Fool Community Foundation

The Fool Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps more Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck move from financial stress to financial freedom.

[Fool Community Foundation @foolfoundation]

Meet our first Fool in the Wild. 🎾💛

Before the U.S. Open, our Executive Director @gkhalaf caught up with Wimbledon mixed doubles champ @semverbeekNL

Sem knows even elite athletes can face real financial stress & backs our mission.

Meet Sem here-
https://t.co/cT35l9BNy4

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Risk doesn’t look the same for everyone.

Time, goals, comfort level, inflation. It all matters.

A quick clip from our FoolFest ’26 breakout session, with plenty more in the full conversation. 👇

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#FoolFest26 #FinancialLiteracy

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88%. 62%. 27%.

Behind every number is a real person trying to make the math work.

Sometimes financial freedom simply means a little breathing room when life gets expensive.

Read more: https://t.co/PLvfUuVWhy

#FinancialFreedom #FoolCommunityFoundation

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The earlier students start learning about investing, the more time gets to work in their favor. 💛

Tara Kelley is helping shape the Freedometer with real classrooms in mind, so investing can feel more practical, understandable, and possible.

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Some financial lessons start early. Others come later. But what if we started sooner?

In our latest #FoolishLeaders spotlight, Board Member Sylvia Sierra explains why early investing education matters for the next generation.

Investing shouldn’t feel out of reach. 💛

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The Freedometer is better because teachers like Travis Towne are helping shape it. 💛

As one of our Founding Teachers, Travis is helping us build something that actually works in real classrooms.

Now we’re looking for more educators to join in.
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[Fool Community Foundation @foolfoundation]

A $2,600 hospital bill became $0 in just one week.

For Mikela, that meant more than a lower balance. It meant breathing room, relief, and one less thing to fear.

Now Mikela shares Dollar For with clients, helping more people find that same support. 💛

https://t.co/Bp71sryhBs

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It’s World Investor Week. 📈

Want to see what time + compounding can actually do?

Play with the numbers, move the sliders, and try a few “what ifs” with the Freedometer.

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#WorldInvestorWeek #Freedometer #FinancialLiteracy

[Fool Community Foundation @foolfoundation]

FoolFest, but make it Foundation. 💜💛

George Khalaf, Sean Milliken, Martine Cruise, and Tee-Era Turner are at FoolFest 2026 talking about helping the next generation build financial freedom.

A little Foolishness. A lot of purpose.

[Fool Community Foundation @foolfoundation]

This World Teachers’ Day, we’re grateful for the teachers helping students feel more confident about money, saving and investing. 🍎💛

The Freedometer was built to make those lessons easier to bring into the classroom.

Explore it: https://t.co/0gD3I5LQtT

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Meet Audrey Robertson, our latest Fool in the Wild. 💛

She supports the Fool Community Foundation because she believes more people deserve the tools and confidence to build a stronger financial future.

Also: Golden Retrievers > all other dogs. 🐾

https://t.co/Aq8hyT1smD

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Some careers are measured in years. The best ones are measured in the difference they make. 💛

For our latest Fool’s Gold, Jeff Haslow reflects on early lessons about money, the Foundation’s impact, and what he’s learned along the way.

Read his story- https://t.co/V4E8IyOitG

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From guitar riffs to golf swings. 🎸⛳

Today, George Khalaf joined Funding the Future at a local high school, while Clam Lorenz and Sean Milliken represented the Fool Community Foundation on the links.

Different settings, same mission: making financial education more accessible

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Danielle’s story is a reminder that when it comes to finance, many people aren’t behind, they just were never taught where to start.

Through @3rdDecadeInc, she found support, guidance, and confidence. Read more: https://t.co/15XmTWGxQK

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Great meeting with our board and team, talking progress, impact and what’s ahead. We also welcomed Joe'Mar Hooper, CEO of @3rdDecadeInc, to share more about their work as an ImpactFool nonprofit. 💛

Follow our Freedometer + ImpactFund and what's next: https://t.co/ldNa7o9VZq

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On World Gratitude Day, we want to recognize the people who make the work of Fool Community Foundation possible.

To our team and our Board of Trustees, thank you for the time, care, energy, and heart you bring to this work. We’re incredibly grateful for each of you. 💛

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Sued for a car she couldn't even drive...

When fraudsters used Ginny’s identity to buy a $21k car, the bank refused to help. After 18 months, @TzedekDC fought back-wiping out the debt and clearing her credit.

Read her story: https://t.co/q4APeWcMqu

[Dollar For @Dollarfor_]

Let's negotiate a medical bill in real time!!

I mention that you can negotiate medical bills a lot & people don’t seem to believe me. I’ll get comments or DMs from folks that don’t think it works so I decided to show it live.

#MedicalBills #NegotiateDebt #Healthcare

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When Sem Verbeek chose to support the Fool Community Foundation, he was thinking of pro tennis players quietly carrying real financial stress.

He’s our first Fool in the Wild. Know someone helping others move toward financial freedom? Nominate them: https://t.co/Aq8hyT1smD

[Tzedek DC @TzedekDC]

Tzedek DC's Eat Well, Do Justice!: Spice It Up Sephardic was also featured in a Hoodline article published today exploring the event's history. The article highlights the event's fundraising for our legal services, financial counseling & policy work. Read more: https://t.co/oaDm4jzbmB

[Dollar For @Dollarfor_]

We already know a lot of hospitals create unnecessary hoops to get financial assistance BUT when the person answering the phone is rude and unhelpful and trying to make me feel like an idiot for asking… WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING!?

Sorry to all the patients that have to go through this. We are trying our best to make it better.

#healthcare #hospitalsbills #patientrights #patientadvocacy