Girls Inc. of New York City
Girls Inc. of New York City inspires girls to be strong, smart and bold through various life-transforming programs, including its Her Future financial literacy curriculum funded in part by its Bread Financial grant. Using experiential education and technology, Her Future is helping teen girls transform their relationship with money by meeting girls where they are and integrating into their everyday lives.
In 2023, the program served 2,600 students across the city who gained essential skills and knowledge to manage their money and developed confidence and interest in careers in the financial sector. Upon completion of the curriculum, 96% of participants expressed interest in a career in finance or business, 67% of participants helped their family members with financial matters, and 100% of participants felt confident in making career and life decisions about money after learning about topics including credit score, credit debt and financial planning.
One participant benefiting from the program is Nahima, who first joined Girls Inc. of New York City in middle school. Currently a senior at Hunter College where she studies economics, Nahima is proud to be pursuing a career in a male-dominated field and plans to become an entrepreneur upon graduation.
When we were doing financial literacy [in eighth grade], I was thinking, 'Why are we doing this? What am I going to do with budgeting, banking and all that?'” said Nahima. “But now that I'm an adult, those classes have actually helped me a lot.