FirstRoot has built the world’s first platform for Participatory Budgeting in Schools.

FirstRoot is a Benefit Corp that supports schools using Participatory Budgeting (PB for short), a democratic process in which students are given real money to collaboratively invest in their school.

Endorsed by the United Nations, Participatory Budgeting is used by thousands of schools around the world to teach financial literacy, civics, and design thinking.

Luke Hohmann is the CEO of FirstRoot Inc., He is on a crusade to to create the next generation of impact investors. FirstRoot has built the world’s first solution for PB in schools! Our platform and integrated curriculum makes implementing PB easy and cost-effective.

Luke Hohmann's amazing goal is to get $1K into 1M schools globally and watch what happens when youth control $1B in capital.

FirstRoot has a unique go-to-market strategy that supports all stakeholders as youth use participatory budgeting to invest real money in their schools. Youth learn the 5 C's of modern education: creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and civics as they experience true agency and stewardship over their futures, learning through their own experiences how money really works.

Here in the FINfluential, we are excited to have a chat with Luke Hohmann to deep dive into his story on how FirstRoot came into being and their future plans to help raise the next generation of investors. The idea of putting money into the hands of the students through the unique and well recognized Participatory Budgeting program is quite novel and exciting.

Personally, I was jealous that i didn't have this fantastic program to help me understand money better, but I'm grateful to learn and excited for the future of FirstRoot and their ambitious goal to make a global impact in building financial literacy and civics in ALL SCHOOLS,CLUBS,DISTRICTS and FAMILIES.

To learn more, check out - https://firstroot.co/

and to connect on LinkedIn with Luke Hohmann, Feel free to reach out to him -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukehohmann/