The Black Star Project was founded in 1996 as a 501(c)(3) organization designed to eliminate the racial academic achievement gap among Black, Latino, White, and Asian students.
TIAA-CREF is a national financial services organization and the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields.
Going forward, the WEF wants to include data from outside organizations such as the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme, as well as from companies and academic researchers in its computations.