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Nonprofits & foundations
Protect your mission’s reserves.

How nonprofits and foundations protect operating reserves, endowment cash and grant funds above the FDIC limit — while earning more and keeping their community bank.

The challenge

Why cash is often under-protected

  • Board-mandated reserves often exceed $250K at one bank
  • Grant funds held before disbursement
  • Fiduciary duty to protect donor dollars

The FDIC insures up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank, per ownership category. Everything above that at one bank is uninsured.

How Ampersand helps

One account. 300+ insured institutions.

  • Keep reserves within insured limits across 300+ institutions
  • Earn rates that have averaged 5–9x the national average‡
  • Board-ready reporting and one 1099-INT
  • Keep your community bank for everyday banking

Ampersand, Inc. is not a bank. Ampersand acts as administrator in placing deposits at FDIC- or NCUA-insured institutions; deposit insurance is provided by those institutions, subject to standard limits, aggregation rules and pass-through requirements. Eligibility of specific fund types depends on applicable law, governing documents and program terms. ‡ Program rates have averaged 5–9x the FDIC national average savings rate, as of 10/15/2026; averages are not a guarantee of any client’s rate. Rates vary and are not guaranteed. Not legal, tax or fiduciary advice.