Interactivity Foundation Competitors

Stanford University pursues its founding mission of research and education with a spirit of optimism and possibility. Stanford catalyzes discoveries, accelerates the human impact of its research, educates students in a culture of expansive inquiry and freedom of thought, and offers world-class medical care. An engine of innovation and economic growth, Stanford is at the frontier of new knowledge and breakthroughs that move from labs and classrooms out into the world. The university is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and first welcomed students in 1891. Its main campus is home to seven schools, along with interdisciplinary research and policy institutes, athletics, and the arts. More than 7,200 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students study at Stanford each year. Stanford’s 2,402 faculty members are leaders in their fields, and their ranks currently include 20 Nobel laureates. Learn more at stanford.edu.

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 Charles F. Kettering Foundation, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, operating foundation rooted in the American tradition of inventive research. Founded in 1927 “to sponsor and carry out scientific research for the benefit of humanity,” the foundation is inspired by the innovativeness and ingenuity of its founder, the American inventor Charles F. Kettering. For the past four decades, the foundation’s research and programs have focused on the needs of democracy worldwide.