Financial Literacy Resources

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” Bob Hope

  • Project on Student Debt “Recognizing that loans play a critical role in making college possible, the Project on Student Debt’s goal is to identify cost-effective solutions that expand educational opportunity, protect family financial security, and advance economic competitiveness.”
  • NYSEMoneySense.com “A credible resource for basic financial education to help people better understand and manage their personal finances.”
  • National Youth Financial Educators Council provides a variety of options for teaching youth about financial literacy.  It bridges the gap left by the lack of financial literacy courses in high school and college.  It will help today’s youth avoid many of the financial problems their parents now face and give them basic practical money skills. Visit the site for the many programs offered.
  • Themint.org launched in 1997, Themint.org is a collaboration between the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, the charitable arm of Northwestern Mutual, and the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE). The site provides fun activities, games, challenges, quizzes and tests for students and teens, helpful tips for parents, and entertaining programs and lesson plans for teachers to promote financial literacy.
  • Financial Soccer. “Visa has created an engaging, interactive FIFA-themed video game that tests users’ knowledge of personal finances. Building on the success of NFL Financial Football, the new game incorporates all the excitement, energy and strategy of soccer to teach children and adults the importance of making wise financial decisions. The multiple-choice question game offers three distinct skill levels and can be played on the Web for free.”
  • Practical Money Skills for Life. “Recent surveys reveal that Americans consider financial literacy as important as any subjects traditionally taught in schools. Why then is it that most consumers graduate without basic money management knowledge and are left to learn financial skills through trial and error? To help students of all ages learn the essentials of personal finance, Visa has partnered with leading consumer advocates, educators, and financial institutions to create the Practical Money Skills program.”
  • KBK Wealth Connections. Money intelligence coaching.
  • 6 Steps to Raise Financially Responsible Children. “Studies indicate that most kids develop their money habits by age 13. So what better time to teach children about money, than when they first start to ask for things that cost money.”
  • Morningstar’s Investing Classroom This classroom educates you on investing, helping you to build your portfolio.
  • National Foundation for Credit Counseling. This site includes different calculators and worksheets to help determine what you can carry for debt.  The site is more for personal than business debt.
  • National Endowment for Financial Education. The organization is focused on helping individuals acquire financial knowledge. Make sure to check out Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students (APLUS) a study that “examines the factors that help shape students’ financial attitudes and behaviors and, in turn, how those attitudes and behaviors affect their current and future success in life.”
  • Independent Means. Raising Financially Fit Kids, the book and programs, provide “a range of solutions for companies, organizations, schools, and families. Our multi-phased approach targets employees, clients, and communities alike to ensure generations of financially empowered kids and parents.”
  • Money Savvy Generation. This site is all about teaching money management basics to elementary school aged children.
  • 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy.  The site provides general information for managing personal finances with specific areas just for entrepreneurs.
  • Feed the Pig. This site includes tools, a quiz, tips and other resources to help young people think through their spending and saving habits, identify ways to start saving and commit to making changes that will reduce their debt and grow their savings.
  • Doorway to Dreams Fund.  Through financial entertainment in the form of specialized video games, D2D educates people to be financially literate.