WASHINGTON, D.C. — Better Markets is pleased to announce a grant from Rockefeller Brothers Fund to advance the organization’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial system to support the real productive economy which would create broad based growth and wealth creation.

Statement from Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets:

“Across the range of policies, including importantly the daily dismantling of key economic and financial protections for hardworking Main Street Americans, we’re witnessing a shocking effort to transfer wealth to those who already have too much while extracting wealth from those who already have too little. These aren’t just economic and financial issues; these actions also threaten the very foundation of our democracy. That’s why Better Markets is leading the fight against a rigged economy and for one that works for all Americans, rather than just the already wealthy and well-connected. The generous support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will help us continue our work to get the financial system back to supporting the productive economy, creating growth, jobs, rising living standards, and broad-based wealth, thereby reducing the wealth and income gaps.”

Statement from Keesha Gaskins-Nathan, director of the Democratic Practice–United States program at The Rockefeller Brothers Fund:

“The Rockefeller Brothers Fund shares Better Markets’ belief that a fair and healthy economy is a critical prerequisite for representative and accountable democracy. At a time when democracy in the United States faces myriad challenges, Better Markets’ fresh, outside-the-box approach to analyzing and transforming financial systems to better serve all U.S. residents offers renewed hope for an equitable and sustainable democratic future.”

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Better Markets is a non-profit, non-partisan, and independent organization founded in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to promote the public interest in the financial markets, support the financial reform of Wall Street and make our financial system work for all Americans again. Better Markets works with allies—including many in finance—to promote pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies that help build a stronger, safer financial system that protects and promotes Americans’ jobs, savings, retirements and more. To learn more, visit www.bettermarkets.org.