American Enterprise Institute is a 1938-founded nonprofit research organization operating from Washington, DC with a 51–200-person staff. The hiring profile is research-heavy (19 of 28 active roles), split between junior scholars (17 roles) and a small operational spine—a structure typical of idea-generating institutions. The tech stack (WordPress, HubSpot, Salesforce, Python, Stata, R, ArcGIS) reflects dual operational needs: donor and stakeholder engagement infrastructure paired with quantitative research tools. Current pain points span both sides: low web performance and social media engagement suggest audience-reach gaps, while dataset analysis and housing-market metrics reveal friction in converting research into measurable impact.
Tech Stack 15 technologies
What American Enterprise Institute Is Building
◆Challenges
- Low web performance
- Low social media engagement
- Large dataset analysis
- Metrics creation for housing markets
- Lack of metrics to improve housing markets
- Major gifts program growth
- Donor participation growth
- High-dollar donor retention
- Managing donor database
- Mass email communications
▲Active Projects
- Research on us safety-net programs
- Coalition defense of taiwan
- Annual black-tie gala
- Daily articles on aeideas blog
- Major center initiatives (working groups, paper series, web products)
- Building and maintaining ctse’s data dashboard
- Tracking and measuring scholars’ outputs and influence
- Providing research and editorial support for blog posts and congressional testimonies
- Design and launch new cosm products
- Monthly newsletter nexus
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Director of Individual Giving
