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| Parent institution | The Pew Charitable Trusts |
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| Established | July 1, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-07-01)[1] |
| Chair | Robert Groves |
| Head | Michael Dimock |
| Staff | 160+[2] |
| Budget | Revenue: $36 million Expenses: $43 million (FYE June 2021)[3] |
| Address | 1615 L Street, NW Suite 800 |
| Location | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°54′14″N77°02′15″W / 38.904°N 77.0375°W /38.904; -77.0375 |
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| Website | www |
ThePew Research Center (also simply known asPew) is anonpartisan Americanthink tank based inWashington, D.C. It provides information onsocial issues,public opinion, anddemographic trends shaping the United States and the world.[2] It also conductspublic opinion polling,demographic research, random sample survey research, andpanel based surveys,[4] mediacontent analysis, and other empiricalsocial science research.
The Pew Research Center states it does not take policy stances. It is asubsidiary ofthe Pew Charitable Trusts[5][6] and a charter member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research's Transparency Initiative.[7]
In 1990, theTimes Mirror Company founded the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press as a research project, tasked with conducting polls on politics and policy.[8]Andrew Kohut became its director in 1993, andthe Pew Charitable Trusts became its primary sponsor in 1996, when it was renamed the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.[9]
In 2004, the trust established the Pew Research Center inWashington, D.C. In 2013, Kohut stepped down as president and became founding director, and Alan Murray became the second president.[10] In October 2014, Michael Dimock, a 14-year veteran of the center at the time of his selection, was named president.[11]
The Pew Research Center is anonprofit,tax-exempt501(c)(3) organization and a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder.[6][12] For its studies focusing on demographics of religions in the world, the Pew Research Center has been jointly funded by theTempleton Foundation.[13][14]
The center's research includes the following topic areas:[15]
This effort is part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. The project is jointly funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation
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