Founded in 1969 as the Inner City Fund by a former Tuskegee Airman and three Department of Defense analysts, ICF was built with purpose from day one. Over 55 years, we have transformed ourselves as many times as we have transformed our clients — evolving from a venture-backed finance firm into a NASDAQ-listed global solutions and technology provider operating across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and beyond. Today, clients across government and the private sector rely on us to provide the facts, data, and independent analysis they need to overcome their biggest challenges and further their missions. From pioneering the first U.S. national greenhouse gas inventory and launching ENERGY STAR, to managing America's largest housing recovery effort and deploying AI across federal agencies, ICF's history is a record of bold, lasting impact. We work where it matters most — in energy and utilities, federal health, disaster management, transportation, climate, and digital modernization — and we bring together the rare combination of policy depth, technological innovation, and implementation muscle to deliver results that endure.

We are business analysts and policy specialists working alongside technologists, data scientists, and creatives — united by a culture driven by purpose and a genuine belief that what we do matters. Our 9,000-plus global professionals bring interdisciplinary depth that few organizations can match: the kind that lets us move seamlessly from rigorous policy analysis to large-scale program implementation, from AI-powered digital modernization to strategic communications and community engagement. At the heart of ICF are leaders who truly care about the work we do and the people making it happen. We are not a firm that mistakes activity for impact. We are a firm that asks hard questions, challenges assumptions, and commits to outcomes our clients — and our people — can be proud of. That orientation toward excellence, curiosity, and integrity is not a brand position; it is simply how we work.

ICF combines unmatched subject-matter expertise with cutting-edge technology to help governments, utilities, federal agencies, and commercial organizations plan, design, and implement transformative projects. Our capabilities span the full spectrum of what complex challenges demand: digital modernization, artificial intelligence and our proprietary ICF Fathom AI suite, data and analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, and experience design sit alongside strategy and innovation advisory, program implementation, grants management, workforce and change management, policy and regulatory analysis, and strategic communications through ICF Next. We serve fast-changing industries — energy and utilities, disaster management, transportation, aviation, federal health, environmental services, climate resilience, and community and economic development — with solutions that are both analytically rigorous and operationally proven. Whether we are helping a utility manage rapid demand growth, modernizing a federal agency's IT infrastructure, supporting disaster recovery after a major hurricane, or deploying AI to accelerate mission outcomes, we bring the same commitment: applying technology and expertise to deliver bold, lasting impact.

Our purpose is not a tagline — it is the reason we exist and the measure against which we hold ourselves accountable. Building a more prosperous and resilient world for all means showing up for clients when the stakes are highest, delivering work that strengthens communities, and refusing to treat any challenge as too complex to solve. It is what draws together an extraordinarily diverse team of experts and keeps them aligned across every project, every industry, and every geography. Our purpose motivates how we work, what we take on, and how we invest in our people and our planet. It connects the ingenuity we bring to a federal AI deployment with the care we put into a disaster recovery program serving thousands of displaced families. This is how we uniquely make a difference — both through the work we do for clients and through the actions we take as a corporate citizen.

Six values define the ICF culture, unify our global team, and guide every decision we make. We interact with integrity — being honest, open, and true to our word, doing what is right even when it is hard. We challenge assumptions — staying curious, taking smart risks, experimenting, and anticipating change rather than waiting for it. We bring our passion — having the courage to deeply care, to speak up, to get involved, and to leave our mark on the work. We work together — communicating directly, seeking out expertise, debating openly, and focusing relentlessly on solutions. We embrace differences — inviting all perspectives and experiences and building multifaceted teams that achieve better outcomes. And we commit to being greater than — pushing ourselves and those around us to deliver something greater than expected and to aspire to excellence without settling for anything less. These are not aspirational statements. They are the shared beliefs that define our culture and drive our success.

Clients choose ICF because we bring something genuinely rare: the independence to tell the truth, the expertise to back it up, and the implementation capability to turn insight into action at scale. We have been a Top 100 Government Contractor every year since 2008, a Fortune America's Most Innovative Companies honoree, and a Tech 100 firm for eight consecutive years — recognition that reflects consistent performance, not a single breakthrough moment. Our multidisciplinary model means clients do not have to stitch together multiple firms to solve a complex problem. We bring policy specialists, data scientists, technologists, program managers, and strategic communicators to the same table, and we stay engaged from strategy through delivery. Add to that ICF Fathom — our tailored suite of AI solutions — and a deep partnership ecosystem with technology leaders, and clients gain a partner that is genuinely at the frontier of what is possible. We do not do business as usual. We do what it takes.

ICF has been taking its environmental responsibilities seriously since long before it became an industry norm. In 2006 we became the first professional services firm in the world to achieve net carbon neutrality — a standard we have worked to sustain and strengthen ever since. Today, we are setting science-based emissions targets, optimizing our operations, strengthening our long-term climate strategy, and publishing a formal Climate Transition Plan. We also help our clients reduce their environmental footprint every day — through energy efficiency programs that have saved American families and businesses nearly 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity since 1992, through emissions modeling and market forecasting tools still in use across the industry, and through climate policy work spanning dozens of countries. For us, sustainability is inseparable from our purpose: you cannot build a more prosperous and resilient world for all without taking the planet seriously.

At ICF, corporate citizenship is not a program — it is an expression of purpose. Our people are the driving force behind our community impact, directing their energy and contributions toward the causes that matter most to them, with ICF standing behind them every step of the way. In 2024 alone, ICF and its employees directed nearly $1.75 million in combined donations and matching funds to causes including disaster relief, strengthening communities and families, and advancing research for life-threatening conditions — with a dollar-for-dollar employee match and more than 7,000 reported volunteer hours. Beyond philanthropy, our work itself is community impact at scale: supporting Head Start programs for the nation's most at-risk families, operating the Child Welfare Information Gateway, managing disaster recovery for tens of thousands of families after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Sandy, Harvey, and Maria, and helping communities build resilience before the next crisis hits. We are committed to doing great work and to doing good in the world — and we believe those two things are inseparable.

Embracing differences is one of ICF's six core values — not a corporate initiative layered on top of our culture, but woven into the fabric of how we build teams and solve problems. We believe that multifaceted teams produce better solutions, and that inviting all perspectives and experiences makes our work stronger and our organization more resilient. ICF was founded by a Tuskegee Airman who understood firsthand what it meant to be excluded from opportunity — and that founding spirit of opening doors and creating access lives on in how we operate today. We foster a high-performance environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, heard, and supported to grow their career. We encourage employees to connect, build community, and learn from each other's unique perspectives. Our vision is explicit: valuing identity, embracing differences, and acknowledging the contribution of cultures is something we practice and celebrate across our full global operations.