National Endowment for Financial Education

Research and grant funding through support and management of rigorous research, NEFE identifies knowledge gaps and seeks evidence of what works best in the application of Financial Education in order to lay the groundwork for greater future impact. Funding is provided for research that has the potential to make a profound contribution to the field of Financial Education and seeks to improve the public's Financial well-being. NEFE approved funding for four grant applicants in 2024, bringing the number of research studies currently in progress to 11. NEFE has funded a total of 46 research projects since 2006. In addition, NEFE continued to conduct research on Financial trauma and a history of Financial Education of Native communities. We completed work on a NEFE-led collaboration focused on addressing the lack of rigorous testing and validation of some of the most utilized survey assessments in the Financial services industry, conducted several polls of u.s. Adults and launched a researc