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== Mission: == From The '''New America Foundation'' ' is a Washington D.C.-headquartered [[think tank]] which states that it "invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States ... With an emphasis on big ideas, impartial analysis and pragmatic solutions, New America invests in outstanding individuals whose ability to communicate to wide and influential audiences can change the country's policy discourse in critical areas, bringing promising new ideas and debates to the fore."<ref name="About Us">New America Foundation, [http://www.newamerica.net/about "About New America"], New America Foundation website:, accessed February 2009.</ref>

[[Image:"Powerful forces - from the birth of the information age to massive demographic shifts to economic globalization New_America_Foundation- are remaking Americalogo250px. Nowjpg|right|250px]]The foundation, more than everwhich was launched in 1999, our nation needs a robust public debatehas as its CEO [[Steve Coll]], one that does justice to the complex challenges and opportunities of this unfolding era. Yet there remains a dearth of new thinking on both sides of the political divide, as well as a lack of investment in developing the creative young minds most capable of crafting new public policy solutions.:staff writer with ''The purpose of the New America Foundation is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nationYorker''s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, magazine while the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy ideas that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Through its Fellowship Program and Strategic Initiatives, New America sponsors a wide range chairman of research, published writing, conferences and events on the most important issues of our time. :The New America Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy institute that was conceived through the collaborative work of a diverse and intergenerational group of public intellectuals, civic leaders, and business executives. New America's Board of Directors is chaired by James Fallows, and Ted Halstead is the organization's founding President and Chairman & CEO. Based in our nation's capitalof [[Google]], the Foundation opened its doors in January 1999[[Eric Schmidt]].<ref name="About Us"[http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=overview]>

== Contributions: Ties to Peter G. Peterson==

Collaborated with The New America Foundation receives funding from the Atlantic Monthly on a special report in 2003, [[Peter G. Peterson Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.theatlanticnewamerica.comnet/issuesabout/2003funding/01/union.htm "Our Funding"], ''"What is the real State of the Union?"The New America Foundation.''], Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref>

Phillip Longman, a New America Foundation member, authored ==2014 Policy Brief Insisting that Colleges Align with the book ''The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity (And What to Do About It).''Common Core==

The report concludes by providing recommendations to higher education institutions in order to align teaching methods, teacher preparation, financial aid dissemination, and course placement decisions with Common Core standards. Recommendations include that:<ref name="CCSS"/> * Institutions with minimum standards for admission should amend those standards to include college- and career-ready assessment cut scores.* Institutions offering developmental coursework should base this instruction upon their state's college- and career-ready standards, and determine the success of those programs using the state's high school assessments* For those states which continue to award financial aid on the basis of demonstrated academic merit, amend any criteria relating to assessment scores to include those from the state's high school college- and career-ready assessments. The report was funded by grants from:<ref name="CCSS"/> * [[Alliance for Early Success]]* [[Annie E. Casey Foundation]]* [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] * [[Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund]] * [[Grable Foundation]]* [[Foundation for Child Development]] * [[Joyce Foundation]]* [[Kresge Foundation]] * [[Lumina Foundation]] * [[Pritzker Children’s Initiative]] * [[William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]]* [[W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation]] = Donors: =Funders== As of January 2013, New America Foundation's top donors included:<ref>New America Foundation, [http://www.newamerica.net/about/funding/ Our Funding], organizational website, accessed January 21, 2013.</ref> '''$1,000,000+'''

== Board of Directors==*[[Steve Coll]]: President*[[Eric BenhamouRachel L. White]] - Chairman & CEO, Benhamou Global Ventures : Executive Vice President and ChairmanDirector, 3Com Corporation External Relations*[[Scott DelmanAndres Martinez]] - Founder: Vice President, Editorial Director and Director, Capital Z Investment Partners Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program*[[James FallowsSascha Meinrath]] - Chairman: Vice President and Director, New America Foundation Open Technology Institute *[[Francis FukuyamaValerie Usher]] - Bernard L. Schwartz Professor : Director of International Political Economy, SAISFinance and Operations*[[Kyle Ange]]: Controller'''Senior Staff'''*[[Peter Bergen]]: Director, Johns Hopkins University National Security Studies Program*[[Ted HalsteadShannon Brownlee]] - Founding President & CEO: Acting Director, New America Foundation Health Policy Program*[[Noosheen HashemiKevin Carey]] - President: Director, HAND Foundation Education Policy Program*[[Laurene Powell JobsReid Cramer]] - President of the Board: Director, College Track Asset Building Program*[[Kati MartonJason Delisle]] - Author and Journalist : Director, Federal Education Budget Project*[[Walter Russell MeadPatrick C. Doherty]] - Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy: Director, Council on Foreign Relations Smart Strategy Initiative*[[Lenny MendoncaDavid Gray]] - Chairman: Director, McKinsey Global Institute Workforce and Family Program*[[Steven RattnerLisa Guernsey]] - Managing Principal: Director, Quadrangle Group, LLC Early Education Initiative*[[Diane RavitchLeila HIlal]] - Research Professor of Education: Director, New York University Middle East Task Force*[[Eric SchmidtGene Kimmelman]] - Chairman & CEO: Director, Google, Inc. Internet Freedom and Human Rights Project*[[Bernard L. SchwartzMichael Lind]] - Retired Chairman and CEO: Policy Director, Loral Space & Communications Ltd. Economic Growth Program*[[Anne-Marie SlaughterMark Lloyd]] - Dean: Director, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University Media Policy Initiative*[[Laura D'Andrea TysonMaryEllen McGuire]] - Dean: Executive Director, London Business School Postsecondary National Policy Institute *[[Christine Todd WhitmanSherle R. Schwenninger]] - President: Director, Whitman Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Group Program*[[Daniel YerginCeila Hartman Sims]] - Chairman: Director, Cambridge Energy Research Associates Postsecondary National Policy Institute *[[Fareed ZakariaJamie M. Zimmerman]] - Editor: Director, Newsweek International Global Assets Project

===Leadership Council=="New America's Leadership Council, chaired by [[John C. Whitehead]], recognizes those individuals who contribute $25,000 or more to the Foundation each year. As members of the Leadership Council, they participate in the intellectual life of the Foundation in numerous ways. For instance, they are invited to attend a special annual retreat with New America senior staff, Fellows and Board of Directors, as well as a series of salon dinners across the country. =

*[[Eric A. Benhamou]] - Chairman, 3Com Corporation & Palm Inc.; Chairman and CEO, Benhamou Global VenturesAccording to the organization, LLC*[[Susan Chambers]] - Executive Vice President"New America's Leadership Council, Wal-Mart*chaired by [[Lewis BJohn C. CullmanWhitehead]] - Founder & CEO, Cullman Venturesrecognizes those individuals who contribute $25, Inc000 or more to the Foundation each year.*[[Laurene Powell Jobs]] - President As members of the BoardLeadership Council, College Track*[[Peter Marber]] - Global Head they participate in the intellectual life of GEM Fixed Income the Foundation in numerous ways. For instance, they are invited to attend a special annual retreat with New America senior staff, Fellows and CurrenciesBoard of Directors, HSBC Halbis Partnersas well as a series of salon dinners across the country."<ref name="Staff"/> *[[Aria MehrabiScott Delman]] - Principal & Co-Founder, Pacific Star Capital*[[Lenny MendoncaThor Halvorssen]] - Chairmain, McKinsey Global Institute*[[Eric MindichGeorge C. Halvorsen]] - Founder, Eton Park Capital Management*[[Steven RattnerCarolyn Kaplan]] - Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group, LLC*[[Eric SchmidtJustine Kilpatrick]] - Chairman & CEO, Google, Inc.*[[Bernard L. SchwartzPeter Marber]] -Retired Chairman & CEO, Loral Space & Communications Ltd.*[[Harry SloanCraig Newmark]] - Chairman & CEO, MGM, Inc.*[[Jonathan SorosRobert H. Neihaus]] - President & Co-Deputy Chairman, Soros Fund Management, LLC*[[John CF. WhiteheadNoel Perry]] - Chairman, The Goldman Sachs Foundation[http://www.newamerica.net/about/leadership_council Source]

*[[Parag Khanna]] <ref>New America Foundation, [http://www.newamerica.net/people/parag_khanna NAF website"Parag Khanna,"] Retrieved January 29, 2008.</ref> <ref>Parag Khanna, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/magazine/27world-t.html?ex=1359176400&en=1af8c9c386cc212d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink NYT "Waving Goodbye to Hegemony,"] ''New York Times Magazine]'', January 27, 2008.</ref>

== Contact: Information==:The New America Foundation<br>:Located in Historic Dupont Circle, at:1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 7th Floor<br>:Washington, DC 20009<br>:Phone: (202) 986-2700<br>:Fax: (202) 986-3696<br>:Website:[http://www.newamerica.net/ www.newamerica.net]

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