Free Tax Prep!!
All Business IDA Holders are eligible for Free Tax Preparation. Call Prosperity Works now at (505)217-2747 to schedule your appointment! Prosperity Works is proud to announce the receipt of an $8,000 Capacity Building Grant from the National Community Tax Coalition (NCTC). The grant is designed to reach underserved populations and provide excellent tax assistance. The award will allow...
Read MoreFrom the White House…
When the White House looked around the nation to get advice on developing summer jobs and internships for youth, they called on PROSPERITY WORKS. CEO Ona Porter and Albuquerque student, Daniella Sanchez joined corporate executives from fortune 500 companies, Federal Department Secretaries and a handful of other nonprofit representatives in the Summer Jobs+ Summit last week. The day long...
Read MoreNew Mexico Prospers in 2011
“I’m walking out of this financial education course with the knowledge of what I want from my future”. “I am barely 18 and I now know how to manage money, I understand loans, interest rates, and how my money can work for me.” The year of 2011 was one where we saw great joy within tremendous economic hardship for hundreds of thousands of New Mexicans. The joy for so many came...
Read MorePublic Square: Hunger
In case you missed it on the television… Prosperity Works CEO & President, Ona Porter will be featured on KNME, December 30 at 7:00PM!!! Many New Mexican families wonder how they are going to put food on their tables and keep their children from going to bed hungry. In this edition of KNME’s monthly public affairs program, community members and leadership (including Prosperity...
Read MoreOpportunities Start Here!
Congratulations to the recent graduates of Financial Education Class sponsored by Encuentro and Prosperity Works. What makes this graduating class unique? The 17 graduates are single mothers and their college bound children! Both mother & child are now saving to continue their education with an IDA. “The graduation celebration was great last night,” says Monica Cordova, IDA Coach...
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Read MoreCongrats to Martinez family!
Congratulations to Nita Martinez & her family on the recent purchase of their home in Zuni, New Mexico! A big thank you to her IDA Coach, Lorelei Sanchez with Zuni Pueblo Housing Authority! Prosperity Works wants to share a message from Nita Martinez… “I thank all those that help fund the IDA Program. It makes me think if I can save, so can others. This lesson has helped...
Read MoreGrant to Help IDA Business
Prosperity Works is proud to announce the receipt of an $8,000 Capacity Building Grant from the National Community Tax Coalition (NCTC). The grant is designed to reach underserved populations and provide excellent tax assistance. The award will allow Prosperity Works to increase the free tax preparation services provided to those it has helped develop or grow a small business. “This is a...
Read MoreStatistics Fail to Enchant
Recent article features Prosperity Works CEO and President, Ona Porter, “Statistics that Fail to Enchant.” Porter says the issues around poverty are those of economic justice. The idea that someone works full-time and still lives in poverty should not be tolerated in the richest nation in the world. Two extremely disturbing reports released this week highlight the shameful levels of...
Read MoreThankful for Great Coaches!
It’s the season to be Thankful, Prosperity Works is grateful for extraordinary Asset Coaches throughout New Mexico! As a partnership of 29 organizations, the New Mexico Assets Consortium has opened over 1,156 Individual Development Accounts (IDA). Coaches, like Sally Moore with CNM Connect, often go above and beyond their normal job description. I recently coached a student requesting a...
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