Where ideas meet impact.

The JA Institute builds technology for social good and supports the ecosystem by developing digital public goods.

  • Create operational efficiencies through automation and augmentation of AI and data.

  • Design organizational models for sustainable growth.

  • Develop and test innovative and cost-effective pedagogical approaches.

Ongoing Projects

GenAI Impact Reporting

Integrating Language Models into JA Data Experience (JADE) to automate report generation customized for each JA member nations and enable reasoning models to conduct development analysis complementing JADE for operational intelligence. This is partnership with Avanade and Accenture.

JA Algorithmic Clusters

Using k-means machine learning clustering algorithm and combining 50+ global development and JA data to categorize similar JA countries and operations for operational intelligence. JA Algorithmic Clusters is a Python web-based tool developed for assisting donor priorities and global benchmarking. 

Other projects in the pipeline . . .

Upcoming projects include:

  • Nonprofit cost analysis and financial resilience framework

  • Expansion of YouthVoices.org––a natural-language processing platform for sensemaking in youth conversations.

JA’s Innovation History

JA, as a century-old organization, has been building technologies for social good and developing innovative pedagogy and curriculum. Here are some of the innovation that predates the founding of The JA Institute:

  • 3DE by Junior Achievement USA: re-engineered high school education for every dimension of life

  • INJAZ Campus by JA Canada and INJAZ Al-Arab JA MENA: professional development platform connecting youth to opportunities

  • JA Career Connect by JA Africa: job matching platform for young African talent