We inspire and deliver game-changing impact for the missions that matter
Frontier helps organizations improve their impact, strengthen their teams, and integrate responsible AI through human-centered solutions.
Federal Agency
Are you a Federal Agency...
facing pressure to modernize while maintaining security and public trust?
Frontier helps federal agencies improve service delivery and grants management, strengthen workforce capabilities, and implement AI safely through transparent, human centered, and mission-aligned solutions.
Leading AI Lab
Are you a Leading AI Lab...
seeking clarity and confidence to transform uncertainty into opportunity?
Frontier helps AI labs evaluate, test, and improve model safety, while supporting responsible deployment and building the internal capabilities required for high-stakes AI research.
Non-profit or NGO
Are you a Non-profit or NGO...
navigating complex challenges with limited resources and high expectations from funders, communities and partners?
Frontier helps nonprofits measure their impact, strengthen their teams, and scale their mission with clarity, confidence, and sustainable practices.
Philanthropy
Are you a Philanthropic Foundation or Funder...
trying to demonstrate meaningful impact + a positive return on your investment while serving as a good partner to both your grantees and your board?
Frontier helps philanthropic teams measure impact, design effective programs, and build internal capacity to steward resources responsibly and strategically.
Company
Are you a Company...
balancing innovation with responsibility, clarity, and capability in a fast-paced environment?
Frontier helps companies strengthen their impact, develop high-performing teams, and integrate AI responsibly in environments where speed, innovation, and risk management are all mission critical.
University
Are you a University...
navigating shifting student needs, workforce expectations, and disruptive technologies like AI?
Frontier helps universities strengthen learning ecosystems, measure institutional impact, and adopt AI responsibly to better serve students, faculty, and communities.
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IMPACT
Organizations face growing pressure to deliver meaningful impact in complex, fast-changing environments while staying accountable to communities, funders, and stakeholders.
Without clear insight into people’s lived experiences, what’s truly working, and where to adapt, leaders struggle to prioritize, learn, and act with confidence.
We partner with organizations to listen deeply, design effective strategies and services, and embed measurement and learning into how work gets done, turning insight into action and impact that lasts.
→ Learn MoreRESPONSIBLE AI
Despite mounting pressure, many organizations lack the clarity and capabilities to balance AI innovation with risks, cultural nuance, and human readiness.
Without clarity and confidence, AI becomes a source of uncertainty instead of opportunity.
We combine robust model evaluation methods with global networks of subject matter experts to build safer AI models, accelerate models' capabilities, and effectively integrate AI into teams.
→ Learn MoreLEARNING + LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Even with strong training investments, leaders struggle to build collaborative, adaptive teams that can keep pace with evolving challenges.
These challenges slow organizational growth and limit the potential of teams and leaders.
We transform learning through engaging, learner-centered experiences that are tailored to your workforce and learning needs.
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Celebrating 10 years of building a better world,
by design
Frontier is your partner in transformation.
Over a decade, we've been honored to help you deepen your impact, strengthen your teams, and build the capabilities and systems you needed most to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
We combine deep expertise in impact, learning & leadership development, and artificial intelligence with our human-centered approach. We listen deeply, imagine boldly, and build practical solutions that endure.
Over the last decade and into the future, our goal remains the same: to equip you with the tools, skills, and systems you need to deliver meaningful change for the missions that matter most.
Testimonials
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"Utilizing an international team of experts coupled with in-house talent, Frontier Design has successfully demonstrated their unique system for quantifying risks of potential biological weapons attacks. Application of the Frontier Design approach will increase the safety of publicly available AI tools as well as algorithms in development."
- Dr. John Fischer, Former Director of Chemical-Biological Defense Division, DHS | Senior Executive Service (retired)
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"Frontier helped us elevate our measurement and impact reporting in a meaningful way. The results are real -- and they're already shaping how we assess and communicate impact."
- Nikki Clifton, President, Social Impact and The UPS Foundation
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"I was a skeptic about strategic planning because I rarely saw it done well or in ways that stick. But, now, I've drunk the Frontier kool-aid. I'm all in on strategic planning. Thank you for such an energizing, engaging process!"
- Paige Alexander, CEO, The Carter Center
Case Studies
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Building a World-Class Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System
THE UPS FOUNDATION
Over 2.5 years, Frontier partnered with The UPS Foundation to design and launch a foundation-wide Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) system—turning data into action across a global portfolio. Starting with a bold five-year vision, the work delivered clear indicators, multilingual tools, dashboards, and practical training that built lasting internal capacity. The result: stronger accountability, sharper decision-making, and a measurement approach that’s actively shaping strategy while clearly communicating impact to leadership, partners, and communities worldwide.
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Thinking Like the Enemy
Quantifying AI and Biological Risk
The AI Safety Fund engaged Frontier to design and implement a novel safety benchmark examining how large language models could elevate biological risk. Drawing on scientists, former defense experts, and creative red-teamers, Frontier built a rigorous evaluation framework that tests real-world misuse scenarios and informs model safety decisions.
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Scaling What Works
Reimagining Learning and Coaching
A nationally recognized public-sector innovation organization partnered with Frontier to bring its leadership programs to more teams nationwide. We designed a structured learning and coaching model that expanded access, strengthened practical skills, and helped innovation teams deliver stronger results in their communities.
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AI Readiness at Scale
Designing Responsible Adoption Across A Distributed Workforce
When a U.S. federal agency rolled out an enterprise AI platform, it partnered with Frontier to ensure adoption was disciplined and mission-aligned. We designed a scalable enablement architecture that embedded responsible use, real-world practice, and measurable skill-building across a distributed workforce.
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Frontier's Secure Red-Teaming Playground
In 2024, Frontier built a secure execution platform to conduct large-scale AI red-teaming with speed and operational control. The system enables eligibility screening, blind testing across major models, secure workflows, and rapid deployment of hundreds of participants, strengthening safety evaluations without compromising confidentiality.
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Co-Creating Strategy for Global Impact at The Carter Center
THE CARTER CENTER
Frontier partnered with The Carter Center to co-create a bold, organization-wide strategic plan—bringing together staff across Peace and Health programs through a deeply participatory process. Over the course of the engagement, Frontier led co-creation workshops, developed initiative charters and interactive dashboards, and facilitated an in-person retreat that built alignment and ownership. The result: a unified strategy employees believed in and used, driving stronger collaboration, clearer priorities, and a foundation for navigating what comes next.
