The Purpose Initiative
Nasdaq's call to build a more inclusive economy has never been stronger, nor more urgent than it is today.
Advancing Inclusive Growth & Prosperity
Reimagining Investor Engagement
We strive to equip under-represented communities with the financial knowledge to better empower them to build a prosperous future and participate in an ecosystem that supports and sustains their growth.
Increasing Capital Markets Participation
We aim to support Black, minority, and female entrepreneurs to strengthen, scale, and bring their ventures to market.
Building Strategic Partnerships
We seek to collaborate with organizations that can help build a deeper, data-led understanding of where the challenges are greatest, what existing efforts could be amplified, and how the Nasdaq Foundation can make new and distinctive contributions.
At Nasdaq, our purpose is to champion inclusive growth and prosperity. We power stronger economies, create more equitable opportunities and contribute to a more sustainable world to help our communities, clients, employees and people of all backgrounds reach their full potential.
Unequal participation in the markets is deepening the divide within our communities, and more needs to be done to level the playing field for entrepreneurs and investors of all ages, genders, and race.
President and Chief Executive OfficerRemoving Systemic Barriers
Jailan Griffiths
President of the Nasdaq Foundation and Head of the Purpose Initiative
"We aim to partner with leading organizations to remove the systemic barriers faced by under-represented communities in their efforts to generate and sustain wealth. By democratizing financial knowledge, under-represented communities can be better equipped to access wealth creation and participate in the capital markets.”