128 Collective Competitors

Our Purpose: We ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world. Our Mission: The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most important challenges facing the United States and the world. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Aspen Institute is nonpartisan and does not endorse, support, or oppose political candidates or parties. Further, the views and opinions of our guests and speakers do not necessarily reflect those of the Aspen Institute.

The nonprofit Urban Institute is dedicated to elevating the debate on social and economic policy. For nearly five decades, Urban scholars have conducted research and offered evidence-based solutions that improve lives and strengthen communities across a rapidly urbanizing world. Their objective research helps expand opportunities for all, reduce hardship among the most vulnerable, and strengthen the effectiveness of the public sector.

At FSG, we are a global nonprofit consulting firm committed to advancing equitable systems change. We partner with foundations, corporations, and cross‑sector leaders to transform the systems and structures that shape people’s lives and communities. Through customized consulting, innovative thought leadership, and collaborative learning communities, we help organizations create the conditions for everyone to reach their full potential. Our work is grounded in a core belief: every person deserves to live in a fair, just, and equitable society. It should be a society that nurtures potential and expands real opportunities for growth, advancement, and fulfillment. This belief is what brings our team together. We come from diverse disciplines including consulting, strategy, research, issue‑area expertise, and operations. We are united by a shared commitment to shaping systems that enable people and communities to thrive. As partners to organizations and communities, we listen deeply, ask the hard and necessary questions, and help leaders see the systems around them with greater clarity. We support them in making choices that move their work and their impact toward the future they aspire to create.