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# Third Way Institute
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/third-way-institute/
- Published: 1999-01-03T01:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-04T02:20:43.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**Third Way Institute** is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as the charitable arm of [Third Way](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Third-Way).[\[1\]](#fn1)

## History

The Third Way Institute was incorporated in the State of Delaware on August 24, 2006.[\[2\]](#fn2) A branch of the organization was registered in Washington, D.C. on March 5, 2010.[\[3\]](#fn3)

On March 28, 2019, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded the Third Way Institute a $27,000 grant for an event called "Catching the Cybercriminal: Reforming Global Law Enforcement," which took place on November 18, 2019.[\[4\]](#fn4)[\[5\]](#fn5)

## Organization

| Name                                     | Position                                   | Notes                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Jonathan Cowan                           | Governor, Executing Officer[\[3:1\]](#fn3) | [Third Way](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Third-Way), Americans for Gun Safety |
| CT Corporation/Corporation Trust Company | Agent[\[2:1\]](#fn2)[\[3:2\]](#fn3)        | \-                                                                                     |

### Funding

Donors to the Third Way Institute include:

- Arnold Ventures[\[6\]](#fn6)
- Ayco Charitable Foundation[\[7\]](#fn7)
- Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust[\[8\]](#fn8)
- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation[\[9\]](#fn9)
- [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation)[\[10\]](#fn10)
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston[\[11\]](#fn11)
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation[\[12\]](#fn12)
- Dyson Foundation[\[13\]](#fn13)
- Energy Foundation[\[14\]](#fn14)
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund[\[15\]](#fn15)
- Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund[\[16\]](#fn16)
- Jewish Communal Fund[\[17\]](#fn17)
- Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund[\[18\]](#fn18)
- Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego[\[19\]](#fn19)
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation[\[20\]](#fn20)
- Lumina Foundation[\[21\]](#fn21)
- Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation[\[22\]](#fn22)
- National Philanthropic Trust[\[23\]](#fn23)
- Ptsrk Foundation[\[24\]](#fn24)
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors[\[25\]](#fn25)
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation[\[26\]](#fn26)

The Third Way Institute also raises money from individual donors through ActBlue.[\[27\]](#fn27)

## External links

- [Cause IQ](https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/third-way-institute,260535276/)
- [Devex](https://www.devex.com/organizations/third-way-institute-78647)
- [InfluenceWatch](https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/third-way-institute/)
- [OpenCorporates](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fde/4210247)
- [ProPublica](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/260535276)

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13. *Third Way Institute.* Dyson Foundation. Retrieved August 12, 2018, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20180812222728/http://dysonfoundation.org/grantmaking/search-grants?view=details&acctid=001G000001esmd6IAA&oppid=0061L00000wG4YFQA0> [↩︎](#fnref13)
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