$1M in grants to launch personal finance electives

With FREE, world-class Curriculum, Teacher PD, and Advocacy support, the NGPF community has removed many of the barriers to establishing a new personal finance elective. You have the power (and now a monetary incentive for your school) to make it happen!


Energize your school to launch a new standalone personal finance elective course during or after the 2021-2022 school year, and NGPF will issue your school a $1,000 grant for implementation! 

GET STARTED & APPLY HERE

Unless we act now...

1 million students

will graduate high school by 2025 without ever having the option to take a personal finance course in school.

Welcome to Mission: 2025

Basecamp for NGPF’s Mission: 2030

 

WHAT?

$1,000 each to 1,000 schools that implement personal finance electives for the first time in the 2021-2022 school year or later.

WHY?

In 2021, 31% of high school students did not have access to a one semester personal finance elective. We must close the elective gap first to reach Mission: 2030.


WHO?

U.S. high schools (excluding AL, MO, MS, NE, NC, RI, TN, UT, VA) implementing new personal finance electives. See full eligibility requirements >


HOW?

number one PERSUADE Add a personal finance elective to your school’s course catalog.

number two SUBMIT Send NGPF the updated course catalog that includes the new elective.

number three SPEND Use the grant to implement the new personal finance elective.



You don't have to reinvent the wheel!

Here are some resources you can use to get started:

By 2025, we can guarantee

All high school students

will have access to at least one semester course in personal finance.