Missoula group promotes investment of IRAs for local socially conscious investing
| February 3, 2008 |  View for printing |
Socially conscious investing has been around for decades, but designating where your retirement money goes and keeping funds local is an innovative twist.
Last spring, Wayne Chamberlain stumbled across a snippet of information from the Rudolph Steiner Foundation. He went on their Web site, http://www.rsfsocialfinance.org, and discovered the San Francisco-based group offered exactly what he sought.
Using a passive custodian, the program allows people to steer IRA funds into projects and organizations aligned with their values.
Montana Nonprofit Association: http://www.mtnonprofit.org/
Montana Community Development Corp. http://www.mtcdc.org/
Wayne Chamberlain - waynebetsy@bresnan.net
By PAMELA J. PODGER of the Missoulian
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