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Charitable Contributions

As part of the M&T corporate family, Wilmington Trust is proud to introduce the M&T Charitable Foundation. This Foundation strives to strengthen our communities by providing support for a diverse range of civic, cultural, health, and human service organizations.

Healthy communities can be the foundation of successful businesses. Through grants and in-kind services, the M&T Charitable Foundation works in partnership with nonprofit organizations that focus on improving the quality of life for our clients, staff members, and neighbors. Our decisions are made locally, by the people who know their communities best.

The M&T Charitable Foundation offers financial support and resources to many types of organizations, including, but not limited to, those that support:

  • Arts/culture
  • Civic affairs
  • Healthcare
  • Human services
  • Education

Charitable contributions guidelines

All requests received by the M&T Charitable Foundation are reviewed in monthly meetings by local Charitable Contributions Committees.

In general, the M&T Charitable Foundation does not make grants to:

  • Individuals
  • Organizations that lack the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
  • Political organizations, candidates. or lobbying efforts
  • Fraternal organizations
  • Sports teams
  • National or international organizations, unless their programs have significant local impact
  • Religious or sectarian organizations, except when they are conducting programs that are secular in nature and have wide public impact

If your organization would like to be considered for a charitable contribution, you may be asked to submit the following:

  1. Board member list with affiliations
  2. Copy of the IRS 501(c)(3) federal tax exemption letter of determination
  3. Mission statement/purpose of your organization
  4. A list of other sources of funding
  5. Annual budget and/or project budget
  6. How you will measure the impact of your program

Should you need additional information on how to apply for support, please refer to our Charitable Contributions contact list.

If you have read our guidelines and are ready to apply for support, please click the "Apply Now" link below to begin the process.

Apply Now

FAQs

Grants fund on-going, long-term initiatives, programs, or projects that will specifically impact and improve one or more outcome. All grant funds go to program support and M&T Bank cannot benefit in any way from the donation.

Sponsorships result in a mutually beneficial partnership and yield support for our company goals and marketing objectives. Sponsorships have a broad reach across a market or state and offer a diverse menu of tangible benefits.

M&T accepts requests year-round. However, we ask that you submit your request a minimum of 8 weeks prior to the date you need a decision, to allow adequate time for the request to be reviewed.

We will do our best to respond within 8 weeks that your organization indicated you need a decision by, due to a high volume this may be delayed. Requestors will be notified via email.

M&T Bank has a very active volunteer program. If you have a volunteer request, please contact your local program officer.

No, all requests for funding are required to be submitted via the online application. This allows us to streamline the review process and enables us to provide organizations with a faster response.