Franklin Project

Franklin Project
SuccessorService Year Alliance
FormationOctober 2012
DissolvedDecember 2015
PurposeAdvancing national service in the United States
Location
  • Washington, DC
Director
Jay Mangone
Parent organization
Policy Program of the Aspen Institute

The Franklin Project was a policy program of the Aspen Institute from October 2012 to December 2015, that focused on advancing national service in the United States. Walter Isaacson called the project the "biggest idea" to come out of the Aspen Ideas Festival during his tenure as CEO of the Aspen Institute. In January 2016, the project merged with ServiceNation and the Service Year Exchange project of the National Conference on Citizenship to form Service Year Alliance (a new 501(c)(3) non-profit operating as a joint venture of the Aspen Institute and Be the Change, Inc.).