The Wisconsin Bankers Foundation donated $5,000 to Milwaukee-based St. Marcus School. The grant is expected to support the school’s community engagement team’s financial education work during this school year, including:
- Virtual financial literacy classes hosted by St. Marcus and their community partner organizations.
- Dinner meetings which spotlight a parent who testifies about their recent success with a group of other parents. The group also addresses obstacles that other parents are encountering and creates a resource for each other.
- A recognition and celebration event that brings together school staff, parents and community members to celebrate a group of several parents who are either on their way to becoming homeowners, have become homeowners, or are achieving their financial goals in other ways.
St. Marcus School was one of two recipients of a 2023-24 Wisconsin Bankers Foundation grant. The foundation also awarded a $5,000 grant as part of a three-year commitment to local nonprofit Asset Builders to support its statewide Finance and Investment Challenge Bowl for high school students.
“The work St. Marcus School’s community engagement team is doing to empower the families of their students aligns wonderfully with our foundation’s mission to promote financial literacy and capability,” said Wisconsin Bankers Foundation Chair and Treasurer Rose Oswald Poels. “We are proud to support these initiatives and congratulate the St. Marcus staff and participants on the positive impact they are creating.”