community relations

Strengthening the future of our community

Community engagement at Allianz

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Our mission – we secure your future – doesn’t stop at retirement planning for our customers. At Allianz, we help secure the future of our employees and broader community in the Twin Cities by reducing barriers to economic inclusion.

We believe we can create a lasting and positive impact in the lives of many generations to come by increasing access to basic needs, gainful employment, and financial knowledge. We accomplish this through our Allianz for Tomorrow community engagement program, which includes corporate grantmaking and a deeply engaged employee volunteer network.

Giving by the numbers for 2024:

$2.9M
in charitable contributions
Over 10K
employee community engagement hours logged
55%
of employees participated in community engagement activities
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Latest updates:

From challenges to change: Our impact on YouthLink’s fight against youth homelessness

As part of our commitment to building pathways to financial security in the Twin Cities, we are a proud partner of YouthLink, a local nonprofit that supports young people experiencing homelessness on their journey to self-reliance. YouthLink ensures young people can thrive and reach their full potential by providing access to basic needs, education, supportive housing, and more. At a time when YouthLink continues to face increasing demands, Allianz provides multi-year charitable contributions, advocacy, and volunteerism, including through Impact Day. Each year on Impact Day, more than 250 Allianz Life employee volunteers come together to pack 4,000 hygiene kits to help ensure clients at YouthLink and other food shelf partners in the Twin Cities have access to basic needs that can be hard for them to keep in stock.

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Building partnerships for long-term impact

As part of our corporate grant program, we focus on larger, multi-year grants to local nonprofits focused on reducing barriers to economic inclusion, with 75% of funds going to organizations located in or serving the Midway community in St. Paul near Allianz Field®. These types of investments allow nonprofits to have a longer-term view on inequities in our community that often have no quick fixes. With funding secured over multiple years, organizations can spend more time focusing on problem solving and implementation, and less on fundraising.

Learn more about our Allianz for Tomorrow partners

Asian Economic Development Association (AEDA)

AEDA aims to increase economic opportunities for Asian Americans through business development and financial education.

Keystone Community Services

Keystone provides youth programming, senior services, food shelves and distribution, and crisis support to communities in St. Paul.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation Twin Cities (LISC)

LISC Twin Cities helps increase economic opportunities through Financial Opportunity Centers® that help people build job skills and financial education.

Neighborhood Development Center (NDC)

NDC helps entrepreneurs realize their dreams through programs like their Black and Latina Opportunity Connect program supporting female entrepreneurs of color.

Wallin Education Partners

Wallin supports college and career success for high-potential students from low-income backgrounds, providing holistic support and internships to increase success.

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Our culture of volunteerism

We support our employees as they engage with our community and the causes they care about. This helps ensure success for the communities where we all live, work, and play, and provides a way for employees to make a difference. Below are a few of the ways we support employees' passions.

V8 (Volunteer 8) Program

Through our V8 Program, Allianz provides employees eight hours of paid time off each year to volunteer with any eligible charitable organization.

Group volunteer programs

We support employee engagement through the funding of up to $10,000 for eligible nonprofits where groups of employees volunteer or participate in fundraisers.

Volunteer of the quarter

Each quarter, we recognize an outstanding employee volunteer and provide the nonprofit they serve with a contribution of $2,500.

Our annual fundraising events

Each year, we host fundraising events to make a positive impact through the donations of time, funds and goods.

$2M

raised to increase financial stability

Each year during our Spirit of Giving campaign, employees donate food, clothing, and toys benefiting PRISM, the ARC Minnesota, Second Harvest Heartland, and Toys for Tots. Over the last 24 years, we have raised more than 383,000 pounds of clothes, 415,000 pounds of food, and $2 million in cash donations.

$2.5M

raised to support financial security

Our annual Driving to Donate golf tournament, one of the top charity golf tournaments in Minnesota, benefits the Alzheimer’s Association MN-ND. Since 2010, we have raised nearly $2.5 million for the organization, and more than 300 employees and vendors participate or volunteer each year.

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Grant applications

Our corporate grantmaking program supports local nonprofits that work to address our key focus areas of financial stability, sustainability, and security.

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Learn more about our commitment to equity and our employees

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Helping employees do the best work of their lives

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Supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion

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