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National Life Group Foundation awards over $1.16M to 115 organizations fighting hunger, supporting youth mental health and building community

Mark Farrell, AVP of Customer Service, CIG leadership volunteering 2023

Montpelier, VT - (June 6, 2024) The National Life Group Foundation announced more than $1.16 million going to 115 grant recipients in this year’s grant cycle dispersed recently.

Created in 2006, the Foundation offers grants to nonprofit organizations and schools primarily in central and northern Vermont and the Dallas, Texas, area where the company has offices, with a focus on ending childhood hunger and supporting youth mental health.

Breakdown of funds:

  • $550,000 supports ending childhood hunger
  • $511,000 supports youth mental health
  • $97,500 supports community development

“At National Life, we’ve been focused on growing with purpose,” said Beth Rusnock, president of the National Life Group Foundation. “We’re pleased to support the impactful programs of many organizations who are doing the same to lift children and families in the communities we call home.”

These organizations are top recipients:

  • Vermont Foodbank
  • Hunger Free Vermont
  • Parkland Foundation (Dallas)
  • Capstone Community Action (Vermont)
  • Family Place, Inc. (Dallas)
  • Vogel Alcove (Dallas)
  • Montpelier Alive
  • Central Vermont Medical Center
  • Vermont Council on Rural Development, Inc.
  • Family Compass (Dallas)
  • Kellogg Hubbard Library (Vermont)
  • Alliance for Children (Fort Worth)
  • Outright Vermont
  • Children's Advocacy Center for North Texas
  • Vermont Family Network
  • Lund Family Center (Vermont)
  • Montpelier Foundation

To be considered for a grant, an organization must be a public charity which is exempt from income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Learn more about the Foundation here: Our Foundation | National Life Group Foundation.

Learn more here about National Life Group’s corporate philanthropy with programs that include LifeChanger of the Year, a commitment to ending childhood hunger and supporting children’s mental health, among others.

About National Life Group
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Contact: Daphne Larkin, corporate communications, National Life Group, 802.229.3607.

National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vt., in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, Texas, chartered in 1955, and their affiliates.  Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations.  Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.