Title: The Pew Charitable Trusts - Wikipedia
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
Contents
History
Current concerns
Financial facts
Controversy
Barnes Art Collection
Texas Public Policy Foundation
References
External links

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The Pew Charitable Trusts
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American non-profit, non-governmental organization

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Pew Charitable Trusts

Established
1948; 73 years ago
( 1948)
Chairman
Robert H. Campbell
President
Susan K. Urahn
Faculty
10 (board)
Staff
969
Budget
$374 million
Endowment
$6.7 billion
Address
2005 Market Street
Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7077
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Website
www.pewtrusts.org
The Pew Charitable Trusts is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), founded in 1948. With over US$ 6 billion in assets, its stated mission is to serve the public interest by "improving public policy, informing the public, and invigorating civic life". Contents
1 History
2 Current concerns
3 Financial facts
4 Controversy
4.1 Barnes Art Collection
4.2 Texas Public Policy Foundation
5 References
6 External links
History
The Trusts, a single entity, is the successor to, and sole beneficiary of, seven charitable funds established between 1948 and 1979 by J. Howard Pew, Mary Ethel Pew, Joseph N. Pew Jr., and Mabel Pew Myrin—the adult sons and daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew. Honoring their parents' religious conviction that good works should be done quietly, the original Pew Memorial Foundation was a grantmaking organization that made donations anonymously. The foundation became the Pew Memorial Trust in 1956, based in Philadelphia, the donors' hometown. Between 1957 and 1979, six other trusts were created, representing the personal and complementary philanthropic interests of the four siblings. The Trusts continues to be based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with offices in Washington, D.C., London, and Brussels .