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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistory & MissionHistory & Mission Calendar of Events History & Mission HOPE Global Spokesman Office of the Chairman 20th Anniversary Celebration HOPE Annual Reports HOPE Newsletters HOPE Board of Directors Executive Management HOPE Government Affairs HOPE Partners HOPE Heroes Employment Opportunities FAQ The Global Leader for Financial Dignity FIND A HOPE CITY CONTACT US SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER Page 1 of 4 SEARCH Entir SHOPPING CART HOPE STORE MAKE A DONATI( Blog FAQ Home Buyers Assistance Small Business and Entrepreneurship Credit Counseli Horne!About Us/ History & Mission The Global Leader in Financial Dignity Operation HOPE gives people the dignity, resources and the opportunity to a level of self-determination in their lives. Operation HOPE is "the private bi the working poor, the underclass, and the struggling middle class," and the of our work can be felt on -the -ground, everywhere we operate. Our missiot 'silver rights,' or making free enterprise and capitalism work for all. Financi< is the tool, financial dignity is the goal and financial inclusion is the way. M impressive, are the results. • Our Banking on Our Future division, focused on keeping the most at riC from repeating the cycles of poverty and dispair that has trapped so man families and communities by teaching them basic financial literacy, or wh call "the global language of money." • Our HOPE Business In A Box ! Gallup HOPE Index division, focused c inspiring a generation of young people to become future American asset: economic energy, small business and entrepreneurship. http://www.operationhope.org/aboutus 4/9/2013 History & Mission Page 2 of 4 • Our HOPE Financial Dignity Centers, where we approve clients day on subject to the resolution of their primary denial factors, and raise credit s( average 120 points over 18 months of active counseling. We call it our 7( Scores Initiative. • Our HOPE Coalition America division, which is the national partner wit around emergency financial disaster preparedness, response and recove the "economic Red Cross" for the nation. HCA responded to and served than 200,000 survivors following Hurricane Katrina, and we are respondii Hurricane Sandy now. • Our HOPE Global Initiatives, HOPE's international division focused on 1 global expansion of financial dignity empowerment for youth and families language and culture, in Africa, the Middle East, and throughout the wort advises, develops, and implements financial dignity programs that promc peaceful, sustainable global economy. HOPE currently operates in nine provinces in South Africa and has partnership offices in Saudi Arabia anc Morocco. • Finally, HOPE Government Relations & Public Policy, and HOPE For( advance responsible public policy and help to shape engaged public opir The recent HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit featuring US Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke, with more than 1,500 delegates from 30 countr covered by 50 major media outlets, is but one example of our focus here With 2 million clients served, 20,000 HOPE Corps volunteers, and more the billion in private capital directed into America's low wealth and underserved communities, creating thousands of homeowners, small business owners a entrepreneurs over the past 20 years, Operation HOPE is making a differer we cannot achieve our mission alone. We cannot seek to advance the fina Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., eradicating poverty and achieving a measure of economic justice for all, alone. Operation HOPE operates the HOPE Financial Dignity Center Atlanta at Ebenezer Church, located on the campus of the King Center and as the at tenant of the Martin Luther King, Sr. Community Resource Complex. Martii King. Sr, or "Daddy King" as he was called, co-pastored Ebenezer Church son Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement, and served board of a bank for 40-years: a little known fact. Daddy King was also focu making free enterprise work for the poor, as his son was focused in the last his life on poverty eradication and economic justice. The mission of Operation HOPE is civil rights to silver rights, or making free enterprise work for all, http://www.operationhope.org/aboutus 4/9/2013 HOPE Partners Page 1 of 3 .....,.__,._ fd i..iE•nt History F. Mission HOPE Global Spokesman Office of the Chairman 20th Anniversary Celebration HOPE Annual Reports HOPE. Newsletters HOPE Board of Directors Executiye Management HOPE Government Affairs HOPE Partners HOPE Heroes Employment Opportunities ;-AO The Global Leader for Financial Dignity FIND A HOPE CITY CONTACT US SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER SEARCH Entire Site SHOPPING CART (0) HOPE STORE MAKE A DONATION FAQ Hose Buyers .Assi so. ce `i n'.a .. e sin (a>> ano entree! '.nurs5iK .. �:i!i ... .. :I or^c.,i;::bout;Ja%HOPE Partners la's 9 ° E si _ HOPE Social Media GO Partner With Us —And Do Well By Doing Good. Operation HOPE has brought financial literacy to over 1.2 million people worldwide —and we couldn't have done it without our partners. Sixty percent of our funding comes from private -sector donors including financial institutions, corporations: private foundations and individual contributors. But our partners real impact is felt in the communities we serve. As our partner, your organization can lend its voice to HOPE Summits and Forums, presenting financial literacy to world leaders as the key to solving global and local economic problems. You can work with us to provide crucial financial services to underserved neighborhoods. And you can help make our programs happen —by inspiring your employees to volunteer. Our volunteers play an instrumental role in teaching our financial literacy classes —and by serving as lifelines to those financially affected by natural and man-made disasters. Major Partners a b c d e f g hi i k i m n o p g r s t u v w x y z CAAB California Bank & Trust California Jump$tart Coalition California Society of CPA's Canon Business Solutions Capital Directions Capital One Bank Capitol City Bank Carver Federal Savings Bank Casey Family Programs Cathay Bank Catholic Charities DC Catholic Charities USA Change for a Dollar Charles Schwab Charter One Bank Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. Chick-Fil-A Chinatrust Bank Chrisman and Company, Inc. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Citi Citizens Bank Citizens Trust 4 City of Miami City of Oakland ClearPoint Financial Services Clinton Global Initiatives CNA Insurance Collegelnvest Colorado Jump$tart Coalition Columbia River Bank Comcast Comerica Bank Communities in Schools of Chicago Community Bank Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest Community Credit Counseling Services Community Financial Literacy Project (A program through the University of Pennsylvania) http://www.operationhope.org/hopepartners 4/9/2013 Porro, William From: Operation HOPE <news=operationhope.org@maiI135.wdc02.mcdIv.net> on behalf of Operation HOPE <news@operationhope.org> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 10:25 AM To: Porro, William Subject: HOPE Report: Recovery, Empowerment and Financial Readiness Highlighted for Financial Capability Month HOPE Report: Recovery, Empowerment and Financial Readiness Highlighted for Is this email not displaying correctly? Financial Capability Month View it in your browser. THE Leading the movement to educate and empower the underserved Comptroller Curry Examines the Future of Banking Operation HOPE hosted its latest HOPE Forum on Tuesday, April 16 at the HOPE Financial Dignity Center, housed at the Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Complex at Ebenezer, led by the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry, Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell and other key Atlanta and financial industry leaders. Read more. HCA Receives Nearly $1 Million in Funds from U.S. EDA fi Like us on Facebook t Follow on Twitter r• Forward to a Friend 1 HOPE Coalition America received an award of $960,056 in U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) disaster relief opportunity funds to provide disaster financial recovery guidance and business planning assistance to small businesses in the Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond, and New York Counties that suffered . . damage from disasters. Read more. Record Numbers Turn -out for FE FEMA Webinar Operation HOPE joined FEMA, U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Literacy and Education Commission, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau on April 9th to host a record audience nearing 1,000 participants, for the online financial literacy emergency preparedness webinar in recognition of "Financial Capability Month" in April. Read more. HOPE Receives $200,000 Award from UPS Guidance &'Resources_ s to't ip yake; ifnrr edou m afir n iieCons{jn:l BECONIEA HOPE Corps Be the •ehange you wan tithe world 2 Financial dignity leader Operation HOPE announced today that it has received a $200,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of the UPS in support of Hurricane Sandy financial disaster recovery assistance and youth financial literacy programs Banking on Our Future, Fellows Interns Et Loaned Executives, and HOPE Business -in -A -Box. Read more. Miss the HOPE Forum? Check out our Twitter coverage of the April 16th HOPE Forum featuring U.S. Comptroller Curry. Click here. Visit HOPE Bloq;1 Operation HOPE Emergency Financial Preparedness Are you financially prepared to deal with an emergency in your home? Read more. Facebook Making It in the Real World To this day there are many youth in high school who are unaware of what they are capable of after they graduate. Read more. orward 3 Copyright © 2013 Operation HOPE, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Operation HOPE 707 Wilshire Boulevard, 30th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from OPERATION HOPE You are receiving this email because you are a member of the Operation HOPE Email Digest. up`date`subscribition'preferences 4