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Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a Public Charity headquartered in Washington, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $46.3M revenue, $48.2M expenses, $49.8M total assets. 30 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $361.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 200881724 Washington, DC Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: V05 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$46.3M
Total Expenses$48.2M
Total Assets$49.8M
Grant Records30
Funding Total$361.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and supports sound decision-making. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.

Where $100 goes at Pew Research Center

How Pew Research Center divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$94 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $94 for programs

$94
We are a non-partisan organization that uses impartial, fact-based public opinion polling and other data-driven research tools to inform the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Director, Religion Research Alan Cooperman
Director, Legal Affairs, and Corporate Secretary Alycia Kantor
Board Member (start 9/24) Burke Olsen
Director, Political Research Carroll Doherty
Executive Vice President Claudia Deane
Board Member Claudine Gay

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,073,452 2 grants
Research & Policy
$325,890 1 grant
Unspecified
$359,523,251 27 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $46.3M $48.2M $49.8M
2024 $46.7M $50.6M $54.2M
2023 $44.0M $49.0M $79.1M
2022 $44.6M $43.3M $87.1M
2021 $36.5M $43.4M $88.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $36.5M to $46.3M (+27%), with total assets most recently reported at $49.8M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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