At ING, we believe that empowering individuals to better understand and take control of their finances is an essential first step toward building a secure and rewarding future.

We help people become financially independent by increasing their knowledge of and comfort with financial matters – especially underserved groups such as minorities and youth.

Our charitable efforts focus on encouraging better savings and investing habits early, with a special emphasis on key life changes, which can have a devastating impact on a family’s financial security.

Promoting financial literacy is a natural, logical way for us to share our expertise and align our outreach activities with our core business interests and skills. In the process, we help build stronger communities.

One of ING’s national financial literacy partners, Operation Hope, works to replace financial illiteracy with something more powerful than money: knowledge. Among its many projects, Operation Hope conducts tours with business leaders to visit inner city schools and educate students about the importance of money management.

Junior Achievement is a group of volunteers, educators, parents, and other contributors who seek to educate and inspire young people, grades K-12, to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives. ING has partnered with Junior Achievement on a national level to help teach kids the basics of saving and investing.