Opportunity Knocks: Season Two

About This Project

Summary

Created and Executive Produced by Jamie Strayer, Opportunity Knocks integrates unscripted "reality" public television through approachable technology with a network of over 20,000 local nonprofits that reduce shame and increase trust for low-to-moderate income families as they navigate to financial health resources, with the ultimate goal of achieving economic mobility.

Goals & Objectives

Opportunity Knocks aims to build more resilient communities by leveraging public television to connect viewers with over 20,000 nonprofits and CDFIs that serve underbanked and marginalized populations to overcome systemic barriers to building wealth and achieve economic mobility.

Results & Impact

The award-winning series on PBS has been seen by over 1 million viewers and resulted in 395K connections to nonprofits to increase financial health as of July 2024. Through media coverage, its educational messages of financial inclusion & economic mobility were carried to more than 1 billion people.