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Providing data, insights, and evidence to enhance household financial well-being
The Financial Well-Being Hub brings together data, insights, and stakeholders from across sectors to help changemakers understand people’s financial lives and address their most pressing challenges. Through research, data tools, convenings, and partnerships, we provide policymakers, community leaders, and businesses with evidence-based solutions to ensure all people have the financial security to invest in their futures, provide for their families, and live with dignity.
What we do
- Conduct rigorous research on critical issues shaping people’s financial well-being, including wealth inequality, affordability, credit access, and financial technology.
- Expand use of key data sets and fill gaps in public data sources through proprietary data partnerships.
- Create interactive data tools that provide leaders with a comprehensive portrait of people’s financial lives and actionable solutions to address challenges in their communities.
Host public and private events that convene policymakers, financial service providers, community organizations, and researchers to discuss timely issues and identify cross-sector solutions.
Partner with us
We are looking for partners, funders, and other leaders to support our work.
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The Financial Well-Being Hub is funded by PNC Bank, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and The Connecticut Project. We are grateful to them and to all our funders, who make it possible for Urban to advance its mission.
Director, Financial Well-Being Hub
Associate Director, Data Science Research Methods
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Policy Associate
Senior Research Associate
Nonresident Fellow
Senior Policy Program Manager
Senior Research Associate
Vice President, Family and Financial Well-Being Division
Senior Research Associate
Policy Program Manager
Senior Fellow
Senior Research Associate- Research Assistant
Senior Research Associate
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Steering Committee Advisors and Funders
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The Steering Committee meets regularly to inform the strategic direction of the Financial Well-Being Hub.
Marla Bilonick
President & CEO, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB)
Ray Boshara
Legislative Fellow, US Senator Bob Casey
Senior Advisor
Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis
Lawrence Bowdish*
Lead, Research and Innovation, Financial Opportunity Philanthropy
Wells Fargo Foundation
Kant Desai
Senior Principal
Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund
Sarah Willis Ertur
Executive Vice President
SaverLife
Jesús Gerena
CEO
UpTogether
Abby Hughes Holsclaw
Senior Director
Asset Funders Network
Dan Murphy
Founder
Sunset Park Advisory
Rey Ocañas*
Executive Vice President, Community Development Banking
PNC
Brenton Peck*
Vice President, Financial Health Strategy
U.S. Bank
Kate Reeves
Director, Financial Wellbeing and Wealth-Building, The Connecticut Project
Jason Richardson
Senior Director, Research
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
Ellen Seidman
Nonresident Fellow
Urban Institute
David Silberman
Senior Fellow
Center for Responsible Lending
Former Associate Director
CFPB
Mae Watson Grote
Nonresident Fellow
Urban Institute
Dafina Williams
Executive Vice President, Chief Public Policy Officer, and Head of Government Affairs
Opportunity Finance Network
Beadsie Woo*
Director, Family and Youth Financial Stability
Annie E. Casey Foundation
* Financial Well-Being Hub funders
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