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Milken Institute Health bridges innovation gaps across the healthcare continuum to advance whole person health throughout the life span by aligning on healthy aging, public health, medical research, and food systems.
Milken Institute Finance conducts research and constructs programs designed to facilitate smooth and efficient operation of financial markets.
Milken Institute Philanthropy advances the strategic deployment of philanthropic capital to create a better, more equitable world.
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We catalyze practical, scalable solutions to global challenges by connecting human, financial, and philanthropic resources to those who need them. We leverage the expertise and insight gained through research and convenings of top experts, innovators, and influencers from different backgrounds and competing viewpoints to construct programs and policy initiatives.
Global Impact Projects
Expanding access to capital helps level the playing field for everyone
The Milken Institute has long believed that expanding access to capital helps level the playfield for everyone. One of the most effective ways to change the communities who receive the most resources is to change the industries that distribute those resources. In an initial partnership with Carlyle, MI launched a DEI in Asset Management Program, focused on establishing best practices for creating a more inclusive financial sector. We soon realized that changing the industry would require fostering a pipeline of diverse talent to one day work in financial services. In 2023, with support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, MI piloted the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Fellows Program. Now in its second year, the program will expand the number of students served and begin to establish an alumni network to mentor the next generation of the financial industry.
- Ten HBCU partner schools and 16 students selected were a part of our first cohort
- Eight-week curriculum focused on the fundamentals of Wall Street with bespoke professional development opportunities with industry leaders
- The 16 students in our inaugural cohort interned at Alliance Bernstein, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Tradeweb, and other top-tier companies and financial services firms during the summer
- 100% of the first-cohort fellows expressed interest in mentoring future Milken Institute HBCU Fellows based on their experience in the program
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Support of HBCUs creates an opportunity to uplift many students from underserved communities while enhancing financial fluency and wealth creation.
Support of HBCUs creates an opportunity to uplift many students from underserved communities while enhancing financial fluency and wealth creation.
A strong Sovereign Wealth Fund is an investment in a country's future
The Milken Institute Financial Innovations Lab® has a strong track record helping foreign countries strategize on the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). An SWF is an investment in a country’s future, designed to invest capital and assets in a diversified portfolio. As the Philippines is one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies, a well-structured fund with strong governance would attract foreign investment, increase the return on investment in national savings and promote growth and social development. Previous governments considered creating a fund to support long-term investments, but designs were never finalized. The current government revived discussions and engaged with the Milken Institute Financial Innovations Lab® team to explore options for the structure of the fund.
- The Institute brought together government officials, prominent sovereign fund experts, and others to help source ideas on structure, governance and investment frameworks
- Our report laid out recommendations and paths forward that legislators used to support discussions in the upper house of Congress
- A Philippines SWF of (US)$8.9 billion was approved on May 31, 2023
A sovereign wealth fund could serve as a long-term investment vehicle and attract foreign investment, thus boosting national savings and promoting economic growth and social development.
A sovereign wealth fund could serve as a long-term investment vehicle and attract foreign investment, thus boosting national savings and promoting economic growth and social development.
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We pair research and data with insights and interviews from government officials, business leaders, community organizers, and policy experts to provide actionable roadmaps and new funding models.
At our events, assumptions are challenged, paving the way for the advancement of new models, fostering meaningful connections, and ensuring that impact is long-term and equitable. These gatherings redefine conventional thinking, promote innovation, and facilitate strategic collaborations.
We recognize that global problems often need local solutions and local problems unaddressed can have global consequences. So, we work across geographies to surface regional insights and market-specific approaches.
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Through our exclusive events, convenings, and roundtables, the Milken Institute endeavors to connect the right people in the right place at the right time. Some ideas are best presented on a global stage while others find life through workshopping in a private discussion. We work with our partners to design the format and find peers that will elicit impactful outcomes.
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From Our Leaders
Esther KrofahExecutive Vice President, MI HealthHere's How We Prevent the Next, Inevitable PandemicRight now, a new virus is emerging. The White House is hosting a summit this week to support timely, effective decision-making to improve outbreak response for the next inevitable pandemic.
Melissa StevensExecutive Vice President, MI PhilanthropyFemale VC Lab Podcast Interview on Strategic PhilanthropyMelissa Stevens has overseen the creation and execution of strategies which have influenced $1 billion in philanthropic capital, and managed the development of programs and organizations including the Melanoma Research Alliance.
Mike PiwowarExecutive Vice President, MI FinanceU.S. Public Markets Built for the 21st CenturyMike Piwowar testifies before the US House Committee on Financial Services on March 2, 2023.
Recent Research Highlights
AgriTech in Africa: Why an AgriTech Innovation Competition?AgriTech, the use of emerging technologies to help farmers become more efficient and profitable, promises to help revitalize and potentially revolutionize agriculture all over the world.
Financial Innovations Lab: Integrating ESG Data to Improve Risk Management and Municipal ResilienceSustainable debt investments and the market for ESG data continue to expand.
Envisioning the Future of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain to Advance Public Health in the United StatesThe Milken Institute Center for Public Health engaged our network of thought leaders to understand what actions could be taken to make the pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) more resilient and equit
What Our Partners Are Saying
“It was validating to be at that table of high-level participants, to be seen as an expert in the field.”
- Dara Erck(formerly) Gates Foundation
“Well-produced research that was helpful during the early conversations.”
- Lisa Davis(formerly) Ford Foundation
“The Milken Institute helps our organization by bringing ideas, new ideas, new ways to connect, new ways to partner, new things to think about, and avenues to do that. But it also gives us a platform as we may need for conversations and talking about what we're doing and learning from others.”
- Philip GaskinThe Kauffman Foundation
Recent Convening Highlights
EVENTPhilanthropic Investors ForumBy examining different models of collaboration, we can better understand philanthropy’s catalytic role, enabling real impact. The Milken Institute’s Philanthropic Investors Forum brings together individuals from different countries, corporations, and individual philanthropists alike to tackle the world’s biggest problems.
PanelFuture of HealthThe Milken Institute Future of Health Summit convenes the best minds in the world to confront the most significant health challenges by matching human, financial, and scientific resources with the most innovative, inclusive, and impactful ideas.
EVENTPublic Finance ForumThe Milken Institute Public Finance Forum gathers the leading innovators, investors, and issuers across the $4 trillion public-finance sector who fund, finance, and deliver essential community infrastructure projects and services.
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All voices are heard, all perspectives considered. We come together to think expansively and solve the challenges that matter.