Articles from Operation HOPE, Inc.

Operation HOPE, Inc., the nation’s leading nonprofit committed to financial dignity and economic inclusion, today released findings from its latest HOPE Insider report, an ongoing nationwide survey capturing the financial realities and attitudes of Americans, particularly those from underserved communities. The second quarter 2025 results paint a picture of a financially anxious yet determined public, highlighting both deep concern over macroeconomic trends and a growing commitment to personal financial resilience.

The first-ever AI Literacy Pipeline to Prosperity Project (AILP³) summer camp successfully wrapped last week, marking a major milestone in a new effort to bridge the digital and economic divide for underserved youth and laying the foundation for future national expansion.

Operation HOPE and The City of Memphis’s historic virtual town hall and working session on April 4, 2025, the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, brought together 100 of the nation’s most influential leaders from various sectors to chart a bold path for a new economic business plan aimed at advancing opportunity and prosperity for all Americans. Held at the National Civil Rights Museum at the former Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the convening - titled “Where Do We Go from Here? The Future of Inclusive Economics – and a Business Plan for America”- was broadcast globally, with over 7,000 participants and has been viewed by more than 25,000 people through streaming partners iHeart’s The Breakfast Club and Roland Martin.

Operation HOPE and The City of Memphis announced today the latest speaker line-up for their historic virtual town hall and working session taking place on April 4, 2025, the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. The event, titled “Where Do We Go from Here? The Future of Inclusive Economics – and a New Business Plan for America,” will bring together 100 of the nation’s most influential leaders from various sectors, including business, finance, technology, policy, faith, civil society, entertainment and community development to discuss economic empowerment, wealth creation and expanding opportunities for all Americans.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, released the 2024 Annual Report of its comprehensive nationwide client survey - The HOPE Insider - commemorating the first full year since the quarterly survey was launched in November 2023. With the newest data from the fourth quarter of 2024, The HOPE Insider’s Annual Report offers for the first time a whole-year snapshot of how thousands of Operation HOPE clients view their overall personal financial wellbeing, the state of the economy and the impact of housing and business trends.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced today that Major League Baseball has joined Financial Literacy for All (FL4A), a coalition of more than 50 leading business organizations that have committed to embedding financial literacy into the nation’s schools, workplaces, communities and culture.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced today that it has launched its financial recovery and relief effort to provide immediate assistance to individuals, small businesses, and communities impacted by the recent devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced today that it has exceeded its goal to secure $100 million in commitments - both in cash and in-kind - from its corporate members and partners to help drive its mission to bring financial literacy and empowerment to all. These commitments were made during the Annual HOPE Global Forums last week in Atlanta.

Operation HOPE and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University announced today the formation of the AI Literacy Pipeline to Prosperity Project (“AILP3”), a new initiative that aims to provide underserved populations with the necessary tools to meaningfully participate in an economy impacted by artificial intelligence (AI) – an increasingly significant driver of global innovation and job creation. AILP3 has partnered with a dynamic constellation of forward-thinking corporate, academic, technology, community, and government players, including members of the AI Ethics Council, to develop and support a range of programming for Georgia’s youth, from kindergarteners to college students, including:

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low-and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced today that it has launched HOPE Scholarships, a new way for Operation HOPE’s clients to access HOPE’s award-winning, no-cost financial coaching and educational resources and for partners, members and donors to support HOPE’s services to underserved communities.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from Visa Foundation to support the organization’s growth and innovation efforts to offer expanded services to its increasing client base. The grant will support Operation HOPE’s financial coaching services that assist women-owned business initiatives and Visa Foundation’s membership in The 1865 Project, an initiative that partners with both individuals and leading corporations to help level the economic playing field for underserved Americans.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced today that City National Entertainment CEO Kelly Coffey has joined its Global Board of Advisors.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, today announced the third quarter 2024 results of The HOPE Insider, a comprehensive nationwide client survey. This quarter’s survey showed that respondents are more hopeful than last quarter about the affordability of homeownership and are overall hopeful that their financial well-being will increase over the next year.

The AI Ethics Council, founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Operation HOPE CEO John Hope Bryant, announced today that Reid Hoffman (Co-Founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI and Partner at Greylock) and Van Jones (CNN commentator, Dream Machine Founder and New York Times best-selling author) have joined as a members. Formed in December 2023, the Council brings together an interdisciplinary body of diverse experts including civil rights activists, HBCU presidents, technology and business leaders, clergy, government officials and ethicists to collaborate and set guidelines on ways to ensure that traditionally underrepresented communities have a voice in the evolution of artificial intelligence and to help frame the human and ethical considerations around the technology. Ultimately, the Council also seeks to help determine how AI can be harnessed to create vast economic opportunities, especially for the underserved.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, today announced the second quarter 2024 results of The HOPE Insider, a comprehensive nationwide client survey. This quarter’s survey revealed for the first time that the top financial concern for respondents is the cost of everyday goods, reflecting the impact of inflation pressures. Other key findings show increases in personal debt, uncertainty about the broader economy, and decreases in summer vacation spending. In addition, the survey continues to show positive sentiment on respondents’ personal financial outlooks and decreases in housing concerns.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, is pleased to announce that The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC) has joined as an elite Founder’s Circle Member. Its $1 million commitment supports the growth and scale of Operation HOPE’s mission to drive financial inclusion and economic equity across America.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced that its Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Hope Bryant revealed yesterday the details of his Business Plan for America: A Case for the Big Tent at the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, today announced the first-quarter 2024 results of The HOPE Insider, a comprehensive nationwide client survey, revealing that despite increasing concern about the economy since the end of last year, Operation HOPE clients that receive financial literacy and support services remain optimistic about their personal financial well-being.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low-and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced today that its Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Hope Bryant has been recognized by TIME Magazine in its latest cover story on “The Closers” – a list of 18 Black leaders working to close the racial wealth gap. The list was published on February 1, 2024 to kick off Black History Month and was featured on the February 12th cover of the iconic publication.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low-and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, announced its top-line results for 2023. Operation HOPE continued its impressive streak of growth by expanding its national footprint of HOPE Inside locations, growing its portfolio of top-tier partner organizations, and serving a record number of clients. Operation HOPE uses its HOPE Inside locations to deliver no-charge financial coaching to individuals in the community or at work.

On stage yesterday afternoon at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Hope Global Forums in Atlanta, GA, Operation HOPE’s John Hope Bryant and Open AI’s Sam Altman announced the formation of a first-of-its-kind Council on Artificial Intelligence powered by Operation HOPE.

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Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, today announced the results of The HOPE Insider, its most comprehensive nationwide client survey to date, revealing that despite significant concerns about the state of the economy, Operation HOPE clients have a high level of optimism about their personal financial well-being going into 2024.

Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low-and moderate-income Americans thrive in an ever-changing economy, congratulates Jeffrey Schmid, a long-time Board Member of Operation HOPE, on his appointment as the tenth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Mr. Schmid will remain a member of the Operation HOPE Governing Board of Directors.

Operation HOPE, Inc., the nation’s largest non-profit dedicated to financial empowerment for underserved communities, today announced that its Chairman, Founder and CEO John Hope Bryant joined Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday to celebrate its newly redesigned Stone Mountain Memorial bank branch in Georgia featuring the milestone 200th HOPE Inside location.

Operation HOPE, Inc., the nation’s largest non-profit dedicated to financial empowerment for underserved communities, today announced that it has launched the HOPE Community Credit Score Index, a first-of-its-kind tool that measures average credit scores neighborhood-by-neighborhood across the U.S. Revealed for the first time today on CNBC’s Squawk Box by Operation HOPE Chairman, Founder and CEO John Hope Bryant, the HOPE Community Credit Score Index works by overlaying resident credit scores with other critical data on education, homeownership, income, life expectancy, and crime to identify the neighborhoods most in need and use these data to help inform policy, program and service offerings, and provide residents a greater understanding of their specific community’s financial health.

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Operation HOPE, the nation’s largest nonprofit dedicated to improving financial literacy, today announced that it has received a $2.5 million donation from its Founder, Chairman and CEO, John Hope Bryant. The donation was made in support of the immense progress the organization has made – particularly during the pandemic - in promoting financial literacy and wellbeing and to help ensure the resiliency of the organization’s workforce when they face personal or healthcare challenges.