Financial Literacy Scholarship

The Financial Services Roundtable Financial Literacy Scholarship honors high school seniors who successfully completed a financial literacy course before entering college with a $5,000 scholarship.

The 2011 Review Committee selected ten high school students based on the qualifications and criteria for the scholarship listed below. The Review Committee included representatives from the Roundtable’s non-profit partners:

• Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
• JA Worldwide®
• NeighborWorks America
• Operation HOPE, Inc.
• Rebuilding Together
• SER-Jobs for Progress National Inc.
• Society for Financial Education and Professional Development
• ThanksUSA
• Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement
• WHF Foundation

Criteria:

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:

• Have completed a certified financial education course or a financial education course offered by a Roundtable member company or community service non-profit partner prior to applying and received verification of course completion;
• Be a graduating senior entering a college/university/trade school; and
• Exhibit academic success, respectable character, and financial need.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Crystal Carr, Detroit, MI.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Danielle Cureton, Bronx, NY.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Karla Flores, Thornton, CO.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Ana Lanfranchi, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Patrick McCarthy, Washougal, WA.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Kendall Moore, Madison, MS.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Tyler Redshaw, Henrico, VA.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Julio Rojas-Aguilar, Galloway, NJ.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Yeng Thao, Appleton, WI.

2011 Financial Literacy Scholarship recipient, Anna Yermolov, Ephrata, PA.

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