School & Organizational Partnerships
Growing Wise Minds
Wise by Design. Capable for Life.™
Program Overview
Behavioral Financial Formation
Most financial literacy programs teach children about money.
Growing Wise Minds forms who they are in relationship to it.
Growing Wise Minds forms who they are in relationship to it.
That distinction is the whole mission — and it changes what outcomes are possible.
The Core Distinction
Formation over Information
Information alone does not change behavior. We've seen what happens when children receive financial knowledge without identity formation — they can pass a quiz and still make fear-driven, reactive decisions with money for the rest of their lives.
What changes behavior is identity, practice, and repetition over time. That is what the W.I.S.E. Method builds.
What changes behavior is identity, practice, and repetition over time. That is what the W.I.S.E. Method builds.
"Growing Wise Minds exists to form the next generation of capable stewards — children and families who don't just understand money, but know who they are in relationship to it."
The W.I.S.E. Method™
A behavioral formation framework built across four integrated pillars — not a curriculum. A system.
W
Willingness
Opening the learner to examine their relationship with money without fear or shame
I
Intentionality
Building the discipline to make purposeful decisions rather than reactive ones
S
Stewardship
Forming money management as a character trait — not a skill set to memorize
E
Excellence
Establishing the standard that capable stewards hold themselves to over time
Who We Serve
Private & Independent Schools
Community Organizations
Faith Institutions
Youth Programs & Clubs
Families
Charter Schools
What GWM Delivers
A complete behavioral formation experience — workshops, hands-on materials, the Money Mindset Mastery Kit, and pre/post behavioral assessment — designed to produce measurable shifts in identity, vocabulary, and financial intent.
What We Measure
Financial Vocabulary Awareness — students can name, define, and apply key formation concepts
Money Mindset & Identity — shifts in how students see themselves in relationship to money
Behavioral Intent — documented changes in saving, spending, and giving orientation
Perceived Control — students' belief that they have agency over their financial future
Partnership Structures
Single Workshop
Entry-level experience
Multi-Week Program
Full formation sequence
Founding Partner
Ongoing embedded partnership
Pilot Results — Completed
60+
students across 3 grade levels (8th–10th)
3
week formation sequence; multi-session delivery
Pre/post behavioral surveys measuring vocabulary awareness, mindset shift, behavioral intent, and perceived financial control — with parallel student and parent instruments.