The Wealth Accelerator works to close the racial wealth gap by scaling proven financial solutions, guided by three pillars of wealth building:

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Financial Foundations

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Early Wealth Building

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Retirement Readiness

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Financial Foundations

Our Financial Foundations interventions focus on strengthening household balance sheets so low and moderate income Connecticut families can access capital markets on fair terms.

Core focus areas

  • Building and repairing credit history

  • Establishing safe, affordable banking access

  • Reducing high cost debt and financial instability

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Early Wealth Building

Early Wealth Building interventions provide meaningful capital at critical moments, creating liquidity that enables savings, investment, and stability. These strategies test how timing, scale, and design influence long term wealth trajectories.

Core focus areas

  • Seeding early asset accumulation

  • Supporting savings and debt reduction

  • Increasing economic and educational stability

See This Pillar In Action
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Retirement Readiness

Our Retirement Readiness interventions focus on expanding access to retirement systems for workers who lack traditional employer sponsored plans. These interventions prioritize automatic enrollment and employer facilitation to reduce barriers to participation.

Core focus areas

  • Expanding access to retirement savings

  • Increasing participation and contribution consistency

  • Supporting long term financial security

What Sets Wealth Accelerator Apart

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Evidence-First

While many initiatives rely on theory or assumptions, we test proven financial solutions in real world conditions. This approach generates credible evidence that helps partners, policymakers, and funders understand what works before scaling.

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Built to Scale

Most programs are designed to sustain themselves over generations, even when they address only a narrow problem. Our pilots are intentionally built as short-term interventions to validate the case for large scale implementation.

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Impact Focused

Rather than prioritizing programs for their own sake, we focus on measurable outcomes. We learn quickly from what works and what does not, using those insights to drive broader systems change and advance long term wealth building.