The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.
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Displaying What We Do: Tools & Resources
Economic Opportunities Program
AssetPlatform.orgLaunched in 2010, AssetPlatform.org is a free resource for staff at nonprofit organizations that provide financial education, coaching and asset development services. The Asset...
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Education and Society Program
Strengthening the Education Workforce Forging a New Partnership: The Story of Teacher Union and School District Collaboration in Pittsburgh (June 2011) Forging a New Partnership: The Story...
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Publication | February 1, 2009
The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, in partnership with The White House Project, the Council of Women World Leaders and the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum of Realizing Rights: The...
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Publication | July 1, 2008 | Staff from EOP and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as well as Aspen/EOP Senior Fellows Greg Ratliff, William Myers and Fred Mendez, and independent consultant Alan Okagaki
Economic Opportunities Program
This paper, written under a grant from the CDFI Fund’s Research Initiative, examined sustainability of the CDFI field within the context of increasing industry scale and the use of subsidy. Authors...
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Publication | February 24, 2009
Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)
Mobilizing Change is a compilation of proposals of leading thinkers in the field who are working to address social problems and improve the lives of those in need through nonprofit-government...
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Publication | February 24, 2009
Middle East Programs
Publication | February 24, 2009
Education and Society Program
Prepared by the Aspen Institute (Working Draft). The overview and framework traces the human capital value chain in the education sector.
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Publication | January 1, 2009
Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)
The number of socially responsible companies is increasing rapidly, and with that increase comes the need for strategies that will help company founders sustain their mission and values through the...
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Publication | February 24, 2009
Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)
This research project, a collaboration of researchers at Yale University, Baruch College (CUNY) and the Urban Institute, explored the relationship between the mix of nonprofit and for-profit...
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