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Washington, D.C.–based think tank
Not to be confused with The Urban Institute (of Edinburgh), nor with the land development organization The Urban Land Institute.
The Urban Institute
Abbreviation
Urban
Formation
1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Type
Public policy think tank
Headquarters
500 L'Enfant Plz SW
Location
Washington, D.C., U.S.
President
Sarah Rosen Wartell
Revenue (2016)
$111,892,483[1]
Expenses (2016)
$104,029,153[1]
Website
urban.org
The Urban Institute is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank that conducts economic and social policy research to "open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions".[2] The institute receives funding from government contracts, foundations, and private donors.
The Urban Institute has been categorized as "nonpartisan",[3][4] "liberal",[5] and "left-leaning".[6] In 2020, the Urban Institute co-hosted the second annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Conference for Economics and Related Fields with The Sadie Collective in Washington, D.C.[7][8]
^ ab"Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Urban Institute. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
^"About the Urban Institute". Urban Institute.
^Cohen, Rick (December 12, 2014). "The Inner Workings of Think Tanks: Transparify Gives Us a Good Look". Nonprofit Quarterly. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2018. ... the Urban Institute, and others are typically considered nonpartisan or middle of the road.
^McLean, Jim (November 20, 2014). "Kansas hospitals continue campaign for Medicaid expansion". Kansas Health Institute. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2018. ... the nonpartisan Urban Institute ...
^Rich, Spencer (June 12, 1988). "Urban Institute, Leading Liberal Think Tank, Marks 20th Birthday". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
^Hellmann, Jessie (September 16, 2017). "GOP sees fresh opening with Dems' single payer embrace". The Hill. Retrieved April 6, 2022. A 2016 estimate from the left-leaning Urban Institute found a previous plan from Sanders would cost $32 trillion over 10 years.
^"UMBC students Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Olusayo Adeleye co-create 1st U.S. conference for Black women economists". UMBC News. March 6, 2019.
^Sahm, Claudia (February 28, 2020). "Black economists are missing from the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economics profession". Equitable Growth.
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