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03.02.2018

Today’s DACA Decision is Unconscionable

As college-planning and financial experts, we at Moneythink have worked with students from all backgrounds and of all citizenships statuses. We believe that children who grow up in America, who are educated in America, are fully and irrevocably Americans. A student’s immigration status or lack thereof should in no way affect their admission into institutions…

12.03.2017

Same Drive, New Directions

Dear Moneythinker, We founded Moneythink in 2008 to bring personal financial skills to under-resourced teens a few blocks away from our college campus. Since then, we have helped over 14,000 students in 30 communities nationwide track their spending, open bank accounts, achieve savings goals, budget for college, and believe in themselves. Two years ago, we…

12.01.2017

Student Success Series: Gabby Davis

Gabby joined Moneythink in January 2017 as a high school senior from Perspectives Leadership Academy in Chicago. She was part of the first cohort of students in Moneythink’s College Financial Coaching program. In early September, Gabby sat down with Moneythink staff to discuss her experiences with her Moneythink coach over the last few months. Her…

12.01.2017

Our History: How We Use Education-Technology to Inspire Change

In the midst of the 2008 economic collapse, a group of University of Chicago undergraduates saw the opportunity to improve the economic state of their community by providing basic personal finance lessons to students from surrounding Chicago high schools. The undergrads started a club to recruit, train, and place college mentors in local high schools…