Economic Mobility

Since 2017

Financial health is a right. So we build it.

The affordability crisis is a mobility crisis. We use data and technology to fix the systemic barriers crushing the financial health of young adults and vulnerable communities.

10M+

Lives reached

100K+

Educated

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The financial health crisis isn't coming. It's here.

Right now, national financial anxiety sits at --. Tracking now.

Financial Health Barometer LIVE DATA

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Financial Anxiety

Food Insecurity

Housing Stress

Affordability

Low (<90)

Moderate (90-120)

Elevated (120-150)

High (>150)

63%

of Americans can't cover a $500 emergency expense

31%

of Americans still believe the American Dream holds true

56%

of young adults report financial stress impacting mental health

You wouldn't expect someone with a broken leg to run a marathon. So why do we expect people drowning in systemic barriers to thrive on budgeting advice alone? We start with the structural fix.

how we work

We don't just study problems. We fix them.

Research

We identify the systemic barriers (housing, healthcare, debt, predatory lending) blocking young adults' economic mobility. Our partnerships with Google Health and academic institutions create the evidence base policymakers need to act.

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Education

We equip the next generation to climb: reaching students before student loans, before credit cards, before the system gets them. Our programs span income levels, from suburbs to inner-city schools.

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Advocacy

Education alone won't open the ladder. Our global ambassador network drives policy change on structural barriers (housing affordability, predatory lending, healthcare costs) no amount of budgeting advice can solve.

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Peer-Reviewed Research

Published in Nature. Used Worldwide.

The Google Health Collaboration

Nature (Scientific Data) · American Journal of Health Education

Our peer-reviewed partnership with Google Health produced open-source datasets now used by research institutions, governments, and global health organizations — the evidence base decision-makers need to build equitable financial and health systems.

22K+

Global locations tracked

190+

Countries covered

Open

Source on GitHub

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Open Source. Open Access. Real Impact.

We Build the Tools Others Need.

Everything we build is open source and free to use — the Housing Affordability and Family Planning calculators, the Financial Health Barometer, or browse all our code on GitHub.

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Build the ladder, not just the safety net.

Economic mobility shouldn't depend on luck or your zip code. Help us build a system that doesn't fail people.

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