Money Management International

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| name = Money Management International

| logo = Money Management International (logo).png

| logo_size = 200px

| type = 501(C)(3) Nonprofit

| foundation = 1997

| founder = Terry M. Blaney

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| location = Stafford, Texas, United States{{cite web | title=Locations | website=Money Management International | url=https://www.moneymanagement.org/locations | access-date=August 7, 2023}}

| locations = 40 (2018)

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| key_people =Jim Triggs, Chief Executive Officer

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| revenue = $52.2 million (2018){{cite web | title=Money Management International 2018 Form 990| website=ProPublica | url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/541837741/06_2019_prefixes_51-56%2F541837741_201812_990_2019061316408080 | accessdate=May 30, 2020}}

| services = Financial education and counseling

| assets = $55.5 million (2018)

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| num_employees = 440 (2018){{citation|title=2018 Annual Report|url=https://www.moneymanagement.org/-/media/money-management/files/annual-reports/2018-mmi-annual-report.ashx|publisher=Money Management International|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}

| homepage = [http://www.moneymanagement.org/ www.moneymanagement.org/]

}}

Money Management International (MMI) is a United States non-profit that provides consumers with free credit counseling and education.{{cite book|author=Brent Kessel|title=It's Not About the Money|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061234057|url-access=registration|date=8 July 2008|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-173463-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061234057/page/264 264]–}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/garden/25regifting.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=New York Times|first=Joyce|last=Wadler|date=December 24, 2008|accessdate=November 4, 2013|title=Re-Gifting: You Shouldn't Have. But if You Did, Here's How to Get Away With It}} In about 25 percent of its consultations, it helps consumers develop a debt management or repayment plan. MMI is funded primarily by creditors.{{cite book|author=Oteia Bruce|title=The Urban Guide to Biblical Money Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kgZ2E02wMD0C&pg=PA63|date=May 1, 2002|publisher=Urban Ministries Inc|isbn=978-0-940955-73-8|pages=63}} Money Management International was founded in 1997 by six financial consulting organizations that were members of the Consumer Credit Counseling Services (CCCS) network.{{cite web | title=Our History | website=Money Management International | url=https://www.moneymanagement.org/about/history | access-date=May 30, 2020}}

Over time, Money Management International merged with more than 20 credit counseling organizations. The company acquired the accounts of AmeriDebt as part of AmeriDebt's bankruptcy proceedings in 2005.{{cite news|title=Credit agency's accounts are sold|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|first=Elleen|last=Ambrose|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2005/01/25/credit-agencys-accounts-are-sold/|date=January 25, 2005|access-date=November 4, 2013}} In 2006 it released the microsite, regiftable.com, to promote regifting as a way to reduce spending.{{cite book|author=Lynn Thorne|title=Word-of-mouth Advertising, Online and Off: How to Spark Buzz, Excitement, and Free Publicity for Your Business Or Organization with Little Or No Money|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43MhsKqGoJ0C&pg=PA113|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Atlantic Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-60138-011-1|pages=113–}}{{cite news|title=The 'Re-Gifting' Debate|date=February 11, 2006|publisher=Associated Press|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-re-gifting-debate/|access-date=November 4, 2013}} In 2008, MMI introduced its "Thirty Steps" educational program on responsible money management.{{cite web | last1=Bigda | first1=Carolyn | last2=Newspapers | first2=special to Tribune | title=Thirty Steps a path to money management | website=chicagotribune.com | date=April 13, 2012 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-xpm-2012-04-13-sc-cons-0412-started-20120413-story.html | access-date=May 30, 2020}}