The Pew Charitable Trusts

Name

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Legal name

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Website

https://pewtrusts.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Policy Research and Advocacy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Policy research
• Nonprofit grants
• Biomedical fellowships
• Marine conservation
• Evidence-based advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Pew Charitable Trusts is an independent nonprofit that produces evidence-based research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy across seven program areas, supplemented by multi-year grant and fellowship programs for biomedical, cancer, and marine conservation scientists. Its subsidiary Pew Research Center operates as a nonpartisan fact tank generating data-based research for policymakers and the public. All research, publications, interactive tools, and grants are provided free of charge, funded by a $6.1 billion endowment.

Product overview

The Pew Charitable Trusts is a nonprofit organization (not a technology product company) that conducts research and provides grants funding across seven topic areas: Advance Health & Well-Being, Build Communities, Improve Economic Advancement, Improve Federal Policy, Protect Marine Life, Strengthen State Government, and Support People & Nature. The organization's primary offerings are grant programs including the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences, Pew Latin American Fellows Program, Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research, and Pew Marine Fellows Program. Additionally, Pew provides interactive tools like the Distributed Energy Resources State Policy Explorer, and publishes research through Trust Magazine, Trend Magazine, and the After the Fact Podcast. The portfolio represents research, advocacy, and grant-making programs rather than a unified technology product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pew Research Center: A nonpartisan fact tank focused on tracking important changes through data-based research to help policy analysts, government officials, and the public identify and prepare for future challenges. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
• Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
• Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences
• Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research
• Pew Marine Fellowships

Products and services

• Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences A prestigious four-year grant program supporting early-career researchers in the biomedical sciences; scholars are selected from leading U.S. academic institutions to conduct innovative research into human health and disease.
• Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences A two-year fellowship supporting postdoctoral fellows from Latin American countries to conduct research in U.S. laboratories under mentorship of prominent scientists, with additional funding for those who return to Latin America to establish their own research labs.
• Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research A partnership between The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust supporting five early-career scientists each year with four-year grants to investigate cancer development, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Pew Marine Fellows Program A three-year fellowship supporting scientists advancing marine conservation research; fellows from around the world conduct research on ocean health including coral reef restoration, ocean plastic classification, and mapping resilient kelp forests.
• Distributed Energy Resources State Policy Explorer An interactive web-based tool cataloging state-level policies supporting distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar, battery storage, and EV charging infrastructure, containing over 400 entries tracking DER-related legislation enacted from 2021 through 2025, organized by state, policy area, and technology type.

Quantifiable outcome

• 79% increase in DER-related policies adopted in 2024 compared to previous year
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor, major, core and flagship.

• Dalhousie UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2026Canadian researchers at Dalhousie University published a study in Science Advances finding that abandoned fish aggregating devices are causing significant damage to coral reefs in marine protected areas, documenting over 6,000 FAD strandings across 174 protected areas.
• Syracuse University (Dr. Jay Golden)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026Pew commissioned Dr. Jay Golden at Syracuse University to examine how increasing natural disasters create fiscal risks for U.S. state and local governments through water/wastewater infrastructure needs exceeding $1 trillion, growing wildfire liability, and private insurance withdrawals.
• RMI and Council on Foreign RelationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Pew joined RMI and the Council on Foreign Relations in publishing reports identifying structural barriers to US energy infrastructure modernization, including the $100-200 billion 'missing middle' funding gap preventing energy technologies from scaling to commercial deployment.
• Visit Philadelphia and TEDflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2026Pew sponsored TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures, a day-long TED event featuring 15+ original TED Talks on media literacy, AI ethics, economic equity, and democratic renewal. The livestream reached more than 65 public libraries across 42 states, tied to America's 250th anniversary celebrations.
• American Library AssociationcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 June 2026Pew collaborated with the American Library Association to coordinate TED Democracy LIVE, delivering the event to more than 65 public libraries across 42 states and territories, expanding access to civic engagement programming nationwide.
• North Carolina Clean Energy Technology CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Pew and the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center launched the Distributed Energy Resources State Policy Explorer, an interactive tool cataloging over 400 state-level policies supporting DERs from 2021-2025, organized by state, policy area, and technology type.
• PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Pew awarded a $1 million multi-year grant to PolicyLab to support the center's research, policy, and public systems work aimed at improving child and family well-being. This represents the latest phase of a partnership that began in 2009, with Pew having supported CHOP's broader pediatric care mission for over 40 years. PolicyLab serves as a convenor among policymakers, researchers, and community partners.
• Glion ColloquiumminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 January 2026Pew and the Glion Colloquium co-hosted a webinar bringing together university leaders, funders, and policymakers to discuss how research partnerships can address societal issues like public health and economic mobility.
• Volcker Alliance and University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public AffairsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Pew supported a research series examining how all 50 U.S. states plan and budget for deferred maintenance of public infrastructure. The research found the accumulated cost of deferred maintenance in the U.S. is estimated at $1 trillion, with states' annual shortfall for road and bridge maintenance at least $8.6 billion.
• National Association of CountiesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Pew and the National Association of Counties held a discussion with county leaders to assess how increasing extreme weather events affect local disaster planning. County leaders delivered a unified agenda calling on states and federal officials to stabilize resilience grants and provide reliable pre-disaster funding.
• Consumer Federation of AmericamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2025Pew commissioned the Consumer Federation of America to examine rural housing challenges in Perry County, Kentucky, finding a shortage of 1,163 homes and over 26,000 homes short across eastern Kentucky, with mortgage denial rates three times the national average.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Philanthropies: Major philanthropic vehicle funding public health, environment, education, and government innovation through city-level partnerships. Comparable in multi-domain grantmaking and direct engagement with mayors and state officials, though funded by an active billionaire rather than an endowment.
• Open Society Foundations: Large private foundation funding human rights, democratic governance, and public health globally. Comparable as a multi-billion-dollar grantmaking foundation with policy advocacy, though with a more internationally focused and explicitly rights-based orientation than Pew.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: The world's largest private foundation with $70B+ endowment funding global health, education, and poverty. Comparable as a grantmaking heavyweight with significant biomedical and policy advocacy portfolios, though operating at much greater scale and global scope than Pew.

Direct peers

• Ford Foundation: One of the largest US private foundations with a $16B+ endowment, funding research, advocacy, and grantmaking across social justice, economic fairness, and governance. Directly comparable as a similarly scaled, multi-topic private foundation pursuing policy change through grants and partnerships.
• Pew Research Center: Wholly-owned subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts providing nonpartisan data-based research on politics, media, and social trends. Comparable as the in-house research arm producing the underlying survey data and analysis that informs the parent foundation's policy work.
• Rockefeller Foundation: Historic US private foundation with multi-billion-dollar endowment funding health, energy, food, and economic mobility initiatives. Comparable in scale, multi-domain grantmaking model, and emphasis on data-driven policy research.
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Major US private foundation with multi-billion-dollar endowment supporting journalism, climate, and equity through grants and fellowships. Comparable in grantmaking scale, fellowship architecture (MacArthur Fellows), and policy research focus.
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Large US private foundation with roughly $10B in assets funding education, environment, and other policy domains through grantmaking and research. Comparable in grantmaking scale, multi-topic structure, and emphasis on evidence-based policy.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York: Major US private foundation focused on education, democratic engagement, and international peace. Comparable as a similarly long-tenured (founded 1911) policy-focused foundation with government engagement and scholarly grant programs.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Largest US health-focused foundation with $13B+ endowment funding health policy research and community health initiatives. Comparable to Pew's biomedical and health portfolio through its Pew Scholars and Pew-Stewart Cancer Scholars programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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Investments12 records

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