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SoFi Partners With Kelsea Ballerini and tnAchieves to Invest $2 Million for Tennessee's Next Generation to Achieve Their Ambitions
SoFi’s Rising Stars Program Provides Post-Secondary Students with Financial Skills and Resources They Need to Succeed: Financial Education, 1:1 Coaching,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nSoFi’s Rising Stars Program Provides Post-Secondary Students with Financial Skills and Resources They Need to Succeed: Financial Education, 1:1 Coaching, Grants, and Resources to Start Investing Early\n\n SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI) has teamed up with five-time GRAMMY® Award nominated, multiple ACM and CMA Award winning, multiplatinum songwriter, producer, and author Kelsea Ballerini and tnAchieves, a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to college access and success, to launch the Rising Stars Program. This $2 million initiative is aimed at helping the next generation of Tennessee students achieve financial independence. SoFi will provide tnAchieves with over $500,000 in grants to expand its COMPLETE program. SoFi’s contributions will fund students’ 1:1 coaching and financial support as they prepare for a high-skill, high-wage career, as well as a specialized financial readiness curriculum for the 60,000 students across their programs. In addition, to help people start investing early, SoFi is offering every Tennessee resident between 18-24 the opportunity to receive a minimum of $5 in stock of their choosing, at no cost, with a chance to receive up to $1,000 in stock – all with no minimum deposit or fees required.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250516502271/en/Kelsea Ballerini - Rising Stars Program\n\"It has taken me years of hard work to reach my ambitions, and I’ve been lucky to have the support of so many people along the way,\" said Kelsea Ballerini. \"I'm incredibly proud to be working with SoFi to give students in Tennessee the financial tools and education they need to succeed. Investing even small amounts of money in your 20s will go further than larger amounts invested later in life. Building true financial independence starts by investing in your future early…in all the ways!”\n\nThe Rising Stars Program will enable tnAchieves’s COMPLETE to expand its support for students across Tennessee to help them meet college enrollment requirements and successfully earn a college credential, from 1:1 coaching to financial assistance for food, housing, laptops, textbooks, and emergency funds. SoFi will also equip all tnAchieves students with a financial planning curriculum covering topics like budge...