For Savers

Set a Goal: What to Save For

Saving money, improving your financial life, building wealth. It all starts when you set a goal and make a plan to reach that goal. So what is your goal? Set up an emergency cash fund? Get out of debt? Make a down payment on a car or home? Sock away money for college or retirement?

Make a Plan: How to Save Money

Those with a savings plan are twice as likely to save successfully. Cash in those dusty jars of pennies. Pack your lunch instead of buying it at work. There are lots of little things you can do to fund your savings. Just be creative.

Save Automatically

The easiest and most effective way to save is automatically. This is how millions of employees save through 401(k) and other retirement programs at work. It is also how millions of Americans save at their bank or credit union.

Saver Tips and Stories

Real tips and stories from savers just like you.

Connect to a Campaign

There are over 60 local America Saves campaigns located nationwide that you can connect with for one-on-one help and to learn more about savings initiative and events in your area. Find the campaign nearest you.

America Saves en Español

America Saves provides the following pages in Spanish.

: Written by Katie Bryan; Category: Uncategorised; Published: 29 October 2013

Take the Pledge

Savers who make a plan are twice as likely to save successfully.

Take the America Saves Pledge

Tip of the Day

Written by Katie Bryan | December 21, 2013
Putting aside fifty cents a day will allow you to #save nearly $500.

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Learning to Save

Written by Katie Bryan | October 28, 2013

Kisha Barns’s financial situation was undisciplined, unrestricted, and impulsive before she came into contact with her local America Saves campaign, Charlotte Saves.

Don’t Laugh at Saving Spare Change

Written by Guest Blogger | May 7, 2019

Virginia Saves saver, Brittany, decided to start saving again when she became a single mother. She thinks many women, and men, can relate.

Starting Over

Written by Katie Bryan | October 28, 2013

Until last summer, Michael Lindman spent money freely. “I was a union truck driver for 35 years and had a good income,” said Lindman. “I owned my own home, saved a little, and tried to live within my own budget. You always think there’s going to be that much coming in, but things can change in a split second.”