Advia Foundation

The Advia Foundation provides financial advantages within our communities by enhancing financial literacy, furthering education, and improving overall quality of life.

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Advancing Lives Grant

The Advia Foundation invests in programs and services that make lasting impact in our communities. Grants from the Advia Foundation benefit organizations that are causing change, improving lives, and driving progress.

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COVID-19 community assistance.

In May 2020, Advia Credit Union and the Advia Foundation donated $30,000 to our communities to support COVID-19 relief efforts. As part of this donation, $20,000 went toward food and technology needs at local school districts and $10,000 went to Hometown Heroes making a difference.

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How you can help.

Giving to the Advia Foundation and helping to advance lives in our local communities is easy. Simply make a direct donation or shop with Amazon Smile.

Seeing the change.

The donations we make every year represent more than a dollar amount, they represent our passion for the groups and individuals that make our local communities what they are.

Working on this project really brought our community together. It was amazing to see how many people, of all skills, came out to accomplish one common goal. We wanted to give our children a safe, fun, and inclusive place to play. Whether it was for an hour or for the whole week, every volunteer made a difference and every dollar donated made this possible.

Nikki Maurer Imagination Station Rebuild Committee Member

With help from Advia Credit Union, we're changing the lives of the kids we serve. They generously support our Triple Play program, which teaches kids about making healthy choices, gets them active each day, and includes healthy snacks as part of the programming. The kids have so much fun, they don't even realize they're learning!

Sara Stinski - Executive Director Boys & Girls Club of Janesville

I want to thank Advia Foundation for the $1,000 grant for Wisconsin Bookworms Reading Program. This school year we'll be supplying books to 191 students in Walworth County who might not be able to own a book on their own.

Mary Vander Veen Walworth County HCE President

Volunteering locally.

Because we are committed to giving back to our communities, Advia encourages volunteerism through our Advia ACTION (Advancing Community Ties In Our Neighborhoods) Hours Program that provides our staff with paid time away from work to volunteer with charities that are meaningful to them. And yes, we have a lot of fun wherever we volunteer.

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Youth Scholarship Program

At Advia, we celebrate and promote education that engages, enriches, and inspires our young people to develop knowledge and skills for life-long financial competence. Investing in our future leaders through our Youth Scholarship Program is one small way we give back to our communities. Scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors who exhibit academic achievement, leadership skills, and commitment to community.

Class of 2021! Complete our online application through March 12, 2021.

Instructions & Process

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Youth Scholarship Program recipients.

I hope to have a hand in making a future in which people can use empathy and compassion to create a country where everyone can have access to the healthcare they need and unsafe drinking water becomes a thing of the past.

Carinna B.

I dream of using what I learn to make discoveries that will be beneficial to society. Although this dream seems elusive at the moment, I know that with hard work and determination I can make it a reality.

Haley A.

I truly believe that with the education that SVSU has to offer, I will inherit the priceless ability of not only passing on knowledge to students, but the ability to connect with them on a day-to-day basis, molding them into the future of our society.

Brendan D.

Teachers and Educators Scholarship

Teachers and educators can submit classroom financial literacy project proposals that foster understanding, increase students’ knowledge, and provide opportunities to expand their ability to make effective and informed money management decisions.