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Pew Research Center
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…
- $46k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $39k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Pew Research Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $39k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Association of Black Journalists | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for International Research | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Online News Association | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Association for Public Opinion Research | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gold House Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Religion News Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Pew Research Center
- How much does Pew Research Center give?
- Pew Research Center reported 3 itemized grants totaling $39,000, out of $46,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Pew Research Center fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Community Improvement (36%), Public Benefit (11%).
- Who are Pew Research Center's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: National Association of Black Journalists ($25k), Institute for International Research ($22k), Online News Association ($13k).
- Does Pew Research Center fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pew Research Center?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Pew Research Center based?
- Pew Research Center is based in DC.
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