The Triple Nine Society – A Unique Venue For Intellectual Exchange & Educational Development
The Triple Nine Society (TNS) was founded in 1978 and is “committed to friendship, communication, the adventure of intellectual exploration, and a greater realization of individual potentials” (quoted from our Constitution). TNS’s guiding principles are democracy, collegiality, respect for diverse philosophies, and openness to innovation and evolution.
The more than 1,700 TNS members come from diverse educational, ethnic, cultural and political backgrounds, and our geographic distribution spans 45 U.S. states and territories, as well as 40 countries (see our Member Map).
Our singular commonality lies in that we all have scored at the 99.9th percentile or above on a test of adult intelligence, e.g., MAT, Stanford-Binet, Wechsler, HAWIE, etc. (see our Test Scores page for a full list and qualifying scores).
Our members’ continual access to others who share their own great intellectual strengths provides unique opportunities for mentorship in both educational and business settings, for personal and interpersonal growth, and for social-emotional self-actualization, not readily available outside the Society.
Members enjoy the benefits of intellectual exchange via an active email forum, a Facebook group, our journal Vidya, annual meetings in the US as well as Europe, and more.
TNS is a 501(c)(7) organization. Note that neither dues nor donations are tax-deductible in the U.S.
The Triple Nine Society Foundation – Investing In the Gifted
In 2015, TNS established a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit subsidiary, the Triple Nine Society Foundation (TNSF), whose charitable mission includes providing scholarships to intellectually gifted students pursuing higher education goals, educating the public about the special needs of very intellectually gifted individuals, and other charitable work consistent with TNS’s guiding principles.
Note that donations to the TNSF are typically tax-deductible in the U.S.
Any Questions?
For further information please contact Bill Matson at foundation@triplenine.org.