Partnerships are one way Savings Collaborative scales its mission. They allow us to bring our full model into the places where people already study, live, work, receive support, and make financial decisions — without losing the human trust at the center of the work.
We serve people directly, and we also bring our coaching, savings tools, education, and emergency support into programs people already trust. This extends our model without asking families to find a new doorway on their own.
In regional initiatives, local governments, foundations, and community institutions build durable buy-in around financial resilience. Savings Collaborative contributes the model, coaching, and relationships that turn that coalition into direct support for residents.
When someone needs housing, legal, tax, debt, or other support beyond our core model, we coordinate with trusted specialists while staying present in the client's financial journey. Specialists also bring people to us when coaching, savings, or emergency support is what the moment calls for.
Universities, housing systems, public agencies, and other large institutions can build our tools, coaching, and learning experiences into the way they already serve their people. The institution extends what it can offer, and people meet Savings Collaborative through a trusted system.
Across every model, the goal is the same: help people move from one-time support to durable financial resilience and generational wealth.
If your work touches one of these moments, we'd like to talk. Contact us →
A few examples of how partnerships extend Savings Collaborative's model while keeping people, trust, and financial resilience at the center.
Institutional integration
With Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Building financial resilience across the student journey — from pre-college through early alumni life — through a national HBCU network reaching 55 institutions and 300,000+ students.
Read more →Regional coalition
With Pitkin, Garfield, and Eagle Counties, Aspen Community Foundation, and regional partners
Free, bilingual financial coaching for residents of three Colorado counties — building regional constituency around the first rural Financial Empowerment Center model in the U.S.
Read more →Ecosystem enabler
Co-funder and implementation partner
Expanding access to Savings Collaborative's full model — savings, coaching, education, and emergency support — for Hispanic/Latino and immigrant families in Metro Denver.
Trusted program extension
With Gift Card Bank, Maricopa County, AZ
Monthly financial coaching for student parents at Maricopa County community colleges, connecting cash-transfer moments to durable financial behavior.
Specialist network
Debt management partner
Structured debt management for clients who need it, coordinated through Savings Collaborative so specialized support remains part of the client's larger financial journey.
Other funders, public partners, community organizations, and institutions help extend Savings Collaborative's model into the places people already trust.
Get in touch →Funders, community partners, public systems, and institutional supporters helping Savings Collaborative extend financial resilience work across communities and systems.
…and the many individual donors and community members whose generosity helps sustain this work.
University, housing authority, public agency, or guaranteed income program — if you're exploring how Savings Collaborative's model could help the people you already serve, let's talk.
Reach out →Nonprofits, service providers, and community organizations in housing, legal, tax, debt, or related areas — we'd like to know how your expertise could support a client's broader financial journey.
Explore a partnership →Journalists, academics, and policy researchers studying our model, methodology, or impact — our team is available for conversation.
Contact our team →Engagements take three forms — grants, fee-for-service contracts, and long-term institutional integrations. We choose the structure that best advances financial resilience for the people and communities involved.