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1,000+Students reached
In person, through workshops, classroom visits, and events.
What FinGoose has done so far, and the results behind it.
Impact at a glance
Growing one confident decision at a time.
From our first classroom workshop to more than 1,000 students reached in person, every number represents a learner who practiced making money choices in the real world.
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15M+Social media views
Financial literacy videos reaching learners online.
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35K+Followers
A growing community learning with FinGoose.
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$10K+Raised
To support FinGoose books, workshops, and programs.
Four numbers. One direction.More confident decisions, one classroom at a time.
Up close
The big events, start to finish.
Who was there, what happened, what it raised, and what we learned.
field notes · fall 2025
Crisis Lab workshops
We asked 92 middle schoolers if they remembered what they learned about money in class. Only 31 said yes. Sooo we made money something you do, not memorize: every lesson is a crisis you have to fix.
- 90+students
- 3workshops
- 2middle schools
- 93%average post-test score
- Nov 10, 2025Charles DeWolf Middle SchoolFinancial resilience
- Dec 15, 2025Charles DeWolf Middle SchoolConsumer decisions
- Dec 17, 2025Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolOur largest yet
Timeline
Our timeline
From becoming a nonprofit in October 2025 to today. Tap a photo to see more.
Oct 2025: FinGoose becomes a 501(c)(3)
We incorporated FinGoose as a registered nonprofit, turning a DECA project into an organization that schools could trust and partner with.
Oct–Nov 2025: Building the curriculum
We wrote a 44-page, five-module middle school curriculum aligned with the JumpStart National Standards. Each module is a “Crisis Lab”: students fix a money problem, then pitch their solution like a DECA role-play. Bergen County Academies’ Business Department reviewed it, and Charles DeWolf Middle School signed on to pilot it.
Nov 10 – Dec 17, 2025: Crisis Lab workshop series
Three workshops at Charles DeWolf and Benjamin Franklin Middle Schools for 90+ students. Average scores jumped from 43% on the pre-test to 93% on the post-test.
Winter 2025–26: The online course launches
Students told us they wanted to see the best answers to each Crisis Lab, so we built a one-hour online course that walks through every scenario. 131 students have enrolled.
Winter 2025–26: Publishing FinGoose and the Two Mornings
Our children’s book about wealth inequality went live on 9+ platforms, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books, with Spanish and Chinese PDF editions. It has sold 230 copies and earned 17 five-star reviews.
Jan 2026: First paid sponsorship: Solace Launch
Solace Launch, a startup from UC Berkeley students, sponsored our content to promote their AI companion for student well-being.
Winter 2026: Our videos take off
Our Gen Z–style money videos grew our Instagram past 20,000 followers. Our top video has passed 6 million views, and we’ve reached 15M+ views and 35K+ followers across platforms.
Early 2026: Partnering with Go For Glass
Go For Glass, a student-run DECA prep organization, shared our personal finance resources with its 3,000+ students and advisors.
Early 2026: Meeting the Colorado Department of Education
We met with the Colorado Department of Education and set up a pilot of the FinGoose curriculum in 5 school districts for the 2026–27 school year, with pre- and post-tests over six weeks.
Early 2026: Partnering with Youth Policymakers for Tomorrow
We teamed up with Youth Policymakers for Tomorrow, a youth civic organization with members in 12+ countries.
Feb 2026: The FinGoose card game
A quick-fire quiz game for elementary and middle schoolers: race to 100 points, and every wrong answer earns a silly goose dare.
Mar 2026: Keychain & cupcake bake sales
Over a month of bake sales we sold 120 keychains and 200 cupcakes, raising $2,200 for Golden Egg Challenge microgrants.
Mar 2026: 150 books for Books for Africa
We packed and shipped 150 FinGoose children’s books to Books for Africa’s headquarters, bringing our story about fairness and opportunity to young readers abroad.
Spring 2026: 1st place at NJ DECA States
FinGoose won first place in Project Management: Financial Literacy at the New Jersey DECA State Conference and qualified for DECA’s International Career Development Conference.
Summer 2026: Curriculum 2.0
Over the summer we rebuilt the curriculum from the ground up, expanding it to 50+ pages with revised Crisis Labs, clearer teacher guidance, and FinGoose-original scenarios ready for the Colorado pilot.
Oct 3, 2026: Dino read-aloud at Leonia Public Library
We read FinGoose and the Dino Dream aloud, then followed it with a hands-on “elephant toothpaste” science activity.
Our books
Two FinGoose picture books.
230 copies of Two Mornings sold, plus 150 donated through Books for Africa. Pick a book and flip through the first pages.
FinGoose
Silly goose, serious money.CoverClick the cover to open the book
Next print run
Putting FinGoose books into more hands.
We are preparing the next phase of paperback distribution, placing more accessible financial-literacy stories into classrooms and libraries.
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