Wealth

Video: We Don’t Have to Choose Between Financial Stability and Wealth

Households need tools that help them afford everyday life and build long-term security. Too often, policy systems fail to respond to both of these needs and instead prioritize one goal over the other.

September 30, 2025

Trump Accounts Are Here–Now Let’s Make Them Work for the Kids Who Need Them Most

Trump Accounts were signed into law. Now, private and public sector need to work together to make sure these early wealth building accounts help low-income families.

July 18, 2025

It’s Time to Connect Financial Security and Economic Policy

Aspen FSP Managing Director Genevieve Melford looks to the future of financial security work and economic policy.

June 11, 2025
Genevieve Melford sits in the Ideas 20 letters on the Aspen campus.

Lessons from Expert Roundtables on Designing an Effective Early Wealth Building Policy

Aspen FSP recently convened a series of roundtables on early wealth building policy. Here’s what we’ve learned.

June 9, 2025
Karen Biddle Andres and Jason Ewas present at a forum.

4 Models for Investing in Inclusively Owned Commercial Real Estate

Four case studies that take a deep dive into four distinctive CRE Models pioneered by our cohort.

January 23, 2025

How We Can Make Universal Early Wealth Building Accounts a Reality

Universal early wealth building accounts have the potential to transform household wealth in the U.S.—and they have bipartisan support.

January 8, 2025

Ownership Investing: Financing the Future of Wealth

This report summarizes learnings from ASSEMBLE100 and identifies opportunities to grow ownership investing as a tool of wealth building.

December 5, 2024

Investing in Inclusively Owned Commercial Real Estate

This primer examines the potential of inclusively owned CRE to propel equitable economic development and community wealth-building.

December 2, 2024

From Rent to Riches? A Profile on the Wealth and Financial Well-Being of Renter Households

Renters have less than 3 percent of the wealth of homeowners. How can we help them grow their savings and wealth?

November 14, 2024

Who Benefited Most from Pandemic-Era Wealth Gains? People Who Already Owned Assets

Households achieved historically large net worth growth from 2019-2022. But Aspen FSP’s analysis suggests these gains may not be sustainable.

September 13, 2024