• Organizations Supporting Financial Literacy Activities

• Financial Literacy Resources for Children

• Financial Literacy Resources for Teens & Young Adults

• Financial Literacy Resources for College-Bound Students

• Financial Literacy Resources for Adults

• Financial Literacy Resources for Parents & Grandparents

• Nebraska Bankers Association's Personal Economics Program

• America Saves
  America Saves is a nationwide campaign in which a broad coalition of nonprofit, corporate, and government groups helps individuals and families save and build wealth.

• American Bankers Association Education Foundation (ABAEF)
  The ABAEF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides leadership and banker resources to help consumers take control of their personal finances.  ABAEF has supported the banking industry’s efforts to teach personal finance skills in schools and communities across the country for more than seven decades.

• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Teacher Resources/Curriculum and Lesson Plans
  Find resources and programs available to your school through the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, including The Money Circle, There's No Business Like Bank Business, Payment Parliament, Brain Drain, and Do I Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur.

• Financial Education Research Center
  Developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Financial Education Research Center seeks to promote excellence in financial education by providing online resources for researchers, educators, program directors, and others interested in supporting these types of programs and initiatives.  These resources include a research repository of studies related to financial education and a listing of major financial education programs throughout the country.

• Jump$tart Coalition For Personal Financial Literacy
  Working with and through its members - a collection of non-profit organizations, government agencies, state-based coalitions, and private companies - Jump$tart evaluates the financial literacy of young adults; develops, disseminates, and encourages the use of standards for grades K-12; and promotes the teaching of personal finance.  Jump$tart's Web site features a Personal Finance Clearinghouse with more than 250 personal finance education materials for use in K-12 classrooms and a searchable database.  The site also provides an interactive area called Reality Check to help young people determine the costs of their desired lifestyle.  

• Junior Achievement
  JA Worldwide is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.  JA's various programs are geared toward elementary, middle, and high school.

• National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
  This non-profit provides teacher training and materials to instill an understanding of economic principles for K-12 graders.  The NCEE runs a nationwide network of state councils and more than 260 university-based centers called EconomicsAmerica.  The NCEE developed the Financial Fitness for Life personal finance curriculum for K-12.  Teacher and parent materials are available.

• National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
  This non-profit is best known for its NEFE High School Financial Planning Program®, which uses contemporary materials to teach the basics of personal finance to young people while they are developing habits and attitudes about money.  A Braille version is also available.

• National Foundation for Credit Counseling
  This non-profit contains a nationwide network of 1,450 Neighborhood Financial Care Centers designed to provide assistance to people dealing with stressful financial situations. The organization offers a variety of services including counseling, the Debt Solver Program, money management education, and homebuyer education.  Credit Counseling offices are located in communities nationwide.  Among other things, the organization offers a Debt Advice Web site.

• National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
  This non-profit focuses on giving youngsters from low-income backgrounds a chance to become economically successful.

• Nebraska Council on Economic Education
  The mission of the Nebraska Council on Economic Education is to continually improve school economic education programs throughout Nebraska.  Its primary goal is helping K-12 teachers learn and teach economics.

• Nebraska Financial Education Coalition
  The coalition's mission is to strive to improve the personal financial knowledge and decision-making ability of Nebraska citizens by promoting public awareness of the need for personal financial education, and by facilitating networking and partnerships for financial education service providers.

• One Economy Corp.
  One Economy Corp. is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to maximizing the potential of technology to help low-income people build assets and raise their standard of living.

• U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Financial Education
  Throughout the federal government, agencies are sponsoring and developing financial education initiatives directed to a broad and diverse constituency.  The Office of Financial Education has compiled a directory to provide ready access to the wealth of resources available across the federal government.

• U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission (MyMoney.gov)
  Title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACT Act) established the Financial Literacy and Education Commission with the purpose of improving the financial literacy and education of persons in the United States.  To reach the widest number of people possible, the commission established a Web site and a toll-free telephone number (888-MYMONEY) to coordinate the presentation of educational materials from across the spectrum of federal agencies that deal with financial issues and markets.

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• Bank Jr.
  This interactive site from Zions Bank gives visitors a chance to learn about the history of money and the need to save.

• Electric Money
  Electric Money is a two-part series produced for PBS by Oregon Public Broadcasting that explores how the digital revolution has completely transformed virtually every sort of financial activity over the last 50 years.

• Escape From Knab
  Escape from Knab is an educational simulation that takes participants through a series of financial decision-making experiences in the fun and entertaining setting of the fictitious planet, Knab.  The site is sponsored by Firstar Corp.

• Federal Reserve Education
  This site contains links to a wealth of free educational resources, including curriculum, videos, booklets, research, newsletters, interactive Web sites (such as Fed101, Peanuts & Crackerjacks, and What Is A Dollar Worth?), and other Federal Reserve and non-Fed educational materials.

• Federal Reserve Kids Page
  Launched by The Federal Reserve Board, this site is designed to educate middle school students about the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The new Web page is designed in a user-friendly, question-and-answer format to ensure easy navigation and the ability to learn basic information about the Fed.

• Hands On Banking (El futuro en tus manos)
  Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, this innovative, entertaining program includes customized instruction in English and Spanish for four age groups, from 4th grade through adult.

• It All Adds Up
  Sponsored by the National Council on Economic Education and the American Express Foundation, this site is for teens who want to get a head start on their financial future.

• Kids' Money
  Kids' Money is an interactive resource designed to help children develop successful money management habits and financial responsibility.

• KidsBank.Com
  Sponsored by Sovereign Bank (Pennsylvania), this colorful site introduces basic banking concepts and financial responsibility to elementary school children.  Calculators, games, and quizzes reinforce the information presented.

• The Mint
  Sponsored by the National Council on Economic Education and the Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation, this Web site is designed for middle school and high school students, their teachers, and parents.

• Money Math:  Lessons For Life
  This supplemental middle-school math curriculum addresses mathematical concepts using real-world financial scenarios and can be used in math, consumer science, social studies, after school, and other programs for grades 7-9.  Topics include income, saving, taxes, and budgeting.

• Money Savvy Generation
  This site offers products and services to help parents and educators teach money management basics to elementary school-aged children.

• Moneyopolis
  This site introduces you to Xerbie, a visitor from outer space who's stranded in Moneyopolis because he couldn't save enough money to repair his broken spaceship.  Help him get back home by answering questions in each section of the site and completing the game.  The site encourages kids to consider finding an after-school job, saving for college, and setting long-term goals while learning about the importance of community volunteer work.  Developed for grades 6 to 8.

• Planet Orange
  Throughout your stay on Planet Orange, you will be able to tackle topics that range from the value of money to setting a budget, understanding credit, and building savings goals for the future.  Developed for grades 4 to 8.

• Tips For Kids
  Tips for Kids is an education program that begins with the history of money and advances to the basic principles of money management and investing.  It was developed by American Century® Investments with assistance from The Learning Exchange.

• U.S. Treasury For Kids
  This site is a portal that links young people to Web sections throughout the United States Department of the Treasury.  It includes links to kids' portion of the White House, Bureau of Engraving & Printing, and U.S. Mint, among others.

• Young Investor
  This site, from Fleet Boston Financial, provides youngsters a fun, interactive way to learn about investing as a way of saving.  It also has excellent resources for parents.

• AutoTown
  In AutoTown, you will get to "purchase" your first car and find out what it really costs.  Each of the stops in AutoTown will be similar to what you will experience in real life.

• The Bad Credit Hotel
  Visit The Bad Credit Hotel to enlighten the murkier areas of your credit know how—brought to you by the U.S. Treasury Department.

• Banking Basics
  Published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, this 30-page publication answers many of the most common questions about banks and banking.

• Banking On Our Future
  Sponsored by Operation Hope with support from Wells Fargo Bank, this highly interactive site provides information, activities, and games in English and Spanish that introduce money management skills to students in grades 4-8, high school students, and adults.

• Dollars From Sense
  Sponsored by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, this site instructs young adults in the basics of personal finance and investing, so they can make smart financial decisions during the early stages of their working lives and beyond.  Through rich media presentations and real-life stories, users learn the importance of saving for retirement, the dangers of credit card debt, important financial considerations in accomplishing their short- and long-term goals, and the basics of saving and investing.

• Federal Reserve Education
  This site contains links to a wealth of free educational resources, including curriculum, videos, booklets, research, newsletters, interactive Web sites (such as Fed101, Peanuts & Crackerjacks, and What Is A Dollar Worth?), and other Federal Reserve and non-Fed educational materials.

• Federal Reserve Kids Page
  Launched by The Federal Reserve Board, this site is designed to educate middle school students about the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The new Web page is designed in a user-friendly, question-and-answer format to ensure easy navigation and the ability to learn basic information about the Fed.

• Financial Football
  Visa and the National Football League have teamed up to help students across the country learn financial concepts—with Financial Football.  Students tackle financial questions in this fast-paced, quiz-style game which divides classrooms into two teams that compete by answering finance-themed questions to earn yardage and score touchdowns.

• Frugal Living
  This site provides resources and ideas for teens and young adults to help them understand and control their money through saving and budgeting.

• Hands On Banking (El futuro en tus manos)
  Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, this innovative, entertaining program includes customized instruction in English and Spanish for four age groups, from 4th grade through adult.

• It All Adds Up
  Sponsored by the National Council on Economic Education and the American Express Foundation, this site is for teens who want to get a head start on their financial future.

• The Mint
  Sponsored by the National Council on Economic Education and the Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation, this Web site is designed for middle school and high school students, young adults, teachers, and parents.

• Money In Motion
  The American Bankers Association Education Foundation teamed up with Scholastic, the largest publisher of children's books, to produce Money in Motion, a financial literacy program designed to help teachers educate their students on basic financial skills.  Targeted to students in grades 7-12 and using reproducible handouts and problem-solving exercises, the materials cover a broad range of subjects.

• Moneyopolis
  This site introduces you to Xerbie, a visitor from outer space who's stranded in Moneyopolis because he couldn't save enough money to repair his broken spaceship.  Help him get back home by answering questions in each section of the site and completing the game.  The site encourages kids to consider finding an after-school job, saving for college, and setting long-term goals while learning about the importance of community volunteer work.  Developed for grades 6 to 8.

• MsMoney.com, Inc.
  This site is dedicated to addressing financial issues from a woman's perspective by providing resources and information on online seminars and advice columns.

• National Endowment For Financial Education
  The NEFE Teen Research Bureau is managed and maintained by young adults.  It incorporates educational and informative content through fun animation and graphics.

• Planet Orange
  Throughout your stay on Planet Orange, you will be able to tackle topics that range from the value of money to setting a budget, understanding credit, and building savings goals for the future.  Developed for grades 4 to 8.

• Playbook for Life
  It's never too early to start planning for life after graduation, and now is a great time to begin!  The Hartford has been working closely with the NCAA to give you a jumpstart with the Playbook for Life Web site, a basic guide on personal financial planning.

• Practical Money Skills For Life
  Sponsored by Visa U.S.A., the Practical Money Skills for Life Web site is designed to help educators, parents, and students practice better money management for life.

• Stage Coach Island
  Stagecoach Island is an online virtual world created by Wells Fargo for young adults.  You can explore the island, connect with friends and make new ones, and learn smart money management.

• Stretcher
  Find the answers to your money management questions through the hundreds of articles on topics such as banking, credit, debt, and finance.

• Tips For Kids
  Tips for Kids is an education program that begins with the history of money and advances to the basic principles of money management and investing.  It was developed by American Century® Investments with assistance from The Learning Exchange.

• Understanding Taxes
  Sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, teens will learn how much they will earn after taxes from various summer jobs at this site.

• Young Americans Bank and Education Foundation
  This site informs visitors about banking basics, how to calculate interest, and the cost of college.  It is the site of the world's only bank dedicated to young people.

• Young Investor
  This site, from Fleet Boston Financial, provides youngsters a fun, interactive way to learn about investing as a way of saving.  It also has excellent resources for parents.

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• College Savings
  Sponsored by the College Savings Bank, this site helps determine how much money to save for college, as well as numerous alternative saving approaches.

• College Savings Network, LLC
  This site covers important issues surrounding college finances and provides education financing solutions. 

• Family Education
  Sponsored by the Family Education Network, Inc., this site offers a range of advice on financial situations such as college planning and finance. 

• FastWeb 
  This extensive site contains information on scholarships, college selection, and financial aid advice.  FinAid! is another source with tools for college financial planning.  Both are Monster Companies.

• Financial Football
  Visa and the National Football League have teamed up to help students across the country learn financial concepts—with Financial Football.  Students tackle financial questions in this fast-paced, quiz-style game which divides classrooms into two teams that compete by answering finance-themed questions to earn yardage and score touchdowns.

• Playbook for Life
  It's never too early to start planning for life after graduation, and now is a great time to begin!  The Hartford has been working closely with the NCAA to give you a jumpstart with the Playbook for Life Web site, a basic guide on personal financial planning.

• Understanding Taxes
  Sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, teens will learn how much they will earn after taxes from various summer jobs at this site.

• VideoCreditScore™
  With topics ranging from credit score basics to identity theft, VideoCreditScore™ provides a simple way to learn about a complex subject—through free online videos along with in-depth product reviews.

• Young Americans Bank and Education Foundation
  This site informs visitors about banking basics, how to calculate interest, and the cost of college.  It is the site of the world's only bank dedicated to young people.

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• America Saves
  America Saves is a nationwide campaign in which a broad coalition of nonprofit, corporate, and government groups helps individuals and families save and build wealth.

• The Beehive
  Developed by One Economy Corp., the Beehive is the place to go for information and resources about money, health, jobs, school, and family.  The site includes games and quizzes to keep it interesting.  Supporters include AOL Time Warner, Cisco Systems, and U.S. Bank, among many others.

• Consumer Connection
  Sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation, this site provides information and advice on banking and personal finance issues, including preventing identity theft.  

• FDIC Quick Links for Consumers & Communities
  Information on bank closings, identity theft and privacy, financial education, banking tools and resources, consumer protection assistance, deposit insurance, real estate and housing, and community reinvestment and development.

• Financial Education Blueprint
  This free, easy-to-use curriculum was developed by the Wisconsin Women’s Council to help women gain financial literacy.  You also will find a free PowerPoint presentation on personal finance, tips for presenters, a personal finance quiz, and a variety of handouts.

• Fight Identity Theft
  The goal of Fight Identity Theft is to make you more aware of the risks of identity theft and to present clear steps you can take to protect yourself.

• Free to Choose by Milton Friedman
  The classic economic television series, “Free to Choose,” is available online for free at The Idea Channel Web site.  The series does an excellent job of explaining economic concepts.

• Get Smart About Credit Resource Center
  Whether you're in high school, college, the military, or have your first job - and you're thinking about getting a credit card - this American Bankers Association Education Foundation site will help you learn how to establish credit, maintain a good credit record, recognize when you're financially stressed, and protect your credit.

• Hands On Banking (El futuro en tus manos)
  Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, this innovative, entertaining program includes customized instruction in English and Spanish for four age groups, from 4th grade through adult.

• The Mint
  Sponsored by the National Council on Economic Education and the Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation, this Web site is designed for middle school and high school students, young adults, teachers, and parents.

• Money Smart
  The Money Smart curriculum - available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese - was developed by the FDIC to help individuals enhance their money management skills, understand basic financial services, and build their financial confidence to use banking services effectively.  The free, reproducible curriculum contains 10 comprehensive, instructor-led units covering basic financial topics.

• Practical Money Skills For Life
  Sponsored by Visa U.S.A., the Practical Money Skills for Life Web site is designed to help educators, parents, and students practice better money management for life.

• Teach Children To Save Resource Center
  This American Bankers Association Education Foundation site will help you spotlight the importance of teaching youth about saving, budgeting, recognizing needs and wants, and how interest makes money grow.

• Tips You Can Bank On:  An FDIC Guide to Being a Smarter, Safer Financial Consumer
  Everyone can use some help managing their money.  The FDIC offers a collection of simple, common-sense strategies for saving and shopping for your family's financial needs.

• VideoCreditScore™
  With topics ranging from credit score basics to identity theft, VideoCreditScore™ provides a simple way to learn about a complex subject—through free online videos along with in-depth product reviews.

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