Today, the New York Life Foundation presented a $7,400 grant to support Mile High United Way. The New York Life Foundation awards approximately 130 grants annually to local United Ways nationwide to boost community programs.
 
“We are proud that the New York Life Foundation supports our community through United Way,” said Mark Biren a managing partner of New York Life’s Colorado General Office. “New York Life has a longstanding commitment to humanity. The Foundation builds on this tradition by providing grants to worthwhile organizations like United Way, which help improve the quality of life in metro Denver and other towns and cities nationwide where New York Life agents and employees live and work.”
 
The New York Life Foundation is the major vehicle through which New York Life Insurance Company channels contributions to national and local nonprofit organizations. Through its Nurturing the Children initiative, the Foundation supports organizations, programs and services that target young people, particularly in the areas of mentoring, safe places to learn and grow, and educational enhancement opportunities. Since 1979,
the New York Life Foundation has donated more than $100 million to national and local nonprofit organizations.