RAND is a nonprofit research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is widely respected for operating independent of political and commercial pressures. The company assists other governments, international organizations, private companies and foundations with a host of defense and civilian-serving non-defense issues, including healthcare and education.

Its core values include research and analysis, highest level of integrity and ethical behavior, finding solutions to difficult problems of critical importance to the public, accessibility of research, and graduate education.