Stash was built nine years ago to help hard-working Americans invest and achieve their goals. Commonwealth’s research validates the importance of guidance and advice, and that people learn by doing. We have always known that the act of investing and saving needs to be easy, accessible, and welcoming to all. We hope others follow suit.”

– Liza Landsman, Stash CEO

We partnered with Commonwealth because they exhibit the very values we embrace. Our purpose is to inspire and build better lives and communities, and that means helping our clients achieve financial confidence, no matter where they are on their journey. Our pilot program with Commonwealth through BlackRock’s Emergency Saving Initiative demonstrated that clients can create new habits that allow them to build an emergency savings account and a safety net for their families. That’s a big win! Commonwealth’s empathetic approach to helping the most vulnerable among us helps create pathways that can offer positive and enduring change for many families. At Truist, we want to help financially vulnerable Americans create a safety net so a car repair bill doesn’t have to mean a crisis for a family in need.”

– Bahari Harris, SVP, Truist

Commonwealth was the ideal partner for a critical project for tax season. Specifically, they worked with us to help create a rapid response coalition to ensure the “lookback” provision and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) benefitted as many low- and moderate-income Americans as possible. They quickly and effectively assembled a team of organizations and put informed and impactful ideas into practice to benefit our members. At every step, they put outcomes first.” 

– Executive at SaverLife

When we were looking for a partner with deep subject matter expertise on financial wellness, Commonwealth was an obvious choice. Commonwealth’s depth and breadth of knowledge related to financial security, plus their thoughtful and open minded approach to research, made them a great fit for a research collaboration. Their real world experience working with large companies on issues related to worker financial security was a perfect complement to our perspective as a large asset manager. Together with Commonwealth, we produced a research report that had interesting insights and actionable takeaways that we believe has broad relevance for many different stakeholders.”

– Putnam Investments

Over the course of nearly three years and multiple phases of in-depth emergency savings and retirement savings research, Commonwealth and DCIIA RRC have continued their partnership in providing insights for employers and defined contribution service providers to enhance financial security, particularly for low- to moderate-income workers. Through Commonwealth’s efficient, thoughtful, and thorough collaboration, the project was able to survey five waves of defined contribution retirement plan participants and interview nine of the largest plan recordkeepers, as well as conducting seven plan sponsor and industry focus groups. The results of this collaboration include actionable steps for employers and service providers that illustrate the significant gains that can be achieved in partnering for the benefit of their broad workforce.”

– DCIIA

Partnering with Commonwealth to more clearly understand investing behavior helps us all better address wealth inequalities. Commonwealth’s track record in driving systemic change, coupled with their extensive research on inclusive design, has the potential to make significant impact.”

– Shannon Allmon, Chief Experience Officer, Stash

We are committed to overcoming the systemic barriers communities of color, particularly women of color, face in their efforts to generate and sustain wealth. Our partnership with Commonwealth is designed to provide actionable insights to investing platforms that will enable them to broaden their user base and build products that help to close the racial and gender wealth gap.”

– Jailan Griffiths, President, Nasdaq Foundation

Workplace financial well-being programs are an important tool that can help people improve their financial health and build wealth in the long term. At JPMorganChase, we recognize the value of investing in employee benefits programs, and the impact it can have on employee financial health. Through this collaboration with Commonwealth, we’re excited to drive greater workplace innovation and help scale what works.”

– Sharad Ganesh, Chief Product Officer, Workplace Solutions at JPMorganChase

Commonwealth’s insights can help financial service providers deliver the tools and educational resources that better meet the needs of these emerging investors. Supporting research like this can help Prudential ensure more people have access to insurance, retirement and investing opportunities.”

– Sarah Keh, vice president of Inclusive Solutions, Prudential Financial

We launched BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative to strengthen the economic security of working Americans—both today and for the future. All of this is possible thanks to the partnership between The BlackRock Foundation, our non-profit partner Commonwealth, and employers committed to their employees’ financial wellbeing.”

– Claire Chamberlain, Global Head of Social Impact at BlackRock and President of The BlackRock Foundation