Central Florida; Minnesota AIDS Project; Spina Bifida Resource Network; The Empty Stocking Fund, Inc.; We Can, Pediatric Brain Tumor Network; Williamson County Child Advocacy Center