Civic Profile Mission

The Civic Profile is an online educational and research tool designed to help Americans explore the question: What kind of citizen am I? Akin to a “civics Meyers-Briggs”, the Civic Profile is an interactive quiz that holistically measures users’ civic identities across three dimensions: values, knowledge, and engagement. It doesn’t give grades or pass judgment; rather, the Civic Profile is meant to help Americans recognize that democracy requires many different voices, choices, and actions.

The Civic Profile also responds to declining public trust, rising partisan division, and widespread gaps in civic knowledge as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary. The project began in May 2024, when the Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Civic and American Citizenship first explored the idea of a citizenship self-assessment. The tool was prototyped at the National Forum of Civic Learning Week in March 2025, tested nationally through multiple YouGov surveys over Summer and Fall 2025, and finalized for launch in March 2026.

It is intended as a living instrument, evolving to measure new forms of participation and emerging civic challenges as democratic life changes.

Watch our creators walk through the Civic Profile quiz and result

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How can I use the Civic Profile?

Individual self-reflection

Explore and reflect on your unique civic identity, values, knowledge, and engagement patterns.

Take the Quiz

Schools and colleges

Classroom-ready tool with teaching materials and lesson plans being developed by our institutional partners. Resources will be added over time, with full educator materials expected for the 2026–27 academic year.

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Research and public insight

Generates nationally benchmarked, longitudinal data on Americans’ civic life, accessible through the Data Dashboard and annual reports (2025 report forthcoming).

Data Dashboard

Create or join a cohort

The cohort feature enables classrooms, families, civic organizations, and workplaces to take the quiz as a group. Participants receive individual results, and the group receives aggregated results that can be compared to national benchmarks.

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The Creators

The Civic Profile reflects the combined efforts of the Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions (RAI), the Working Group on Civics and American Citizenship, and a dedicated group of Stanford partners, including undergraduates, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, Hoover Institution fellows, and a number of external advisors and partners. This project is part of RAI’s broader efforts to understand the crisis of trust facing American institutions and develop practical interventions for improving their effectiveness.

Institutional Partners

Project Leads

Chester (“Checker”) E. Finn Jr.
Volker Senior Fellow (adjunct), Hoover Institution

Thomas Schnaubelt
Executive Director, Center for Revitalizing American Institutions

Salvatore Ingrassia
Research Program Manager, Center for Revitalizing American Institutions

Shana Farley
Chief Creative Officer, Hoover Institution

Made by Coulee Creative

Hunter Ruth,
Developer

Melody Sorenson,
Designer

Jared Chelf,
Project Manager

Contributing Scholars and Students:

Monique Lyle,
Independent Scholar

Paul Lendway,
Stanford University

Elizabeth Elder,
Hoover Institution

Annabel Wong,
Stanford Graduate School of Education

Eva Lacy,
Stanford University (BA, 2027)

Jed Nglande,
Stanford University (BS, 2023)

Jordyn Case,
Stanford University (MA, 2027)

Kyle Park,
Stanford University (BA, 2027)

Organizational Partners

Higher Education Ben & Myrna Cardin Center for Civic Engagement & Civil Discourse at Towson University
Other Bonnor Scholars Program (opens in a new tab)
Higher Education, Nonprofit Campus Compact
Government / Public Sector City of Buffalo/Erie County Historical Commission
K-12 Education, Nonprofit Close Up Foundation (opens in a new tab)
Other Council on Foreign Relations (opens in a new tab)
Nonprofit George W. Bush Presidential Center (opens in a new tab)
Nonprofit iCivics (opens in a new tab)
Higher Education, Nonprofit Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Museum Intrepid Museum
Higher Education Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Government / Public Sector, K-12 Education Legislative Semester, Wisconsin Civic Learning Coalition / Wisconsin Democracy Schools (opens in a new tab)
Higher Education Michigan State University
Nonprofit More in Common (opens in a new tab)
Other Polco (opens in a new tab)
Higher Education Princeton Pace Center for Public Service
Other Robert Eisinger
Higher Education Rutgers Democracy Lab
Museum Sing Sing Prison Museum
Higher Education Stanford Department of Psychology/ Human Security and Prosperity Project (opens in a new tab)
Other The Bronxville School (opens in a new tab)
Higher Education The Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service at Weber State University
Higher Education, Nonprofit Tilting Futures (opens in a new tab)
Nonprofit US Chamber of Commerce Foundation (opens in a new tab)
Government / Public Sector, Higher Education USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture