Junior Achievement USA After-School Programs
12320 Oracle Blvd., Ste 310, Colorado Springs, CO 80921
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Junior Achievement USA After-School Programs are part of Junior Achievement’s learning experiences in the core content areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. These programs use financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurial concepts to emphasize the importance of continuing education and training beyond high school. Junior Achievement has expanded its activities to include a blended-learning approach for after-school students as well as in-school students.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Junior Achievement was founded in 1919, and its first program, JA Company Program, was offered to high school students on an after-school basis. Junior Achievement USA is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Junior Achievement’s purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement USA is a nonprofit and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Junior Achievement USA provides strategic direction, leadership, and support to approximately 1,845 employees throughout the United States.
Junior Achievement USA reached 4,828,747 students nationally in 2024-2025, in 158,644 classes at 22,557 schools. Junior Achievement USA reaches students in 176,714 classrooms and after-school locations, and JA programs are taught by volunteers in inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas throughout the United States by over 100 Area Offices in all 50 states. In 2024-2025, Junior Achievement USA had 185,953 volunteers nationally, and Junior Achievement’s 151,305 classroom volunteers come from business people, college students, parents, and retirees. Approximately 3,766 board members lead JA Area Offices around the United States, and Junior Achievement USA board members represent a wide range of businesses and academic institutions around the world.
Junior Achievement partners with corporations and individuals to fund the programs that are delivered to local students, and JA programs are delivered with the help of education partners and volunteers from the local community. Research shows that JA Alumni are more likely to have a college degree, feel confident managing money, have career success, and have started a business as an adult. Junior Achievement is one of a few nonprofits to use independent, third-party evaluators to gauge the impact of its programs. JA Business Communications and JA Economics have received California A-G approval from High School Articulation, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, University of California.
Mr. Arnold B. Evans, Co-Head of Emerging Middle Market JPMorgan Chase, is Chairman of the Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors. Jack Harris is the Chief Executive Officer and Tim Greinert is President of Junior Achievement.
Last updated April 16, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Junior Achievement was founded in 1919, and its first program, JA Company Program, was offered to high school students on an after-school basis. Junior Achievement USA is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Junior Achievement’s purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement USA is a nonprofit and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Junior Achievement USA provides strategic direction, leadership, and support to approximately 1,845 employees throughout the United States.
Junior Achievement USA reached 4,828,747 students nationally in 2024-2025, in 158,644 classes at 22,557 schools. Junior Achievement USA reaches students in 176,714 classrooms and after-school locations, and JA programs are taught by volunteers in inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas throughout the United States by over 100 Area Offices in all 50 states. In 2024-2025, Junior Achievement USA had 185,953 volunteers nationally, and Junior Achievement’s 151,305 classroom volunteers come from business people, college students, parents, and retirees. Approximately 3,766 board members lead JA Area Offices around the United States, and Junior Achievement USA board members represent a wide range of businesses and academic institutions around the world.
Junior Achievement partners with corporations and individuals to fund the programs that are delivered to local students, and JA programs are delivered with the help of education partners and volunteers from the local community. Research shows that JA Alumni are more likely to have a college degree, feel confident managing money, have career success, and have started a business as an adult. Junior Achievement is one of a few nonprofits to use independent, third-party evaluators to gauge the impact of its programs. JA Business Communications and JA Economics have received California A-G approval from High School Articulation, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, University of California.
Mr. Arnold B. Evans, Co-Head of Emerging Middle Market JPMorgan Chase, is Chairman of the Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors. Jack Harris is the Chief Executive Officer and Tim Greinert is President of Junior Achievement.
Last updated April 16, 2026.
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