Impact at Scale
Working alongside experts and students, we surface, accelerate, and scale promising interventions to fill market, policy, or structural gaps that may impede faster positive social change.
Who We Are
We are an experiential hub with two key mandates.
Through Georgetown University, we operate as an orchestrating broker across sectors to increase the probability of scaled positive impact, ultimately provoking grassroot and institutional leaders to think, behave, and collaborate differently toward a shared vision of prosperity for all.
We believe that accelerating social change hinges on all sectors operating in concert. We take promising, impact-ripe efforts that fill ecosystem gaps and ready them for scale. Our experiential work always includes students as our long-game, to actively ready future leaders in the evolving impact space.
A training ground for students and lifelong learners.
Equipping future global leaders with the tools and approaches to further the common good.
A catalyst for scalable, leading-edge ecosystem ideas.
Promoting outcome-driven solutions in three primary areas: Fair Finance, Data + Digital, and Sustainable Student Impact.
Our latest work.
As millions wait for their vaccine, and with cases still on the rise, having a trusted source of information is critical. Learn how New Jersey created their information hub in record time, with great results.
Whatever kind of project you're working on, it's important to put the end user at the top of the list, and work to their needs, not yours. That's one of the lessons Think of Us learned when building a tool for youth in foster care.
2020 was somehow both the longest, and shortest, year ever. However you look at it, we did some incredible work with some amazing partners this year, and we've got even more exciting things planned for 2021!
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Upcoming Events
See You in 2021
We don't have anything nailed down just yet, but we promise to bring you many more great conversations in the new year. If you missed any of our past events, be sure to visit our YouTube page to catch them again. Be sure to subscribe for alerts on all our latest work.
Our Approach
We value things differently.
Our work centers on investing in outcomes for individuals and society. We believe impact at scale requires the courage to think, behave, and collaborate differently.
• Thinking differently. The Beeck Center starts with outcomes first. We question and redefine incentive structures. We scale innovative solutions beyond just organizations. We see it as a social movement of coordinated efforts.
• Behaving differently. Through our applied research, the Beeck Center showcases new models. We don’t shy away from failure. We meet people where they are, knowing that tools, frameworks, and approaches are important to achieve outcomes.
• Collaborating differently. We work beyond silos. The Beeck Center convenes and knits together public, private, and civic actors to co-create solutions leading to lasting positive social outcomes.
… and students get to roll-up their sleeves and participate in all of it.