Junior Achievement of Central Florida

What Junior Achievement of Central Florida does

Junior Achievement of Central Florida is a regional 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization affiliated with Junior Achievement USA, delivering financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship education to K-12 students across Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia counties in Central Florida. Founded in 1965 and headquartered at 2121 Camden Road in Orlando, the organization reached 57,709 students through 607 classes at 123 schools with 685 volunteers in the 2024-2025 academic year, delivering 658,447 contact hours. Programming is offered free of charge to students and is delivered through partnerships with four public school districts, corporate volunteer networks, and community events such as JA Inspire (serving up to 15,000 students per event).

The organization's core product suite spans experiential simulations, immersive facilities, and classroom curricula. Flagship offerings include JA Finance Park (entry-level and virtual variants), JA BizTown (a simulated city), JA Titan (a business simulation), JA Be Entrepreneurial, JA Company Program (established 1919), and the 3DE high school model. Technology infrastructure includes the JA Learning Platform built on D2L (Brightspace), enabling blended and virtual delivery, alongside a planned JA Eisner Family Dreamers Center at Lake Nona scheduled to open in 2027 as a cutting-edge experiential learning facility. Notable funding partners include MacKenzie Scott ($38.8M gift to JA USA), Chick-fil-A Foundation ($1.2M), KPMG Foundation ($1.75M), Accenture ($1.1M), The Hartford ($1.5M), Janus Henderson Foundation ($1,585,000), and DeVos Family Foundation.

The business model is donation-driven rather than transactional. Revenue is derived from corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, individual donations, and signature fundraising events such as the 49th Annual Hall of Fame (November 2026). Programs carry no fees for students, schools, or educators. The organization is governed by a local board of directors while operating under JA USA brand and curriculum licensing, functioning more as a franchise-affiliated chapter than a corporate subsidiary. Katie Brown serves as Vice President of Education.

Name

Junior Achievement of Central Florida

Legal name

Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc.

Website

https://centralflorida.ja.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Junior Achievement of Central Florida is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers free financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship programs to K-12 students across four Central Florida counties, reaching nearly 58,000 students annually through school district partnerships and a volunteer-driven curriculum model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Financial Literacy Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Center Education Programs (EDAAAFAB)

Keywords

• Financial literacy education
• Youth entrepreneurship programs
• Work readiness education
• K-12 experiential learning
• Career exploration programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Primary revenue comes from corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and individual donations. Programs are delivered at no cost to students. Major donors include MacKenzie Scott ($38.8M), Chick-fil-A Foundation ($1.2M), KPMG Foundation ($1.75M), Accenture ($1.1M), and local partners like Dr. Phillips Charities and Orlando Magic Youth Foundation ($50,000).
2. Partnership Programs: Renewed partnerships with organizations like Consolidated Credit and Debt.com deliver joint programs with educational resources, expanding reach through collaborative funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Junior Achievement of Central Florida is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization that delivers financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship programs to K-12 students across Central Florida. It operates immersive simulations (JA BizTown, JA Finance Park), business strategy simulations (JA Titan), classroom curricula, and large-scale career exploration events (JA Inspire), all delivered free of charge to students by trained business volunteers. Programs are funded through corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and individual donations.

Product overview

Junior Achievement of Central Florida offers a portfolio of experiential learning programs organized around three core pillars: financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and work readiness/career exploration. The program suite includes digital simulations (JA Finance Park, JA Titan), immersive experiential centers (JA BizTown, JA Eisner Family Dreamers Center), classroom programs (JA Economics for Success, JA Personal Finance), career exploration initiatives (JA Inspire, JA Career Speakers Series), and entrepreneurship programs (JA Company Program, JA Be Entrepreneurial). Programs span grades K-12 and are delivered through in-person volunteers, virtual formats, and blended learning approaches via the D2L learning platform. Recent innovations include the 3DE high school model and the upcoming JA Eisner Family Dreamers Center launching in 2027.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• JA Finance Park (Entry Level) A month-long middle school financial literacy program where students receive curriculum from their teacher and then visit JA Finance Park to apply money-management skills by creating and balancing a budget based on assigned fictional life scenarios.
• JA Finance Park (Virtual)

Quantifiable outcome

• 57,709 students reached locally (2024-2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Consolidated Credit and Debt.comcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Renewed partnership to deliver hands-on financial education programs to students, including immersive storefront experiences at JA World. Organizations participate in JA's 'Bring on Tomorrow' summit and provide families with free educational resources including the 2026 Money Confidence Roadmap. Partnership aims to prevent financial problems among young people through early education.
• The Allstate FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2005 to help students develop personal financial goals. Allstate Foundation has supported JA Economics for Success program helping more than 1.2 million students. Joint annual Teens & Personal Finance Survey.
• EYcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEY supports JA Launch Lesson program bringing entrepreneurs into classrooms during National Entrepreneurship Month. Annual initiative reaches nearly 80,000 high school students. EY conducts joint surveys on teen career and financial attitudes.
• Teach For AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational partnership announced in 2012 to increase access to JA's work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy programs, with focus on reaching at-risk youth. Organizations share expertise, volunteers, and training resources.
• PMI Educational FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPilot partnership to develop online project management training module for teens.
• AdventHealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdventHealth partnered with JA of Central Florida to present the first-ever JA BizTown in the region, bringing hands-on career exploration to Central Florida students.
• Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJA USA and ALPFA joined forces to prepare youth for career success through joint programs and initiatives.
• ABA FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerABA Foundation and Junior Achievement partnership to empower America's youth with money skills through financial education programs.
• AIGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIG partnered with JA to conduct surveys on teen retirement attitudes and financial planning knowledge, helping inform financial literacy education.
• PwCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPwC partnered with JA to launch JA Access Your Future, a free online resource helping teens explore education and career options after high school, calculate student loan debt repayment, and make informed choices about higher education.
• University of Central FloridaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBronze President's Volunteer Service Award recipient for volunteer support of JA programs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Junior Achievement of Georgia: Large regional Junior Achievement chapter delivering the same financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship curriculum to K-12 students. Direct comparable in operating model, scale, and donor base structure, providing a benchmark for chapter-level performance.
• Junior Achievement of New York: One of the largest JA local chapters in the country, serving the New York metro area with a similar portfolio of branded programs (JA BizTown, JA Finance Park, JA Titan). Highly comparable in program mix and urban-suburban district partnership model.
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE): National nonprofit providing entrepreneurship education to youth from low-income communities. Overlaps directly with JA's entrepreneurship pillar and serves a similar K-12 audience through school and classroom-based delivery funded by corporate sponsorships.
• Junior Achievement of South Florida: Sister JA chapter covering the South Florida region. Operates the same curriculum suite, similar volunteer-driven delivery model, and competes for many of the same Florida-based corporate sponsors (e.g., banking and healthcare partners).
• Junior Achievement of Chicago: Major urban JA chapter serving the Chicago metro area with comparable branded simulation centers and school-district partnerships. Useful benchmark for program scale and corporate-funder concentration in mid-to-large U.S. metros.
• Council for Economic Education: National nonprofit focused on K-12 economic and personal finance education. Overlaps directly with JA's financial literacy pillar, similarly funded by corporate/foundation grants, and competes for the same school-district curriculum adoption slots.

Broad incumbents

• Junior Achievement USA: National parent organization overseeing curriculum development, branding, and federation of all U.S. local JA chapters. Provides the program IP (JA BizTown, JA Finance Park) that Central Florida delivers; functions as the central fundraising and standards body.
• Junior Achievement Worldwide: Global parent organization coordinating JA operations across 100+ countries, reaching 10.7M students worldwide. Sets the international program standards and secures transformational gifts (e.g., MacKenzie Scott $38.8M) that ultimately fund curriculum reinvestment at the chapter level.

Emerging players

• EVERFI: Education-technology company offering digital financial literacy, career readiness, and SEL curricula to K-12 schools and employers. Represents the digital-native substitute for JA's in-person volunteer model, often adopted by the same school districts JA serves.
• Next Gen Personal Finance: Nonprofit providing free, turnkey personal finance curriculum to high school teachers, reaching millions of students digitally. Competes with JA's financial literacy programs on school-district adoption and donor mindshare for the financial-literacy mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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