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Pew Research Center
| Pew Research Center | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Affiliation: | Nonpartisan |
| Top official: | Michael Dimock, President |
| Founder(s): | Andrew Kohut |
| Year founded: | 2004 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Budget | |
| 2014: | $39,966,998 |
The Pew Research Center (PRC) is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research organization that conducts "public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research." The organization researches "politics and policy; news habits and media; the internet and technology; religion; race and ethnicity; international affairs; social, demographic and economic trends; science; research methodology and data science; and immigration and migration." The group originated in 1990 as a research project and was spun off into a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2004.[1]
Background
The Times Mirror newspaper publishing company founded the Pew Research Center in 1990 as the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press. In its original form, the group conducted polls on politics and policy. In 1996, the Pew Charitable Trusts became the center's primary sponsor and it was renamed the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. In 2004, the Pew Charitable Trusts established the Pew Research Center as a subsidiary. The new group continued the work of the old Pew Research Center for the People & the Press as well as five other Pew-related projects that had been founded in the preceding decade: the Project for Excellence in Journalism, the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, the Pew Hispanic Center, and the Pew Global Attitudes Project.[2]
As of September 2025, the Pew Research Center described its mission as to "generate a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and supports sound decision-making. We are nonprofit, nonpartisan and nonadvocacy. We value independence, objectivity, accuracy, rigor, humility, transparency and innovation."[1]
Leadership
As of September 2025, the following individuals held positions of leadership at the Pew Research Center:[3]
- Michael Dimock, president
- Jess Awtry, vice president for digital and communications strategy
- Claudia Deane, executive vice president
- Courtney Kennedy, vice president for methods and innovation
- Neha Sahgal, vice president for research
As of September 2025, the following individuals sat on the Pew Research Center's governing board:[4]
- Robert M. Groves, chairman
- Michael Dimock
- Claudine Gay
- James McMillan
- Burke Olsen
- Mike Roggero
- Maria Thomas
- Maribel Perez Wadsworth
- Rebecca Weiss
Work and activities
Legislative and policy work
Analysts and researchers at PRC conduct studies and gather data for publication in the following areas:[5]
- Politics & policy
- International affairs
- Immigration & migration
- Race & ethnicity
- Religion
- Age & generations
- Gender & LGBTQ
- Family & relationships
- Economy & work
- Regions & countries
- Science
- Internet & technology
- News habits & media
Notable endorsements
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Affiliations
- See also: Pew Charitable Trusts
The Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts.[1]
Finances
The following is a breakdown of the Pew Research Center's revenues and expenses from 2005 to 2023. The information comes from ProPublica.
| Year | Revenue | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $39.0 million | $12.8 million |
| 2006 | $23.1 million | $16.8 million |
| 2007 | $29.2 million | $24.7 million |
| 2008 | $30.0 million | $24.4 million |
| 2009 | $21.0 million | $25.1 million |
| 2010 | $28.4 million | $24.3 million |
| 2011 | $23.3 million | $25.4 million |
| 2012 | $20.5 million | $27.8 million |
| 2013 | $33.4 million | $30.6 million |
| 2014 | $40.0 million | $31.5 million |
| 2015 | $38.4 million | $34.3 million |
| 2016 | $44.4 million | $35.1 million |
| 2017 | $39.5 million | $40.1 million |
| 2018 | $42.5 million | $36.8 million |
| 2019 | $46.7 million | $44.0 million |
| 2020 | $46.3 million | $48.8 million |
| 2021 | $36.5 million | $43.4 million |
| 2022 | $44.6 million | $43.3 million |
| 2023 | $44.0 million | $49.0 million |
See also
External links
- Pew Research Center official website
- Pew Research Center on YouTube
- Pew Research Center on Instagram
- Pew Research Center on Facebook
- Pew Research Center on LinkedIn
- Pew Research Center on X
- Pew Research Center on Bluesky
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pew Research Center, "About," accessed September 9, 2024
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "Our History," accessed September 9, 2025
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "Our Leadership & Staff," accessed September 9, 2025
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "Our Governing Board," accessed September 9, 2025
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "Research Topics," accessed September 9, 2025
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