Cents Ability, Inc.
Mission:
Empower New York City high school students to achieve their goals through the prudent and informed management of their financial resources.
We are a group of volunteers dedicated to providing underprivileged high school students with the financial tools and knowledge to achieve their life goals. Providing basic finance classes, Cents Ability has partnered with local and national organizations such as New York Cares and Wall Street Volunteers. Started in 2004 by John Moore and Alexa du Pont, the program is taught in seven 45 minute learning sessions so that even the busiest teens and the volunteers who teach them can manage the commitment. Volunteers working alongside the National Endowment for Financial Education developed the curriculum.
Cents Ability obtained its 501(c)3 nonprofit status in May 2004. Since then classes have been taught at The Door, the Union Settlement Association, Monroe Academy, Washington Irving High School, The Chinatown Manpower Project, SCAN La Guardia, Harlem RBI, The Albert G. Oliver Program, and the John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter school, amongst others.
Contact Information
Address: New York, NY 10025
Telephone: 646-571-8056
Website: http://www.cents-ability.org
General Email: development@cents-ability.org
Primary Contact Name: Stella Binkevich
General Information
Type: After School, Business, In School, Math/Science, Volunteer
Target audience: Students, Parents, Families, Teachers, Organizations, Administrators, Schools
Tag words: Financial Literacy, Personal Finance
Programs/Services
Cents Ability Financial Literacy Classes
Description: Cents Ability has developed a curriculum that is taught in high schools and community centers throughout New York City.
Program Structure
The curriculum is taught in seven 45 minute learning sessions that are generally on the same day over consecutive weeks. Short homework assignments are administered between classes.
Class times are flexible and may be structured to include 1-3 learning sessions.
Teachers are professionals who work for schools, law firms, banks, and other nonprofits.
All classes are taught by experienced teachers and new teachers to ensure quality, but also to promote fresh teaching ideas.
Class sizes vary but the student-to-teacher ratio never exceeds 8-to-1.
Cents Ability teaches and administers all student materials free of charge.
Fees for services: FREE
Ages of students: 14-22
Schools/sites: YOUR SCHOOL OR SITE - CONTACT US FOR MORE INFO
Contact person: Stella Binkevich
