Charter Cities Institute
chartercitiesinstitute.org · organization
Nonprofit promoting new cities with better governance as a route out of poverty.
Leadership
- Mark Lutter · Founder & Executive Director
- John Hoyt · Head of Operations
- Michael Holstein · Head of Communications & General Counsel
- Jeffrey Mason · Head of Policy
Team
8 people
source, Oct 2026
OtherOther existential risk
- Received
- $755,000
- from 1 funders
- Grants
- 4
- Funders
- 1
- Years active
- 2019–24
Grants over time
Biggest funders
| Jaan Tallinn | $755,000 | 100% | 4 |
Reviews
Zvi Mowshowitz · nonprofits.zone · full post · Nov 26, 2025
Confidence: Medium, Funding needs: Medium
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I do love charter cities. There is little question they are attempting to do a very good thing and are sincerely going to attempt to build a charter city in Africa, where such things are badly needed. Very much another case of it being great that someone is attempting to do this so people can enjoy better institutions, even if it’s not the version of it I would prefer that would focus on regulatory arbitrage more.
Seems like a great place for people who don’t think transformational AI is on its way but do understand the value here.
Grants received
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $119,000 | Other existential risk | sff | General support |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $315,000 | Other | sff | General Support of Center for Innovative Governance (d/b/a Charter Cities Institute) |
| May 2022 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $261,000 | Other | sff | General support of The Charter Cities Institute |
| Dec 2019 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $60,000 | Other | sff | General Support of the Charter Cities Institute |