Marquette Financial Companies

Marquette Gives

Marquette Financial Companies proudly provide financial and volunteer support to the communities where we do business. Primary focus areas are affordable housing, community economic development and financial education for youth and adults; support for basic human/social services is sometimes provided.

Our community support is provided through employee-led regional grantmaking, corporate and operating business giving programs, and in support of employee interests.

Regional Grantmaking

Marquette Financial Companies regional grantmaking committees provide annual operating and other support to nonprofit organizations. Grant requests are considered by employee-led Regional Giving Committees. The committees are based in the Midwest, Southwest, and South Central regions of the country and each considers requests from community organizations serving specific communities as follows:

Committee	Location	Consider Requests from nonprofits serving:
Midwest	Minnesota	Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN metro area
Southwest	Arizona	Phoenix, AZ metro area
South Central	Texas	Dallas/Fort Worth metro area

During 2008, Regional Giving Committees approved over $760,000 in general operating grants to benefit 78 organizations working in our focus areas of affordable housing, economic development, financial education to youth and adults, and other basic human/social services.

Applilcation for grants will be available June 1, 2009.

Corporate and Operating Business Giving

Marquette Financial Companies is a financial holding company with dynamic businesses operating nationwide in banking, real estate investment banking, residential construction lending, commercial finance, auto lending, wealth management and mezzanine financing. At Marquette, each of our businesses is an active member in its community. In keeping with our values of financial strength, relationships and entrepreneurial decision-making, our giving program consists corporate giving for major initiatives as well as business-directed support, including charitable event sponsorships and donations to community organizations where Marquette employees are active in nonprofit board service.

Employee Community Involvement

Marquette Financial Companies supports the personal community interests of its employees. It also creates and supports meaningful volunteer opportunities for its employees.

Employee Gift Matching is a dollar for dollar match for financial contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations. This program is made available to Marquette employees through the Pohlad Family Foundation.

Employee volunteer programs are sponsored by Marquette for our employees. Marquette employees participate in a large number and variety of volunteer activities, including holiday drives to support families and children; neighborhood clean up and painting projects, and fundraising walks, runs and other events. In 2007, a select group of Marquette employee volunteers participated with employee volunteers of other Pohlad-owned businesses in two projects in New Orleans, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas, where they assisted families who were affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. In most cases, financial support from Marquette businesses is provided to support these employee volunteer projects.