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{{Short description|Think tank based in Washington, D.C., US}}
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{{Infobox institute
| name = Pew Research Center
| image = Pew Research Center.svg
| caption =
| established = {{start date and age|2004}}
| chairman = [[Robert Groves]]
| head = Michael Dimock
| staff = 160+<ref name="PRC" />
| endowment =
| debt =
| budget = Revenue: $36 million<br />Expenses: $43 million<br />([[Fiscal year|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.]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| address = 1615 L Street, NW Suite 800
| website = {{URL|http://www.pewresearch.org}}
}}
The '''Pew Research Center''' (also known as Pew) is a [[nonpartisanism in the United States|nonpartisan]] [[America]]n [[think tank]] based in [[Washington, D.C.]] It provides information on [[social issue]]s, [[public opinion]], and [[demographic]] trends shaping the United States and the world.<ref name="PRC" /> It also conducts [[public opinion polling]], [[demographic]] research, random sample survey research and [[Panel data|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 does not take policy positions, and is a [[subsidiary]] of [[The Pew Charitable Trusts]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lesley |first=Alison |title=Pew Research Finds Jews & Hindus are More Educated & Richer |url=http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/christianity/pew-research-finds-jews-hindus-are-more-educated-richer |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=World Religion News |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623033152/https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/christianity/pew-research-finds-jews-hindus-are-more-educated-richer |url-status=live }}</ref><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 L.P. |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>

==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=www.c-span.org |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 = February 21, 2016|archive-date = May 4, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190504141027/https://www.pewresearch.org/about/our-history/|url-status = live}}</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=National Public Radio |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 Pew Research Center, 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 organization|nonprofit]], [[Tax exemption|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|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 areas==
[[File:Public trust in government.webp|thumb|350px|right|Public trust in government poll]]

The center's research includes the following areas:<ref name=PRC>{{cite web | url = https://www.pewresearch.org/about/ | title = About Pew Research Center | author = Pew Research Center | date = n.d. | access-date = June 16, 2021 | archive-date = July 22, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180722043102/http://www.pewresearch.org/about/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name = "Pew Research Topics Main List">{{cite web | url = https://www.pewresearch.org/topics-categorized/ | title = Research Topics | author = Pew Research Center | date = n.d. | access-date = June 16, 2021 | archive-date = June 16, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210616151150/https://www.pewresearch.org/topics-categorized/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* U.S. politics and policy
* Journalism and media
* Internet and technology
* Science and society
* Race and ethnicity
* Religion and public life
* Global attitudes and trends
* U.S. social and demographic trends

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.pewresearch.org/}} – Pew Research Center
* {{official website|http://www.pewtrusts.org/}} of the Pew Charitable Trusts

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