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Fin4WCC

Financial literacy programs designed around how community college students actually live, work, and manage money

Financial literacy programs designed around how community college students actually live, work, and manage money

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About

Money is emotional. We treat it that way.

Money is emotional. We treat it that way.

Money is emotional. We treat it that way.

Most financial literacy programs tell you what to do. Fin4CC starts by understanding how you think about money — because your background, your stress, and your relationship with money matter before any tool or habit ever will. We design programs for community college students specifically, because your financial reality is different and you deserve resources built for it.

Our Work

How Fin4CC Works

01

Research

We survey community college students to understand how they actually think about and manage money.

02

Workshops

We design workshops around what students actually need — practical, action-oriented, and immediately applicable.

03

Scale

We build a replicable model that can expand from WCC to community colleges across Michigan and beyond.

The people behind Fin4CC

Team

Joseph Yup

Co-Founder

WCC student and former Investment Club President. Leads operations, research, survey design, and workshop strategy at Fin4CC.

Chase Dewey

Co-Founder

WCC alumnus now at Ross School of Business. Former VP of the WCC Investment Club. Leads outreach and community partnerships at Fin4CC.

Plans for the Year

What we're building this year

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Survey Rollout

Survey Rollout

Distributing our financial literacy survey across WCC to collect 50–100 student responses and build our first round of student personas.

Distributing our financial literacy survey across WCC to collect 50–100 student responses and build our first round of student personas.

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Workshop Pilot

Workshop Pilot

Designing and delivering one actionable financial literacy workshop at WCC based on survey insights, followed by a post-workshop survey to measure impact.

Designing and delivering one actionable financial literacy workshop at WCC based on survey insights, followed by a post-workshop survey to measure impact.

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Research Report

Research Report

Compiling survey and workshop data into a formal report to share with stakeholders, pursue funding, and strengthen partnerships with optiMize and key allies.

Compiling survey and workshop data into a formal report to share with stakeholders, pursue funding, and strengthen partnerships with optiMize and key allies.

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Scale and Iterate

Scale and Iterate

Expanding surveys and workshops across additional Michigan community colleges, refining our model based on post-workshop feedback and new data.

Expanding surveys and workshops across additional Michigan community colleges, refining our model based on post-workshop feedback and new data.

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Help us build something that actually works

Help us build something that actually works

Take our 5-minute survey and help Fin4CC design financial programs built around students like you. Drop your email to hear about upcoming workshops.

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