In 2023, Institutional Investor launched the Endowments & Foundations Institute to meet the growing demand from the nation's leading endowments, foundations, and healthcare systems. The Institute's mission is to cultivate connectivity and foster a thriving community within this sector. Expanding on this success, II is further developing the Endowments & Foundations Institute by introducing the CIO lab in 2025—an exclusive, invitation-only platform designed for high-performance collaboration. The Lab will serve as a cutting-edge environment where investment strategies are prototyped, rigorously stress-tested, and transformed. It is a dynamic space for the industry's most innovative minds to push the boundaries of investment leadership.

Institutional investing is an exercise in long-term stewardship. The decisions we make today shape outcomes for future generations of beneficiaries, students, patients, and communities. CIO Lab brings together leading investment executives from endowments, foundations, pension systems, healthcare institutions, insurers, and family offices to explore the opportunities and challenges shaping institutional portfolios.

Designed as a highly interactive forum, CIO Lab facilitates the exchange of ideas, practical solutions, and investment best practices among peers while strengthening relationships between allocators and investment partners. Through candid discussion and collaborative problem-solving, participants gain insights that can be applied directly to their portfolios and organizations.