NAILBA Announces 2014 Charitable Grant Recipients

Member communities rally for children, Life Happens

(Fairfax, Va.) – September 12, 2014 – The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) Charitable Foundation awarded $265,000 in grants to organizations in NAILBA member communities that serve to enhance the quality of life for those less fortunate, with an emphasis on children, and Life Happens. Following are the grant award recipients for 2014:

  • Caruso Family Charities: $27,500
    Recipient of the Col. J. William Felton III Grant
    Lakeland, CO (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency Colorado Brokerage)
  • Lone Survivor Foundation: $25,000
    Houston, TX (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency Four Seasons Financial Group)
  • Wounded Warriors Family Support: $20,000
    Omaha, NE (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency Art Jetter & Co.)
  • GlassRoots, Inc.: $15,000
    Newark, NJ (Sponsored by NAILBA Corporate Supporter Prudential)
  • The Quest for Grace Foundation: $15,000
    Rexford, NY (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency National Long Term Care Brokers)
  • We Care I.N.C.: $15,000
    South Haven, MI (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency LTCI Partners)
  • Fresno Survivors of Suicide Loss: $12,380
    Fresno, CA (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency CPS Impact)
  • Lighthouse Family Retreat, Inc.: $12,000
    Norcross, GA (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency The Brokerage Resource)
  • Angel On My Shoulder: $10,000″
    St. Germain, WI (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency CPS Horizon)
  • Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments: $10,000
    Richmond Heights, MO (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency The Marketing Alliance)
  • Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area: $10,000
    Danville, CA (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency H.D. Mooers & Co.)
  • El Viento Foundation: $10,000
    Huntington Beach, CA (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency CPS Insurance Services)
  • NourishNC: $10,000
    Wilmington, NC (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency Financial Security Associates)
  • Songs of Love Foundation: $10,000
    Forest Hills, NY (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency CPS Horizon)
  • Casa Valentina, Inc.: $7,500
    Miami, FL (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency Landers-Stein & Associates)
  • Ivy Hill Therapeutic Equestrian Center: $7,500
    Perkasie, PA (Sponsored by William J. Shelow, NAILBA member agency LifeMark Partners)
  • More Than Sport: $5,000
    Kailua Kona, HI (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency Trumark)
  • Reach-a-Child, Inc.: $5,000
    Middleton, WI (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency MVP Financial Services)
  • Give them Wings: $5,000
    Hood River, OR (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency CPS Impact)
  • One Bright Star: $3,500
    Mankato, MN (Sponsored by NAILBA member agency Weilage Advisory Group)
...that serve to enhance the quality of life for those less fortunate, with an emphasis on children, and Life Happens.

To make a contribution or receive more information about the NAILBA Charitable Foundation, please contact Kathy Allison, NAILBA’s Director of Membership and the Foundation at kallison@nailba.org or (703) 383-3072 or visit www.nailbacharitablefoundation.org.

 

 

 

The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) Charitable Foundation is a public charity that receives gifts mainly, but not exclusively, from the membership of NAILBA and its corporate supporters. The mission of the NAILBA Charitable Foundation is to encourage volunteerism among the NAILBA membership and provide grant funds to worthy charitable organizations with limited operating budgets in local communities served by member agencies, with a special emphasis on those that enhance the quality of life for children.

The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) is the premiere insurance industry organization promoting financial security and consumer choice through the use of independent brokerage distribution. NAILBA serves as the national association of life, health and annuity insurance distributors. For more information visit www.nailba.org.