360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy helps people understand their personal finances through every stage of life.
America Saves
America Saves, sponsored by the Consumer Federation of America and the American Savings Education Counsel, consists of locally based campaigns that promote the value of building savings and reducing debt to Americans who have not saved adequately. America Saves involves local nonprofit, government, and business leaders in each campaign.
American Savings Education Council
The council, which sponsors this public education campaign, encourages savings through all stages of life.
Asset Coalition Toolkit for States
This website contains tools and resources that leverage information sharing among state coalitions in the asset-building field.
BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust
The institute is the educational foundation of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB). The institute’s goal is to connect targeted consumer populations to the BBB’s services, promote consumer awareness and financial literacy, and advance business ethics in the marketplace.
Building Native Communities Financial Curriculum
The curriculum provides financial education, entrepreneurship, home buyer education, and credit counseling programs to Native communities.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Cooperative Extension System
The Cooperative Extension System, in partnership with the institute, provides leadership to state, regional, and county-level educators who deliver basic consumer education; teaches personal financial management skills to youth, limited-resource families, and young families; and promotes comprehensive financial planning throughout the life cycle. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Financial Education Evaluation Toolkit
This toolkit, offered by the National Endowment for Financial Education, is an online resource that shows how to apply evaluation techniques to programs to document learner impact.
Financial Football
Visa and the National Football League teamed up to create a football-themed educational video game. The game uses the league’s structure and rules to teach money skills and to improve financial literacy.
Money Smart
Money Smart, sponsored by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, is a financial education program offering curriculums designed to help individuals outside the financial mainstream enhance their financial skills.
National Endowment for Financial Education
This foundation is dedicated to helping Americans acquire the information and gain the skills necessary to take control of their personal finances. The foundation accomplishes its mission primarily by partnering with other concerned organizations to provide financial education to the public, and particularly to underserved individuals whose financial education needs are not being addressed by others. The foundation has launched a National Financial Literacy Campaign that encourages Americans to start achieving their financial goals by accessing practical information on the Get Smart About Money website.
Native Financial Education Coalition (NFEC)
This is a coalition of local, regional, and national organizations and government agencies that have joined together to promote financial education in Native communities.
Navigating the Market: A Comparison of Spending on Financial Education and Financial Marketing
This study, commissioned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, provides an overall indication of the relative amounts spent in the United States on financial education and on the marketing of certain types of financial products.
NeighborWorks’ Building a Financial Future
Through partnerships, NeighborWorks helps individuals and families develop sound personal financial management skills.
OCC Community Developments Fact Sheet: Financial Capability
This fact sheet describes the benefits and opportunities provided by financial capability activities, programs, and partnerships for national banks and federal savings associations.
OCC Community Developments Investments: Cultivating Community-Based Financial Literacy Initiatives
This issue of OCC Community Developments Investments highlights roles that banks can play in promoting financial stability through local partnership efforts. Its articles describe four programs that help banks and their community partners reach out to consumers to encourage better money management through savings and checking products.
Prosperity Now
The organization promotes asset-building and economic opportunity strategies, primarily in low-income and distressed communities, that bring together community practice, public policy, and private markets.
Society for Financial Education and Professional Development
The organization develops and presents financial literacy and professional development training for individuals and organizations. To help accomplish its mission, the organization works with financial and education institutions, governmental units, corporations, and foundations that support financial education and professional development programs.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Alerts and Bulletins
The agency’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy provides numerous news alerts and bulletins for individual investors.