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Veterans United Foundation Celebrates 10 Years of Enhancing Lives
March 17, 2021 GMT
COLUMBIA, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 17, 2021--
Veterans United Foundation is celebrating its 10 th anniversary in 2021 and the impact that Veterans United Home Loans employees have provided to communities across the country. Foundation staff is excited to preview big plans in store for the upcoming year, as sizeable donations will be awarded to military-based and community-centered charitable organizations in the Columbia area and throughout the United States.
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The Foundation was created in 2011 and is funded by more than 4,600 Veterans United Home Loans employees, Veterans United and its affiliated companies. Since its inception, more than $87 million has been donated to the Foundation, and officials expect the total to reach $100 million by the end of this calendar year. More than 90 percent of Veterans United employees give back at least one percent of their paycheck to the Foundation to support the mission.