IMA Foundation

IMA Foundation Grants

The 2023 fall grant cycle is now open! Please apply online here. Applications are due October 5 at 5pm Mountain Time.

Applicants’ primary missions must align with one of the three IMA Foundation giving pillars and be located near one of our major markets. Nonprofits may apply once every 12 months. Grant sizes are under $10,000. Please note we will notify all applicants of their grant status no later than November 22^nd.

Email foundation@imacorp.com with questions regarding grant applications.

Shortly after the incorporation of IMA more than 40 years ago, the company’s founders showed true vision and commitment to the community by creating the IMA Foundation. With employee owners at the core of our business, the goal of the IMA Foundation is to represent the passions of our associates and make strategic contributions within the foundation focus areas.

IMA Foundation Vision: Empowering our communities to create opportunities which protect assets and make a difference.

IMA Foundation Mission: To provide philanthropic support in the communities where we work and live.

Introducing IMA’s first Purpose Report. Previously known as the annual Community Report, the 2022 Purpose Report dives into what it means to be driven by purpose, highlights IMA’s history of service and community involvement, showcases the company’s journey and measures its impact made in the last year. In it you’ll find:

Associate giving and volunteering programs
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives
Sustainability programs and services
Insights from our associates
Game-changing benefits
Governance highlights

View IMA's Impact in the Community >

The IMA Foundation focuses its efforts in three key areas:

Advancing Youth

To reduce the drop-out rate and offer a chance of quality futures for our young people.

Mentoring programs
After school programs
Youth Mental Health*

Arts & Culture

To improve the quality of life in our communities through the arts.

Cultural institutions
Arts in Education programs that offer arts education programming in public schools

Education

To support educational institutions so that young people graduate with increased skills and knowledge, resulting in a higher skilled workforce in the future.

Educational institutions
K-12 public education
Higher education

2022 IMA Foundation Grant Recipients – $651,000

Twice a year, the IMA Foundation board of trustees reviews hundreds of applications and determines grants to award to deserving nonprofits whose missions reflect the IMA Foundation’s focus areas of Education, Arts & Culture, and Advancing Youth. In 2022, the IMA Foundation awarded $651,000 to deserving nonprofits in IMA communities!