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Increasing funding to expand RAND research in areas that are likely to have outsized importance during the next half-century—including governing technology, countering autocracy, advancing climate and energy solutions, reducing inequity—will be part of the campaign priorities going forward.
May 18, 2023
More than $311 million has been raised toward the $400 million goal in RAND’s Tomorrow Demands Today fundraising campaign. The campaign, which launched in March 2020, aims to help tackle humanity’s greatest problems and is RAND’s most ambitious campaign to date.
Increasing funding to expand RAND research in areas that are likely to have outsized importance during the next half-century—including governing technology, countering autocracy, advancing climate and energy solutions, reducing inequity—will be part of the campaign priorities going forward.
“The extraordinary support of the entire RAND community, including the foundations and individual donors who made grants and gifts to RAND, has led to this achievement—an especially significant milestone for our campaign that was launched in the midst of a global pandemic,” said Brandon Baker, vice president of Development at RAND. “We are grateful to everyone who has invested in RAND and the research needed to address the most critical issues of our time.”
Notable $10 million campaign contributions to date include gifts from:
To help solve both new and enduring challenges, RAND has launched six philanthropically supported research centers and institutes with campaign funding. These include:
Campaign funding has supported the creation of new chair positions at RAND, including:
A number of loyal supporters have also made contributions to help enhance RAND and the Pardee RAND graduate school, including gits to support professional development opportunities for RAND researchers and staff; to recognize individuals throughout the organization who’ve made exceptional contributions to RAND; scholarships for Pardee RAND students; planned gifts to help RAND address critical needs; donations to upgrade the RAND Archives; gifts to create new impact funds; and investments in specific research initiatives, like combating Truth Decay.
RAND thanks the foundations and other grantmaking organizations that have contributed $5 million and above to support RAND research, including analysis to improve health, education, safety, and well-being. These supporters include:
RAND gratefully acknowledges cumulative campaign giving made by the following supporters who have donated $1 million and above:
For a complete list of campaign supporters, please visit campaign.rand.org/our-supporters.