The People We Help

The FINRA Foundation helps Americans build financial stability, invest for life goals and guard against fraud. The Foundation’s programs address the needs of investors, military service members, lower-income working Americans and families. Much of this work is accomplished in partnership with organizations that share a deep commitment to the Foundation’s mission.

Protecting Investors from Fraud

The FINRA Foundation’s research-based campaign to protect investors helps them recognize that anyone with savings could be targeted by a fraud criminal. The campaign identifies the common persuasion techniques fraudsters use and encourages all investors to ask questions and check information. In collaboration with Better Business Bureaus, AARP, the Securities and Exchange Commission and many others, the Foundation alerts investors to the red flags of investment fraud and empowers consumers to become fraud fighters.

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Mind Your Money

Thinking Money: The Psychology Behind Our Best and Worst Financial Decisions (Promo Clip 1)

Thinking Money, a documentary about behavioral finance, describes why our money decisions sometimes put us at risk.

SaveAndInvest.org is the FINRA Foundation's website for the military, fraud fighters, and youth.

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Is it too good to be true? Find out.

Are you susceptible to a fraud pitch? Most of us are.

Step 1: Find out who you’re doing business with.

Put up a strong defense by knowing your adversary’s playbook.

The stories are true: investment fraud can happen.

Be alert. Make informed decisions.

Serving Those Who Serve

The FINRA Foundation’s Military Financial Readiness Project delivers free, unbiased financial education tools and training to service members and their spouses through a variety of programs and public awareness initiatives. In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense Financial Readiness Campaign, the project’s primary goal is to help military families manage their money with confidence.

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Working for America's Workers

The FINRA Foundation’s Financial Wellness at Work project—administered in collaboration with United Way Worldwide—helps nonprofits in the community provide workplace financial wellness services for lower-income employees. Onsite financial education, confidential one-on-one help with financial challenges, and access to safe and affordable financial products equip Americans with the tools to build a better financial life, both now and in the future. And employers are learning that financially stable workers are more productive workers.

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The Case for Workplace Financial Wellness

It’s needed. It’s effective. It benefits both workers and employers.

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Job Loss

Dealing with job loss is difficult and stressful. But it’s crucial to make smart financial choices when it happens.

Bringing Financial Education to Libraries

Since 2007, the FINRA Foundation and the American Library Association have helped more than 1,000 public libraries meet the financial education needs of library patrons in communities across the country. The initiative, known as Smart Investing@your Library^®, helps families in diverse circumstances learn the essentials of money management and investing, plan for the future, and make informed decisions about financial products and services.

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