Our approach

We are a nonprofit philanthropic foundation working on building a deep and connected math talent ecosystem. Through investments in and coordinated management of nonprofit and for-profit organizations, we are assembling a portfolio of organizations that act as a cohesive math talent system. A cohesive math talent system is a system that effectively identifies and nurtures math talent wherever it surfaces.

Our work is primarily focused on identifying and growing strategic organizations critical to building a robust math talent system. We make big bets on these strategic portfolio partners, both in terms of resource and time commitment.

Our team

We are a small team that works hard to elevate the work of our amazing partners.

President

Lead, Math Talent Programs

Lead, Thinking Games

COO

Senior Finance & Operation manager

Openings

Are you someone who gets excited about both the beauty of math and the magic of summer camp? We are hiring seasonal Camp Directors to lead our new residential summer camps for mathematically extraordinary middle school students.

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Our Values

We share responsibility with our partners for achieving our collective goals. We earn trust, we dive deep and then we challenge everyone to do better.

– Build Partnerships

We find mathematics and data delightful and important and deeply integrate them into our work.

– Are Mathy

We are never done exploring. We excitedly seek out new challenges and learnings. We aren’t afraid to be wrong.

– Build New Expertise

Advanced math education needs an overhaul. We only make bets on teams that think big, challenge the status quo and approach systems change with rigor, creativity and optimism.

– Make Bold Bets

We are all biased toward taking responsibility. Our assumption is that it is our job. The buck stops with each and every one of us.

– Are Owners

We constantly come up with innovative ideas. We are always thinking about ways to do things better.

– Are Creative and Inventive

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