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- EIN 52-1451753
- (202) 243-7007
- 1441 L St Nw Ste 530 Washington DC 20005-4679 USA
- www.nasi.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Leadership Development, Mutual & Membership Benefit
Mission: A non-partisan organization of leading experts on social insurance that advances solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security.
Programs: Research - the academy is a convener of expert scholars (from our membership and beyond) to analyze key policy issues and offer policymakers independent, multi-stakeholder analyses and options. Academy staff analyzes social insurance policy issues both as individual scholars and by supporting study panels that analyze information and issue a consensus on policy options. The academy communicates its work to its members and the interested public through a variety of education forums that the staff or others organize, through website and print information, and through presentations.
membership - the academy conducts an annual nomination process, holds an annual meeting, maintains an online database and directory of members, and keeps members informed of other opportunities and services available only to academy members. The academy holds one annual policy research conference each january that convenes researchers, policymakers, advocates, and other stakeholders on an issue of current importance.
leadership the academy produces summer internship programs that recruit and select students from universities across the country, and places them in 12-week assignments with academy members in washington, dc area offices. Students in the internship programs receive an honorarium and attend weekly seminars on social insurance. The academy also conducts a dissertation award program to help recognize rising scholars in social insurance.