Our Milestones

Founded by Nadim Matta, RE!NSTITUTE (previously known as Rapid Results Institute) catalyzed system change across the world. The 100-Day Challenge work of RE!NSTITUTE was originally inspired by Robert H. Schaffer and his colleagues at Schaffer Consulting.

1999

First 100-Day Challenge

The first direct application of 100-Day Challenges was in low and middle income countries with a focus on the social impact farmers could generate. A people-centered initiative, this was the first time a World Bank project directly put at the center of its objectives what the beneficiaries of their program needed and wanted to do.

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2003

Why Good Projects Fail Anyway

Harvard Business Review publishes an article outlining our 100-Day Challenge approach to social change. Read “Why Good Projects Fail Anyway.”

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2001

The Rapid Results approach is introduced to sub-Saharan Africa

Thanks to World Bank support, our 100-Day Challenges were introduced to 5 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and have become a strategy in supporting community-driven and results-focused development to achieve transformative results.

2007

Rapid Results Institute is formed

Rapid Results Institute (RRI) gets its independent 501(c)3 tax-exempt status from the IRS. In the 5 years that follow, the work of RRI quickly spreads to more than a dozen countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.

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2012

Top 100 Global Thinkers

The founder of Rapid Results Institute gets recognized by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the top 100 global thinkers for introducing 100-Day Challenges to help governments and communities around the world tackle social impact issues.

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2012

Impacting Homelessness

RRI starts working in the U.S. on Veteran and chronic homelessness in partnership with the 100,000 Homes Campaign. The work on homelessness continues to this day beyond the campaign, serving youth and young adults, seniors, families, and single adults.

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2013

RE!VOLUTIONIZING worker safety

RRI launches the Ten-Squared program, in partnership with Social Accountability International and the Disney Corporation, introducing 100-Day Challenges to the field of workplace safety and health, initially in Brazil and then in Turkey and China.

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2015

RE!THINKING Health

RRI develops the People Powered Results (PPR) program with Nesta, a UK Innovation Foundation. 100-Day Challenges become part of the strategy of the UK National Health Service to create new models of health service delivery. The PPR program continues to this day.

2017

RE!MAGINING Justice

RRI introduces 100-Day Challenges, in partnership with MSI TetraTech and USAID, to support the Mexican Criminal Justice System to fulfill its historic reform's potential in 3 cities. Since then, 100-Day Challenges have been implemented in 24 Mexican cities across 13 states with 108 frontline teams in domestic violence, violent robbery, anti-corruption, and more.

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2018

Accelerating Impact

RRI, in partnership with the Prime Minister’s Office of the United Arab Emirates, creates the first Government Accelerators Hub in Dubai. At the core of this are 100-Day Challenges. The Hub is continuing to grow, and it is being replicated in Kazakhstan and Jordan.

2022

Rapid Results Institute becomes RE!NSTITUTE

Rapid Results Institute becomes RE!NSTITUTE and continues to expand on our purpose to support more equal, just, and safe communities across the world by catalyzing people-powered innovation to achieve tangible results and learning within complex social systems.

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