About the Institute

Carrying forward the legacy, values, and spirit of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

The Roosevelt Institute is a nonprofit organization devoted to carrying forward the legacy and values of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by developing progressive ideas and bold leadership in the service of restoring America’s health and security. We seek to reanimate the progressive movement through a three-pronged approach...

Generating Compelling New IDEAS & Bold Visions:  

Through the Four Freedoms Center think tank, launched in 2009, the Roosevelt Institute incubates and promotes rigorous, progressive policy ideas and value narratives, and deploys the people who are their strongest proponents into the public debate.  In short order the Institute has established itself as a leading voice for change.  With Senior Fellows including Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and former chief economist to the Senate Banking Committee Robert Johnson, our work informed the consumer protection efforts of Elizabeth Warren as well as the financial regulatory reform law enacted in 2010; we continue to work with Ms. Warren and to ensure the law’s proper implementation as we delve into new areas including money and politics, progressive values, and the middle class.

Developing the Next Generation of Progressive LEADERSHIP:  

The Roosevelt Institute recognizes that it must develop new leaders in order to grow new ideas. Since 2008, the Institute has been home to the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network, a powerful forum of some 10,000 politically engaged young people at 86 active chapters who discuss, promote, and implement progressive ideals, ideas, and policies.  Campus Network members have presented policies on Capitol Hill, testified to city councils, and implemented legislation.  The Network comprises a diverse cross-section of backgrounds; women and people of color lead more than half the chapters.  In 2008, the Campus Network produced more Rhodes Scholars than any two universities combined.  Roosevelt Institute | Pipeline was launched in 2010 as a forum for early-career progressives and is designed to support and develop pathways for future progressive leaders.

Bringing Forward the Roosevelt LEGACY:  

We promote the Roosevelt legacy and attract new audiences to their ideals and values.  Our main vehicle for this effort is the FDR Presidential Library & Museum in Hyde Park, NY. Through this remarkable facility, the first US presidential library, we offer programs, create exhibitions, issue white papers and post blog content that tie historical precedence to contemporary challenges.

 

To view a video created in 2010 about the Institute, click here.

The views of fellows and staff, as well as the views of contributors to New Deal 2.0 (the Institute's blog), are those of the individuals only and should not be attributed to the Roosevelt Institute, its boards, or its officers.