Greenwood Project
Since its inception in 2016, Greenwood Project has exposed high achieving students from Chicago’s south and west sides to career opportunities within the financial industry.
Investment Education Series 2020
The sisters of the AKA sorority are very intentional about their mission to make a global impact and build an economic legacy, through financial education. When they reached out to us to support their mission, we were thrilled to be able to lend our expertise, to provide investment educati …
Texas Power Outage
The 2021 Texas power crisis involving three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States, resulted in a massive electricity generation failure in the state of Texas, along with shortages of water, food, and heat.
Pandemic Response to Financial Literacy for Young Adults
“Homeschooling during the coronavirus will set back a generation of children. Long breaks are damaging. Virtual learning is erratic. The stakes are high.” – Washington Post – March 2020
How to Make Charitable Giving Part of Your Financial Plan
COVID-19 caused an economic shockwave that we’ll feel for a long time. Nonprofits, from large global networks to the local churches, have been hit hard, too. In a recent survey of 110 nonprofits, 80% of them said revenue had fallen across the board.
Are You Guilty of “Peanut Butter Philanthropy”? How to Overcome Your Best Impulse and Give Strategically
The so-called “Peanut Butter Manifesto” written by a Yahoo! Executive in 2006 gave us a term that hasn’t worn thin yet. The “Peanut Butter Approach” is a derisive term used in business to describe spreading anything – money, energy, time – too far and too thin to be effective or useful.
The Power of ‘Emotional ROI’ Through Charitable Giving
Return on Investment (ROI) is a term you learn about 5 minutes into your first class in business school. Maybe the business model is elegant and the organization is streamlined, but that all begs the question: what is the ROI? How much will we make?
How Can I Donate in the Most Efficient Way Possible?
There are many ways to give to nonprofit organizations – from dropping off your old couch at Goodwill to volunteering at the local soup kitchen. When it comes to giving money, there are many personal benefits, both emotional and financial.
jaQ Spends Time in Orlando After the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
On June 12, 2016, a 29-year-old, killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting inside Pulse, a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.