Governor’s Financial Literacy Award nominations being accepted

WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) this week announced that the Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy and Capability is accepting nominations for the 2026 Governor’s Financial Literacy Awards.

Nominations will be accepting through Monday, Nov. 30.

A release from the DFI said the awards recognize individuals and organizations for increasing financial literacy, capability, and inclusion among Wisconsin residents.

Nominations may be made in one of three categories:

• Individual: Any person providing exceptional financial literacy education, or capability and inclusion practices in an innovative manner.
• Organization/Business: Any organization or business promoting financial literacy education, or capability and inclusion practices in an innovative manner through its initiatives.
• Legacy: Any individuals, organizations or businesses whose purpose and heritage are ingrained in sustained financial literacy, capability and inclusion, and whose reputation in doing so is held in high regard as to serve as a model for others in carrying on the work of supporting financial literacy and expanding opportunities and security through financial capability. This lifetime recognition is intended to be conferred once to its recipients.

The DFI said criteria that will be used to judge the nominations include innovative implementation of an effective financial literacy and capability program or program element within the last two years; emphasizes financial inclusion; demonstrated measurable results; collaboration with partners; and scalability of the program design.

Nominations are to be submitted online at www.tinyurl.com/36caf457.

The Council will select recipients in December and award recipients in 2027.

Earlier this year, Governor Tony Evers, in partnership with the Council, honored 10 individuals and 11 organizations as recipients of the 2025 Governor’s Financial Awards in a ceremony at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The recipients were honored for their efforts in helping Wisconsinites build their financial literacy and capability skills.

The Council serves as a continuous sounding board for the Office of the Governor, the DFI, and the DFI’s Office of Financial Literacy to provide guidance and strategies to measurably improve the financial literacy, capability, and inclusion among Wisconsin residents.

For additional information, visit the Council’s webpage or contact Council Executive Director David Mancl by phone at 608-572-5794 or by email at David.Mancl@dfi.wisconsin.gov.