Recruiting

College student volunteers enroll local Title I high school students.

We select high school students from underserved areas based on a combination of need and demonstrated interest in economics and investing

Students commit to complete an 8-week course and to graduate high school in order to receive their investments

Teaching

Volunteers deliver interactive lessons about investing.
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Topics include

• What is a stock?
  
• Compounding interest
  
• Volatility and diversification
  
• Mutual funds and ETFs
  
• Dollar-cost averaging
  

Investing

Students who complete the program are granted $100 to invest in a select set of ETFs or mutual funds

Upon graduating high school and turning 18, positions are transferred to the students own brokerage account

​How Students Access Their Investments

Students can claim their accounts by meeting 3 criteria:
 
1. Complete the FGI program, attending at least 7 sessions and completing the final capstone project
2. Graduate high school.
3. Turn 18 years of age​

Upon meeting all 3 criteria, volunteers work with students to create their own investment accounts and transfer all of their investments.

​Claiming Accounts

Once students turn 18 and have completed the FGI program (including submitting their capstone), they are able to claim their shares by going to Public.com and signing up for an account with the same email they used for FGI.

Note that it may take 7-10 days for the shares to be transferred into the new account. For any issues with the process, such as not being able to access the original email that was used for FGI, students should reach out to [email protected]. 

​A Typical FGI Session

A typical FGI session consists of the following:

1. Volunteers and students discuss the past week’s financial news
2. Volunteers break into groups of 4 students each, and teach a new concept, like compounding interest or dollar-cost averaging