The Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities (TFIC) is an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to accelerating Texas innovation, competitiveness, and jobs growth. TFIC focuses on identifying, advancing, and deploying the world’s best practices and policies for strategic economic growth, specifically targeting high-performance innovation ecosystems. TFIC recognizes that economic growth is a powerful tool for reducing poverty, income inequality, and ensuring shared prosperity.

They understand that innovation is the primary currency of economic growth. While individual entrepreneurs and companies play a significant role, TFIC emphasizes that economically relevant innovation on a regional scale is mostly achieved through robust and efficient innovation ecosystems. TFIC actively identifies leading research and contributes original research and methodologies in order to enhance the effectiveness of designed innovation ecosystems.

Additionally, TFIC produces demonstration projects to showcase the effectiveness of their strategies. With a committed board of directors, including industry leaders such as Pike Powers, Mitch Jacobson, Tracy LaQuey Parker, Dr. Harry D.

Fair, and Jose Beceiro, TFIC brings together expertise from various sectors to drive innovation and economic growth in Texas. Overall, TFIC is at the forefront of promoting innovation, competitiveness, and job growth in Texas through its research, methodologies, and demonstration projects