Charity

Our Holiday Giving Program

Every year, the Investment Mentoring Institute sets aside some of the money you pay in tuition to give to charitable organizations. We view this giving as an investment in making the world a better place.

This year, four organizations were chosen to be prospective beneficiaries. We chose each one to represent a different area of activity. Then we sent an e-mail to our clients, asking them to choose their favorite.

For preventing domestic violence, we chose Project: PeaceMakers, Inc. The selected charity is a non-profit public benefit organization founded to address the issue of Domestic and Family Violence. The group teaches middle school and high school students about conflict resolution, anger management, and mediation. Making a stronger child helps to reduce the effects of domestic violence. The group is based in Los Angeles. More data is available from this web site.

In the area of the arts, we chose the Neta Pulvermacher Dance Company, now in its 20th year. Her dance troupe has toured throughout the U.S., Israel, Europe and Canada. Artistic Director Neta Pulvermacher is noted for her collaborations with avant-guard musicians and composers. More information is available here.

For education and science, we chose Sovereigns of the High Frontier Society is building libraries, observatories, classrooms, and labs in communities all over the place to promote mathematical, scientific and especially space settlement related education. Their web site is http://hisovs.org/.

In the area of advancing healthcare, we chose the Methuselah Foundation. Our charity in this area is an organization of professional and non-professional volunteers who are dedicated to raising the awareness of the potential for near-term science-based aging interventions using modern technologies. The group offers competitive financial prizes to inspire efforts by researchers into anti-aging technologies. Their web site is: http://www.mprize.org/.

And the results are in! Over 50% of clients chose Project: PeaceMakers, Inc. The second choice was Sovereigns of the High Frontier Society. Third place went to the Methuselah Foundation. Several people also voted for the Neta Pulvemacher Dance Company. Several clients wrote back to say that they wanted to support all four programs.

The good news is, we'll do exactly that! The donations this year are being divided by client preference over all four groups. So, the most popular charity will get the most money, a bit more than half, and so forth.

Thanks for participating in our annual holiday giving, our investment in a better future.

(Here's a thank-you note from one of the charities we supported this year.)

(And here's another.)

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