About
What is OpenField Finance?
A free financial literacy curriculum built for the money decisions students actually face.
What we do
OpenField Finance is a financial education platform for beginners. The curriculum starts with the absolute foundations — what money is, needs vs. wants, budgeting, tracking — and builds up through paychecks, bank accounts, debit cards, saving systems, goal setting, side hustles, generosity, and money mindset.
Every lesson is written in plain language, uses realistic teen examples, and ends with an assessment and a real-world challenge you can complete the same week.
Who it serves
- High school students learning money basics for the first time
- Student athletes navigating gear costs, team spending, and NIL income
- Teens with first jobs decoding pay stubs, deductions, and take-home pay
- Beginner savers building their first emergency fund and savings habits
- Beginner investors getting the foundations right before investing
What students learn
- How money, banking, and paychecks actually work
- How to build and track a realistic budget with the 50/30/20 rule
- How to save automatically with the pay-yourself-first rule
- How to set SMART financial goals and avoid the 10 most common teen money mistakes
- How to earn more through side hustles — and handle the taxes that come with them
- How to give intentionally and keep money stress from driving decisions
Our mission
Every student deserves to understand money before money mistakes get expensive. We make practical financial education free, clear, and genuinely useful.