Our students GET MONEY, literally and figuratively.
About Knowledge Bank
Knowledge Bank is a 501c3 organization committed to improving the financial literacy of youth. Our workshops are aimed at introducing new concepts, starting new conversations and teaching life application.
We create economic hope where hope may not have existed before and we equip youth with the tools to adequately and healthily participate in free enterprise. Our mission is to produce a generation of financially knowledgeable, responsible and empowered youth.
Our 3-component approach to improving financial literacy includes financial education, exposure and the development of healthy financial behaviors.
Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They’re both important and schools are forgetting one of them.
Students learn about banking, budgeting, career planning, credit, investing, entrepreneurship, paycheck deductions and responsible spending. Each semester concludes with students displaying their comprehension of personal finance through 3-5 minute presentations.
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
Students are incentivized for reading and verbally
summarizing periodicals with financial themes.
Students visit banks, car lots and – in the future-
newly developed subdivisions to learn firsthand
about banking, purchasing a vehicle and purchasing a
home.
Field studies play a valuable role in curricula:
from pre-elementary school through to university
doctoral programs. Regardless of the level, they
create an expanded classroom through a variety of
settings and forms (Katula & Threnhauser, 1999).
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Students are exposed to healthy images of success and
wealth on a weekly basis. We close each session
speaking words of affirmation through our mantra
which emphasizes saving and giving over
consumption.
Habits account for about 40 percent of our behaviors
on any given day. Understanding how to build new
habits (and how your current ones work) is essential
for making progress in your health, your happiness,
and your life in general.
Our Process
Our workshops are aimed at introducing new concepts, starting new conversations and teaching life application.
1. EDUCATE
2. EXPOSE
3. EXPERIENCE
Apply for Our Loans
Are you in need of a loan?
We have the solution for you. The loans from Knowledge Bank are easy to apply for, and we have a wide variety of loan options to choose from:
Emergency loans
Payday loans
Installment loans
Personal loans
If you're looking for a loan, look no further than Knowledge Bank. We know what it's like to be left out in the cold when it comes to getting a loan—we've been there ourselves! That's why we made it our mission to help people just like you get back on their feet, and that's why we're so excited about our new Knowledge Bank program.
Knowledge Bank is designed specifically for people who are looking to get back on their feet after an unexpected financial setback, or anyone whose financial situation has changed dramatically in recent years. Knowledge Bank offers easy access to loans that can help make life easier during these trying times.
NEED A CUSTOM TAILORED WORKSHOP?
Our workshops are offered in two different formats: Open and Partner. If you seek a uniquely formatted workshop experience, please let us know.
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BOARD MEMBERS
Krystal Bonner
Phoenix Forrester Events, LLC., Event Designer/Planner
Alfred Degrafinreid II
Office of the Criminal Court Clerk, Chief Administrative Officer
Courtney Hale
Executive Director/Founder of Knowledge Bank, Civic Entrepreneur
Jason Hill
Fifth Third Bank, Lending Manager
Julie Roberts
Tennessee State University, Director of Academic Success
April Robinson
Ernst & Young, CManager, Transaction Advisory Services (M&A)
Josef Robinson
New York City Civic Corps/Harlem Educational Activities Fund Fellow/Alumni, Engagement Manager
Turney Stevens
Lipscomb University Dean Emeritus, College of Business
Kalisha Moore
HP Enterprise Services, Quality Improvement Specialist