What We Do.

The Financial Literacy Club 501(c)(3) non-profit organization aims to educate high school and college students on topics related to personal finance. The Financial Literacy Club @ UT Austin is the University of Texas at Austin chapter of the Financial Literacy Club. Our goal is to empower UT Austin students for financial success.

The Mission

Our mission at the Financial Literacy Club is to extend financial literacy resources to all, and it is essential to recognize those disproportionately affected by the lack of financial literacy education opportunities.

What is Financial Literacy?

Financial literacy is the ability to understand the skills necessary to effectively manage money and make financial decisions; to understand how to build wealth and avoid debt; the basic understanding of inflation and interest rates; how to save, why to save, and how to invest correctly and safely to ensure a path of decreasing debt, building wealth, and sustainable income to live.

What we do.

  • We offer five personal finance education workshops for students at the University of Texas at Austin on the following topics:

    1. Budgeting

    2. Savings and Retirement Accounts

    3. Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and Credit

    4. Taxes

    5. Loans and How to Pay for College

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  • We interview industry professionals to get their take on global financial struggles. We also offer open-access webinars with business professionals to integrate students into a variety of professional networks.

  • The stock market simulator replicates the features of the live stock market in an environment without financial risk. The competition aims to teach students how to trade in today’s markets with a real cash prize for the player with the greatest returns.

  • Coming Spring 2023.

Our Story

“Financial literacy is about extending equal opportunities to all, regardless of socioeconomic background.”

— Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz

Why Us?

  1. We are created BY students FOR students.

  2. We employ a multimedia approach through our webinars, workshops, and graphic e-books ensuring that we appeal to any student’s preferred mode of learning.

  3. We invite ALL students into professional networks through our open-access webinars with industry professionals.

  4. We are committed to extending equal opportunities to all through financial literacy education

  5. We are endorsed by several high-level business professionals at financial institutions