KeyBank Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in 1969 and funded by KeyCorp. Its mission focuses on improving lives through supporting safe, affordable, inclusive communities, enhancing education and workforce development, and fostering financial wellness. The foundation emphasizes diversity and inclusion, financial capability, transformational outcomes, measurable impact, and sustainability in its initiatives.
The grant program from KeyBank Foundation aims to support organizations and programs that prepare individuals for thriving futures by focusing on three main areas: neighbors, education, and workforce. For neighbors, the goals include affordable housing and homeownership, economically self-sufficient families, safe and stable communities, and small business growth. In education, the grants support student preparation, access to education, attainment and completion of academic programs. For the workforce, the focus is on improving graduation from programs, employment placement and retention, and financial education. The foundation values diversity and inclusion, seeks to enhance financial capabilities, aims for transformational outcomes with measurable impacts, and champions sustainability in its grant-making efforts.