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Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant’s “Money And Wealth” Podcast Earns NAACP Image Awards Nomination

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Money And Wealth With John Hope Bryant, the personal finance and self-help podcast hosted by entrepreneur and Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant, has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category Outstanding Podcast – Lifestyle/Self-Help, as announced by NAACP earlier this week.

Presented by Black Effect–iHeartPodcasts, Money And Wealth delivers candid, practical conversations focused on financial literacy, credit, entrepreneurship, and wealth-building—empowering listeners to take control of their financial futures with clarity and confidence.

“This nomination affirms the power of financial knowledge as a tool for dignity and opportunity,” said Mr. Bryant. “Our mission has always been to meet people where they are and give them real, actionable insight they can use immediately. I’m honored to be recognized by the NAACP and grateful to everyone who tunes in, applies the lessons, and shares the work.”

The 57th NAACP Image Awards will air Saturday, February 28, 2026, live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET, with a simulcast on CBS. Actor, comedian, and writer Deon Cole will host this year’s ceremony, themed “We See You.”

Public voting is open in select categories and closes February 7, 2026, at 12:00 a.m. ET. Visit https://vote.naacpimageawards.net/ to vote, or click here to go directly to the Outstanding Podcast – Lifestyle/Self Help category.

About Money And Wealth With John Hope Bryant

Money And Wealth With John Hope Bryant is a weekly podcast from Black Effect–iHeartPodcasts that explores financial wellness, mindset, and real-world strategies for building sustainable wealth. The show blends practical guidance with thought-provoking conversations designed to help listeners improve their financial lives.

About Operation HOPE, Inc.

Since 1992, Operation HOPE has been moving America from civil rights to "silver rights" with the mission of making free enterprise and capitalism work for the underserved—disrupting poverty for millions of low and moderate-income youth and adults across the nation. Through its community uplift model, HOPE Inside, which received the 2016 Innovator of the Year recognition by American Banker magazine, Operation HOPE has served more than 4 million individuals and directed more than $3.2 billion in economic activity into disenfranchised communities—turning check-cashing customers into banking customers, renters into homeowners, small business dreamers into small business owners, minimum wage workers into living wage consumers, and uncertain disaster victims into financially empowered disaster survivors. For more information: OperationHOPE.org. Follow the HOPE conversation on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.

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Sarah Troutt, Mendel Communications
sarah@mendelcommunications.com

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Contacts

Operation HOPE Contact:
Sarah Troutt, Mendel Communications
sarah@mendelcommunications.com

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