Fastweb,
the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information owned
by Monster
Worldwide, Inc, was named 2012 Organization of the Year by the
Institute for Financial Literacy on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The
Institute for Financial Literacy announced the winners of the 2012
Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Awards during a
ceremony at the Annual Conference on Financial Education.
The EIFLE Awards recognize the innovation, dedication and commitment of
individuals and organizations that support financial literacy education
worldwide. Fastweb won the award for creating the first free online
scholarship matching service, for helping more than 50 million students
and parents understand how to pay for college and for developing novel
insights, rules of thumb and tools that are used by many financial
literacy organizations and educators.
“This year’s EIFLE Award winners have distinguished themselves from
their peers with the depth and breadth of their accomplishments in
promoting effective financial literacy education in the communities they
serve,” said Leslie E. Linfield, Executive Director and Founder of the
Institute for Financial Literacy. “They are a shining example for those
whose quest it is to make financial literacy education available to all
segments of society.”
In addition to Fastweb, other winners of 2012 EIFLE Awards include AARP
Social Security Benefits Calculator, Applicant
Background Investigation Drill (ABID), Cash
Flow Navigator, Cha-Ching:
Money Smart Kids, Consolidated
Credit Counseling Services, Inc., Don’t
Be Jack, Financial
Fitness for Life, Fostering
Hope: Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Future Money
Habitudes: How to be Rich in Life and Love, MoneyIsland
and Real
Money Talk for Women. Mike McHugh of the Real
Sense Prosperity Campaign (United Way of Northeast Florida) was
named educator of the year.
Six authors won book awards:
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Alisa T. Weinstein for Earn
It, Learn It: Teach Your Child the Value of Money, Work, and Time Well
Spent
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Jim Randel for Street
Smarts: Beyond the Diploma
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Robin Y. Yang for Enchanted
Collar, Series 1-5
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Jennifer S.