Robust financial markets play a crucial role in supporting private-sector-led growth, job creation, financial security, and the sustainable funding of national development priorities. Through two flagship training programs, we work with governments and the World Bank Group to train, inform, and empower the next generation of financial policymakers and public-sector fund managers who can effectively drive financial market reforms and foster shared prosperity for all.
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continue to be overlooked as a source for quality talent in the investment industry, despite a decades-long history of producing global leaders in financial services.
To help connect resources to talent and as a continued commitment to expanding opportunity within the business community, the Milken Institute launched the HBCU Fellows Program for sophomore undergraduate students in early 2023. The program offers an eight-course curriculum, in partnership with premier finance education platform ViableEDU, allowing Fellows to build their knowledge of finance while also gaining access to professional development opportunities, including in-person networking events and exclusive conversations with the Milken Institute's network of leaders in the financial industry.
PROVIDE tailored training to each cohort of students to develop the knowledge and professional skills needed for careers in asset management; and
CONNECT each cohort of students with the broader network of program alumni, established asset management professionals, and the Institute's experts to build the next generation of competitive and successful industry leaders.
The Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize Program is a bold partnership between the Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation to advance technological innovations that address the world’s most pressing challenges. Through a series of multiyear, multimillion-dollar innovation awards and competitions, the program mobilizes global innovators to develop and deploy technology-driven solutions that drive meaningful, scalable change, with a focus on advancing opportunity and resilience across emerging markets.
Each prize targets a critical issue—from off-grid energy access to financial inclusion for small-to-medium enterprises—and offers $2 million in unrestricted funding, expert mentorship, and high-level networking and pitching opportunities with senior investors.
The program’s investment in human capital has supported job creation and inclusive economic growth, benefiting more than 1 million individuals, businesses, and entire communities to date. By crowdsourcing novel solutions to specifically defined problems, Milken-Motsepe Prizes foster creativity across sectors and nurture an ever-growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs who are better equipped to scale and create a more resilient, equitable, and thriving world.
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Increasingly, donors see themselves as investors, looking to ensure their capital and other resources at their disposal are delivering a positive, long-term impact. The Philanthropic Investors Forum is held in conjunction with the Milken Institute’s flagship events, bringing key philanthropic leaders together to learn from and with each other about how to make strategic investments that galvanize progress.
Peer-to-peer learning and exchange with principals and heads of institutional and corporate philanthropies
Candid conversations with changemakers and thought leaders
Roundtable discussions focused on emerging trends, innovation, and system change
