Pew History
Between 1948 and 1979, seven separate charitable trusts were created by the Pew siblings; these were eventually combined into the organization now known as this.
What is the Pew Charitable Trusts?
Pew publications are often republished in full on this news website.
What is Governing?
Philadelphia is known as the birthplace of American democracy because both the Declaration of Independence and this other founding document were debated and adopted in Independence Hall.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
If you’ve ever checked your calendar and wondered “who scheduled all these Fiscal Associate Meetings,” this colleague is probably the answer.
Who is Gayathri Venu?
The first FIFA World Cup, held in 1930, took place in this South American country, which also won the tournament.
What is Uruguay?
Before becoming a global nonprofit, Pew originated as a single foundation created in 1948 by four siblings whose family wealth came from this oil company.
What is Sun Oil Company (Sunoco)?
A 2026 Pew article reported that in 2025 this number of states dedicated new administrative funding for their broadband offices.
What is 13?
Through this long-running program, Pew has awarded over $200 million to hundreds of nonprofits serving vulnerable populations in Philadelphia and surrounding counties.
What is the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services?
This colleague can be spotted on the field with Pew's softball team — and recently got even bigger news to celebrate when she became engaged.
This Brazilian player, just 17 years old in 1958, announced himself by scoring twice in the final and leading his country to its first World Cup title.
Who is Pelé?
A major structural shift in 2002 allowed Pew to operate programs directly rather than only make grants, when it changed its IRS designation to this type of entity.
What is a public charity? (501c3)
In the publication, States are Thinking Long Term to Prepare for Emerging Risks, Pew identified these timely and relevant emerging risks.
What are demographics, climate change, and technology?
Pew's Philadelphia Research and Policy initiative annually produces this report, with its most recent publication in April 2026.
What is "State of the City"?
In his "5 Questions" interview, this colleague said a grad school course on budgeting — which he expected to be boring — turned out to be fascinating and shaped his career path.
Who is Alexandre Fall?
Italy became the first nation to achieve this World Cup feat, winning consecutive tournaments in 1934 and 1938.
What is winning back-to-back World Cups?
Pew’s public opinion research traces back to a 1990 initiative by a newspaper company, later rebranded and incorporated into this standalone entity in 2004.
What is the Pew Research Center?
Pew’s Fiscal 50 State trends and analysis include these eight key indicators.
What are federal share of state revenue, fiscal balance, long-term liabilities, population change, reserves and balances, state medicaid spending, tax revenue trends, and tax revenue volatility.
This is the year Philadelphia was founded.
What is 1682?
If you've ever played a Volo Sports soccer game and gotten a yellow card, it might have been from this Pew colleague.
Who is Sam Pittman?
This French captain was sent off in the 2006 final after headbutting Marco Materazzi, in what became his final professional match.
Who is Zinedine Zidane?
This longtime Pew leader, who began as a health program manager in 1983 and became president in 1994, led the organization for more than two decades before stepping down in 2020.
Who is Rebecca W. Rimel?
In a recent publication Pew analysis reported on domestic migration and identified this state as the state that had the largest increase in its compound annual growth in the 2017 - 22 tax-filing population.
What is Idaho
Pew-supported investments helped expand and enhance this recreational asset, which now includes a boardwalk system and more than 30 miles of trails along this major Philadelphia river.
What is the Schuylkill River?
You might find this colleague at her desk during the day — but in her off hours, she's racking 'em up at the pool table.
Who is Emma Lengel?
Argentina’s 1986 World Cup triumph marked this player’s only time captaining his country to a World Cup title.
Who is Diego Maradona?