Description: Take On Wall Street is a U.S.-based advocacy coalition and activist campaign that trains organizers, builds political coalitions, and advances policy reforms to curb the power of large financial institutions and reshape the financial system toward the interests of working families and communities of color. Type: Nonprofit coalition / advocacy campaign (project hosted by Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund) Policies: Banking and financial reform (including consumer protections and anti‑consolidation measures), postal banking access, financial transaction taxes, closing tax loopholes like carried interest, corporate governance reform, anti‑financialization efforts, and policies linking racial and gender justice to economic reform. Funding: Primarily foundation grants and philanthropic support, contributions and small-dollar grassroots donations, and operational support provided through its host organization, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund. Affiliates: Americans for Financial Reform (host), Public Citizen, Economic Policy Institute, Institute for Policy Studies, American Postal Workers Union, Patriotic Millionaires, Franciscan Action Network and other community, labor, civil‑rights and faith groups.
