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Commonwealth

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http://www.buildcommonwealth.org/
Last activity: 02.03.2026
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Too many people in the U.S. today lack financial stability. Too many people are financially vulnerable. For people to pursue their full potential, we need more wealth – of opportunity, of tools, of financial assets – and we need that wealth to be more widespread.

We aspire to accomplish that by building innovative solutions that make people financially secure.

We collaborate with consumers, the financial services industry, policy makers, and mission-driven organizations to discover ideas, pilot solutions, and drive innovations to scale so wealth can become possible for everyone.

We Work with Industry

We understand broad change requires market players to act. We apply consumer insight and business acumen to build solutions that our industry partners scale. Our partners trust us to deliver solutions that are aligned with business objectives and good corporate citizenship, and are good for consumers. The solutions we build are grounded in real life, based on our deep understanding of people who are financially vulnerable and how businesses can best serve them.

We envision a financial services marketplace that works for everyone.

We are Policy Driven

Policymakers trust us to deliver insights that are data-driven, bipartisan, practical and effective. Our policy work includes collaborating with government to find ways to eliminate regulatory barriers, to craft and protect policies that enable broad access to the financial system, and to deliver essential consumer tools at scale.

We envision a financial system that works for everyone.

We Work with the Social Sector

We partner with other mission-driven organizations to understand consumers, pilot and test solutions, and pursue scale opportunities that deliver meaningful social impact.

We envision a social sector engaged in building financial opportunity for everyone.
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Overview

Location
Canada, Ontario, Boston
Employees
11-50
Phone
+1 617-541-9066
Founded date
2000

Mentions in press and media 7

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Jun 13, 2024Commonwealth Report Shows How AI Can Improve Lives of Less WealthyA report from Commonwealth highlights the ways AI can improve the financial lives of people with low to moderate incomes. It is the result of a three-year project supported by JPMorgan Chase. The firms said it is urgent to research and iden...
Jan 25, 2023Commonwealth Collaborates with JPMorgan Chase to Examine the Effect of Emerging Technology on Financially Vulnerable AmericansCommonwealth Practically, we hope to give financial technology developers and providers a much deeper understanding of users earning low and moderate incomes, and create hands-on experience to shape emerging tech based on this deeper unders...
Jul 14, 2021Truist Financial : launches ‘Start. Save. Win!' pilot program to help clients build emergency savingsCHARLOTTE, N.C., (July 14, 2021) - Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC), in partnership with Commonwealth via BlackRock's Emergency Savings Initiative, today announces the 'Start. Save. Win!' sweepstakes pilot program to encourage those...
Feb 16, 2021Commonwealth to Address Systemic Financial Insecurity for Non-Traditional WorkersThe changing nature of work and proliferation of non-traditional workers has created new challenges in enabling worker financial security. BOSTON (PRWEB) February 16, 2021 Today, national nonprofit Commonwealth (buildcommonwealth.org) annou...
Feb 2, 2021Voya Becomes First Retirement Company to Join BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative to Advance Workplace Emergency SavingsAs American workers face ongoing economic hardship and an increasingly urgent savings crisis, these changes to the financial system infrastructure will provide a critical foundation to financial security for all Americans. BOSTON (PRWEB) Fe...
Sep 11, 2019MassChallenge FinTech Launches Application for 2020 Program, Announces Three New PartnershipsBoston, MA – MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, yesterday celebrated the launch of applications for the second program of MassChallenge FinTech (MCFT20). Enterprise-ready startups – in general, those that h...

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FAQ about Commonwealth

When was Commonwealth founded?

Commonwealth was founded in 2000.

What has the press written about Commonwealth?

Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Commonwealth, among them “Commonwealth Report Shows How AI Can Improve Lives of Less Wealthy” (Jun 13, 2024) and “Commonwealth Collaborates with JPMorgan Chase to Examine the Effect of Emerging Technology on Financially Vulnerable Americans” (Jan 25, 2023).

Is Commonwealth still active?

Yes, Commonwealth is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 2, 2026.