Background

Rod Griffin and the team from Experian accept Jump$tart’s first Innovation Award in 2016.

First presented in 2016 as a special recognition of Experian’s innovative approach to using social media as a consumer education tool, the award was institutionalized in 2017 as the Innovation Award. Generally not given for a single program, the award recognizes organizations with innovative and exciting new ideas in financial education.

2020 Winner

Stay tuned for the announcement of the 2020 winner.

Past Winners

Selection and Presentation

Recipients of the Financial Literacy Innovation Award and other Jump$tart honors are selected by a committee of national Jump$tart Coalition Board Members.  Awards are presented at the coalition’s Annual Awards Dinner, the pinnacle event of FinFest, Jump$tart’s annual Financial Literacy Month celebration each April.