{{Short description|Think tank based in Washington, D.C., US}} {{pp-pc}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox institute | name = Pew Research Center | image = Pew Research Center.svg | caption = | established = {{start date and age|2004|7|1}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Faler |first=Brian |date=2004-04-27 |title=Pew Trusts to Open Research Center in D.C. |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/04/27/pew-trusts-to-open-research-center-in-dc/00a750ec-b306-4b16-962d-641d351360db/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> | chairman = Robert Groves | head = Michael Dimock | staff = 160+<ref name="PRC" /> | endowment = | debt = | budget = Revenue: $36 million<br />Expenses: $43 million<br />(FYE June 2021)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/YE2021-Pew-Research-Center-Form-990-Public-Disclosure-Copy.pdf | title=Pew Research Center | website=Pew Research Center | access-date=April 28, 2023 | archive-date=January 11, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111042300/https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/YE2021-Pew-Research-Center-Form-990-Public-Disclosure-Copy.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> | parent = The Pew Charitable Trusts | location = Washington, D.C. | address = 901 E Street NW, Suite 300<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pewresearch.org/about/contact/ | title=Contact Pew Research Center | website=Pew Research Center | access-date=April 30, 2026 | archive-date=April 29, 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260429201502/https://www.pewresearch.org/about/contact/ | url-status=live }}</ref> | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|38.897|-77.024|}} | website = {{URL|http://www.pewresearch.org}} }}
The '''Pew Research Center''' (also simply known as '''Pew''') is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.<ref name="PRC">{{cite web |author=Pew Research Center |date=n.d. |title=About Pew Research Center |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722043102/http://www.pewresearch.org/about/ |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref> It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, random sample survey research, and panel based surveys,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our survey methodology in detail|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/our-survey-methodology-in-detail/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Pew Research Center Methods|language=en-US|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301105951/https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/our-survey-methodology-in-detail/|url-status=live}}</ref> media content analysis, and other empirical social science research.
The Pew Research Center states it does not take policy stances. It is a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news |title=Company Overview of The Pew Charitable Trusts |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=3534933 |access-date=December 29, 2015 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=December 29, 2015 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623004719/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=3534933 |url-status=live }}</ref> and a charter member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research's Transparency Initiative.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pew Research Center |url=https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/pew-research-center |access-date=2024-03-05 |publisher=Roper Center for Public Opinion Research}}</ref>
==History== In 1990, the Times Mirror Company founded the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press as a research project, tasked with conducting polls on politics and policy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Times Mirror Center for People and Press {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/organization/?39547/Times-Mirror-Center-People-Press |website=C-SPAN |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222051657/https://www.c-span.org/organization/?39547/Times-Mirror-Center-People-Press |url-status=live }}</ref> Andrew Kohut became its director in 1993, and the Pew Charitable Trusts became its primary sponsor in 1996, when it was renamed the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Our History|url = http://www.pewresearch.org/about/our-history/|website = Pew Research Center|access-date = 2026-04-25|archive-date = May 4, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190504141027/https://www.pewresearch.org/about/our-history/|url-status = live}}</ref> The research center was named after the trust, which in turn is named after its founders, the Pew family.<ref>{{cite web |last=Suh |first=Michael |date=2010-03-15 |title=What does "PEW" stand for? |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/2010/03/15/what-does-pew-stand-for/ |website=Pew Research Center |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260307151657/https://www.pewresearch.org/2010/03/15/what-does-pew-stand-for/ |archive-date=2026-03-07 |access-date=2026-04-25}}</ref>
In 2004, the trust established the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. In 2013, Kohut stepped down as president and became founding director, and Alan Murray became the second president.<ref>{{cite news |last=Memmott |first=Mark |title=Alan Murray Of 'The Wall Street Journal' Named Pew Research Center's President |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/11/02/164189724/alan-murray-of-the-wall-street-journal-named-pew-research-centers-president |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=NPR |date=November 2, 2012 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603073546/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/11/02/164189724/alan-murray-of-the-wall-street-journal-named-pew-research-centers-president |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2014, Michael Dimock, a 14-year veteran of the center at the time of his selection, was named president.<ref>{{cite news|last = Massella|first = Nick|title = Michael Dimock Named President of Pew Research Center|url = http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/michael-dimock-named-president-of-pew-research-center/134203|access-date = December 28, 2015|publisher = FishbowlDC|date = October 14, 2014|archive-date = December 2, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202070947/https://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/michael-dimock-named-president-of-pew-research-center/134203|url-status = live}}</ref>
==Funding== The Pew Research Center is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization and a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder.<ref name="bloomberg" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Company Overview of The Pew Charitable Trusts |url=http://501c3lookup.org/PEW_RESEARCH_CENTER |access-date=December 29, 2015 |publisher=501c3Lookup.org |archive-date=January 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114083734/http://501c3lookup.org/PEW_RESEARCH_CENTER/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For its studies focusing on demographics of religions in the world, the Pew Research Center has been jointly funded by the Templeton Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/centers/jesinst/pdf/Grim-globalReligion-full.pdf|title=The Global Religious Landscape: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Major Religious Groups as of 2010|date=December 2012|publisher=Pew Research Center|page=7|quote=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|access-date=November 19, 2016|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525150456/https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/centers/jesinst/pdf/Grim-globalReligion-full.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/explorer/about|title=Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523190604/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/explorer/about|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Research topics== thumb|350px|A Pew poll measuring the US public's trust in government, 1958 to 2021
The center's research includes the following topic areas:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Topics |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/topics-categorized/ |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=Pew Research Center}}</ref> * U.S. politics and policy positions * International affairs * Immigration & migration * Race and ethnicity * Religion * Age & generations * Gender & LGBTQ rights and views * Family & relationships * Economy & work * Science * Internet and technology * News habits & media * Methodological research <ref>{{Cite web |title=Methodological research |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/methodological-research/ |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=Pew Research Center}}</ref> * Regions & countries * Other such information
==See also== * The Pew Charitable Trusts * Pew Research Center political typology * Project for Excellence in Journalism
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==External links== * {{Official website|name=Official website of Pew Research Center}} * {{Official website|http://www.pewtrusts.org/|name=Official website of The Pew Charitable Trusts}}
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