by FinancialCorps | Sep 4, 2015 | Commentary, News
When NFL stars talk, many young people listen. That’s why NFL players continue to speak with students across the nation about the importance of financial literacy. In one of the latest examples, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry visited Nova High School in...
by FinancialCorps | Jul 16, 2015 | Commentary, Insight, News, Uncategorized
The Center for Financial and Economic Education (CFEE) at the State University of New York announced that a grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation will create the Center’s first-ever Money Smart Forum, which is designed to empower students to make better informed...
by FinancialCorps | Apr 17, 2015 | Commentary, Insight, News, Uncategorized
Global money transfer giant The Western Union Company has announced the launch of a major financial education program designed to assist migrant workers in developing financial literacy skills that will enable them to manage their personal financial affairs and be...
by FinancialCorps | Mar 18, 2015 | Commentary, Insight, News, Uncategorized
Junior Achievement of North Florida is the beneficiary of a $200,000 grant from Bank of America, with the use of proceeds earmarked for the conversion of an existing community center into a financial literacy center as part of Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders...
by FinancialCorps | Feb 19, 2015 | Commentary, Uncategorized
The financial education community is stirring over the latest move by a coalition of Vermont financial literacy professionals and stakeholders to include financial education as part of the school curricula from kindergarten through grade twelve. An agenda to develop...
by FinancialCorps | Feb 19, 2015 | Commentary, Insight, News, Uncategorized
The legendary Girl Scouts Cookie Program is among the best known annual fundraising traditions in the world of non-profits and philanthropy, but the program also is a central component of Girl Scouts’ financial literacy and business education initiatives. As such,...
by FinancialCorps | Feb 12, 2015 | Commentary, Uncategorized
Financial Literacy Month (FLM) in Canada was one of the most successful to date, as the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) and the nation at large rolled out an expansive set of financial education initiatives designed to help take financial literacy in Canada...
by FinancialCorps | Feb 10, 2015 | Commentary, Insight, Uncategorized
The decision by major television networks to avoid covering remarks attacking the intelligence of Americans is nothing new. The latest example has hit headlines in the last few weeks, sparked by comments from former Obama administration Health and Human Services...
by FinancialCorps | Feb 3, 2015 | Commentary, Insight, News, Uncategorized
Just days after the closing of the broad call for applications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, which seeks innovative solutions that address the world’s most pressing problems, the focus is turning to measures...
by FinancialCorps | Dec 27, 2014 | Commentary, News, Uncategorized
Financial education professionals are buzzing over news that PwC Charitable Foundation, the grant-making affiliate of PwC, the world’s second largest professional services network and one of the Big Four auditors, awarded the MIND Research Institute $3.2 million...