To maintain focus and achieve greater impact, and in some cases due to federal law, the Securian Financial Foundation does not make grants in certain areas. These include:

• Political, lobbying or fraternal activities
• Start-up funding for new organizations
• Religious organizations for denominational or religious purposes
• Organizations that do not have tax exempt status under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
• Fundraising events, benefits, sponsorships or advertising support
• Individuals or individual scholarships
• Endowment campaigns
• Athletic, recreation or sports-related organizations
• Services traditionally supported by government agencies
• International organizations
• Trips or tours
• Funding for hospitals or other health care services generally supported by third party mechanisms (hospitals, however, are eligible for matching gifts)
• Conferences, seminars, workshops or symposiums
• Public and private K-12 schools (however, schools are eligible for matching gifts)