The Pew Charitable Trusts
Sep 3, 2024 · The Pew Charitable Trusts’ conservation efforts—both in the U.S. and abroad—help to preserve wild places and rivers, restore biodiversity, and increase the understanding of ocean ecology. On land, we focus on conserving wildlife corridors, shorelines, and pristine landscapes, as well as advancing policies that prioritize investments in ...
About The Pew Charitable Trusts
May 29, 2024 · Since 1948, The Pew Charitable Trusts has used data to make a difference. We are a diverse, passionate, global team working together, and with dedicated partners, to address the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious projects that lead to tangible progress.
Housing Policy Initiative | The Pew Charitable Trusts
May 29, 2024 · Housing is the largest regular expense for most Americans. But a record housing shortage and skyrocketing rents and home prices mean millions of Americans now struggle to afford housing. The Pew Charitable Trusts’ housing policy initiative works to help policymakers reimagine their approach to housing by illuminating how regulations and ...
States’ Unfunded Pension Liabilities Persist as Major Long-Term ...
Jul 7, 2022 · Editor's note: The Debt and Unfunded Retirement Indicator is temporarily unavailable as Pew updates its methodology and data sources. For most states, unfunded pension liabilities are the largest of three major long-term obligations weighing on their future finances, ahead of unfunded retiree health care benefits for public employees and outstanding debt.
How We Work | The Pew Charitable Trusts
Feb 1, 2023 · A clear need for action. Solid evidence about the primary cause of the problem. A willingness by important constituencies to act. A way for Pew to add unique value, and. A reasonable opportunity for meaningful and tangible progress. Whether our work is local, state-based, or global, we utilize a pragmatic, fact-based, and disciplined approach ...
U.S. Conservation | The Pew Charitable Trusts
May 29, 2024 · Pew’s U.S. conservation project advances plans and policies that account for the impacts of ongoing climate change while building a stronger and more adaptable environment for people and nature. These climate-ready approaches can advance conservation and improve the way Americans live. To achieve its goals, Pew relies on science, research ...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | The Pew Charitable Trusts
Jun 30, 2024 · The multitude of perspectives offered by our staff and our partners has always been integral to our work, but we must continue to be intentional in our efforts to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as core elements of our operations and culture. At Pew, our DEI journey involves direct and candid conversations throughout the ...
Behavioral Health | The Pew Charitable Trusts
Oct 18, 2022 · The numbers are stark: In 2021, nearly 1 in 4 adults had a mental illness; nearly 1 in 3 adults had a substance use disorder or mental illness; and more than 12 million adults had serious thoughts of suicide. The Pew Charitable Trusts conducts research and supports policies to improve behavioral health in America, including increasing access to ...
Health Care | The Pew Charitable Trusts
Apr 11, 2024 · Health Care. Rising health care costs concern many Americans, from patients and consumers to doctors and hospital executives, elected leaders, and other policymakers. Several factors can worsen medical inflation in unseen and surprising ways. Among them: drug marketing practices, inadequate food safety protections, overuse of antibiotics in ...
Mission & Values | The Pew Charitable Trusts
May 29, 2024 · Mission & Values. Founded in 1948, The Pew Charitable Trusts uses data to make a difference. Pew addresses the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious strategies that lead to tangible progress. Informed by its founders’ entrepreneurial and optimistic spirit, Pew has evolved with ...