Junior Achievement of Alaska

Junior Achievement of Alaska is a privately funded 501 (c)(3) non profit organization, dedicated to educating and inspiring young people to succeed in a global economy. With support from the business community, JA serves more than 12,900 K-12 students in 53 communities and villages statewide.

Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. 

Junior Achievement programs help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities. 

Junior Achievement of Alaska's volunteer-delivered, kindergarten-12th grade programs foster  work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, and use experiential learning to inspire students in our community to dream big and reach their potential.

JA’s unique approach allows volunteers from the community to deliver our curriculum while sharing their experiences with students. Embodying the heart of JA, our 382,637 classroom volunteers transform the key concepts of our lessons into a message that inspires and empowers students to believe in themselves, showing them they can make a difference in the world.