Oregon Center for Public Policy

What Oregon Center for Public Policy does

Founded in 1995, Oregon Center for Public Policy is a private nonprofit policy research organization focused on Oregon budget, tax, labor, and economic issues. It conducts research and analysis to inform public-policy debates and supports economic justice-oriented advocacy for Oregonians, with particular focus in the input on low-income families and Oregonians of color. Its audience includes the general public, community organizations, Oregon legislators, and policy decision-makers.

OCPP is not a software company; its offerings are research publications, public data resources, policy roadmaps, and media content. Its product surface includes Data for the People, an interactive public data platform on Oregon economic well-being with REAL-D race and ethnicity categories; Policy for the People, a syndicated radio show and podcast produced with KMUZ; the Action Plan for the People policy roadmap; and a Guaranteed Income Resource Hub. The underlying technology evidence is limited to a website, digital publishing, podcast distribution, and an interactive data platform; no proprietary AI, API, or software architecture is disclosed.

The business model is nonprofit funding rather than commercial sales. OCPP provides research and content free through its website and digital channels and solicits donations through a dedicated donation portal, with the source data describing donations from supporters and likely grants as revenue mechanics. Go-to-market is community-led and advocacy-oriented, using website publications, email updates, social media, press, legislative advocacy, events, and KMUZ/podcast distribution rather than paid product pricing or enterprise contracts.

Name

Oregon Center for Public Policy

Legal name

Oregon Center for Public Policy

Website

https://ocpp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oregon Center for Public Policy is an Oregon-focused nonprofit think tank that publishes budget, tax, labor, and economic research, data tools, and policy advocacy materials for Oregonians, community organizations, legislators, and public-policy stakeholders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Policy Research

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

akta.pro primary industry

Policy, Regulatory & Public Affairs Research (BPAHALAF)

Keywords

• Public policy research
• Economic justice advocacy
• Tax policy analysis
• Economic data analysis
• Worker rights research

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: OCPP is a non-profit organization that generates revenue through donations from supporters and likely grants from foundations. The organization solicits donations through its website with a dedicated donation portal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

OCPP conducts research and policy analysis on Oregon's budget, tax, and economic issues to inform public policy debates. It produces research publications, the "Data for the People" interactive data platform, the "Policy for the People" podcast, the "Action Plan for the People" policy roadmap, and the Guaranteed Income Resource Hub, all aimed at advancing economic justice for Oregonians.

Product overview

Oregon Center for Public Policy operates as a policy research think tank rather than a traditional software product company. Its core offerings consist of research publications, data analysis tools, and educational content. The primary products include: Data for the People (an interactive data platform tracking economic indicators for Oregonians), Policy for the People podcast (a radio/podcast series on public policy), Action Plan for the People (a policy roadmap for economic justice), and the Guaranteed Income Resource Hub (a collection of resources on guaranteed income programs). These offerings work together to support the organization's mission of improving economic outcomes for all Oregonians through research, data analysis, and policy advocacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Policy for the People: A syndicated radio show and podcast exploring public policies that can lift up all Oregonians, produced in collaboration with KMUZ radio.
• Data for the People
• Action Plan for the People
• Guaranteed Income Resource Hub

Products and services

• Data for the People An interactive data platform providing publicly-available data on the economic well-being of Oregonians, covering economy, economic inequality, survival budget, hunger, housing, health care, employment, gender pay gap, and unionization. Data is disaggregated by race and ethnicity using REAL-D categories and was developed in partnership with Urban League of Portland, NAYA, Coalition of Communities of Color, APANO, IRCO, and PCUN. Free to access.
• Policy for the People Podcast A syndicated radio show and podcast exploring public policies that can lift up all Oregonians. A collaboration between KMUZ radio and the Oregon Center for Public Policy. Distributed through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Buzzsprout. Free to access.
• Action Plan for the People A policy roadmap outlining strategies to shift Oregon's economic system to benefit all Oregonians rather than just the wealthy few. Available free on the OCPP website.
• Guaranteed Income Resource Hub A resource hub providing information and research about guaranteed income programs and policies. Free to access via the OCPP website.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 400,000 Oregonians face food insecurity according to OCPP data analysis
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KMUZ RadiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKMUZ radio (kmuz.org) collaborates with OCPP to produce and syndicate 'Policy for the People,' a show that explores public policies that can lift up all Oregonians. This is an ongoing content partnership for research dissemination.
• Urban League of PortlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for the 'Data for the People' initiative, providing expertise throughout the development process to help reflect the realities of particular communities in Oregon economic data.
• Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for the 'Data for the People' initiative, offering expertise to help disaggregate data and represent the experiences of Native American communities in Oregon.
• Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for the 'Data for the People' initiative, providing expertise to ensure data reflects the realities of communities of color in Oregon.
• Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for the 'Data for the People' initiative, contributing knowledge to help accurately represent Asian Pacific American communities in economic data.
• Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for the 'Data for the People' initiative, providing expertise on immigrant and refugee community experiences in Oregon's economy.
• Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for the 'Data for the People' initiative, contributing expertise on farmworker and rural community experiences in Oregon's economic data.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Urban Institute: Major economic and social policy research organization producing evidence-based insights on poverty, inequality, and economic mobility. Overlaps with OCPP's data-driven approach to economic inequality research at much larger scale.
• Economic Policy Institute: Non-profit think tank researching economic inequality, wages, and worker power. Directly comparable to OCPP's worker power and economic inequality research agenda, though EPI operates at national scale with a much larger research staff.
• Roosevelt Institute: Progressive economic policy think tank producing research on inequality, labor markets, and antitrust. Comparable mission and research methodology to OCPP, with broader national scope and stronger academic publication footprint.
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: National progressive policy research organization focused on budget, tax, and anti-poverty policy. Closely comparable to OCPP in research methodology and advocacy orientation, but operates at national scale with significantly larger staff and budget.
• Demos: National public policy organization working on democracy, economic inequality, and racial justice. Comparable in progressive policy orientation and research-plus-advocacy model, but with broader issue scope and national presence.

Direct peers

• California Budget & Policy Center: State-level non-profit providing independent fiscal and economic analysis to advance equity in California. The most direct functional peer to OCPP, operating the same state-level economic justice research and advocacy model in a different state.
• Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP): National non-profit research organization focused on state and federal tax policy analysis. Highly comparable to OCPP's tax justice focus, with similar methodology of producing distributional analysis of tax proposals, though operating at national scope.
• Colorado Fiscal Institute: State-level non-profit providing fiscal and economic analysis in Colorado with a focus on equity. Closely mirrors OCPP's state-level economic justice research and advocacy model in a different state.
• Minnesota Budget Project: State-level fiscal policy research organization focused on budget and tax policy with equity lens. Highly comparable to OCPP in state-level research and advocacy model, part of the broader state fiscal policy network.

Emerging players

• Good Jobs First: National policy resource center promoting corporate and government accountability in economic development. Comparable in policy research orientation, with focus on corporate accountability that intersects OCPP's economic justice work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ocppnews
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@oregoncenterforpublicpolicy
• Facebookfacebook.com/BecauseFactsMatter
• Instagraminstagram.com/ocppnews/?hl=en
• TikToktiktok.com/@ocppnews?lang=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oregon-center-for-public-policy-ocpp

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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