Advisers Giving Back: ProCourse Races for Financial Fitness
In just three years of sponsoring a 401(k) Race for Financial Fitness, ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors has raised more than $100,000 for Junior Achievement.
Art by Siobhán Gallagher
Readers of the Advisers Giving Back profile series might be familiar with the Smarter Tomorrow Foundation, founded by Florida-based financial adviser Jason Chepenik, and its flagship initiative: the 401(k) Race for Financial Fitness.
Launched in 2015, the 4.01 kilometer (or roughly 2.5 mile) race is now licensed to run in eight cities across the country, with all proceeds donated to a local organization that provides educational workshops or seminars about financial literacy services for kids. In a typical year—that is, before the pandemic—the races gathered as many as 2,500 runners and walkers who collectively generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for local financial literacy programs.