Principal Foundation

Principal® Foundation

Advancing financial security

Principal Foundation is committed to removing barriers so more people, businesses, and communities can pursue financially secure futures. From supporting essential needs to providing financial counseling, we fund programs that meet people where they are in their journey—and enable them for what’s next.

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Principal Foundation grantmaking

For nearly four decades, Principal Foundation’s grantmaking has championed initiatives that shape and support the financial security journey by removing barriers, expanding access to resources, and creating pathways to financial well-being. Principal Foundation targets community organizations where Principal Financial Group® employees live and work. We invite you to learn more about our work by visiting our site.

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Principal Foundation grantee stories

Three workers in a kitchen, prepping to serve food to people in need.

World Central Kitchen

A $1 million grant helped fund a program developed by WCK to provide restaurant-prepared meals for families experiencing food and nutrition insecurity.
Two people looking at a laptop working together in a plant shop.

Cities for Financial Empowerment

Principal Foundation awarded a $1 million grant to provide free professional financial counseling services to entrepreneurs and small business owners.
A family sitting together looking at a tablet.

Aidha

A $75,000 grant supported Aidha’s mission to provide financial literacy programs for migrant domestic workers and lower-income women.
Jo Christine Miles, Director, Principal® Foundation and Principal community relations

“At Principal Foundation, we believe achieving financial security is a journey and the initiatives we champion support and shape the road ahead. This work is about creating opportunities and delivering resources, so people and communities feel like a better future is achievable.”

Jo Christine Miles
Director, Principal Foundation and Principal community relations

Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. (“Principal® Foundation”) is a duly recognized 501(c)(3) entity focused on providing philanthropic support to organizations that build financial security in the communities where Principal Financial Group, Inc. (“Principal”) operates. While Principal Foundation receives funding from Principal, Principal Foundation is a distinct, independent, charitable entity. Principal Foundation does not practice any form of investment advisory services and is not authorized to do so.

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