Ted Foundation

Ted exists to research, discover and spread great new ideas. The purpose: to educate and inspire a more comprehensive understanding of our shared humanity and improve the ways in which we connect and communicate with one another. The primary way in which we do this is via our flagship Ted conferences to which we invite prominent researchers, academics, educators, philanthropists, environmentalists, scientists, technologists, artists and others, to attend and present short lectures our signature tedtalks - in their areas of research and expertise.

We launched countdown, Ted's first issue-specific initiative, in 2019 in order to educate, champion and accelerate the bold ideas and underinvested solutions that can bring us closer to achieving a zero-carbon world one that is cleaner, healthier and fairer for all.

The audacious project is a collaborative approach to researching the biggest ideas in the nonprofit world and then seeking to get them funded, with the potential to create change at a thrilling global scale housed at Ted, this is a unique partnership between some of the most respected organizations in philanthropy and the public. Every year we research and select the boldest, brightest ideas and work with change-makers to make their initiatives even more audacious. We then present those ideas to the public and an inspiring group of donors who come together to get them launched.

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