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.

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Announcing a New Initiative: Financing the Energy Transition

Launched in fall 2024, 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 jfi@jainfamilyinstitute.org.

CURRENT INITIATIVES

Guaranteed Income

Higher Education Finance

Social Wealth

Financing the Energy Transition

Affiliate and Emerging Initiatives

OUR TOOLS

Transition Critical Minerals

LEVELIZED COST OF ENERGY

FEMCI

SPLICE

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.

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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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