The SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization, dedicated to advancing financial knowledge.
The Foundation administers several other programs in addition to Path to Investing. These include:
The Stock Market Game (www.stockmarketgame.org) — A curriculum-based program where student teams in grades 4-12 learn long-term saving and investing fundamentals with a hypothetical brokerage account. The program serves 20,000 teachers and 700,000 students annually.
InvestWrite (www.investwrite.info) — The national essay competition requiring students to draw on logic, critical thinking, and writing skills to demonstrate how concepts learned in the classroom respond to a specific real-world investing situation.
Tomorrow’s Money — Financial education Web sites (www.tomorrowsmoney.org, www.ahorrando.org, www.unwantedchange.org, and www.cambiosinesperados.org) that are geared toward women, young people, Spanish speakers, and people experiencing the financial impact of unwanted life changes.
State Treasurers Gateway Initiative Partnership and Network — A partnership with the National Association of State Treasurers Foundation, and its more than 40 state treasurers, providing state-based financial education through Web sites, e-newsletters, publications, and seminars.
Investing in Bonds (www.investinginbonds.com) — A Web site providing valuable information and market data about bonds and how the bond markets work.
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Lightbulb Press, in partnership with the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education,
designed and developed Path to Investing, an innovative
online educational resource that combines industry expertise with
personal finance and investing essentials. Lightbulb created the site’s distinctive
content, design, and engaging features, including graphics, calculators,
and interactive examples that demonstrate key financial concepts
in practical ways.
Well known in the financial community for
its consumer-oriented content, Lightbulb intelligently blends
straightforward language with lively graphics and illuminating
interactive features to provide light-hearted but eminently useful
information in an accessible learning format. Financial services
companies and Fortune 500 corporations use Lightbulb’s customized
guides and Web content to build brand equity and educate customers,
consumers, and employees. |
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