Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, random sample survey research and panel based surveys,  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. 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. 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. 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. In October 2014, Michael Dimock, a 14-year veteran of the Pew Research Center, was named president. Funding
The Pew Research Center is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization and a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. For its studies focusing on demographics of religions in the world, the Pew Research Center has been jointly funded by the Templeton Foundation. Research topics

The center's research includes the following topic areas:
 U.S. politics and policy
 International affairs
 Immigration & migration
 Race and ethnicity
 Religion
 Age & generations
 Gender & LGBTQ
 Family & relationships
 Economy & work
 Science
 Internet and technology
 News habits & media
 Methodological research 
 Regions & countries

References

External links
  – Pew Research Center
  of the Pew Charitable Trusts

2004 establishments in Washington, D.C. Intelligent Community Forum
Think tanks established in 2004
Public opinion research companies in the United States
Social statistics data
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Think tanks based in Washington, D.C.
Migration studies