Voya Signature Partnerships

Voya partners with Junior Achievement (JA) sites around office locations and in areas where large populations of virtual employees live and serve. Driven by our people, Voya and JA take a holistic approach to improving financial literacy and career readiness and provide a meaningful opportunity to connect and give back. Voya executives serve on JA USA and Affiliates’ boards of directors to drive impact strategy and gain leadership experience in the nonprofit world. Voya employees volunteer throughout the year in programs like JA Finance Park®, JA Job Shadow®, and the JA Stock Market Challenge. JA and its affiliates nationally represent one of Voya’s most engaged nonprofit partners measured by employee donations and volunteer hours, as we provide the dollars and skillsets necessary to achieve JA’s mission to empower youth and create robust communities. 

Voya Foundation partners with the Council for Economic Education (CEE) to host the National Personal Finance Challenge to provide students with the tools to make smart financial decisions, and an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of money management and build a better financial future. By participating in the competition, students learn to navigate life’s financial milestones or the instances in one’s life with the highest likelihood of influencing the ability to achieve a secure retirement including, student debt, credit, housing and home ownership, financial products and services, and family financial planning.

Voya Foundation provides college scholarships to select individuals who have successfully completed its programming and are working toward degrees and certificates in higher education. In addition, Voya Scholars houses scholarships awarded as a component of other Voya Foundation programming.

Voya STEM Futures provides students in grades K-8 with the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) knowledge vital to be competitive in the 21st century workforce. In cooperation with the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), Voya STEM Futures provides grants to science museums in seven locations nationally. Participating museums are afforded the opportunity to develop meaningful, innovative and sustainable programming that has a direct and measurable impact on a child’s interest in pursuing STEM degrees and careers. Through this program, children as young as five are given the opportunity to engineer rollercoasters, learn to use 3D printers, study the biological impacts of polluted water and engage in other workshops designed to engage them in the future of STEM.

Voya Teacher Voices focuses on empowering educators, and provides a platform that enables them to work together to inspire and motivate children to succeed. Voya Teacher Voices recognizes the teaching profession and its leaders, celebrates high-achieving educators, provides training opportunities to expand educator expertise, and grants funding for educators to pursue innovative curriculum design in the classroom.

Voya Unsung Heroes, an extension of Voya Teacher Voices, recognizes the classroom heroes who take teaching to new heights and make learning fun. Each year, Voya Financial awards 50 Unsung Heroes grants, totaling $140,000, to help fund innovative classroom projects nationwide.