The Allstate Foundation offers several grant initiatives to support communities and charitable organizations served by employees of Allstate Insurance Company and affiliated companies, exclusive agents and personal financial representatives. Programs include:

Through this program, applicants may double their personal contributions to eligible institutions of higher education. The Foundation, based on established criteria, will match an eligible personal contribution from $25 to $1,000 per year. The Allstate Foundation does not match contributions to any other organizations.

The Foundation offers special Helping Hands grants to charitable, social or humanitarian organizations where employees volunteer. Applicants can benefit the organization with a monetary gift through this program.

The Foundation provides a scholarship program designed exclusively for dependent children of full-time and regular part-time Allstate employees, exclusive agents and personal financial representatives. The objective of this program is to assist parents with post-secondary education cost, while also recognizing and rewarding students' achievements.

Allstate agents find many ways to reach out to the communities where they live and work. To honor their involvement, The Allstate Foundation awards $500 grants to nonprofit organizations where Allstate agents volunteer.

Each year, The Allstate Foundation honors one special agent for his or her outstanding community work. This award honors Ray Lynch, an agent who gave his Fayetteville, N.C. community exemplary business leadership and personal service for 32 years until his untimely passing in 1999.

In 2007, we presented this award to Vicki Pitmon, an agent from Loveland, Colo. For the past seven years Pitmon has served a unique role in the Loveland community, dedicating more than 12,000 hours as a victim advocate to help victims of domestic abuse and other violent crimes overcome crisis situations, realize safety and get back on their feet. Pitmon received a $5,000 Allstate Foundation grant, which she directed to Alternatives to Violence.