To empower youth and adults economically, from low income
communities by teaching and stressing the life long importance of financial literacy.
Budgeting
We teach your children to create a plan to spend their money wisely which is an important skill at any age.
Generational Wealth
We offer the tools needed to build and maintain generational wealth.
Investing
Risk vs. reward, stocks and bonds, and profits and losses; we teach kids all about it here at About The Money.
"The first thing is to have a written plan for your money -- aka a budget. If you want to build wealth, you have to plan for it. Next, get out of debt and stay out of debt. Your most powerful wealth-building tool is your income. And when you spend your whole life sending payments to Sallie Mae, banks and credit card companies, you end up with less money to save and invest for your future."
"Don't follow excitement, follow your homework. People tend to chase excitement in markets, thinking if everyone else is buying or selling, they should be too. Instead, we all need to do our homework and have a good reason why we are buying or selling a stock. And when you don't know what to do, do nothing. Over the long haul of decades, the markets will work in your favor."
"I'm not very good at making money on money, but I'm really good at spending it wisely. I treat myself to 'mad money' in the form of $400 cash each week. I use that money to buy flowers, get a pretzel from the street cart or hail a cab when I don't feel like walking. I spend it on all the little things that make my life that much more enjoyable, and I don't worry about wasting a thing!"
Early Education
Teaching financial literacy before adulthood greatly increases the chance of your child being able to correctly manage their finances as an adult.
Fiscal Responsibility
Graduates of our programs will know what to do and what not to do when it comes to managing their finances. They will have a plethora of tools at their disposal to help increase and maintain their financial literacy.
Lifetime Lessons
The lessons children learn at About The Money will be lessons that will stick with them for a lifetime. They’ll be able to invest and grow their finances from high yield savings to retirement accounts. They’ll know the difference between stocks and bonds and be able to understand what it means to reinvest dividends, implement dollar cost averaging and create a budget.
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“No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.”
– George Washington Carver