30 Years of HOPE:

 The Corporate Inclusion Initiative, which aims to level the representational playing field of corporate America by placing well-qualified minority candidates on company boards of directors, ensuring that the boardrooms reflect the ethnic and gender makeup of the country.

Publication of “Financial Literacy for All: Disrupting Struggle, Advancing Financial Freedom, and Building a New American Middle Class”

by John Hope Bryant, Founder & CEO of Operation HOPE

The initial HOPE Insider survey received responses from more than 3,500 Operation HOPE clients and provides key insights into American financial sentiment relating to housing, debt, small business ownership, work and general economic optimism, as Americans navigate the complex challenges of the current economic climate.

U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation launches new collaboration with Operation HOPE to incorporate an extension of financial education activity with HOPE’s 1MBB and Small Business Programs.

FICO joins Mastercard, BlackRock, TIME for Kids, Nextdoor, US Bank, Santander, Truist and First Horizon Bank along with FL4A founding members Walmart, Disney, NFL, NBA, Delta Air Lines, Walgreens, Bank of America, Khan Academy and Ares Management as part of this first-of-its-kind coalition. FICO’s involvement complements FL4A’s existing efforts to promote greater financial well-being among American working adults and young people.

HOPE’s Financial Wellness Index, launched in partnership with Experian, utilizes credit data to build a Community Credit Score Index.
The Index highlights high- and low-credit score zip codes in the same city by showcasing discrepancies in earnings, social mobility, housing, education and longevity.

Operation HOPE announced its Investors’ Bill of Rights to address the greater need for individual investor protections. The Investors’ Bill of Rights was created by Operation HOPE’s Chairman and CEO, John Hope Bryant, with input from a variety of organizations and leaders in the US financial markets.

U.S. Treasury hosts Freedman’s Bank Forum with Secretary Mnuchin with Operation HOPE

John Hope Bryant and Operation HOPE receive Key to the City from Mayor of Columbus, Ga and Congressional Recognition at keynote for Columbus Urban League.

August 2017 – Publication of “The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation”

On the recommendation of John Bryant and Operation HOPE, Secretary Lew publicly renamed the Treasury Annex Building, The Freedman’s Bank Building, in honor of the site where the Freedman’s Saving Bank once stood.

U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. National Archives, and Operation HOPE host the first Freedman’s Bank Legacy Forum commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Freedman’s Bank

Publication of “How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class”

Operation HOPE has 25 HOPE Inside locations

Bryant’s work in financial literacy was recognized by the Emirates Foundation in the United Arab Emirates. The new Esref Sah (Spend Wisely) Personal Finance curriculum, which features Bryant’s personal life story, likeness and image, is a UAE wide partnership between the Emirates Foundation and Operation HOPE that seeks to boost youth financial literacy skills and confidence, as well as encouraging personal financial dignity through role modeling.

Operation HOPE has been a “financial education best practice” on behalf of the USA highlighted in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Global Money Week 10 Years Of Celebrations since 2013.

Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) and Wikipedia Founder and Wikia Co-Founder Jimmy Wale, partner with Operation HOPE to launch the first international financial literacy empowerment tool, the Wikia-Operation HOPE Global Money Initiative (Global Money).

Publication of Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-based World.

U.S. Small Business Administration launches the Office Of Entrepreneurship Education. Operation HOPE becomes a national alliance partner.

U.S. Small Business Administration National Small Business Week recognized Operation HOPE and John Bryant for superior financial inclusion work.

The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (NMCF) partners with Operation HOPE to provide financial literacy programming in South Africa.

Chairman Bryant and Ambassador Andrew Young host the HOPE Bankers’ Bus Tour of the Los Angeles riots, attended by more than 500 leaders from government, community and the private sector.

Operation HOPE signs memorandum with American Red Cross to vertically integrate HOPE Coalition America’s emergency disaster preparedness, response and recovery work with ARC’s critical response work.

Project Restore HOPE/Gulf Coast Recovery, to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina was announced.

Operation HOPE’s founder and CEO served as a featured speaker on behalf of Operation HOPE, Inc. for the first ever-national conference of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community-Based Initiatives, on two separate panels, namely “Community Development Successful Partnerships” and the “Foundations and Corporations Forum.”

The Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK), now an official federal government document (FEMA document #532) was created and became available to all Americans, at no cost.

Operation HOPE Founder and CEO John Hope Bryant was selected by Oprah Winfrey and the Oprah’s Angel Foundation to receive the Use Your Life Award, along with a $100,000 gift, donated to the work of Operation HOPE, presented on the Oprah Winfrey Show.