Girls Inc. National Teams with ING for Investment Pilot Project
Posted by girlsincchatt on February 12, 2009
Girls Inc. national and ING Foundation are launching an investment pilot program in New York, California and Denver. ING will work with girls for three years to maintain a real-time investment portfolio. At the end of the period, 75% of profits will be split among the participants as scholarships and 25% given to their Girls Inc. affiliate. The original $50,000 principal will be reassigned to incoming teams.
Girls Inc. of Chattanooga includes Economic Literacy components in most of our after-school programs and summer camps. It is critical that girls learn sound financial decisions in order for them to achieve economic stability in their lives. 80% of those in poverty are women and children. We aim to help the next generation of women become savvy consumers and smart with their finances in order to break the cycle of poverty that exist in many of their lives.
