First-Generation Americans
First-Generation Americans Face Unique Financial Obstacles
The financial lives of immigrants and their children are complex in many ways.
Learn more: https://www.fool.com/research/study-first-generation-american-finances/
Women and Investing
Women and Investing: 30 Years of Research and Statistics Summarized. When it comes to investing, women and men differ. Here’s what the research says.
Learn more: https://www.fool.com/research/women-in-investing-research/
Minutes with the Mindtrust
Minutes with the Mindtrust
The Motley Fool Foundation’s mission is to create pathways to Financial Freedom for those living paycheck to paycheck. Every day, we do this by finding, funding, and amplifying innovative solutions that enable strivers to become thrivers.
Entrepreneurism: A Pathway to Financial Freedom!
We are thankful for the Fools who have provided a hand up to support our Financial Freedom Rule Breakers!
We know that it takes a special kind of person to create breakthroughs. Our Financial Freedom Rule Breakers Program is finding these social entrepreneurs, investing in them, learning from them, and helping them go further – faster. The Motley Fool Foundation connects Rule Breakers with our Foolish members to help amplify their work.
As a part of the Financial Freedom Rule Breakers Program, we recently launched Minutes with the Mindtrust – real-time consulting sessions designed to help our Rule Breakers address the business challenges that slow their progress. In a recent session, Rule Breaker Tim Lampkin, CEO of Higher Purpose Co., a social impact organization focused on Black entrepreneurialism in the Mississippi Delta region, connected with Ollen Douglass, Managing Partner of The Motley Fool Venture Fund. Tim was able to get some key insights from Ollen’s many years of experience, and the two discussed their shared goal of helping communities of color launch successful businesses.
Here’s what Tim had to say:
“Ollen Douglass has helped me think about Higher Purpose funding streams in a more creative way. Higher Purpose Co. is currently supported mostly by grants and major donations. Ollen has encouraged me to explore revenue-generating initiatives to help sustain Higher Purpose, and we’re looking into those options now.”
Spark Conversation Series
The Spark Conversation Series
The Motley Fool Foundation, in partnership with Ashoka, presents the Spark Conversation Series, which showcases social innovators – people the foundation refers to as “Foolish Rule Breakers” – and the creative ways they’re working to help Americans transition from financially striving to financially thriving. Spark Conversations focus on real-life solutions developed by social innovators who are making changes now that will impact those living paycheck to paycheck for generations to come.
“The idea behind the Spark Conversation Series is to better understand what’s actually working to promote Financial Freedom,” says David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool and chair of The Motley Fool Foundation board of directors. “What’s moving the needle that deserves more of our attention? But we also identify where there are gaps and where the opportunities lie to move from sparks to much bigger impacts.”
In episode five of the Spark Conversation Series, which was recently launched, Gardner and Ashoka US Director of Strategy and Partnerships Michael Zakaras talk with social entrepreneur Alex Bernadotte, founder of Beyond 12, about the work she’s doing through her organization.
Beyond 12 gets to the heart of social mobility and financial opportunity by creating a powerful feedback loop between K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions. Bernadotte and her team influence the national conversation about educational equity and student success by working with more than 2,000 students on 180 college campuses throughout the United States.
“It is possible to look at a child in this country and predict with alarming accuracy where that child will end up in terms of their educational and economic outcomes based solely on their race, their ZIP code, and their parents’ level of education,” says Bernadotte. “These are the gaps that fuel me as a social entrepreneur and are certainly the gaps that fuel our work and our desire to play a role in creating a society where race and income no longer predict post-secondary success and upward mobility.”
Previous episodes of the Spark Conversation Series feature social entrepreneurs from across the United States and from multiple industries and include Stacey Epperson, founder of Next Step Network; Brandon Dennison, founder and CEO of Coalfield Development; Alison Lingane, co-founder of Project Equity; José Quiñonez, CEO of Mission Asset Fund; and Priti Krishtel, co-founder and co-executive director of I-MAK.
Landlords + Renters
Do Landlords Actually Know What Renters Want?
Landlords think they know what renters want, but are they overestimating?
Learn more: https://www.fool.com/research/study-landlords-renters/
LGBTQ+ Finances
LGBTQ + finances are perennially understudied. We’re trying to change that, so we asked 2,005 LGBTQ+ Americans about money, investing, stress, saving, and more.
Learn More: https://www.fool.com/research/lgbtq-money-study/
Average Net Worth of Americans
Average Net Worth of Americans by Age, Education, and Race
The average net worth in the U.S. is $122,000, but that’s not the whole story.
Learn More: https://www.fool.com/research/average-net-worth-americans/
Cost-of-Living
Cost-of-Living Adjustment Not Enough for Retirees
We surveyed 750 retired Americans, and this is what they said.
Learn More: https://www.fool.com/research/cost-of-living-adjustment-not-enough/
