The Breakthrough Institute was founded in 2003 on the premise that the complaint-based, interest group liberalism born in the 1960s and 1970s was failing to achieve the broad social and ecological transformations America and the world need. The Breakthrough Institute's goal is to accelerate the transition to a future where all the world's inhabitants can enjoy secure, free, prosperous, and fulfilling lives on an ecologically vibrant planet. The Breakthrough Institute is a paradigm-shifting think tank committed to modernizing environmentalism for the 21st century. Our core values are integrity, imagination and audacity.
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Geographics of focus
Global
Operating languages
English
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Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Year founded
2003
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Founded by
Founders: Ted Nordhaus | Michael Shellenberger
Founder gender: All male
Founder gender: All male
Leadership
Leader(s) (2024): Ted Nordhaus
Leader gender: Male Leader(s) (2023): Ted Nordhaus
Leader gender: Male Leader(s) (2022): Ted Nordhaus
Leader gender: Male
Leader gender: Male Leader(s) (2023): Ted Nordhaus
Leader gender: Male Leader(s) (2022): Ted Nordhaus
Leader gender: Male
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2024
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2019
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updated: 12/04/2024
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
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Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
Have we got something wrong?: Contact us to update this record. There is more information in the database, you can download it here.