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16 Minnesota Organizations Receive Grants to Help Enhance Seniors’ Lives
MINNEAPOLIS — Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life®) announced today donations of $275,000 to Twin Cities’ area nonprofit organizations that help senior citizens maintain a high quality of life through self-sufficiency. Allianz Life actively supports the grant recipients because they enhance lives and meet the basic needs of seniors throughout the community.
One grant recipient, Better Business Bureau Institute for Marketplace Ethics (BBB IME), received $25,000 to support their educational foundation program. Offering ethics education, the BBB IME provides resources to prevent marketplace fraud and scams targeting at-risk consumers, including seniors. To further support BBB in 2015, Allianz Life employees will be volunteering with the Better Business Bureau Safeguarding our Seniors elder financial abuse education program.
“We are honored to support organizations dedicated to making the lives of seniors better in our community,” said Allianz Life President and CEO Walter White. “Allianz Life shows its commitment to improving the home life of seniors by not only offering financial support, but also by helping residents maintain their homes.”
Sixteen nonprofit organizations received grants from Allianz Life ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 as part of the Allianz Life Senior Services Grant Program. Each organization addresses unique needs.
The 2014 Allianz Life Senior Services Grant Program recipients are:
- Store To Door ($25,000) – supporting their Food Shelf Home Delivery program.
- Senior Community Services ($25,000) – supporting their Frail Elder Support Services program.
- Better Business Bureau Institute for Marketplace Ethics ($25,000) – supporting their Fraud Prevention program.
- The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation ($20,000) – supporting their Community Services for Aging program.
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts ($20,000) – supporting their Discover Your Story program.
- Keystone Community Services ($20,000) – supporting their seniors program.
- Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly ($15,000) – supporting their general senior services operations.
- Canvas Health ($15,000) – supporting their Service Coordination and Transportation for Seniors program.
- Catholic Charities ($15,000) – supporting their Aging Services program.
- Friends of the Hennepin County Library ($15,000) – supporting their service to homebound clients program.
- The Arthritis Foundation ($15,000) – supporting their Better Living for Seniors program.
- West 7th Community Center ($15,000) – supporting their Senior Services program.
- Theater Latte Da ($15,000) – supporting their Seniors and Family program.
- CommonBond Communities ($15,000) – supporting their Advantage Services for Seniors program.
- Tubman ($10,000) – supporting their Senior and Caregiver workshops.
- ArtSage ($10,000) – supporting the Arts and Aging Minnesota Development Initiative.
Organizations were chosen by the Allianz Life Community Relations Governance Committee, which directs the grants program and ensures charitable practices align with Allianz Life core values. Organizations must illustrate how their program helps seniors live independently and create a better quality of life.
Note to editors: Photograph is available of Allianz Life President and CEO Walter White raking leaves last month with several employees as part of the fall yard clean-up program directed by Senior Community Services.
About Allianz Life
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, one of FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2013, has been keeping its promises since 1896. Today, it carries on that tradition, helping Americans achieve their retirement income and protection goals with a variety of annuities and life insurance products. As a leading provider of fixed index annuities, Allianz Life is part of Allianz SE, a global leader in the financial services industry with 148,000 employees worldwide. More than 78 million private and corporate customers rely on Allianz knowledge, global reach, and capital strength to help them make the most of financial opportunities.
