IAVA Awarded Critical Grant in Final Round of Chase Community Giving Challenge

This month, IAVA competed in the 2010 Chase Community Giving Challenge [1] on Facebook, which let more than 2 million supporters vote for their favorite nonprofits nationwide. Thanks to your dedicated support, IAVA finished #22 out of 500,000 charities and received a $100,000 grant to help support our newest generation of veterans.  On behalf of our team at IAVA, thank you!  The support we’ve seen from across the country these past few weeks has been truly inspiring.

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“Today, IAVA was selected as one of 6 organizations to be awarded a $100,000 grant from JP Morgan Chase as a part of the Chase Community Giving Challenge on Facebook.  David Robinson, Navy veteran, NBA Hall of Famer and Chase Community Giving Advisory Board Member, personally called IAVA to share the exciting news. IAVA thanks the Chase Advisory Board for this critically important grant, which will help 1 million new veterans pursue college on the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

IAVA was one of 100 nonprofits out of 500,000 nationwide nominated as a finalist in the Chase Community Giving Challenge and selected to receive a $25,000 grant from J.P. Morgan Chase.  During the final campaign from January 15th to January 22nd, IAVA gathered 13,000 votes from supporters to finish #22 of out of the top 100 charities. Today, the Advisory Board announced it will donate an additional $100,000 to the nominated charities of its choice, including IAVA.

IAVA thanks the Chase Community Giving Advisory Board for this critical investment in new veterans. With this grant and their support, IAVA is working to build the next greatest generation.”