Our Mission
Fueling Financial Literacy and Launching Startups
Project Launch is a nonprofit organization dedicated to globalizing financial literacy and empowering teens to explore entrepreneurship as catalysts for community impact. By equipping young minds with essential personal finance skills and promoting entrepreneurial thinking needed to create sustainable ventures, we aim to cultivate a generation of informed, confident and visionary leaders.
Upcoming Events
Wharton Insider Live: Undergrad Finance & Admissions Q&ASun, Apr 27Virtual Event
Kickstart Your Business: How to Write a Business Plan WebinarMon, Mar 31Zoom Webinar
Leadership in Focus: A Live Conversation with Michael Carrazza, CEO of Solaia CapitalSun, Feb 23Virtual Event
Youth Social Venture ExpoSun, Sep 01Community Center
Financial Literacy BootcampSun, Sep 01TechHub Incubator
Young Leaders ConferenceSun, Sep 01City Hall Convention Center
School Chapters
School chapters create opportunity for passionate students to work together with similar-minded people to learn fundamental personal finance, leadership and entrepreneurial skills and apply them to create impact in local communities.
Registered chapters apply new entrepreneurial skills to real life, working on capstone projects, hosting fundraisers and more, to create impact in local communities!
Courses
Project Launch offers self-paced courses with series of video lectures, articles and practice questions to help students build a strong understanding of concepts. All free of charge, we hope to encourage students to engage in expanding their knowledge!
The Project Launch Personal Finance Course covers every topic relevant to building a strong foundation for future financial success.
The Project Launch Entrepreneurship Kickstart Course creates opportunity for curious students to explore the realm of entrepreneurship and kickstarts the careers of passionate future-CEO’s.
The Problem
Personal finance is taught in very few schools globally. Despite financial literacy being an essential skill to avoid devastating financial mistakes and emergencies, research shows that global youth financial literacy rates hover near 35%. Without basic financial skills, people are made vulnerable to poor credit, bankruptcy, and debt. Additionally, because the responsibility of teaching financial education often falls on parents, lack of financial literacy often disproportionately affects low-income families, and creates a cycle of new generations inheriting financial instability.