The Charter Cities Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering new cities with better governance to lift tens of millions of people out of poverty. The Charter Cities Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing human flourishing by building the ecosystem for charter cities worldwide. The Center for Innovative Governance Research doing business as Charter Cities Institute is building the future of governance by creating the ecosystem for charter cities. We work with entrepreneurs, investors, policy experts, governments, humanitarians, and new city developers to build a common understanding of charter cities and create relationships which can work towards implementing charter cities. Our goal is to lift tens of millions of people out of poverty by helping to incubate dozens of charter cities around the world.