JFI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit applied research organization founded in 2014 by Bobby Jain. Our mission is to apply the instruments and frameworks of finance to issues of global policy concern. Working to understand and coordinate international channels of state and private resources, we apply our data, modeling, and simulation tools to the biggest challenges of our time.
Announcing a New Initiative: Financing the Energy Transition
This initiative supports governments and investors around the globe with the technical assistance, modeling, and financial structuring needed for a just green transition. Find out more here. If you’re interested in working with us, please reach out to [email protected].
CURRENT INITIATIVES
OUR TOOLS
Our tools include models we’ve built for social wealth fund management, microsimulations for advising on tax policy, analysis of credit bureau data to understand the student debt crisis, and more.
RECENT UPDATES
Now live: 2025 Proxy Voting Data from the Center for Active Stewardship
Find free data on how asset managers such as Vanguard and Blackrock have voted on corporate activity.
JFI at Climate Week 2025
JFI will be hosting several events during Climate Week, starting September 23.
New Research: The (In)accessibility of OBBB’s New Tax Cuts
Does the One Big Beautiful Bill benefit working families?
Transition Finance 101 – Expert Hour with Elizabeth Harnett
Join us on Zoom, Thursday, August 28, at 12:00 pm ET.
Editorial: Proposing a Price Observatory in Brazil
Isabella Weber, Laura Carvalho, and JFI collaborate on a proposal to examine food price inflation
PHENOMENAL WORLD
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Phenomenal World is a publication focused on political economy. We aim to publish rigorous and innovative writing on economics, history, finance, policy, and politics. A publication of JFI, we explore political economy from a range of social scientific disciplines, and work with emerging and established scholars.
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