The Pew Charitable Trusts, a public charity with a $3.88 billion endowment, has been moving the offices of 225 staffers into a 10-story, refurbished building it bought at 901 E St. NW, across from the headquarters of the FBI. This will include the office of Joshua S. Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group. The organization expects to increase the number of staffers in the building to 350. Pew will also lease space in the building to the American Cancer Society, the National Wildlife Federation, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Alliance for Climate Protection.
Since December, Pew has been moving much of its widespread Washington operation into a 10-story, refurbished building it bought at 901 E St. NW, across from the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
It is the latest and most concrete step by Pew to secure its position in Washington as a force on national and international issues, ranging from reforming foster care to protecting the world’s oceans.
It is also a logical follow to Pew’s decision in 2004 to legally change its nonprofit status from that of a foundation to a public charity.
As a public charity with a $3.88 billion endowment, Pew is now able to run programs it once only funded. As a result, it now has about 300 staffers in Washington, up from fewer than 20 in 2003. The new building will put most of those staffers under one roof.
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