FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING INC

The Foundation for Financial Planning is the only organization solely devoted to powering pro bono financial planning.

FFP focuses much of our grantmaking and other efforts on areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact, including programs for military and veterans, programs for people with cancer, and activating volunteers across the country. In 2016, we were proud to support efforts that benefited homeless women and their families, low-income homebuyers, military, domestic violence survivors and more.

FFP’s Pro Bono for Cancer Campaign is raising funds to develop and support efforts around the country connecting cancer patients and their families to free, quality financial advice. Our goal is to test, refine and grow outstanding program models so that this work can be replicated and scaled, eventually helping thousands of families across the country.

FFP aims to mobilize the profession to adopt a tradition of pro bono service; increase financial capacity in order to grow our grant funding & program services; expand access to and impact of pro bono financial planning programs for at-risk individuals and families; and grow public awareness and visibility of FFP and pro bono financial planning.

Since our founding in 1995, FFP has funded pro bono programs in 39 states.

The pro bono work we make possible goes beyond financial literacy to provide one-on-one, free, quality guidance on people’s most challenging money issues. Our grants fund opportunities for personal interactions between volunteer financial planners and vulnerable people.

Through our nationally-driven programs, we award grants to a range of community-based and national nonprofits who serve these key groups and whose efforts can be replicated and scaled; Support the development of specialized program models, training tools, and more that can be shared among our grantees, establishing a “learning loop” that enables us to refine and improve programs over time; Help forge connections between volunteer planners interested in serving these groups and the nonprofit programs we support; Maximize the impact that pro bono financial planning can have on the unique challenges faced by these groups.

Over our history, FFP has supported the delivery of free financial guidance to more than 500,000 people in crisis or need. We’ve awarded grants totaling over $8 million to national and community-based organizations in 38 states.