In 1996, Mutual of America Life Insurance Company created the Community Partnership Award to highlight the important contributions that nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private and other social sector organizations, make to society. Every year, organizations take part in a national competition to demonstrate the value of their partnerships, their ability to be replicated and their capacity to stimulate new ideas in addressing social issues. The Mutual of America Foundation annually recognizes 10 organizations.

Now in its 11th year, the Community Partnership Award has recognized partnerships from all across America, expanding public awareness of their work and helping them attract additional partners and new sponsors. These organizations are true leaders in today's society, creating solutions directed at the least advantaged members of their communities. They share a vision of the future in which collaboration, compassionate action and inclusion are the highest values. Through the Community Partnership Award, Mutual of America recognizes, supports and helps extend the work of these vital partnerships devoted to the public good.

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