Pacific Research Institute: mission, leadership and finances

What it does

The Pacific Research Institute, or PRI, is a free-market think tank in California. Its centers cover business and economics, health care, education, and environment and energy. It publishes studies, commentary and the annual Health Care Index.

Pacific Research Institute is listed here in the category "Think tanks". A listing on 4conservative.com describes an organization; it is not an endorsement of it or of its positions.

History

PRI was founded in 1979 and has been led by Sally Pipes for many years. It is a member of the State Policy Network.

Pacific Research Institute is a think tank. It is headquartered in Pasadena, CA. Its IRS tax status is 501(c)(3). Like other organizations in this collection, it is described here from its own published material and from public records, and the facts on this page are limited to what those sources state.

Leadership and funding

PRI is supported by individuals, foundations and corporations and files a Form 990, which ProPublica lists under the name Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.

The IRS figures on this page come from the latest Form 990 filing that ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer lists for the organization, for tax year 2023: total revenue of $12.0 million, total expenses of $5.4 million and total assets of $30.1 million at year end. ProPublica lists the filer as Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy. The figures describe a single tax year and can differ sharply from year to year; check the filing itself and the organization's own site for the current picture.

Where it stands

PRI favors school choice, regulatory reform and market-based health care, and opposes single-payer systems.

These summaries reflect the organization's own stated mission and publicly known activities as of the date below; they are neutral descriptions, not evaluations. Related organizations on this site include Independent Institute, Reason Foundation, California Policy Center.