SoFi Partners With Kelsea Ballerini And tnAchieves To Invest $2M For Tennessee's Next Gen Students To Achieve Financial Independence

SoFi's Rising Stars Program Provides Post-Secondary Students with Financial Skills and Resources They Need to Succeed: Financial Education, 1:1 Coaching, Grants, and Resources to Start Investing Early

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFI) has teamed up with five-time GRAMMY® Award nominated, multiple ACM and CMA Award winning, multiplatinum songwriter, producer, and author Kelsea Ballerini and tnAchieves, a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to college access and success, to launch the Rising Stars Program. This $2 million initiative is aimed at helping the next generation of Tennessee students achieve financial independence. SoFi will provide tnAchieves with over $500,000 in grants to expand its COMPLETE program. SoFi's contributions will fund students' 1:1 coaching and financial support as they prepare for a high-skill, high-wage career, as well as a specialized financial readiness curriculum for the 60,000 students across their programs. In addition, to help people start investing early, SoFi is offering every Tennessee resident between 18-24 the opportunity to receive a minimum of $5 in stock of their choosing, at no cost, with a chance to receive up to $1,000 in stock – all with no minimum deposit or fees required.