Thank you for your interest in joining the FDIC’s Money Smart Alliance.

The FDIC welcomes these types of organizations to join the Money Smart Alliance:

  • Federally insured financial institutions
  • Non-profit organizations that have been recognized as tax-exempt by IRS
  • Federal agencies
  • K-12 schools or school districts
  • Colleges or universities
  • Other state or local government agencies (including governmental entities)

Alliance members agree to use or promote the Money Smart curriculum. Alliance members are encouraged to provide feedback to the FDIC that can help improve the Money Smart program, including ways they use the program.

Individuals and other types of organizations are not eligible to join the Money Smart Alliance at this time.

Click here to learn more about the Money Smart Financial Education Program.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is prohibited from endorsing any organization, or any product belonging to or service rendered by, its Money Smart Alliance Members (MSAMs). Similarly, MSAMs and their partners and affiliates will ensure that their publicity, advertisements, and public statements do not use the FDIC name of logo to imply an endorsement of them or their products or services. MSAMs and their partners and affiliates agree not to take any other action that reasonably could be construed as a prohibited endorsement by the FDIC. The FDIC reserves the right to terminate MSAMs who, or whose partners or affiliates, violate these restrictions.  

ESTIMATED REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed and completing and reviewing the collection of information.  Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Paperwork Reduction Act, Legal Division, FDIC, Washington, D.C. 20429; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Act Project (3064-0127), Washington, D.C. 20503.  Respondents need not respond to this request for information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.  An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.