NAILBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
It’s that time again!
So, what’s this about grants, charities and NAILBA? Well, the NAILBA Charitable Foundation
was created in 2002 as the philanthropic arm of the organization. Officially, the Foundation
engages in activities which are exclusively charitable, scientific, literary, educational or for
the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. Doing this heartfelt work, the Foundation
encourages the brokerage industry to support the community it serves. By funding grants to
community charitable organizations, it is our community outreach to improve the quality of
life for those who are in need. This is a clear demonstration to the community that we are a
caring, concerned body of professionals.
In 2008, the Foundation, honoring its founder, Colonel J William Felton, III, created the
Felton Award. This award is the largest grant given each year and that charity is featured at
NAILBA’s annual meeting.
Apply for a grant
Robin Landers, CLU, owns
Landers-Stein, originally founded in
1959 by Bernie Landers and Marty
Stein. A Chartered Life Underwriter,
she has served as president of the
Miami SFSP (CLU) and NAIFA-Miami
and is currently President of the
NAILBA Charitable Foundation.
Robin can be reached at
[email protected].
*501(c)(3) public charity whose principal activity is the
direct provision of substantial nonsectarian charitable
services for children and those in need
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The Grant application is online (www.NAILBAcharitablefoundation.org).
As a member, affiliate member or business partner of NAILBA, you can download the
grant application and send it to a favorite local nonprofit* that has a specific program that
needs funding.
Once the Nonprofit completes the application, it should be sent with your letter of
support to the NAILBA Foundation. The application must have a current letter of support
in order to qualify.
The applications will be reviewed by staff for eligibility.
The text of the cover letter remains with the application, but the sponsor’s identity is
hidden, so that no one on the grant review committee knows which of you helped the
charity apply.
The grant review committee members vary, year to year, being selected by the committee
chair — the current Treasurer of the NAILBA Board of Directors.
Each grant committee member receives the application packets by email and reviews the
dozens of submissions. Then, individually, they rank those.
Those rankings are sent back to NAILBA staff for compilation.
The committee subsequently gathers for face-to-face deliberations — you can imagine
there are many high scores for programs in communities across the country, helping those
who need it most. We can’t (yet) fund all the grantees for all the money needed for all the
programs. That means the grant review committee must come to agreement on which
grants to fund and for how much.
The charity will be sent a letter to agree to the terms of engagement and will
subsequently receive their check. We will also notify you, the sponsor, of the selection so
that you can:
• Schedule a presentation of the check
• Submit an article to the charity’s local newspaper with a press release
• Have pictures made for future promotion for the local newspaper or the charity’s
newsletter and website