The General Grant Program
Through the General Grant Program, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation funds research and educational projects that support its mission of providing underserved Americans with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success throughout life.

Smart investing@your library
The Smart investing@your library® grant program is administered jointly by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association. This special grant program funds public library efforts to provide library patrons with access to effective, unbiased financial education resources. In its first three years (2007–2009), Smart investing@your library awarded grants totaling $3.2 million to 43 public libraries and library networks throughout the United States.

Financial Education in Your Community
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation, in partnership with the United Way of America, launched this grant program in 2009 to help community-based organizations provide effective and unbiased financial education. As part of this grant program, the FINRA Foundation and United Way provide resources and technical assistance to grantees to help them build or sustain community partnerships and address local needs by introducing new and creative approaches that significantly improve participant outcomes related to financial education.

Investor Advocacy Clinic Grant Program
This special grant program provides start-up funding and assistance to law schools that are well positioned to establish clinics offering legal advice and other help for underserved investors. These clinics enable supervised law students to provide legal assistance and other advice to investors at little or no cost.

Military Financial Education Project
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation launched this program in 2006 to deliver free, unbiased financial education tools and training to servicemembers, their spouses and on-base financial educators through a variety of programs and public awareness initiatives. A partner in the U.S. Department of Defense Financial Readiness Campaign, the project's primary goal is to help military families manage their money with confidence.

Investor Protection Campaign
FINRA Foundation-funded research, unveiled in July 2006, shattered the stereotypes of senior investment fraud victims. The FINRA Foundation subsequently initiated a research-based, social change campaign designed to reduce the incidence of investment fraud among investors ages 55 and over by helping them recognize they are vulnerable to financial fraud, identify persuasion techniques, and reduce risky behaviors by asking questions and checking information. The Foundation partners with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, AARP, state securities regulators and grassroots organizations to deliver these important investor protection messages in communities nationwide.

Teen Financial Literacy Project
Undertaken in partnership with the Consumer Federation of America and Channel One, Generation Money: Improving the Financial Literacy of America's Teens addresses the personal finance topics (especially compound interest) that are most important for teens to understand and use in everyday situations as they begin to assume financial responsibility in their lives. The project comprises broadcast news segments, animated PSAs, classroom materials, interactive online content and on-demand video.

FINRA Investor Education Resources
FINRA offers a wide range of information and interactive tools to help investors protect themselves and better understand the basic principles of saving and investing. Resources include investor alerts, online Smart Investing tutorials and interactive tools, as well as FINRA BrokerCheck, which provides investors with convenient access to information about securities firms and their brokers.