The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research institute founded in 1986 that produces economic research and analysis focused on labor markets, wages, and public policies intended to improve economic outcomes for low- and middle-income workers and promote broadly shared prosperity.
Labor and employment policy, minimum wage and pay equity, collective bargaining and union rights, unemployment insurance and benefits, tax and budget policy with a distributional focus, trade and industrial policy evaluated for worker impacts, and research on economic inequality and labor market regulation.
Primarily funded by foundation grants, philanthropic contributions, individual donors, paid research and publication revenue, and support from labor-aligned organizations.
Collaborations with labor unions (e.g., AFL-CIO, major national unions), progressive policy organizations and coalitions, and academic economists who frequently co-author research and provide testimony.
Nonprofit research institute / think tank (501(c)(3))
