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      For Your Business February 27, 2026

      How the Old National Bank Foundation Funds Support Building Organizational Capacity and Strengthening Nonprofits

      Old National has always focused on strengthening and supporting the communities we serve. In 2025, we invested over $4.2 million in our communities via grants to 275 organizations, many of which support building organizational capacity and strengthening nonprofits.

      “In 2025, the Old National Bank Foundation focused on what it takes to create lasting change,” said Old National Bank Foundation President Joe Kiser. “This includes stable housing, access to economic opportunity and the tools people need to build financial security. By investing alongside trusted community partners, we’re helping move families and neighborhoods from resilience to real, long‑term progress.”

      In 2025, 98% of all ONB Foundation grant funding supported CRA-eligible initiatives, and 72% of grants served underrepresented communities.

      Here are just a handful of grants supporting building organizational capacity and strengthening nonprofits funded in 2025 through our foundation:

      Kalamazoo Public Library’s ONEplace@kpl – Kalamazoo, Michigan

      ONEplace@kpl provides no‑cost capacity‑building for nonprofits through workshops, leadership intensives, and tailored technical assistance that sharpen strategy, fundraising, governance, and evaluation. Organizations emerge with stronger teams and clearer systems, improving service quality and reach across Southwest Michigan. This investment strengthens many nonprofits at once and amplifies community impact far beyond a single grant.

      Renew Communities – Chicago, Illinois

      Renovation of an 85‑year‑old warehouse expands the organization’s operations for affordable homebuilding by adding space for panelized construction, materials storage, volunteer coordination, and logistics. Enhanced capacity lowers per‑unit costs, speeds project timelines, and enables the team to serve more families seeking safe, attainable housing. By fortifying the backbone of production, the project accelerates scale and sustainability in a market with urgent affordability needs.

      Funding community organizations that move the needle

      The Old National Bank Foundation makes contributions to nonprofit organizations to fund widespread community impact programs and/or projects. The foundation is part of Old National’s overall charitable giving initiative, which enables us to support programs that improve quality of life in areas of:

      • Illinois
      • Indiana
      • Iowa
      • Kentucky
      • Michigan
      • Minnesota
      • North Carolina
      • North Dakota
      • Tennessee
      • Wisconsin

      Old National believes in supporting communities where our clients, team members and shareholders live and work.

      Each year, the Old National Bank Foundation endeavors to fund as many initiatives that meet our funding priorities as possible across our footprint. Due to the volume of applications received, each is evaluated on a competitive basis as we strive to fund programs with strong impact and measurable outcomes.

      For more information on grants or the Old National Bank Foundation click here.

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