New America
Formation1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founders
TypeThink tank
Headquarters740 15th Street NW, Ste 900
Location
Chair
Helene D. Gayle
CEO
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Revenue (2017)
$39,313,077[1]
Expenses (2017)$36,069,449[1]
Websitenewamerica.org

New America, or the New America Foundation, is a non-partisan think tank in the United States founded in 1999.[2][3][4] It focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security studies, technology, democracy, family economic security, political reform, health, gender, energy, education, and the future of land and housing. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., Anne-Marie Slaughter is the current chief executive officer (CEO).

History

New America's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

New America was founded in 1999 by Ted Halstead, Sherle Schwenninger, Michael Lind, and Walter Russell Mead as the New America Foundation.[5] The organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, and also has an office in Oakland, California.[6][7]

Ted Halstead served as New America's founding President and CEO from 1999 to 2007.[8] Steve Coll served as New America's second President,[9] before being succeeded by Anne-Marie Slaughter in 2013,[10] the organization's current CEO.

Open Technology Institute

Not to be confused with Open Technology Fund.

The Open Technology Institute (OTI) is the technology program of the New America Foundation. OTI formulates policy and regulatory reforms to support open architectures and open-source innovations and facilitates the development and implementation of open technologies and communications networks.[citation needed]

Commotion Wireless

Main article: Commotion Wireless

Commotion is an open source "device-as-infrastructure" communication platform that integrates users' existing cell phones, Wi-Fi-enabled computers, and other wireless-capable devices to create community- and metro-scale, peer-to-peer communications networks.[11][third-party source needed] The project builds on existing mesh wireless technologies and gained widespread attention when, in 2011, the U.S. State Department announced funding for Commotion to lower barriers for building distributed communications networks. The project has been described as the "Internet in a Suitcase" by The New York Times.[12]

Red Hook Wi-Fi

Main article: Red Hook Wi-Fi

Founded in 2011 through a collaboration with OTI and Commotion Wireless, Red Hook Wi-Fi is a mesh network which services residents of Red Hook, Brooklyn, in New York City. The Wi-Fi network reached prominence in 2012, when Hurricane Sandy shut down many internet and communication systems throughout the city, but Red Hook remained connected through its mesh network.[13][14]

Assets and funding

As of 2017, the New America had net assets of $26,788,098.[1] Top donors to the organization in 2021 included the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and United States Department of State.[15]

Board of directors

As of 2020:[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "New America Foundation" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Press Room". New America. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Nissenbaum, Dion (June 28, 2015). "Author Warns U.S. Military to Focus on China". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Steve Coll, New America President, Stepping Down, Writing 'Ghost Wars' Sequel". The Huffington Post. June 25, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Slaughter, Anne-Marie (September 9, 2020). "A Tribute to Ted Halstead" (Press release). New America. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Contact New America". New America. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "New America (New America Foundation)". influencewatch.org. Capital Research Center. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  8. ^ Morin, Richard; Deane, Claudia (December 10, 2001). "Big Thinker. Ted Halstead's New America Foundation Has It All: Money, Brains and Buzz". Style Section. The Washington Post. p. 1.
  9. ^ Weil, Martin; Silverman, Elissa (July 23, 2007). "Author, Ex-Post Editor To Head D.C. Think Tank". The Washington Post.
  10. ^ Cohen, Patricia (April 2, 2013). "New America Foundation Naming Anne-Marie Slaughter as President". ArtsBeat. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "Commotion Wireless". Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  12. ^ James Glanz and John Markoff (June 12, 2011). "U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  13. ^ "United States of America Global Information Society Watch". www.giswatch.org. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  14. ^ "Rising to the Challenge: Red Hook Initiative". NYCEDC.
  15. ^ "2021 Donors and Partners". New America. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  16. ^ "Financial Summary 2018" (PDF). New America. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "Board of Directors". New America. Retrieved February 13, 2020.

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