Unfortunately, the demand for JA is far greater than we are currently able to provide. Each year, an increasing number of educators and parents ask us for our programs. As a result, we have developed a strategic plan that will strive to dramatically increase the number of classrooms reached, but we can't do it without your help.
-Help us reach more kids…
This Amount
Helps these Kids

$10
1 first grader learns the difference between a want and a need.
$100
10 fifth graders will examine how businesses operate in the United States and explore the various economic issues that impact those businesses.
$250
25 second graders will experience work, getting paid, and paying taxes.
$500
25 middle grade students will discover what it takes to be an entrepreneur and will write a business plan.
$1000
100 elementary school students will learn their role as consumers, individuals, and workers.
$2,500
170 eighth graders will learn about economics and the role of business in the U.S.
$5,000
210 high school students will learn to become financially responsible adults, write resumes and apply for jobs.
-Endless opportunity awaits every child in America!
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"JA is a good program because it helps me make the right choices in the future and makes me interested in a job that I will like. It teaches me strategies on how to get a job and proper manners on how I should act in an interview." Fifth grade student
"JA provides instruction on realistic things that are going on in this world and the kids open up and begin to believe in themselves." 12th grade teacher