Who We Are
Penny Forward is a community of blind people building bright futures one penny at a time.
Our Mission
Penny Forward’s mission is to help blind people confidently navigate the complicated landscape of personal finance through education, mentoring, and mutual support.
Our Vision
Penny Forward envisions a world where blind people have the resources to confidently weather hard times, take advantage of rare opportunities, and more powerfully support causes they deeply care about. We’re working toward this by:
- Developing accessible and affordable 1X1 and group financial education programs for children and adults
- Building a network of community members who help each other build the knowledge and resources to enable their success
- Collaborating with other blindness organizations to educate, motivate, and elevate the blind community
Recent Blog Posts
Penny Forward Podcast S2022E8 Where No Blind Actor Has Gone Before PT I (5/3/2022) - This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak…- Penny Forward Announces Amazon Gift Card Winners (5/1/2022) - In celebration of Financial Literacy Month, Members who signed up to join Penny Forward’s innovative online community in April were entered into drawings to win…
- Credit disputes: getting a clear statement of results from your furnisher (5/25/2022) - This content was originally published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We selectively syndicate content from them when we feel it may help you to…
- Explainer: What is nonbank supervision? (5/24/2022) - This content was originally published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We selectively syndicate content from them when we feel it may help you to…
- FFELP student loan borrowers: take full advantage of fixes to Income-Driven Repayment (5/24/2022) - This content was originally published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We selectively syndicate content from them when we feel it may help you to…
- FFELP student loan borrowers: take full advantage of fixes to Income-Driven Repayment (5/24/2022) - This content was originally published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We selectively syndicate content from them when we feel it may help you to…
- CFPB tells credit card CEOs: Practice of suppressing payment data has potential for consumer harm (5/24/2022) - This content was originally published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We selectively syndicate content from them when we feel it may help you to…
- Members Only Group Chat for 05/18/2022 (5/18/2022) - This was the third call focusing on the SMART (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-driven) framework for defining and achieving our financial goals. This we focused……
- Penny Forward Transcript S2022E9 Where No Blind Actor Has Gone Before Pt II (5/17/2022) - Bruce: May fifth, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is launching. And that will be premiering on Paramount Plus, and I play the character of Hemmer.…
- Penny Forward Podcast S2022E9 Where No Blind Actor Has Gone Before PT II (5/17/2022) - This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak…
- Disaster resources to help taxpayers weather summer storms (5/16/2022) - The arrival of summer also means the start of hurricane season. One way taxpayers can prepare for any type of natural disaster is by knowing…
- CFPB launches new system to promote consistent enforcement of consumer financial protections (5/15/2022) - This content was originally published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We selectively syndicate content from them when we feel it may help you to…