Benton believes that communications policy has the power to deliver new opportunities and strengthen communities to bridge our divides. Benton exists to bring open, affordable, high-capacity broadband to everyone in the U.S. They support legal and policy experts who preserve and strengthen America’s communications environment, who can nourish and protect democratic values, and who can communicate to the public why this all matters.

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization whose mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level. Brookings brings together more than 300 leading experts in government and academia from all over the world who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a full range of public policy issues.

Pew Research Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. Pew generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and supports sound decision-making. They value independence, objectivity, accuracy, rigor, humility, transparency and innovation.