The IMA Foundation is a funding prospect new to the local scene in the last year, and GPLH is pleased to feature and engage them with our members.

For over 50 years, the IMA Foundation has been providing financial support to organizations and initiatives that primarily focus on advancing youth, with five key areas identified: education, mental health, arts & culture, food insecurity, and homelessness. Awarding millions of dollars across the US annually, the IMA Foundation operates out of 3 regional offices.

The IMA Foundation is the grantmaking, charitable arm of IMA Corporation, a large independent insurance broker with over 2,500 employees across the country. Originally named IMA Financial and based out of Denver, Colorado, IMA Corp has 47 offices across the country.

Thanks to a recent corporate partnership with York International, IMA Corp and the IMA Foundation now have a New York, NY-based office – which creates the opportunity to award grant funds to youth-serving non-profits across the Northeastern region for the first time.

Their first open grant application period was in the Spring of 2024 and the Fall grant application period just closed, with a total of 39 new applicants from our area, including 13 through GPLH alone!

IMA is very pleased to engage with GPLH as a funding prospect for non-profits and also welcomes conversations from organizations seeking advice specific to employee benefits programs. IMA’s Desiree O’Neil, GPLH’s contact representative says, “We are excited to help support organizations making an impact on the lives of those they touch.”

For more information, contact Desiree O’Neil at desiree.oneil@imacorp.com or 914-457-1251, and read IMA Foundation’s 2023 Purpose Report: https://imacorp.com/community.