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BBB serving Greater Kentucky & South Central Indiana Consumer Education Fund, Inc.

For five decades, our mission has been to educate, protect, and build trust—whether it’s helping educate local companies to be better businesses, helping people avoid scams, hosting free shred and recycling events, awarding our BBB Trust Scholarship to high school students, providing grants to our non-profit charity seal holders, or supporting transparency through our charity review program. 

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Programs Under the Consumer Education Fund

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Trust Scholarship Contest

The BBB Trust Scholarship Contest is open to all high school students in BBB's service area. Scholarship prize money is awarded annually in December.

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Military Line

Resources for active military, veterans, and military families made possible by the Consumer Education Fund.

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Speakers

Looking for a speaker for your group? BBB offers a variety of topics from identity theft prevention to scams against seniors to financial literacy and more.

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Shredding and Electronic Recycling Event

An annual free event made possible by the Consumer Education Fund.

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Events Supporting CEF

BBB holds a number of events to support CEF, from the Bruce Gadansky Memorial Golf Classic to the Straight Shot Classic clay shoot.

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Kroger Community Rewards
Kroger Community Rewards

When you set BBB's Consumer Education Fund as your Kroger Community Rewards recipient, CEF gets a donation every time you shop or buy gas at Kroger.

Set up Kroger Community Rewards
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Lifeline Grant

A new funding opportunity exclusively for BBB Charity Seal Holders! 

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Consumer Education Fund Annual Report
Consumer Education Fund 990