St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, October 22nd / PRNewswire / -- Marketplace, under the umbrella of American Public Media, has received a grant from the NASDAQ Foundation's Economic Opportunities Funding Program to expand content related to financial literacy. Marketplace is the most widely listened to and watched business and economic news program in the United States across radio, television, commercial, and public broadcasting sectors.
This funding will support the financial literacy project of Marketplace, helping it to advance its mission of enhancing economic awareness. The economic opportunity funding will be used to package some of the strongest reporting and learning content from Marketplace into a digitally accessible center. The project will expand resources suitable for classroom use through educational partners and attract an audience in communities and online, especially on social media, thereby lowering the barriers to accessing financial literacy tools.
The plan is centered around the four-tiered, mature financial literacy podcast Marketplace.Million BazillionMandatory requirements:Financially InclinedMandatory requirements:This Is Uncomfortable and Must Be the MoneyTogether, these programs help listeners at different stages of life understand how finance, business, and the economy function – knowledge that can accompany them throughout their lives.
Vice President and General Manager Neal Scarbrough stated: "Financial literacy is at the core of our mission to enhance the economic awareness across the country. With the support of the NASDAQ Foundation, Marketplace can accelerate efforts to deepen, improve discoverability, and expand the reach of these initiatives, providing Americans with tools to help them build a more stable financial future at every stage of their lives."
The chairman of the NASDAQ Foundation and the current person in charge of Nasdaq affairs, Jailan Griffiths, stated: "Financial literacy is the foundation of economic opportunities. Through our Economic Opportunities Funding Program, the NASDAQ Foundation is committed to spreading financial knowledge and providing tools to communities with limited resources, enabling them to share in the wealth created by the market. Marketplace's mission to enhance economic awareness across the country aligns closely with this goal, and we are proud to support them in enabling more Americans to access credible and accessible financial education."
For more information about the economic opportunity funding programs of the NASDAQ Foundation, please visit www.nasdaq.com / nasdaq-foundation. To view all the programs of Marketplace, please visit marketplace.org.
About Marketplace
Marketplace ®'s mission is to enhance economic awareness across the country. Its core programs – Marketplace ®, Marketplace Morning Report ®, and Marketplace Tech ® – are currently broadcast on over 800 public radio stations throughout the United States, reaching more than 10 million listeners each week. The Marketplace podcasts, including This Is Uncomfortable and Million Bazillion, can be found on marketplace.org or in your favorite podcast apps. The programs under Marketplace are produced and distributed by American Public Media ® ( APM ), which is one of the largest public radio program production and distribution organizations in the world. For more information about Marketplace, please visit marketplace.org or follow us on Facebook.
About the NASDAQ Foundation
The NASDAQ Foundation is committed to supporting underserved communities by reimagining the way investors can participate and providing them with the financial knowledge needed to create wealth in the market. Through strategic partnerships and funding, the foundation supports innovative solutions that empower these communities and promote long-term economic resilience.
