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Named after | Ralph Waldo Emerson [1] |
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Established | 2004[ citation needed ] |
Founder | Laurene Powell Jobs [2] |
Type | Limited Liability Company [3] |
Purpose | Education, environmental activism, immigration reform, supports public policy advocates [1] [4] |
Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, US [4] |
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President | Laurene Powell Jobs [6] |
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Website | www |
Emerson Collective is an organization focused on education, immigration reform, the environment, media and journalism, and health. Founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, [2] this limited liability company (LLC) uses philanthropy, impact investing, advocacy, and community engagement as tools to spur change in the United States and abroad. [2] The organization says that it engages in philanthrocapitalism.[ citation needed ]
Emerson Collective was founded in 2004 by Laurene Powell Jobs in Palo Alto, California. [4] Named after transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, the organization says its mission is to do the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people. [8]
In 1997, Powell Jobs had co-founded, together with Carlos Watson, the nonprofit organization College Track, a college completion program to combat the achievement gap among students of color. [9] [10] When Emerson Collective was established in 2004, grants and investments largely focused on the education sector. When Powell Jobs began learning more about the challenges plaguing immigrant students, particularly those whose undocumented status made it difficult to attend college, Emerson Collective broadened its portfolio to include immigration reform and advocacy. [2]
Powell Jobs and Emerson Collective were strong advocates of the creation of President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and have continued to push for permanent legislation to provide "Dreamers" with a path to citizenship. [11] In October 2016, she wrote the article "Immigrants Fuel Innovation. Let's Not Waste Their Potential" for WIRED . [12]
In 2015, Emerson Collective's Managing Director of Education Russlynn H. Ali launched the affiliate XQ Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to rethinking American public high school. [13]
In 2015, Emerson Collective became the lead investor in education technology company Amplify. [14]
In 2016, Andy Karsner joined Emerson Collective to launch Emerson Elemental, a practice dedicated to investments in the environmental and clean energy space. Karsner previously served in the United States Department of Energy as Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. [15]
In 2016, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined Emerson Collective to launch Chicago CRED, a nonprofit committed to curbing gun violence in Chicago through counseling, training, and matching young men with jobs. [16]
In 2017 and 2018, Emerson Collective supported the immigration-focused work of the artist JR, and helped bring Alejandro González Iñárritu's Academy Award-winning, virtual reality experience Carne Y Arena to Washington, D.C. [11] [17]
In 2019, Emerson Collective led a round of funding for Boom Supersonic, an aerospace company that aims to make supersonic commercial flight a realization again, and its proposed 55-passenger business-class transport. [18]
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Emerson Collective LLC invests and advocates for immigration reform, environment, school improvement, and social justice initiatives through investments in entrepreneurs and nonprofits. It also supports public policy advocates. Emerson Collective LLC was founded in 2004 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
Klein, a Wall Street rainmaker and former Citigroup executive, is a managing partner at Emerson and helps manage the company's business
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