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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: Philanthropy & Social Enterprise

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Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

For media inquiries, and to receive news and updates about ANDE, please send us an email. ANDE Two Page OverviewANDE in the NewsANDE Members and WebsitesANDE 2011 Impact Report (Press Release)ANDE... Read More

The Foundation Presidents' Roundtable Series with Sterling Speirn

Event | February 7, 2013 |

Washington, DC

Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)

Sterling Speirn, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will speak about philanthropy as part of The Foundation Presidents' Roundtable Series.This event is by... Read More

Big Data and the Nonprofit Sector

Blog Post | February 1, 2013 | Jeff Harris

In a new Aspen Institute report, entitled Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data, authors Beth Novek and Daniel Goroff address the challenges of obtaining better, more usable data... Read More

Taylor Branch Defines Change

Blog Post | January 28, 2013 | Mary Cappabianca

At a recent book talk in the Aspen Institute's Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch responds to a question about how to sustain hope and turn... Read More

Big Data and the Nonprofit Sector - Liberating Data for Impact

Event | January 31, 2013 |

Washington, DC

Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)

A new report, to be released at this event, details how new technology to improve data on the nonprofit sector can spur innovation and impact. Authors are Beth Noveck, former director of the White... Read More