About Us
America Forward is a national nonpartisan policy and advocacy organization that unites leading social entrepreneurs with policymakers to advance a breakthrough public policy agenda that fosters innovation, rewards results, and catalyzes cross-sector partnerships to expand opportunity for all.
For more than 15 years, America Forward has led the America Forward Coalition, a collective advocacy network of 100+ of our nation’s most impactful and innovative non-governmental organizations. Working together, we develop and advocate for more effective public policies in early child care and learning, K-12 and post-secondary education, youth mental health and well-being, economic mobility and workforce development, evidence-based policy and social innovation, national service and civic participation. To date, the Coalition has leveraged over $2 billion in public funding for evidence-based social innovation.
America Forward empowers social entrepreneurs to become better, bolder advocates through the America Forward Advocacy Institute. The Institute provides best-in-class training, policy boot camps, hands-on Hill Days, and bespoke policy advising to social innovators. We demystify the advocacy process and equip leaders with the skills they need to successfully impact public policy and propel all of America forward.
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Policy Solutions
2024 Campaign Paper: Imagine What’s Possible
Check out Imagine What’s Possible, a robust set of policy recommendations for the next Administration and Congress that reflects the expertise of the proximate leaders and groundbreaking organizations that make up the America Forward Coalition.
Imagine What’s Possible focuses on four key areas of federal policy – education, economic mobility, evidence-based policy, and civic participation – that are essential to supporting students, workers, families, and communities in America.
The America Forward Advocacy Institute
HELPING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS BECOME BETTER, BOLDER ADVOCATES
The America Forward Advocacy Institute empowers America Forward Coalition members to become better, bolder advocates by building their policy and advocacy capacity. Social entrepreneurs can go farther together when advocating collectively to advance opportunity. The America Forward Advocacy Institute offers entrepreneurs and advocates a community of learning, knowledge-sharing, and mutual support. See our one-pager on the America Forward Advocacy Institute here.