The San Francisco Smart Money Network is a program of the San Francisco Office of Financial Empowerment.

Our commitment to financial education is inseparable from our commitment to financial educators. That’s why we’ve brought together a wealth of resources to help you learn new skills, discover best practices, connect with other practitioners and more.

Want to get involved with the Financial Education Network of San Francisco? Just fill out this form. There are three levels of membership.

Service Provider

Service Providers are non-profit organizations offering Financial Education and Asset Building products and services in San Francisco. Before being featured as a SF-SMN service provider, organizations must fill out a Financial Education Service Provider survey.

Service Provider Benefits Include:

  • A listing for your organization, product and services in the SF-SMN directory.
  • Reports on the number of pre-screened clients referred to you through the SF-SMN Directory
  • Highlighting your organization in the SF-SMN e-Newsletter
  • Promotion of your workshops and events in the SF-SMN monthly calendar
  • Alerts about upcoming financial education and asset-building events and opportunities
  • Access to professional development workshops, technical training and networking opportunities
  • Access to financial education best practices, research and resources
  • Acknowledgement in annual report
  • Access to professional network in the financial education and asset building field

General Members and Sponsors

General Members are Financial Education and Asset Building stakeholders. Unlike Service Providers, members and sponsors aren’t limited to San Francisco. Sponsors can include individuals, organizations, businesses, foundations and government agencies with an interest in the financial education field.

General Member and Sponsor Benefits Include:

  • Alerts for the SF-SMN monthly workshop Calendar
  • Subscription to the SF-SMN e-Newsletter
  • Alerts about upcoming financial education and asset-building events and opportunities
  • Access to professional development workshops, technical training and networking opportunities
  • Access to financial education best practices, research and resources
  • Acknowledgement in annual report

Leadership Committee

The Leadership Committee is the decision-making board for the services and programs of the SF-SMN. It consists of up to 20 leading practitioners and stakeholders in the field of Financial Education. The committee is co-chaired by the OFE and Schwab Foundation, and membership is by invitation only.

Current SF-SMN Leadership Committee

Charles Schwab Foundation (Co-Chair)
San Francisco Treasurer’s Office of Financial Empowerment (Co-chair)
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Juma Ventures
Junior Achievement of Northern California
Mission Asset Fund
Mission Economic Development Agency
Mission SF Community Financial Center:
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
Northeast Community Federal Credit Union
San Francisco Housing Development Corporation
SingleStop SF
United Way of the Bay Area
Women’s Initiative for Self Employment

Funding Partners

Charles Schwab Foundation
US Conference of Mayors
United Way of the Bay Area
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco District Attorneys Office
San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing
San Francisco Treasurer’s Office of Financial Empowerment

If you can’t attend our Professional Development Workshops you can watch the full workshops online. These videos feature the research and insight of some of San Francisco’s top financial Educators. They offer a great opportunity to attend workshops on your own schedule.

Money Mart Settlement Webinar

On July 2012, City Attorney Dennis Herrera launched a three-month statewide outreach effort to refund up to $7.5 million to California consumers who obtained short-term installment loans from Money Mart and Loan Mart. Consumers may be eligible for repayments in amounts ranging from $20 to $1,800. The SF City Attorney’s Office and SF Office of Financial Empowerment hosted a webinar detailing who is eligible to make a claim for repayment and outlining strategies your organization or city can take to help Californians who took out these loans.

The Life Cycle of Debt

Many consumers find themselves trapped in a cycle of debt and don’t know what options exist or what resources they can trust to get back on track. This workshop covers options for individuals with high debt, rights of individuals who find themselves in collections, and how individuals can begin to re-establish their credit after financial set backs.

Bank on San Francisco

Help your clients open a Free or Low Cost Checking Account. Learn more about Bank on San Francisco and the benefits of having a checking account by visiting www.bankonsf.org.

Direct Deposit & CurrenC SF:The Best Way to Get Paid

CurrenC SF is a new initiative dedicated to extending the benefits of direct deposit to every working San Franciscan.

What if one little change could protect your money, free up your time, and clean up the environment? That’s direct deposit: a safer, smarter, easier, and greener way to get paid. If you are getting paid by paper paycheck, you are risking loss, theft, or fraud. With direct deposit, you save money, avoiding check cashers and eliminate monthly checking account fees. Your money is safe, and available immediately on payday – on time, every time.

Tell your employer about our website: www.currencsf.org. We provide everything needed for businesses and nonprofits to understand the benefits of direct deposit and increase their direct deposit enrollment.