About The Good Measure Collective
We measure what matters — and build what lasts.
The Good Measure Collective by RMPG is a civic innovation movement turning community stories into lasting infrastructure for education, culture, and opportunity.
Our Story
From a single city to a national movement.
The Good Measure Collective began with a simple conviction: that the communities closest to the pain are also closest to the solution. What started as a single convening has grown into a national movement connecting civic leaders, philanthropists, and investors to the people and stories that shape our cities.
Built by RMPG, the Collective unites strategic partnerships, community led programs, platform technology, youth led productions, and philanthropic first capital into one self-sustaining architecture — a system that turns community stories into licensed learning assets, and returns the capital that funds the next generation.
Good Measure Collective co-founders Jesse Raney Bridges and Kandis Arzu Thompson. Featuring Good Measure Collective mascot Carmelo “Melo” Bridges
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Partnership Guide
The Good Measure Collective Partnership Guide.
Explore the full funder and partner reference below, or download the guide to share with your team.
Community Impact Pool
Building the Community Impact Pool. Powered by big thinkers. For generations.
Seed
The Community Impact Pool
Founding partners commit investment into a shared civic fund.
Develop & Pilot
The Good Measure Youth UI
Youth storytellers build and pilot the platform that powers opportunity.
Align Capital
Across Sectors, Across Communities
Capital is coordinated across finance, philanthropy, government, and innovation.
Amplify Impact
For Immediate Change & Long-Term ROI
Returns compound — funding the next cohort and the next generation.
Be part of the movement.
Say yes to impact. Say yes to the future. We'll see you there.
A Lineage of Learning
From Lake Chautauqua to the cities of today.
The Chautauqua tradition of convening curious minds stretches back more than a century. The Good Measure Collective carries that inheritance forward — mapping it onto the cities, partners, and milestones of the 2026 Series and beyond.
The Original Movement
1874
The Chautauqua Movement is born
Founded by John Heyl Vincent and Lewis Miller at Lake Chautauqua, New York, as a training school for Sunday-school teachers, it quickly grows into a national movement blending education, culture, and faith.
The Circuit Chautauqua
1878–1920s
Learning travels the rails
Lecturers, musicians, and reformers travel by rail to thousands of towns, bringing learning and culture to millions of Americans. Theodore Roosevelt calls it "the most American thing in America."
An Enduring Spirit
Mid 20th c.
A legacy of lifelong learning
The Chautauqua Institution endures, and the movement’s spirit of community-rooted, lifelong learning passes into the civic life of the nation.
Washington, DC
Sept 18, 2026
CBC Week Interest Meeting
Big Thinkers convene around the Education Freedom Tax Credit and how to leverage it to increase opportunities for student-serving organizations in every community.
Birmingham
Oct 31, 2026
Magic City Classic Convening
Strategic university partnerships take center stage as Big Thinkers ask how to leverage them to increase medical access in the Caribbean.
Miami
Dec 5, 2026
BitBasel / Art Week Convening
Big Thinkers gather to shape the next Chautauqua of Impact — a partnership opportunity at the intersection of art, capital, and culture.
National Expansion
2027 →
The $100M infrastructure takes shape
The Chautauqua Series expands across 17+ cities, turning community stories into licensed learning assets and revolving capital that funds the next generation.
Be part of the movement.
Explore the partnership model or join an interest meeting.