CLA Foundation awards $2 million to 156 nonprofits nominated by the firm's employees
The foundation of the accounting and advisory firm CliftonLarsonAllen announced its 2026 Community Action Fund grants on Oct. 27. They go to groups working on education, employment and entrepreneurship, and only the firm's staff can nominate one.
Minneapolis. The CLA Foundation, the charitable foundation of the accounting and advisory firm CliftonLarsonAllen, has awarded $2 million in grants to 156 nonprofit organizations across the United States through its 2026 Community Action Fund, the firm announced on Oct. 27.
The grants go to organizations working on education, employment and entrepreneurship in the communities they serve: learning and skill development, preparation for work, career advancement and starting a business. The announcement did not list the recipients or the size of individual grants.
Nominated from inside the firm
The Community Action Fund is an annual program paid for entirely by the firm's own people. Each year the foundation asks its nearly 9,000 professionals, in more than 120 offices, to nominate nonprofits in their own communities, and the grants are chosen from those nominations. The foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals, so a nonprofit cannot apply on its own.
This was the third year in a row that the firm's employees together put $2 million into the fund, the announcement said.
“Our people bring an understanding of their communities that helps the foundation connect resources with organizations positioned to make a lasting difference.”
Giving since 2015
The CLA Foundation is a private foundation established in 2015 and funded only by gifts from the firm's people. Its stated mission is to create career opportunities through education, employment and entrepreneurship. Since 2015 it has awarded more than $18.5 million to local organizations, according to the firm.
CliftonLarsonAllen is a Minnesota limited liability partnership with more than 120 locations in the United States.
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