Vermont Business Magazine National Life Group employees, directors and retirees donated $408,947 to more than 525 organizations across the globe through the annual “Share the Good” program, in which the National Life Group Foundation matches gifts up to $2,000 during the month of November, making the overall amount given more than $817,000.
Four hundred twenty-three employees, directors and retirees made pledges this year, making this the highest number of donors and of dollars ever recorded for this initiative.
Over the years, more than $5 million has been raised to benefit thousands of charities.
The top five organizations to receive donations in 2024 will be:
- Vermont Foodbank
- Central Vermont Humane Society
- The Renita Marshall Helping Hands Foundation/St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital (tied)
- North Texas Food Bank
- Alzheimer’s Association Vermont
Share the Good grew from a United Way campaign begun in 2008 into an opportunity for employees to choose their own charitable recipients in 2010. In 2015, the National Life Group Foundation began to offer a dollar-for-dollar match up to $2,000. Vermont Foodbank tops the list of recipients and the number of employees participating has steadily increased over the past five years.
“Share the Good is a fantastic opportunity for National Life to not only support hundreds of organizations doing good work,” National Life Group Foundation President Beth Rusnock said. “But it also encourages our employees to give to those causes they care about.”
The Foundation offers grants to nonprofit organizations primarily in central and northern Vermont and the Dallas, Texas area where the company has offices with a focus on ending childhood hunger and promoting youth mental health.
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, Do Good Heroes, a commitment to ending childhood hunger and supporting children’s mental health, among others.
About National Life Group
National Life is here to bring you peace of mind. We’ve been keeping our promises since 1848. Believe in tomorrow. Do good today. Learn more at NationalLife.com
National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vermont, 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.
Source: Montpelier, Vt. (Dec. 6, 2023) – National Life Group NationalLife.com
