Financial Literacy

Financial

The organizations listed below teach financial literacy to youth in various ways. 

Financial literacy is an import skill, yet it is not taught in many places.  A recent study, for example, found that nearly two thirds of Americans cannot pass a basic test of financial literacy. You can read more here. 

You can read about OECD's efforts at financial education here.

Organizations

Aflatoun International
Website aflatoun.org Countr(ies) Worldwide (120 countries in 2015) Grade Level of Students Participating Pre-K to College (Aflatot 3-6 years); (Aflatoun: 6-14 years); (Aflateen: 15+) Number of Students Participating per Year 3.9 million (2015) Year...

BRAC and BRAC International
Program Names: Adolescent Development Program (ADP) in Bangladesh and Empowerment and Livelihood of Adolescents (ELA) Program outside of Bangladesh Website brac.net/search/item/723-empowerment-and-livelihood-for-adolescents Countr(ies) Started in...

INJAZ Al Arab
Website injazalarab.org Countr(ies) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen Grade Level of Students Participating Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and Post-secondary Number of...

Junior Achievement (US)
JA Finance Park Project Website www.ja.org Countr(ies) US. Junior Achievement works all over the world. For this program profile, we focused on Junior Achievement in the US. Grade Level of Students Participating 6-12 Number of Students Participating per...

MyBnk
Programs Profiled Here: MyBnk-in-a-Box and Money Twist Website mybnk.org Countr(ies) United Kingdom Grade Level of Students Participating 6-12 Number of Students Participating per Year Over 135,000 young people from more than 750 schools and youth...

Teach a Man to Fish
Project name: School programs Website teachamantofish.org.uk Countr(ies) Headquartered in the UK Operating in Honduras, India, and Uganda with a sister organization in Paraguay Grade Level of Students Participating Primary and Secondary school level...

VentureLab
Website venturelab.org Countr(ies) USA Grade Level of Students Participating K-12 Number of Students Participating per Year 1000+ Year Organization Began 2013 Relationship to the public education system VentureLab partners with schools and non-profit...