Clients Community Impact
We take pride in the impact our graduates and patrons are making. Their work brings NFEC standards, tools, and evidence-based instruction into classrooms, workplaces, and community centers – translating national best practices into measurable local results that improve lives.
Multiplying Community Impact
We provide the training, resources, and implementation support; our graduates bring the passion, skill, and commitment to drive real change. Together they improve financial knowledge, shift behaviors, strengthen daily money routines, and boost long-term confidence and resilience. By documenting outcomes and sharing lessons learned, our network multiplies impact: individual successes inform better practice, partners see proven results, and more communities gain access to high-quality financial education.
Scope of Our Graduate & Client Reach
Program Spotlights
No matter the size or scope of the program, we value every patron’s contribution to our shared mission. Their efforts help turn standards into real programs that change lives. Below are a few spotlight stories that illustrate the difference NFEC graduates and patrons are making in communities around the globe.
We celebrate these successes not to boast, but to share lessons: what worked, what was adapted, and how others can replicate similar results. If you have a program to nominate for a spotlight or want help turning your outcomes into a publishable case study, submit your story – we’ll help you tell it and amplify your impact.
Social Impact Organization
TBL and NFEC Team Up to Drive Financial Literacy Across Communities
The NFEC and The Basketball League (TBL) have expanded their partnership to promote financial literacy nationwide. Through innovative programs, TBL teams engage their communities with financial literacy donations, interactive halftime events, and family-focused promotions like the Mother’s Day initiative. Players take the lead, earning financial education certifications while advocating for economic empowerment. This collaboration inspires communities to build stronger financial futures.
The Executive Reboot: Transform Money, Leadership, & Life
The Executive Reboot empowers high-achieving professionals, executives, and entrepreneurs to redefine success by transforming their relationship with money, leadership, and well-being. Through dynamic keynotes, immersive workshops, and tailored executive coaching, participants surface and release scarcity-driven patterns and replace them with an abundance mindset. Measurable results include clearer priorities, healthier work–life balance, stronger financial decisions, and sustained performance improvements.
Susan Doty: Building Financial Resilience for First Responders
Susan Doty, Executive Director at the University of Texas at Tyler, created First Responder Finance – a three-tiered program of for-credit certification, professional development, and community outreach – built through stakeholder input and targeted grant support. Using her “Doty Mantra,” she teaches finance through economics (opportunity cost + behavior change) and is driving teacher training, policy, and workforce initiatives to make personal finance part of professional preparation nationwide.
Bola Sokunbi: Empowering Women Through Smart, Shareable Finance
Bola Sokunbi, founder of Clever Girl Finance, is a 5x bestselling author, speaker, and leader of one of America’s largest personal finance platforms for women. A Certified Financial Education Instructor, Bola shares proven strategies for creating high-quality, engaging content, growing meaningful exposure, and building a connected community – plus insights from her latest workbook, Clever Girl Finance Workbook: My Wealth Plan and the systems she uses to scale impact globally.
Bobby P. Kinzer: From the Court to Community Impact
Bobby P. Kinzer, President of the Literacy Institute for Financial Enrichment (LIFE) and a Certified Financial Education Instructor, draws on nearly 31 years at the FDIC as a Senior Community Affairs Specialist. He shares his journey from professional basketball to financial services and offers practical strategies for promoting economic inclusion and scaling community-based financial education – essential listening for educators, policymakers, and community leaders.
Financial Pathways Carolina – Young Money Matters
Miles Raymond, a 16-year-old founder of Financial Pathways Carolina, ran Young Money Matters – a free five-week Zoom program teaching NFEC-aligned lessons (saving, budgeting, credit) to ~45 rising 5th–8th graders. Using interactive tools (Nearpod, Pear Deck), family projects, and pre/during/post surveys, the program delivered measurable learning gains; graduates received certificates and resource folders. Miles also launched SmartStart Stocks, a free stock-simulator for classroom use, and earned local media and strong parent praise.
NFEC Financial Education Instructor of the Year Award Recipients – 2014 to 2025 Spotlights
Our past Instructors of the Year are leaders who built high-impact programs and delivered measurable results – more savings, less debt, and stronger budgeting skills. Honorees include classroom teachers, nonprofit directors, and corporate trainers who scale best practices, train others, influence policy, and expand access to top-quality financial education. Their work sets the standard for what effective, evidence-based instruction can achieve.