Economic Mobility Alliance
The Economic Mobility Alliance is built on a simple but powerful belief: Opportunity shouldn’t depend on where you start. With access, capital, and education creating real pathways forward, the American Dream becomes a reality for more people.
By bringing together the Milken Institute’s work across entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, lifetime financial security, community investment, workforce readiness, and advanced technology, the Economic Mobility Alliance will create a unified platform that supports people at every stage of their financial journey.
Invest America Accounts
Invest America Accounts provide universal investment accounts seeded at birth, aimed at helping individuals build long-term wealth and achieve economic security across generations.
Pathways to Capital
Pathways to Capital expands access to capital for underserved communities and entrepreneurs, enabling greater economic participation and growth through the programs listed below.
Pathways to Capital Programs
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Initiative for Inclusive EntrepreneurshipInitiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship removes barriers and offers essential support to entrepreneurs from underserved communities, fueling economic dynamism and job creation.Learn More -
Inclusive CapitalismInclusive Capitalism includes the historically Black college and university (HBCU) program dedicated to supporting HBCU graduates pursuing careers in asset management.Learn More -
10,000 Communities10,000 Communities drives investments and resources into local communities to support sustainable economic growth and resilience.Learn More
FinTech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
FinTech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation employs cutting-edge financial technology to empower entrepreneurs and expand financial inclusion.
Veterans Community Initiative
Veterans' Community Initiative delivers tailored resources that enable military veterans to successfully make the transition into civilian careers.
Lifetime Financial Security
Lifetime Financial Security helps individuals better prepare for retirement, addressing the critical challenges of saving and investing effectively.
The IFC–Milken Institute Capital Markets Program
The IFC–Milken Institute Capital Markets Program develops human capital in emerging economies by educating mid-career government finance professionals and providing them with a lasting network; to date, we have supported 300 fellows across 65 nations, two-thirds of whom are in Africa and 50 percent of whom are women.
The World Bank–Milken Institute Public Financial Asset Management Program
The World Bank–Milken Institute Public Financial Asset Management Program supports sovereign governments in improving public asset management to drive long-term economic stability and growth.
Geo-Economics, Climate Resilience, and AI
Geo-Economics, Climate Resilience, and AI explores how global economic trends, environmental challenges, and technological advancements interact, developing strategies that enhance resilience and growth.
Economic Mobility Alliance
Most Recent Content
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Community Infrastructure Center 2025–2026 Market Insights Report
The United States is facing an estimated $4 trillion infrastructure funding gap over the next 10 years. Many communities lack the capacity and resources to access the funding and financing necessary to develop community infrastructure...Read ReportThe United States is facing an estimated $4 trillion infrastructure funding gap over the next 10 years.
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Stories From the Field: Michael Maltzan
You founded Michael Maltzan Architecture in 1995, and your work spans cultural institutions, city infrastructure, and some of Los Angeles’ most recognized housing. What drew you to work at the intersection of architecture and the public...Read ArticleYou founded Michael Maltzan Architecture in 1995, and your work spans cultural institutions, city infrastructure, and some of Los Angeles’ most recognized housing. What drew you to work at the...
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Margaret Kuhlow Named Executive Vice President of Milken Institute Finance
Former US Treasury deputy assistant secretary brings three decades of policy experience in bipartisan international finance and development to lead the Institute's Finance pillar WASHINGTON, DC (October 13, 2026)—The Milken Institute today...Read ArticleImage
Chad Clinton
Director, Media RelationsChad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events. -
Mexico’s Pension Funds and the Next Phase of Institutional Capital
Mexico’s pension system has become one of Latin America’s most consequential pools of institutional capital.View ResearchImage
Ruben Turok
Senior Associate, Milken Institute FinanceRuben Turok is a senior associate on the Research Team at the Milken Institute. In this role, he primarily supports the Institute’s research in health economics, demographics, economic mobility, and capital markets. -
A New Agenda for Small Business Support in an Age of Uncertainty
Entrepreneurship requires accepting uncertainty. Yet today’s small businesses face multiple, compounding, and, at times, unprecedented sources of uncertainty, ranging from economic and policy volatility to climate-related chronic stressors...Read Report -
As Global Disaster Losses Top $200 Billion a Year, a New Report from the Milken Institute Identifies Pathways for Greater Investment in Resilience Against Extreme Weather Events
A Financial Innovations Lab project identified key building blocks of a resilient community and developed financial, policy, and partnership pathways to achieve them.Read ArticleImage
Chad Clinton
Director, Media RelationsChad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events. -
Ensuring a Better Future: Innovative Financing for Resilient Communities
We live in a new reality of extreme weather events, unprecedented in their intensity and frequency. Thunderstorms, hurricanes, and fires intensify within hours, catching entire neighborhoods off guard.Read Report -
California's Disaster Recovery Financing Districts: New Tools for Local Recovery
Within a year of the January 2025 wildfires that devastated Altadena, the Pacific Palisades, and Malibu, the State of California authorized disaster recovery financing districts (DRFDs) to localize financial controls and expedite rebuilding...Read ReportImage
Alexander Meeks
Director, 10,000 Communities Initiative, Milken Institute FinanceAlexander Meeks is a director at Milken Institute Finance. He focuses on helping communities accelerate resilient disaster recovery and adapt to extreme weather events. -
Stories from the Field: Megan Hodapp
California Small Business Loan Match is a new lender-match tool provided by the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank)as an extension of its Small Business Loan Guarantee Program.Read Article
Other Organizations Advancing Economic Mobility
Seeded by commitments from Apollo Global Management, Ares Management Corporation, and Oaktree Capital Management, creates pathways for HBCU students to enter and thrive in the alternative investment management industry.
Works to remove barriers and empower individuals to achieve better, richer, and fuller lives through rigorous academic research, sound public policy solutions, and by fostering a holistic vision of human flourishing.
Provides targeted support and training to improve career opportunities at the firm’s portfolio companies, particularly for underrepresented and economically disadvantaged groups.
Promotes global economic stability, fosters international financial cooperation, and advances inclusive economic growth.
Works to expand economic opportunity and access to capital, disrupt poverty, and empower individuals through financial literacy, economic education, and programs that foster inclusion.
Promotes broad-based employee ownership programs that create meaningful wealth-building opportunities for employees, uplift families, reinvigorate corporate cultures, and improve business performance.
Aims to advance philanthropy throughout the investment industry; investment funds commit at least 5% of a selected funds’ performance fees to charitable organizations focused on healthcare, education, and other drivers of well-being.