Integrity Institute

What Integrity Institute does

The Integrity Institute is an independent nonprofit think tank and professional community founded in 2020 and incorporated as an independent 501(c)(3) on March 1, 2023, after operating as a fiscally sponsored project of Community Partners. It is built around a membership of 600+ trust and safety professionals drawn from 80+ technology platforms across 23 countries, who provide firsthand operational expertise that the organization translates into research, policy guidance, and industry best practices. It does not develop technology products; its core outputs are original research publications, the Trust in Tech podcast, policy commentary, and convening programs.

Its service offering comprises Integrity Clinics (confidential working sessions for organizations facing online harms), Research and Consulting (commissioned work on platform governance, digital safety, and regulatory design), Trust and Safety Webinars (public expert sessions), Featured Speaking Engagements, and collaborative research tools including the State Legislative Tracker and the Tech Policy Tracker. Core staff include Founder and Chief Research Officer Jeff Allen (formerly of Facebook), CEO Alba Cruz-Hacker, Director of Programs Community April Lat, Director of Programs Research Spencer Gurley, and Operations and Strategy Associate Carmen Garcia-Quiroz, with an 8-member board co-chaired by Theodora Skeadas and Vaishnavi J.

The Institute is funded by foundations, philanthropic funders, and individual contributors, and it explicitly operates independent of tech corporate funding. Its customer base spans US and international policymakers and lawmakers (pro bono briefings and policy feedback), technology companies (commissioned research, Integrity Clinics, and best practice guidance), civil society organizations (joint research on issues such as tech-facilitated gender-based violence and election integrity), and integrity professionals themselves (community membership, study groups, and committee leadership). Distribution is direct and global, with named engagement geographies covering North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Name

Integrity Institute

Legal name

Integrity Institute

Website

https://integrityinstitute.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Integrity Institute is an independent nonprofit think tank powered by 600+ trust and safety professionals from 80+ platforms across 23 countries, providing commissioned research, policy briefings, Integrity Clinics, and collaborative policy trackers to policymakers, technology companies, and civil society organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trust and Safety Research and Policy Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Risk Intelligence, Threat Monitoring & Crisis Response (Harmful trends, coordinated abuse) (BPAAALAN)

Keywords

• Trust and safety research
• Platform governance consulting
• Digital integrity policy
• Online harm mitigation
• Technology policy think tank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Foundation Support: Supported by foundations, philanthropic funders, and individual contributors. The organization states it advances its work independent of tech corporate funding.
2. Commissioned Research and Consulting: Engages in commissioned research and consulting projects with corporate teams, government regulators, civil society organizations, and mission-aligned individuals worldwide, delivering actionable insight on platform governance, digital safety, and regulatory and technical design.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Integrity Institute is a nonprofit think tank that convenes a global community of 600+ trust and safety practitioners and translates their operational experience into Integrity Clinics (confidential expert working sessions), commissioned Research & Consulting on platform governance and digital safety, Trust & Safety Webinars, and Featured Speaking Engagements. It complements these services with research tools (Tech Policy Tracker, State Legislative Tracker), the Trust in Tech Podcast, and pro bono policy briefings for lawmakers.

Product overview

The Integrity Institute is a membership-based think tank powered by trust and safety professionals, offering a suite of programs and services including Integrity Clinics (confidential working sessions for organizations facing online harms), Research & Consulting (commissioned research on platform governance and digital safety), Trust & Safety Webinars (public expert sessions on topics like youth safety and AI), Speaking Engagements, and the Trust in Tech Podcast. The organization also provides research tools including a State Legislative Tracker and Tech Policy Tracker for monitoring US technology legislation. The organization operates independently and does not sell a software product but rather provides expertise, research, and professional community services to technology companies, policymakers, academics, civil society organizations, and integrity professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Integrity Clinics Confidential working sessions in which Integrity Institute Trust & Safety professionals connect organizations facing online harms with expert practitioners to help them understand the threat landscape and the practical steps they can take to protect the communities they serve.
• Research & Consulting Commissioned research and project development that partners with corporate teams, government regulators, civil society organizations, and mission-aligned individuals worldwide to deliver actionable insight on platform governance, digital safety, and regulatory and technical design.
• Trust & Safety Webinars High-impact public sessions addressing urgent digital integrity challenges, with each webinar featuring seasoned Trust & Safety experts sharing insights, case studies, and best practices on youth safety, technology-enabled abuse, mis- and disinformation, AI, and election integrity.
• Featured Speaking Engagements Sourced speaking engagements in which Trust & Safety experts from the Integrity Institute are invited to events, convenings, or internal gatherings to bring substantive field expertise and insight on the social, ethical, and regulatory dimensions of digital life.

Quantifiable outcome

• European Commission extensively cited the Institute's work in its Elections Integrity Guidance
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, notable and minor.

• Council on Technology & Social CohesioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with the Council on Technology & Social Cohesion to advocate for a proactive, design-focused approach to tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), developing the 'Prevention by Design' roadmap that embeds safety into social media platform design.
• Bipartisan Policy CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with the Bipartisan Policy Center and States United Democracy Center to release survey results exploring how Americans consume, assess, and engage with election information in 2024.
• States United Democracy CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint survey work with Bipartisan Policy Center and States United Democracy Center on voter trust in election information in 2024.
• PinterestnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped cooperation with Pinterest and UC Berkeley on non-engagement signals for content ranking in social platforms.
• UC BerkeleynotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Pinterest and UC Berkeley researchers on non-engagement signals for content ranking methodology.
• MIT Policy HackathonnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with MIT's 8th Annual Policy Hackathon as a Challenge Sponsor, presenting a question on how the US should address state-level approaches to child online safety.
• European Digital Media ObservatorynotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresented at the European Digital Media Observatory in Brussels as part of research team engagement with European institutions.
• Tech Policy PressnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Tech Policy Press on technology policy tracker project and shared data-building initiatives around major US policy.
• Digital Policy AlertnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Technology Policy Tracker project tracking US federal and state technology legislation.
• Cambridge Local FirstminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Technology Policy Tracker project.
• Humane IntelligencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly designed and co-facilitated AI red teaming workshop at TrustCon 2025 with Humane Intelligence, convening practitioners to stress-test generative AI chatbots.
• Columbia Technology & Democracy InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly designed and co-facilitated AI red teaming workshop at TrustCon 2025 with Columbia's Technology & Democracy Initiative.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mozilla Foundation: Larger foundation promoting internet health and trustworthy AI. Overlaps with the Institute on internet safety and AI governance but operates at much greater scale and with a broader mandate beyond platform integrity.

Direct peers

• Witness: Human rights organization focused on video evidence, digital accountability, and technology-facilitated abuse. Directly comparable human-rights-plus-technology model, especially on tech-facilitated gender-based violence, which is an explicit Institute research theme.
• Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI): Nonprofit dedicated to online safety, particularly for children and families. Directly comparable on child-safety policy briefings and corporate-civil-society-government engagement.
• Aspen Digital (Aspen Institute): Tech policy program producing research and convenings on platform governance, AI policy, and digital trust. Similar think-tank operating model using commissioners, briefings, and public reports.
• Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab: Research lab investigating disinformation, platform manipulation, and information operations. Comparable research-and-policy model with similar emphasis on elections integrity and platform accountability.
• Center for Humane Technology: Nonprofit advocating for human-centered technology design and reform of platform business models. Overlaps on AI safety, youth wellbeing, and policy advocacy aimed at reducing online harms.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Long-established digital civil liberties nonprofit advocating for user rights, free expression, and platform accountability. Comparable nonprofit policy model but more litigation-led and with a broader civil-liberties mandate.
• Stanford Internet Observatory: Stanford University-affiliated research center studying abuse of digital platforms, including disinformation, influence operations, and trust & safety. Operates a similar research-to-policy model with platform-insider expertise and frequent engagement with regulators and civil society.
• Center for Democracy & Technology: Nonprofit digital rights organization that advocates for platform governance, content moderation, and online civil liberties. A directly comparable nonprofit think tank with horizontal engagement across tech companies, government, and civil society.
• Trust & Safety Professional Association (TSPA): Industry association for trust and safety professionals, organizer of TrustCon (where the Institute co-hosted an AI red-teaming workshop). The closest professional-community peer for the Institute's 600+ practitioner network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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Funding overview

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