Jump$tart
Jump$tart is a national coalition of organizations dedicated to oughout the country. There are periodic workshops for shopaholics as well.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) initiated a national financial education campaign in 2001 by launching Money Smart, a comprehensive financial education curriculum designed to help individuals outside the financial mainstream develop financial skills and positive banking relationships. 

The Financial Education Partners Foundation
The Financial Education Partners Foundation provides educational programs and individual counseling that will enhance the financial literacy and financial planning abilities of the program participant.  They have over 600 volunteers and any financial services professional can sign up today at www.financialpro.org/foundation.

The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education
The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education offers a program to promote the teaching and study of risk management and insurance at colleges and universities nationwide. Its mission is to provide education programs for public policymakers on the basic principles of risk management and insurance.

The InCharge Education Foundation
The InCharge Education Foundation provides award-winning products and materials, including a variety of innovative personal finance tools, from content-rich magazines and websites to print, CD, and web-based educational programs. All support the personal financial literacy needs of consumers worldwide. There are programs providing credit report education, and several financial education programs, including programs for K-12 children, 18-24 year olds, military families, new home buyers, the Hispanic population, and those going through bankruptcy. www.inchargeradio.com provides general financial education in an audio format.

The Institute for Financial Literacy
The Institute for Financial Literacy offers, at no cost, a personal fiscal fitness online course providing key information and skills to successfully manage money, one’s financial future, and achieve personal financial independence.  The course is holistic in design, completely objective and void of any conflicts of interest. The fiscal fitness course introduces the “Fiscal Fitness Life Cycle” and the essential “Six Elements of Personal Finance” that must be carefully balanced and considered throughout
life.

The Institute for Socio-Financial Studies (ISFS)
The Institute for Socio-Financial Studies (ISFS) is an independent  non-profit organization that conducts feasibility, benchmarking, strategic development, and evaluation studies of consumer financial education programs. ISFS takes a uniquely cross-disciplinary research approach that illuminates the socio-financial factors influencing consumer financial decision-making in today’s changing marketplace. Armed with this information, organizations and professionals can create counseling, education, and planning activities that benefit their companies, clients, and employees.

The Hartford
The Hartford has been working closely with the NCAA to give a jump start with its Playbook for Life Web site – a basic guide on personal financial planning for college students to prepare finances for the future. 

The LIFE Foundation
The LIFE Foundation has two programs.  Next Generation: Insuring Your Future is a multimedia insurance education program designed to educate high-school students about the basics of life, health and disability insurance, as well as financial planning fundamentals. Since its introduction in 1997, the program has been incredibly successful, reaching more than 23 million students.  Since its 1997 launch, it has been used by nearly 50,000 educators and reached an estimated 23 million students. Roughly 6,000 kits are put into circulation each year and it is distributed to educators free-of-charge.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
This site provides consumer insurance information for those considering or buying insurance.

The Retirement Security Coalition 
The economic crisis has shaken people’s faith in their ability to retire with dignity. Most (if not all) of us have been forced to take a hard look at our personal retirement security. Rather than retreat from the challenge, or ignore it, many Americans are rolling up their sleeves and starting the process of rebuilding their retirement security. The Retirement Security Coalition is dedicated to helping Americans increase their retirement security by giving people the tools they need to achieve a secure retirement and by promoting policy recommendations that will help all of us—low-income families, near and current retirees, young people and everyone else—recover from the recent economic downturn.

The U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission
The U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission is the U.S. government’s website dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education.  By partnering with other government agencies and the private sector, the Commission and its member agencies further raise the level of the nation’s financial literacy.

U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission
This governmental website is dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education. Whether your questions relate to budgeting and taxes, credit, financial planning, home ownership, kids, paying for education, retirement planning, or saving and investing, mymoney.gov has useful and detailed information (in Spanish and English).

WISE: Working In Support of Education
Students drop out of college not because of academic failure but because of personal debt and the fastest growing group filing personal bankruptcy is young people ages 18 to 25. w!se’s Financial Literacy Certification Program addresses the urgent need for financial literacy and education. The program provides high school students with access to financial education and the opportunity to become certified financially literate.

Wells Fargo
Teacher and program, all ages & adults (4 age buckets).

What’s My Score
VISA: Program includes free online tools aimed at the unique needs of college students and young adults. What’s My Score resources include credit facts, free credit score tools, user created videos online games, a complete university financial tools curriculum, and a series of money guides designed to help young adults stay on firm financial ground.