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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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About Us
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
In 2023, with support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, MI piloted the HBCU Fellows Program. Now in its second year, the program expanded to include 20 new fellows and established an alumni network to mentor the next generation of the financial industry.
In 2024 the HBCU Fellows program expanded to include 20 Fellows and represent 13 institutions
The 20 Fellows interned at Citi Bank, JP Morgan Chase, S&P Global, Apple, Oaktree Capital Management, Vista Equity Partners, KPMG, and others.
Increased partner and sponsor base to include Wells Fargo, the T.D. Jakes Foundation, and others
100% internship offer rate
Increased partner and sponsor base to include Wells Fargo, the T.D. Jakes Foundation, and others
100% internship offer rate.
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.
Investing in women’s reproductive health for wider economic productivity
The Milken Institute convened a series of Financial Innovations Labs®, engaging more than 70 stakeholders from health care, finance, corporations, government, philanthropy, policy, advocacy, and academia to identify key barriers and solutions to chronic underinvestment in women’s reproductive health.
The Lab process generated one overriding idea in particular: the creation of national women’s reproductive health network supporting a number of regional hubs to address investment risk-return barriers as well as barriers to equitable delivery of products and care across the health-care system. The solution is national in scope because no area of the country is untouched by disparities in women’s reproductive health. Its mission would be to develop the following:
Access to a powerful stakeholder network in centralized locations providing knowledge sharing, mentorship, incubation, and acceleration to participating bugs centered on community needs;
Financing models more suited for the unique challenges facing the women’s reproductive health field; and
A business interruption “insurance” model to safeguard reproductive health services amid a dynamic and fluid policy landscape.
A national women’s reproductive health network (WRHN) with regional hubs can bridge funding gaps and ensure access to comprehensive reproductive health services for all women.
A national women’s reproductive health network (WRHN) with regional hubs can bridge funding gaps and ensure access to comprehensive reproductive health services for all women.
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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.
Accelerate Progress
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 HealthHow Health Care Companies Should Approach Their Diversity Action Plans for Clinical TrialsEsther Krofah discusses the FDA’s new guidance on how health care companies should approach their diversity action plans for clinical trials.
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.
- Mike PiwowarExecutive Vice President, MI FinanceHow Health Care Companies Should Approach Their Diversity Action Plans for Clinical TrialsMike Piwowar is featured in article discussing the general election’s potential impact and influence on crypto regulation and enforcement.
Recent Research Highlights
Electricity Access in Africa: Why a Green Energy Innovation Competition?This report explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding accessible energy in Africa, emphasizing sustainable solutions that drive progress and prosperity.
A National Network to Advance Innovative Financing for Women’s Reproductive HealthSustainable 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
Best-Performing Cities 2024: Focus on Sustainable Growth and ResilienceThe Best-Performing Cities (BPC) 2024 rankings evaluate the performance of 403 metropolitan areas across the US based on 13 indicators that cover labor market conditions, high-tech impact, and access
Catalyzing Action for Pharmacist-Provided Food Is Medicine CarePharmacies are cornerstones of local health care, providing access to immunizations, screenings, treatments, and health-related social needs across communities.
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.