Proxy Monitor

What Proxy Monitor does

Proxy Monitor (ProxyMonitor.org) is a nonprofit policy research database that aggregates and makes searchable all shareholder proxy proposals submitted to the 250 largest U.S. publicly traded companies (by Fortune ranking) across proxy years 2006 through 2024-2025. Operated by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's Center for Legal Policy under Director James R. Copland, the platform enables users to filter proposals by year, company, SIC industry classification, proponent, proponent type, and proposal category, with tabulated vote totals, sponsor statements, management responses, and direct links to underlying SEC filings.

The underlying technology is a web-based, self-serve searchable database with no login requirement; users navigate via browser, run queries, export tabulated data, and access full proposal summaries. The database is manually curated and categorized into thematic buckets including Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, and Social Policy (encompassing lobbying, political spending, environmental, and diversity proposals), enabling longitudinal trend analysis not readily available from raw SEC EDGAR filings. Supporting modules include a Score Card dashboard, a Historical Archive browser, Reports & Findings (policy commentary), and Media & Commentary.

Proxy Monitor has no commercial revenue model — the platform is offered free of charge to a global audience of institutional investors, policy researchers, academics, journalists, and corporate governance professionals. The project is funded indirectly through the Manhattan Institute's donor contributions, membership programs (Empire Society, Metropolitan Society), and general institute revenue. The go-to-market motion is purely product-led: discovery occurs via organic search, Manhattan Institute publications, conference appearances, and earned media (including CNBC and industry podcasts), with no sales team or paid acquisition channels. The platform therefore functions as a public-interest policy resource and analytical asset for the Manhattan Institute's broader advocacy on proxy regulation and corporate governance reform, rather than as a standalone commercial venture.

Name

Proxy Monitor

Legal name

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.

Website

https://proxymonitor.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Proxy Monitor is a free, nonprofit web-based database operated by the Manhattan Institute that aggregates and makes searchable all shareholder proxy proposals submitted to the 250 largest U.S. public companies from 2006 through 2024-2025, serving institutional investors, academics, journalists, and corporate governance professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Governance / Proxy Research Database

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

akta.pro primary industry

Proxy Voting & Shareholder Meetings (AGM/EGM) (FSACAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Proxy Voting & Shareholder Meeting Services (FSAFALAD), Stewardship & Active Ownership (Engagement, Proxy Voting, Shareholder Advocacy) (FSAAALAD), News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Shareholder proxy data
• Corporate governance research
• Proxy proposal database
• Institutional voting analysis
• Shareholder activism tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Free Public Access: Proxy Monitor is a free web-based database operated by the Manhattan Institute. There is no stated subscription or transaction fee for users. The Manhattan Institute, a free-market think tank, funds the platform through donor contributions, membership programs (Empire Society, Metropolitan Society), and general institute revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Proxy Monitor is a free, web-based searchable database that aggregates shareholder proxy proposals submitted to the 250 largest U.S. publicly traded companies by revenue for proxy years 2006 through 2024. Users filter by year, company, industry (SIC), proponent, proponent type, and proposal type, and access tabulated vote totals, voting rules, full proposal summaries, sponsor statements, management responses, and direct links to underlying SEC filings. The platform is operated by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's Center for Legal Policy as a public policy resource.

Product overview

Proxy Monitor is a single unified web-based platform providing transparent shareholder decision data and analysis. The core product is the Proxy Monitor Database, which users access through a web interface to search, filter, and export shareholder proposal data. Supporting modules include the Score Card (real-time tracking dashboard), Historical Archive (year-by-year data browser), Reports & Findings (policy commentary), and Media & Commentary (analysis and event content). All offerings are accessed through proxymonitor.org.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Proxy Monitor Database: A searchable database of all proxy proposals submitted by shareholders of the 250 largest American public companies for annual shareholder meetings from 2006 through 2024.

Products and services

• Proxy Monitor Database A free, web-based searchable database containing shareholder proposals from the 250 largest publicly traded U.S. companies by revenue for proxy years 2006 through 2024. Users can search by year, company, industry (SIC), proponent, proponent type, and proposal type, with results including proposal titles, vote totals, and voting rules.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ProxyPreview: ProxyPreview aggregates and publishes shareholder proxy proposals for the upcoming proxy season, overlapping directly with Proxy Monitor's curated shareholder-proposal data focus.
• Glass Lewis: Glass Lewis is a leading proxy advisory firm delivering voting research, governance ratings, and shareholder proposal analysis to institutional investors, directly competing in the same proxy-governance information space as Proxy Monitor.
• Manifest: Manifest provides proxy voting advisory and shareholder proposal research to institutional investors, competing in the same governance data and voting-analysis category as Proxy Monitor.
• Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS): ISS is the largest proxy advisory firm, providing voting recommendations, governance research, and shareholder proposal analysis to institutional investors — the most direct commercial peer to Proxy Monitor's governance data focus.
• Egan-Jones Ratings Company: Egan-Jones provides proxy advisory and voting services to institutional investors, operating in the same shareholder-voting information category as Proxy Monitor.
• Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance: Harvard's Forum curates and publishes shareholder proposals, governance research, and SEC filings free of charge, making it the closest free, academic peer in scope to Proxy Monitor's curated shareholder-proposal database.

Others

• Council of Institutional Investors (CII): CII is a membership organization for pension funds and asset managers that publishes governance research, voting policy commentary, and shareholder-proposal analysis, making it an ecosystem peer to Proxy Monitor rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Proxy Insight: Proxy Insight provides voting research and shareholder-proposal intelligence with a primary focus on European and UK-listed companies, a comparable offering to Proxy Monitor but oriented to international markets.

Broad incumbents

• FactSet (incl. SharkRepellent): FactSet offers broad corporate governance, activist tracking (via the SharkRepellent acquisition), and shareholder-voting data within a larger financial data platform, providing overlapping capability but as part of a much wider portfolio than Proxy Monitor.
• Bloomberg Terminal: Bloomberg's Terminal includes corporate governance, shareholder voting, and proposal data alongside a full suite of financial data products, offering overlapping capability to Proxy Monitor within a much broader enterprise platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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