Change the Conversation.
Change the Outcome.
Creating lasting solutions to America’s seemingly “unsolvable” problems.
Welcome to the Weild Foundation
America faces a pivotal moment. The forces driving our economic decline are deeply structural. Rising costs, declining mobility, shrinking public markets, and workforce systems that no longer prepare Americans for the future.
These are not surface level problems. They are deeply structural.
And unless we improve the structure, the outcomes will not improve.
The Weild Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that translates research into politically viable bipartisan reform. We develop policy, market, and educational solutions that rebuild competitiveness and expand opportunity for all Americans. We are working to ensure that your kids and grandkids have a better future.
America is Losing Ground, Together We Can Fix It
The Weild Foundation is here to create research and educational initiatives that uncover politically attractive, non-obvious solutions to today’s major economic challenges and equip change-makers to act with impact.
4 Areas of Focus
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People
America’s competitiveness begins with its people. The Foundation focuses on rebuilding human capital by closing the skills gap, aligning education with workforce needs, and increasing labor participation. By modernizing training and improving wage growth, we ensure the next generation is equipped to lead in an evolving economy.
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Capital Access
Capital is the lifeblood of innovation and economic expansion. We work to broaden access to early-stage financing, small business credit, and public markets while advancing smart banking and securities policy. By expanding the reach and efficiency of capital markets, we drive growth, entrepreneurship, and upward mobility across all 50 states. No state should be a “flyover” state.
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Resources
Long-term prosperity depends on responsible and secure use of America’s natural and strategic resources. The Foundation promotes sustainable energy, mineral independence, and modern infrastructure to strengthen economic resilience and national competitiveness. Our focus is on policies that balance innovation with environmental stewardship while eliminating supply-chain risk.
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Entrepreneurship
Innovation is the engine of progress. We accelerate startup formation, R&D, and technology commercialization by shaping policies that remove friction and reward long-term value creation. Through smarter regulation and incentive alignment, we help build an economy that continuously solves problems, creates jobs, expands opportunity, and increases our economic resiliency (the ability to bounce back from economic shocks from AI job displacement to natural disasters).
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Proven Results, Lasting Change
The minds fueling our foundation are market and economic experts with proven track records. Our founder, David Weild, led one of the most significant economic reforms in modern U.S. history, the JOBS Act, which was the first major capital markets legislation since the New Deal in 1933.
Through data, education, and bipartisan collaboration, these efforts directly influenced a cascade of reforms that reshaped entrepreneurship and access to capital in America.
“When the right idea is paired with the right strategy, big change becomes possible. We proved that before and we will prove it again.”
— David Weild
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