For high-school and college-age kids of parents employed by this McLean, VA–based home finance firm, learning about money is a snap—thanks to the daylong financial literacy class available to older children. After teens select a desired future occupation, marital status and number of kids, group leaders challenge them to figure out how to make realistic salaries stretch. To increase their own financial awareness, parents sign up for in-house workshops on credit education, home buying and foreclosure prevention. While the firm offers employees forgivable $12,000 loans toward new homes, its biggest draw for multitasking moms may be its generous backup-care program, which provides in-home help with little ones and elders for just $15 per day (up to 20 days per year), plus priority access at a child-care center near headquarters. In 2008, the firm formalized flexible schedules to help secure something just as valuable—extra time.

Interim CEO: John A. Koskinen

Executive VP, HR & Corporate Services: Paul George

Women managers/execs: 46%

Women among top earners: 29%

Women on board of directors: 27%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 33%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 56%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: 37%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 17%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: No