Economic Policy Institute
| Economic Policy Institute | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Top official: | Lawrence Mishel, President |
| Founder(s): | Jeff Faux |
| Year founded: | 1986 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Promoted policies | |
| Fair pay, affordable healthcare and retirement security | |
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that studies economic and labor policy and promotes policies with a goal of countering "rising inequality, low wages and weak benefits for working people, slower economic growth, unacceptable employment conditions, and a widening racial wage gap.[1] It is based in Washington, D.C.
Background
The Economic Policy Institute was founded in 1981.[1]As of August 2025, the Economic Policy Institute's website said its goal was to "intentionally center low- and middle-income working families in economic policy discussions at the federal, state, and local levels as we fight for a world where every worker has access to a good job with fair pay, affordable health care, retirement security, and a union."[1]
Leadership
As of August 2025, Heidi Shierholz was the president of EPI.[2]
As of August 2025, the following individuals were on EPI's board of directors:[3]
- Liz Shuler, Chairman
- Julianne Malveaux, Vice Chair
- Teresa Ghilarducci, Secretary
- Gary Bass, Treasurer
- Nina Banks
- Brian Bryant
- Hector Cordero-Guzman
- Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr.
- Jennifer Epps
- Shawn Fain
- Jeff Faux
- Jocelyn Frye
- Jose P. Garza
- Elise Gould
- Pronita Gupta
- Hannah Halbert
- Robert Kuttner
- Lisa Lynch
- Dave McCall
- Manuel Pastor
- Lori Pelletier
- Becky Pringle
- Lee Saunders
- Heidi Shierholz
- April Verrett
- Randi Weingarten
Work and activities
Legislative and policy work
EPI's website as of August 2025 said its research and policy work focuses on seven strategic priorities:
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EPI's research areas include labor issues, as well as areas related to health, education and immigration.[5] Recent reports as of August 2025 include recommendations on policies related to the minimum wage, overtime pay and state regulation of artificial intelligence.[6][7][8]
The group has published the regularly updated State of Working America encyclopedia since 1988.[1] In addition to producing studies, EPI also sponsors conferences and seminars, advises policy makers, provides data to national and local organizations, and supplies information for media dissemination.[1] EPI also maintains a blog where writers provide commentary on current labor issues.[9]
Notable endorsements
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Finances
The following is a breakdown of the Economic Policy Institute's revenues and expenses for the 2019 to 2023 fiscal years, according to documents submitted to the Internal Revenue Service and compiled by ProPublica.[10]
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Total Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $16,155,263 | $12,114,104 |
| 2022 | $8,123,876 | $12,164,164 |
| 2021 | $16,459,436 | $10,418,323 |
| 2020 | $12,377,435 | $7,919,271 |
| 2019 | $10,857,028 | $8,003,823 |
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Economic Policy Institute, "About," accessed August 18, 2025
- ↑ Economic Policy Institute , "Staff," accessed August 18, 2025
- ↑ Economic Policy Institute , "Board of Directors," accessed August 18, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Economic Policy Institute , "Areas of research," accessed August 18, 2025
- ↑ Economic Policy Institute , "Overtime pay," July 30, 2025
- ↑ Economic Policy Institute , "Minimum Wage," July 30, 2025
- ↑ Economic Policy Institute , "How banning state regulation of AI harms workers," June 26, 2025
- ↑ '"Economic Policy Institute , "Blog," accessed August 18, 2025
- ↑ ProPublica , "Economic Policy Institute," accessed August 18, 2025
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