Join Pockets Change in teaching youth how to become financial advocates and use their artistic and musical talents to inspire their communities to make real financial change

When Money Makes Change, we all win.

Financial Education is an urgent need across our communities and especially our youth: 

• Over 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. (Lending Club)

• 79% of young adults get financial advice from social media (Forbes)

• 2/3rds of stressed teens report that their financial future is a significant source of worry (Deloitte Global)

Since 2021, Pockets Change's Hip-Hop FinFest program has collaborated with 6,500+

students, educators and families and has had over 2,700 livestream viewers.

With your sponsorship and partnership, we’ll be able to reach thousands more in 2025, a time where we all need to be more informed and engaged than ever before.

With Pockets Change programs: 

• 88% of educators share increased confidence & and capability in teaching about personal finance topics 

• 95% of students show increased financial capability skills

“FinFest changed my life… Before Pockets Change, I never cared much about financial literacy. Through this I learned more about the importance of financial literacy and have grown as I went. I have so much fun learning and creating at the same time.”

- Cleo de Jay, student alumni