The Millennium Project is a global think tank with 49 Nodes (groups of institutions and individuals) around the world that connects global and local perspectives among over 3,500 participants investigating future possibilities. It was founded in 1996 after a three-year feasibility study with the United Nations University, Smithsonian Institution, Futures Group International, and the American Council for the UNU. It is now an independent non-profit global participatory system of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities. Its work is funded by corporations, governments, universities, UN organizations, and foundations and is distilled in its annual “State of the Future” reports, “Futures Research Methodology” series, the Global Futures Intelligence System, and special studies on the future.