Company Profile
The Urban Institute
Company Overview
About the Urban Institute
What We Do
Our mission: the Urban Institute gathers data, conducts research, evaluates programs, offers technical assistance overseas, and educates Americans on social and economic issues — to foster sound public policy and effective government.
The Urban Institute builds knowledge about the nation’s social and fiscal challenges, practicing open-minded, evidence-based research to diagnose problems and figure out which policies and programs work best, for whom, and how.
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Simulation Models and Data Tools
Our Commitments
Use rigorous, state-of-the-art methods to analyze public policies and programs
Bring sound objective evidence to public policy decisions
Deepen public understanding of policy issues
Save government and communities time and money through research on effective and efficient programs
Work to make our Washington, D.C., metropolitan area a stronger community
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Our History
In the mid-1960s, President Johnson saw the need for independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing America's cities and their residents. The President created a blue-ribbon commission of civic leaders who recommended chartering a center to do that work. In 1968, the Urban Institute became that center.