ABC7 reporter David Louie interviews EARN Savers over the years and explores our first 10 years of impact and success. "Dametra Williams was homeless a few years ago. With EARN's help, she now runs her own in-home health care service. 'I currently have a staff team of 15.'"
 

EARN is an expert on how to save, and we realized that the current model of matched savings accounts is only serving less than 1% of the more than 57 million Americans who need it. That’s why we decided to seek a different solution that would lower the cost of providing savings accounts to low-wage families while maintaining – or even increasing – the impact for those families.

EARN’s Jill Sturm tells The Nonprofit  Quarterly, “Given where the banking sector is headed, the nonprofit sector needs to step it up a bit when it comes to the use of mobile in low income communities.” Sturm adds, “Nonprofits tend to be high-touch. In reaching out to low income consumers, we need to be careful we’re not leaving parts of our community behind.”   

by Ben Mangan, President & CEO

We should heed Tavis Smiley and Cornel West's warning on what rising poverty portends for America's future.

EARN is an expert on how to save, and we realized that the current model of matched savings accounts is only serving less than 1% of the more than 57 million Americans who need it. That’s why we decided to seek a different solution that would lower the cost of providing savings accounts to low-wage families while maintaining – or even increasing – the impact for those families. 

Here is a message from Nancy Guevara, the grand prize winner of EARN’s recent Children’s Education Account referral contest.