About Us

Mission

America’s current challenges demand bold, innovative, progressive leadership from states. The mission of the Center for State Innovation (CSI) is to provide Governors and other state executives who take such leadership the best available ideas and tools in doing so.

Working with a national network of experts on state government — think tanks, universities, former state officials, technical assistance providers, and others — we offer state executives turnkey access to the best policy, messaging, and technical assistance in the country. CSI believes that every state can achieve shared prosperity, environmental sustainability, and efficient democratic government. We offer evidence-based, outcome-measured, fiscally prudent strategies for doing so. We also believe that American national government should encourage such progressive state innovation and learn from it. We promote a cooperative federalism that does that.

CSI is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)3 organization supported by foundations and individual donors. Our services to state executives are free.