Moneythink

Moneythink (MT) targets urban 11th and 12th graders. These students have dreams, but between age 17 and 20, they face many financial decisions that can make or break their future: getting/keeping a job, using a paycheck, credit cards, paying for college. To prepare students for these decisions, MT provides trained college volunteers who serve as near-peer role models, college mentors, and financial coaches for urban teens, leading them through an in-school 21-week Economic Opportunity course integrating mobile technology, design, behavioral economics, and pop-culture. As one of our students who received scholarships to 21 universities said: “There are three reasons I’m the only kid from my neighborhood going to college: my mom, my sports, and Moneythink.” During the 2012 – 2013 academic year, MT served over 1,600 under-resourced high school students in 17 urban communities. In the 2013 – 2014 academic year, MT aims to reach over 2,000 students across 30 urban communities.