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Sep 25, 2012 - "Turning access into opportunity demands research, rigor, hard work and discipline—the approaches and principles that power the American Dream.”
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May 25, 2012 - Democracy is well-served by informed and engaged citizens when they are provided—and seize—the means to fulfill their civic duty in service to our country.
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Mar 31, 2011 - The chapter on Planning and Evaluation from the 2011 Pew Prospectus.
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Mar 31, 2011 - The chapter on Philanthropic Services from the 2011 Pew Prospectus.
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Mar 31, 2011 - The chapter on Milestones from the 2011 Pew Prospectus.
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Mar 31, 2011 - The chapter on Government Relations from the 2011 Pew Prospectus.
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Mar 26, 2010 - The chapter on Philanthropic Services and Government Relations from the 2010 Pew Prospectus.
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Mar 26, 2010 - Lester W. Baxter's chapter on Planning and Evaluation from Pew Prospectus 2010.
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Mar 25, 2010 - Here we highlight the results of Pew-supported work that made a difference in 2009.
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Mar 22, 2010 - Introduction to the Spring 2010 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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Aug 12, 2009 - Introduction to the Summer 2009 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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Mar 20, 2009 - The chapter on Philanthropic Services and Government Relations from the 2009 Pew Prospectus.
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Mar 20, 2009 - Pew's Planning and Evaluation department supports the organization’s efforts by providing thoughtful guidance and critique on initial program design, objective measurement of progress against benchmarks, identification of lessons that can be applied to Pew’s work, and assessment of our ultimate return on investment.
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Mar 20, 2009 - Each year, we join with excellent organizations to produce work that exemplifies exactly what we mean in stating that Pew serves the public interest. Here we highlight the results of Pew-supported work that made a difference in 2008.
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Oct 13, 2008 - Introduction to the Fall 2008 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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Jun 24, 2008 - New Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth report provides comprehensive review of television advertising practices by alcohol companies from 2001-2007.
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Jun 10, 2008 - Lester W. Baxter, deputy director of Evaluation at Pew, co-authored this chapter in "Foundations and Evaluation: Contexts and Practices for Effective Philanthropy." This material is used by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Apr 30, 2008 - Introduction to the Spring 2008 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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Apr 30, 2008 - Introduction to the Spring 2008 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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Mar 25, 2008 - Analysis of recent government surveys related to substance use and the workplace reveals the true extent ofhazardous alcohol use and the negative effect it has on the American workplace.
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Jan 28, 2008 - Chapter on Program Planning from Pew Prospectus 2008.
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Dec 19, 2007 - Press reports and data from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) indicate that alcohol companies are increasingly shifting their advertising from magazines to television, the Internet and other “new media.” In this report, Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising on Television and in National Magazines, 2001 to 2006, the findings reveal that youth exposure to alcohol advertising has indeed fallen in magazines, but this decline has been accompanied by an increase in youth exposure to alcohol advertising on television.
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Dec 03, 2007 - Introduction to the Fall 2007 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's president Rebecca Rimel.
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Sep 17, 2007 - The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) commissioned Virtual Media Resources to analyze the 337,602 alcohol product advertisements placed on stations in 28 of the largest radio markets in the United States in 2006.
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Sep 06, 2007 - Most-admired organizations.
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Aug 20, 2007 - The Pew Charitable Trusts mourns the death of Alan J. Davis, a member of the board, who died on May 8, 2007.
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Aug 20, 2007 - The Pew-supported Pennsylvania Medicaid Policy Center at the University of Pittsburgh directs a new report primarily to policy makers and other key stakeholders in health care.
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Aug 13, 2007 - Pew’s Web site has been redesigned, the result of 18 months of research, planning, development and testing.
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Aug 03, 2007 - From 2001 to 2005, youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines fell by 49%, according to an analysis conducted by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) of 16,635 advertisements costing nearly $1.7 billion.
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Jun 27, 2007 - There is growing concern among policymakers and the general public about the impact of messages from popular and commercial cultures on youth perceptions, attitudes and health behaviors.
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Jun 01, 2007 - Introduction to the Spring 2007 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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May 20, 2007 - CIRCLE is a research organization with a determinedly practical bent—to foster civic engagement in young people.
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Apr 28, 2007 - This Pew-funded study examined the relationship between malpractice premium levels and physician net incomes for the years 1994, 1998, and 2002, a period in which malpractice premiums rose rapidly.
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Dec 20, 2006 - A study released by CAMY finding that youth exposure to alcohol advertising on television grew substantially from 2001 to 2005.
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Nov 21, 2006 - Veteran journalist Judy Woodruff traveled around the country in an RV, meeting young people and listening to their opinions.
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Nov 08, 2006 - CIRCLE finds that at least two million more young people voted in the 2006 midterm elections than in the 2002 midterm elections.
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Oct 23, 2006 - A new book explores how philanthropy has evolved and why foundations ought to move with the times to accomplish the most good in today’s society.
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Oct 16, 2006 - Photojournalist Kimberlee Acquaro won a fellowship that allowed her to spend six weeks in Rwanda. Her subject: the role of women in rebuilding a country bereft of men after the 1994 genocide.
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Oct 06, 2006 - Achieving results is central to the mission of the Trusts. Evaluation contributes to this aim by enabling us to gauge the return on the Trusts’ investments, test the effectiveness of specific strategies, and offer an informed perspective for adapting programs to upcoming opportunities.
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Oct 03, 2006 - A detailed look at how youth participate in politics and communities.
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Sep 07, 2006 - A compilation of the research on traditional and innovative young voter turnout techniques.
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Jun 23, 2006 - A book by William M. Sage of Columbia University and Rogan Kersh of Syracuse University that explores medical liability and the broader trends and goals in American health policy.
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Jun 14, 2006 - Report details how African American youth see more alcohol advertising on radio, TV and in print than their peers.
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May 24, 2006 - A special report by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth on young people's exposure to alcohol advertising.
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May 01, 2006 - Trust magazine features the New Voters Project, which was designed to address the steady decline in youth voting.
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Mar 27, 2006 - A report which summarizes the most up-to-date, relevant research and data on underage drinking. According to the report, binge drinking among girls is growing at a faster rate than boys.
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Feb 01, 2006 - A report on Pennsylvania's political efforts to address soaring liability premiums and other systemic malpractice issues.
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Dec 09, 2005 - A CAMY report finding that alcohol companies significantly increased their advertising activity on cable television from 2001 to 2004.
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Oct 26, 2005 - The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth commissioned Virtual Media Resources to analyze the exposure of Hispanic youth, ages 12 to 20, to alcohol advertising in English-language magazines, on English- and Spanish-language radio stations, and on the television programming in both languages most popular with Hispanic youth in 2003 and 2004.
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Aug 29, 2005 - Article on Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth and Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems -- two Trusts-supported projects.
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Aug 01, 2005 - Introduction to the Summer 2005 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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Jul 19, 2005 - A CAMY report finding that on average American youth saw 779 television commercials selling alcohol, but only nine alcohol company commercials discouraging underage drinking.
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Jul 01, 2005 - In September 2003, both the Beer Institute and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States followed the FTC's 1999 recommendation and announced their members would raise the minimum adult audience composition of media in which they will advertise from 50 percent to a proportional 70 percent. This white paper seeks to examine the impact of this 70 percent threshold on reducing underage youth exposure to alcohol advertising.
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Jul 01, 2005 - Report on trends in voter participation among young people.
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Jun 21, 2005 - Study addresses the successes and failues Patient Compensation Funds (PCFs).
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Jun 01, 2005 - Studies the prevalence and characteristics of defensive medicine among physicians practicing in high-liability specialties during a period of substantial instability in the malpractice environment.
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Jun 01, 2005 - Survey finds high cost of medical malpractice insurance is a leading reason cited by new doctors for leaving Pennsylvania.
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Jun 01, 2005 - Study estimates the effects of changes in state malpractice law on the supply of physicians.
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Apr 07, 2005 - Distilled spirits and beer advertising in national magazines between 2001 and 2003 consistently reached more underage youth than adults on a per capita basis, according to an analysis by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth of 10,455 alcohol ads costing almost $1 billion.
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Mar 24, 2005 - Report on medical malpractice insurance, thirty years after California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA).
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Mar 17, 2005 - Study raises questions about medical liability reform initiatives.
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Mar 02, 2005 - Report outlines recommendations to relieve Pennsylvania's malpractice insurance crisis.
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Feb 01, 2005 - This report on underage drinking in the United States by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University seeks to prompt action by putting a spotlight on whether the nation is making progress in protecting our children by reducing underage drinking.
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Oct 26, 2004 - An article on the voter registration efforts of the New Voters Project.
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Oct 14, 2004 - A report on youth and alcohol advertising on television.
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Oct 14, 2004 - The trends of an ever increasing number of ads and continued overexposure of underage youth mark alcohol advertising on television from 2001 to 2003, according to this analysis by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth.
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Oct 14, 2004 - A report on youth and alcohol advertising on television.
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Sep 23, 2004 - A report about how medical innovation plays a role in medical liability.
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Sep 01, 2004 - Voter Registration occurs no faster than one voter at a time. Tedious? But consider the impact of 1+1+1+1+1+1 . . .
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Jul 07, 2004 - Report outlines framework for understanding why physician satisfaction matters for patient care and what factors influence it.
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Jul 01, 2004 - 2006-06-23 2004-07-01 2004-07-01 During “malpractice crises,” concerns are expressed that liability costs drive high-risk specialist physicians from practice, creating access-to-care problems. A mail survey of 824 surgical and other specialists in Pennsylvania found that the liability environment is
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Jul 01, 2004 - Study examines a program of medical error communication and mediation-based dispute resolution that can improve patient care and reduce malpractice litigation.
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May 24, 2004 - This report examines youth and adult exposure to alcohol industry responsibility advertising on television in 2002 in comparison with exposure to the industry's advertising for alcohol products.
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May 11, 2004 - A release from the New Voters Project.
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Apr 21, 2004 - Television advertising for alcohol, and youth exposure to that advertising, grew substantially in 2002 from 2001, indicating the alcohol industry may need to significantly change its advertising practices in order to comply with the revised voluntary advertising codes announced in September 2003.
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Apr 07, 2004 - A study of local political parties commissioned by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
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Mar 09, 2004 - Study of Web sites operated by alcohol companies finds widespread use of the kinds of features first catalogued by the Center for Media Education as potentially attractive to underage youth.
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Mar 09, 2004 - A report from the Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania.
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Mar 09, 2004 - A report from the Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania.
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Feb 01, 2004 - Nonprofits are experimenting with business tools and concepts for profits. They can do it. A new initiative, providing a competition and consultants, can help.
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Jan 23, 2004 - A primer by Ensuring Solutions.
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Jan 22, 2004 - To assess youth exposure to alcohol advertising on radio relative to young adults and all adults over 21, researchers from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth analyzed a sample of radio ad placements for 25 leading brands of alcohol in top U.S. radio markets in the summer of 2003.
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Oct 20, 2003 - Report finds that reforms in the handling of malpractice cases should focus on supporting the efforts of judges and juries.
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Oct 20, 2003 - Report identifies and discusses four key areas in which changes to the health care system have altered both the "malpractice problem" and its range of potential solutions: patient safety, medical progress, industrialization, and cost-containment.
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Jul 01, 2003 - Issues have lifecycles that help us understand them.
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Jun 24, 2003 - Results of a survey designed to gauge the opinions that parents of teens hold about teens drinking alcohol, and how teen drinking is affected by alcohol advertising.
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Jun 19, 2003 - According to this report from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University, alcohol companies placed ads on the television shows most popular with underage African-American youth and consistently exposed underage African-American youth to more alcohol ads than non-African-American youth in magazines and on radio in 2002.
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Jun 16, 2003 - The Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania's “roadmap to fairness” for medical-malpractice reform.
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Jun 16, 2003 - Report presents objective facts on the likely causes and potential consequences of the state’s malpractice insurance problems.
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Apr 30, 2003 - This analysis compares the exposure of Hispanic youth to that of non-Hispanic youth, and the Center finds that Hispanic youth were even more overexposed to alcohol advertising than non-Hispanic youth.
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Apr 01, 2003 - The report, which includes state-specific information, assesses current state practices, evaluates each state’s current law and provides a means for each state to evaluate priorities for enforcement as well as statutory and regulatory reform.
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Apr 01, 2003 - America’s youth heard more beer and distilled spirits commercials on the radio in 2001 and 2002 than did people of legal drinking age, according to a report by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University.
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Feb 03, 2003 - This report shows youth 60 times more likely to see TV ads promoting alcohol than industry-funded responsibility ads.
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Dec 18, 2002 - This report from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth finds that youth see more commercials for beer than for juice, gum, chips, sneakers or jeans.
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Oct 07, 2002 - This study was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates (PSRA) for The Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania. Two separate Pennsylvania surveys were conducted for this study: General Public and Small Business Owners.
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Sep 01, 2002 - This report, the first from the Center, finds that America's youth saw far more alcoholic beverage ads in magazines in 2001 than did people of legal drinking age.
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Jun 17, 2002 - Pew's board expects program staff to invest in areas that can produce specific and measurable results within three to five years. The Evaluation unit examines this “cluster review” of our work at the end of this three-to-five-year period, when the grantmaking portfolio has reached maturity.
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Feb 05, 2001 - How The Pew Charitable Trusts determines and evaluates our philanthropic investments.
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