| 2012 |
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| January 10 |
$15,000 grant to GreenPath, Inc. to help offset the costs of providing non-profit financial counseling and education. GreenPath will be using our office at 211 9th Street on Tuesdays to assist consumers with credit card debt, housing debt and bankruptcy concerns. |
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| 2011 |
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| November 17 |
$10,000 grant to Housing Resources Inc. for their continuing work preparing first time homebuyers as well as assisting those in need of financial counseling. |
| July 18 |
$20,000 grant to Neighborhood Housing Services, for their continuing work to prepare first time homebuyers with the financial education for home ownership. |
| February 22 |
Grant of $5,000 toJunior Achievement for their Annual Business Challenge, where high school students compete to market and manufacture the best fictional product. |
| January 4 |
$2,500 grant awarded to Family Service of Racine for their Ways to Work Program, which assists families in understanding and improving their household budgets and ultimately their credit scores. |
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| 2010 |
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| September 28 |
Grant to Neighborhood Housing for their continuation of educating first-time home buyers with information they need to achieve home ownership. |
| May 5 |
Grants in the amount of $3,000 for four employees who work for the Racine Youthful Offender Facility. The grant enables them to attend classes at the National Institute of Financial & Economic Literacy in Madison on subjects "Credit & Money", "Investor Education, Economics and Insurance", "Paychecks, Financial Contracts and Entrepreneurship". They will then bring back the information to help prepare their students for the Department of Corrections Re-entry Initiative. |
| April 1 |
Grant of $10,000 awarded to Housing Resources, Inc. to prepare first time home buyers with the education they need to purchase a home and also to counsel consumers on preventing foreclosures. |
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| 2009 |
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| July 6 |
$10,000 grant awarded to Housing Resources of Racine — preparing and counseling first time homebuyers with education needed for buying a house and counseling them to help prevent foreclosure. |
| June 29 |
$20,000 grant to Neighborhood Housing of Racine — helping to educate first time home buyers with all the information they need to achieve home ownership. |
| June 18 |
$375 grant awarded to LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin to help facilitate delivery of financial education programs to their members. |
| June 18 |
$600 grant awarded to Judy Smith, employed by Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections-Racine Youthful Offender Correction Facility to attend the National Institute of Financial & Economic Literacy program of “credit and money.” She presents classes on financial literacy to the youthful offenders. |
| May 4 |
$600 grant awarded to James McInnis, employed by the Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections-Racine Youthful Offender Correction Facility to attend the National Institute of Financial & Economic Literacy program of “credit and money.” He presents classes on financial literacy to the youthful offenders. |
| March 13 |
$500 grant awarded to The Journal Times for their “Newspapers in Education Money Management Series.” |
| March 2 |
$5,000 grant awarded to Junior Achievement for their Annual Business Challenge, where high school students compete to market and manufacture the best fictional product. Top students receive $2,000 in scholarships and compete in state competition. |
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| 2008 |
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| July 8 |
$10,000 grant awarded
to Housing Resources Inc. of Racine – promoting financial
education
and couseling by advising low-to-moderate income families of all
the responsibilites of owing a home, and helping them become first-time
home buyers. |
| June 30 |
$5,000 grant awarded
to Asset Builders Racine/Kenosha Money Conference. The November
1, 2008 conference seeks to educate those in need of financial
education
who live in our community through sessions dealing with credit
reports, budgeting, and credit counselors. |
| June 30 |
$15,000 grant awarded
to Neighborhood Housing – educating their clients in financial
fitness and education to help them achieve home ownership. |
| April 14 |
$600 scholarship to Beth
Engebretsen, employed by Wisconsin Dept. of
Corrections – Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility, to
attend
the National Institute of Financial and Economic Literacy program.
She presents
financial literacy information to the youthful offenders. |
| March 4 |
$5,000
grant awarded to Junior Achievement, for their business
challenge in which high
school students compete to market and manufacture the best fictional
product. |
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