Next100

What Next100 does

Next100 is a nonprofit startup think tank founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York City, operating as a program of The Century Foundation. The organization develops progressive public policy with and for the next generation of policy leaders through a 2-year Policy Entrepreneur fellowship. It recruits early-career leaders with direct lived experience of the policy issues they address—selected from a highly competitive applicant pool (over 740 applicants for the inaugural 8-person cohort)—across issue areas including education, immigration, criminal justice, climate, economic opportunity, housing, and national service.

Next100 does not produce technology products or commercial services. Its core outputs are policy reports, toolkits, commentaries, and advocacy materials, complemented by direct engagement with federal, state, and local policymakers, events (such as the 'Seen and Unseen' photography exhibition), and co-authored research with aligned nonprofits and advocacy organizations (Service Year Alliance, Jobs for the Future, AmeriCorps, Haitian Bridge Alliance, ImmSchools, EdTrust). The organization does not charge for its publications, which are made freely available on thenext100.org.

The organization is funded through grants and individual donations administered under The Century Foundation, including online giving via qgiv.com. Its go-to-market is community-led: building a pipeline of next-generation policy leaders and disseminating their work through direct policymaker engagement, earned media coverage (Fast Company, Stanford Social Innovation Review), social media, and nonprofit partnerships. In 2026 Next100 and TCF transferred the National Newcomer Network—a 46-state, 500+ member coalition supporting immigrant and refugee students—to EdTrust, marking a deliberate program transition toward concentrating on Next100's core fellowship model.

Name

Next100

Legal name

Next100

Website

https://www.thenext100.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Next100 is a New York-based nonprofit startup think tank founded in 2019 that recruits and trains the next generation of progressive policy leaders through a 2-year fellowship program, producing research and policy recommendations on education, immigration, criminal justice, climate, economic opportunity, housing, and national service.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donations: As a nonprofit organization powered by The Century Foundation, Next100 operates through grant funding and charitable donations. The organization accepts donations through its website and is supported by institutional funders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Next100 is a startup-style think tank founded in 2019 and powered by The Century Foundation that recruits exceptional next-generation policy leaders as Policy Entrepreneurs and places them in a two-year fellowship to research, develop, and advocate for progressive policy solutions. The organization produces policy reports, toolkits, and advocacy materials across education, immigration, criminal justice, climate, economic opportunity, housing, and national service. It is funded through grants and donations rather than fee-for-service revenue.

Product overview

Next100 is a startup think tank organization focused on policy research and advocacy, not a technology product company. It does not offer software products, modules, or technology platforms. The organization operates as a research and policy program that develops policy solutions through 'Policy Entrepreneurs' across issues including Education, Immigration, Criminal Justice, Climate, Economic Opportunity, and Housing. Its output consists of policy reports, commentaries, testimony, and advocacy content rather than technology products or services.

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Products and services

• Policy Entrepreneur Fellowship Program A two-year fellowship that recruits exceptional next-generation policy leaders with lived experience to research, develop, and advocate for progressive policy solutions across education, immigration, criminal justice, climate, economic opportunity, housing, and national service. The program targets emerging policy leaders and produces the research and advocacy outputs that constitute Next100's core work.
• Inclusive Policymaking: Resources and Tools for Changing the Game A toolkit of resources and tools designed to support more inclusive policymaking, offered by Next100 as part of its advocacy and policy resources. It is intended for policymakers, advocates, and community leaders seeking practical guidance on changing how policy is developed.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• EdTrustflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2026EdTrust acquired the National Newcomer Network, a coalition originally founded by The Century Foundation and Next100. The network comprises over 500 educators, researchers, and advocates across 46 states dedicated to supporting recently arrived immigrant and refugee students in K-12 schools.
• The Century FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Century Foundation is the parent organization that powers Next100. Next100 is described as a 'startup think tank powered by The Century Foundation' and was created as an initiative of TCF to develop the next generation of policy leaders.
• Service Year AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNext100 co-authored the report 'Advancing Pre-Apprenticeship Programming Through National Service' with Service Year Alliance and Jobs for the Future, providing recommendations for equitable pre-apprenticeship national service programming.
• Jobs for the FuturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNext100 co-authored reports on workforce development and national service with Jobs for the Future, focusing on equity in AmeriCorps and pre-apprenticeship programming.
• Haitian Bridge AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNext100 partnered with Haitian Bridge Alliance on the report 'Our Voices, Our Policies: Recommendations of Immigrant Parents' to amplify immigrant parent perspectives on education, healthcare, livelihood, and safety policies.
• ImmSchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNext100 partnered with ImmSchools on immigrant policy research, focusing on recommendations for inclusive education policies for immigrant students.
• AmeriCorpscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNext100 works on policy recommendations to advance equity in AmeriCorps and make national service more accessible to low- and moderate-income individuals.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/thenext100
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCTm-KDOpNizmHz7b6-sPvag
• Facebookfacebook.com/thenext100
• Instagraminstagram.com/the_next100

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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