Charles Schwab Foundation Makes Nearly $600,000 in Grants and Scholarships to Support Financial Literacy in Dallas-Fort Worth
Charles Schwab celebrated the one-year anniversary of its financial literacy program, Moneywise America™, by hosting 220 students from Uplift Education in Westlake, Texas. The event featured a $1,000 scholarship for each student, totaling $220,000 for scholarships. Additionally, grants included $220,000 for in-school financial education, $100,000 to Donors Choose for teacher projects, and $25,000 to The Players Company for financial literacy initiatives. Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz emphasized the importance of financial education for improving college access and financial stability.
- $220,000 in scholarships provided to Uplift Education students.
- $220,000 allocated for ongoing financial education in high schools.
- $100,000 granted to support local teachers' financial education projects.
- $25,000 donated to The Players Company for financial literacy initiatives.
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to support ongoing, in-school financial education for all high school seniors in the Uplift Education network, taught by Moneywise America-trained volunteers during the 2022-2023 school year.$220,000 -
to Donors Choose, a national education nonprofit, to support funding for local teachers’ financial education projects.$100,000 -
to$25,000 The Players Company , a collective of current and former professional athletes dedicated to enabling wealth-generation in under-resourced communities and educating youth and young adults in financial literacy.
“Access to financial education is disproportionate in our country, which is why Schwab is making free, high-quality financial education accessible to young people across the U.S.,” said
Uplift Education serves a diverse range of students from low-to-moderate income neighborhoods.
Moneywise America and the financial literacy event aim to help level the economic playing field for teens across America, especially those in under-resourced communities. Moneywise America builds upon Schwab’s decades-long legacy of financial wellness programming, which has benefited millions.
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Money Matters, a financial literacy program created by Schwab in partnership with
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), has reached more than 1.1 million teens at BGCA clubs acrossthe United States . - With DonorsChoose, Schwab designed the Innovation Challenge to fund and support development of new classroom financial literacy projects that have reached more than one million students across all 50 states.
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Schwab sponsors SIFMA Foundation’s annual Capitol Hill Challenge™, a curriculum-based investment simulation that helps bridge the financial education gap for youth in under-resourced communities by pairing members of
Congress with low-income schools to advance financial capability, capital markets literacy and civics education.
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