A not-for-profit policy institute that advises governments and political leaders worldwide on strategy, policy, and delivery, with a major focus on AI governance and technology adoption in the public sector.
A not-for-profit policy institute that advises governments and political leaders worldwide on strategy, policy, and delivery, with a major focus on AI governance and technology adoption in the public sector.
People
Updated 05/18/26Chief AI and Innovation Officer
Chief Information Officer
Executive Chairman
Strategic Communications Advisor, DID/AI
Data and Governance System Advisor
Head of Technology
Manager Technology and Innovation .
Director, Government Innovation Policy
Funding Details
Updated 05/18/26- Annual Budget
- $161,300,000
- Current Runway
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- Funding Goal
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- Funding Raised to Date
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Org Details
Updated 05/18/26The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change was formally established in December 2016 in London, when Tony Blair closed his for-profit consultancy Tony Blair Associates and reconstituted the work as a not-for-profit advisory organization. Its registered office is at One Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL. The institute's mission is to help governments and leaders build more open, inclusive, and prosperous countries by providing expert advice on strategy, policy, and delivery, with technology as a cross-cutting enabler. TBI operates at significant scale: in 2024 it reported revenue of approximately $161 million and employed an average of 786 staff globally, working across more than 40 countries on over 120 active projects. More than 90 percent of those projects involve technology-driven support at the highest levels of government. Key funders have included the Larry Ellison Foundation, which has pledged or donated more than $338 million since 2021, alongside government advisory contracts and other philanthropists. The institute's AI and technology work is led by its Science and Technology Policy team, headed by Jakob Mokander (Director) and Elizabeth Seger (Senior Policy Advisor, global AI governance). This team engages directly with governments preparing AI legislation, produces governance frameworks for frontier AI systems, and publishes research on topics including AI safety regulation, open-source AI policy, AI in public services, and multilateral AI governance. TBI received a $636,000 Open Philanthropy grant to support a series of AI governance papers, roundtables, and policy briefings. In 2025 TBI undertook some organizational restructuring amid continued operating deficits, while increasing its AI-related work and seeking new donors. Beyond AI governance, TBI covers economic prosperity, geopolitics and security, public services reform, climate and energy, and politics and governance. Its approach emphasizes practical delivery alongside policy design, working side-by-side with political leaders rather than producing research for academic audiences.
Theory of Change
Updated 05/18/26TBI's theory of change holds that the primary bottleneck for good policy outcomes is execution: leaders have access to good ideas but lack the capacity to implement them. By embedding expert advisors directly within governments and providing both policy design and delivery support, TBI aims to shape the decisions of heads of government at the moment those decisions are being made. On AI specifically, TBI believes that governments are at a critical juncture in setting the regulatory and governance architecture for advanced AI systems. By advising leading governments on frontier AI safety frameworks, multilateral coordination mechanisms, and practical AI deployment in public services, TBI seeks to shift the default trajectory of AI governance toward greater accountability, safety, and beneficial use — working through political leaders who have the authority to enact lasting institutional change.
Grants Received
Updated 05/18/26Projects– no linked projects
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