We invest in our people, and in our community.

Proper Portfolio Management takes pride in giving back to the communities in which we work.

Our employee-led charity committee organizes various fundraisers and volunteer opportunities for Proper Portfolio Management employees and their families. 

The mission of the committee is to strategically invest time, money and resources in local nonprofit organizations that need them most. The team meets on a monthly basis to coordinate volunteering and fundraising efforts in Indianapolis and the Georgia area.

 Volunteer activities keep people moving and thinking at the same time. Research has found that volunteering among adults, age 60 and over, provided benefits to physical and mental health, and volunteers report better physical health than do nonvolunteers. Research also has shown that volunteering leads to lower rates of depression and anxiety, especially for people 65 and older.

Volunteering reduces stress and increases positive, relaxed feelings by releasing dopamine. By spending time in service to others, volunteers report feeling a sense of meaning and appreciation, both given and received, which can have a stress-reducing effect. Reduced stress further decreases risk of many physical and mental health problems, such has heart disease, stroke, depression, anxiety and general illness. In addition, a Longitudinal Study of Aging found that individuals who volunteer have lower mortality rates than those who do not, even when controlling for age, gender and physical health.

For our very first act of service as a committee, Proper Portfolio Management partnered with the Atlanta Food Pantry to host a canned food drive for the entire month of June.

Proper Portfolio Management made it a goal to collect at least 500 donated items by the end of June, plus any amount of monetary donations.

By the end of the month, we were able to collect 570 food donations and $1,030 to buy more food donations.

With the help of Salvation Partners, we crushed our goal and donated over 800 items to the Atlanta Food Pantry!

 For our charity committee’s second activity, volunteers from PPM attended an event at Georgia's Friend Volunteer Day, a nonprofit organization located in Dallas, TX.

GFVD provides consistent support to over 14,000 cancer patients across the U.S.

During the event, a team of volunteers assembled care packages, decorated cards and made blankets to send to cancer patients.

 During the holiday season Proper Portfolio Management charity team partnered with Angel Tree, The Salvation Army’s local chapter, and Mt. Zion Mission Baptist Church to organize an Angel Tree donation drive.

Together, Proper Portfolio Management's employees were able to provide Christmas gifts to 100 families in need.