Financial Literacy

Helping Others Make the Financial Grade

Among the many lessons taught by the global financial crisis is that financial literacy is critical to economic well-being. The need for this 21st century skill is clear: Personal bankruptcies in the U.S. through the third quarter of 2010 had risen 14 percent over the previous year and 60 million Americans are currently “underbanked” or “unbanked.”

The Foundation is committed to providing information and educational resources to the general public to enable greater financial empowerment, and we’ll be pursuing initiatives and research to support this commitment throughout 2011.





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