Cradle to Capital: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Baby Bonds and Early Wealth-Building Tools
Persistent racial wealth gaps and rising inequality demand bold, future-focused solutions. Baby bonds—publicly funded, race-conscious trust accounts for children—are gaining momentum as a powerful tool to help families build assets from birth and chart more self-determined, prosperous futures. Philanthropy has a critical role to play in helping scale baby bond policies and ensuring they work alongside other early wealth-building tools to maximize impact and equity.
Join the Asset Funders Network and The New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 2:00–3:00 pm ET as we debut the release of Cradle to Capital: A Case for Philanthropy to Invest in Baby Bonds.
Together, we’ll explore how philanthropy can help advance this promising tool for shared prosperity. Attendees will gain:
- A clear understanding of how baby bonds differ from other early asset-building tools
- Insight into where baby bond policies are advancing—and how they’re being implemented
- Actionable ideas for catalyzing adoption and scale through narrative, policy, and field-building investments
- Aligned strategies to close the racial wealth gap and expand economic opportunity from birth
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Accessibility Statement: Captioning will be provided. If you have additional accessibility requests or questions, please email Paula Dworek at paula@assetfunders.org. Requests for reasonable accommodations must be received two weeks before the webinar to ensure our ability to meet your request.
