How Principal Financial Created an Inclusive, Global Granting Program

When your employees are global, inclusive grantmaking becomes a powerful way to inspire connection and lasting impact. Learn how global financial services leader, Principal, a Benevity client since 2017, reimagined their granting approach by removing barriers, streamlining systems and adopting a long-term funding model that strengthens nonprofit relationships and boosts employee engagement.

Hear from Jo Christine Miles and Alyssa Nelson of Principal as they share how their shift towards sustained, inclusive grantmaking transformed their program from transactional to transformational — and how you can apply the same strategies to build a scalable, global granting program. Between their various initiatives in 2024, 5,800 employees drove $19.1M in contributions, logged 95,616 volunteer hours and supported 5,330 causes through the Benevity platform - the impact speaks for itself!