30 Years of HOPE:

U.S. Small Business Administration revises and renews strategic alliance with HOPE to include 1MBB programing for small businesses

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.

Operation HOPE announced that Robinhood Markets is the first company to sign onto its Investors’ Bill of Rights.

“Third Reconstruction: A 3-Point plan to make Financial Literacy the Civil Issue of this Generation” published in the Milken Review.

Twitter agrees to invest $100 million in lenders promoting racial equality by reinvesting interest it earns from loans into Operation HOPE.

Publication of “Up From Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed”

Established the HOPE Global Advisory Board with preeminent corporate and social leaders.

HOPE’s 100th location opened in Baltimore, Maryland, in partnership with The Columbia Bank to deliver Operation HOPE’s core programming to residents of Baltimore and communities in the surrounding area.

American Banker Magazine names Chairman Bryant 2016 “Innovator of the Year” for developing the HOPE Inside model that promotes financial inclusion and generates business for banks.

U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and Operation HOPE signed a MOU designed to provide U.S. minority business enterprises (MBEs) with greater opportunities to access technical and financial resources.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Operation HOPE Sign a Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Financial Education.

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Operation HOPE signed a Strategic Alliance Memorandum to encourage entrepreneurship and economic empowerment for small business owners.

President Obama creates the President’s Advisory Council For Financial Capability For Young Americans. John Bryant serves as a founding member.

President Barack Obama appoints John Bryant the chairman of the new Subcommittee on the Underserved and Community Empowerment for the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability.

U.S. Education Department White House Initiative On HBCUs creates MOU with Operation HOPE around financial education for HBCU collegiate students.

U.S. Peace Corps forms partnership with Operation HOPE to empower South African Youth and Women to develop their own financial future.

U.S. President George W. Bush announces the President’s Council on Financial Literacy and appoints John Hope Bryant as Vice Chair.

At the request of Chairman Bryant and Operation HOPE, U.S. President George W. Bush, Treasury Secretary Paulson, Education Secretary Spellings, HUD Secretary Jackson, U.S. Treasurer Cabral and 6 financial literacy experts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for a first-ever Presidential meeting on financial literacy in America.

Operation HOPE becomes a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

A provisional change in the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) law, at the request of Chairman Bryant and Operation HOPE, allowing and authorizing “credit for emergency disaster financial counseling” under CRA for thrifts (OTS approved) and state and federally chartered banks (OCC and FDIC approved), for all victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, irrespective of income or location throughout the nation.

President Bush’s USA Freedom Corps announces partnership with Operation HOPE Citizen Corps and Volunteers For Prosperity with a focus on a Financial Literacy corps.  

U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Operation HOPE initiate a new financial advisory service to enhance the recovery process for those affected by natural disasters and national emergencies.

Operation HOPE and U.S. Veteran Affairs signs MOU around financial education for veterans.

A partnership between Operation HOPE and former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton to educate every child in Harlem, New York in economic literacy was announced.

In response to 9/11, HOPE Coalition America (HCA) was established as America’s “economic Red Cross.”

The first in a national network of inner-city banking centers, called Operation HOPE Vision Centers, serving low-wealth communities was founded.

John Hope Bryant founded Operation HOPE immediately following the worst urban riot and civil unrest in U.S. history, the Rodney King Riots of April 29th, 1992.