Mission: Founded in 1988, Pioneer Institute is a non-partisan public policy think tank committed to keeping Massachusetts economically competitive and to strengthening the core values of an open society. The Institute commissions timely and rigorous academic studies from leading scholars through its four practice areas: PioneerEducation seeks to increase the number and quality of educational options available to parents, drive system-wide reform, and ensure accountability in public education; PioneerHealth advances high-quality and cost-effective care through price transparency, reforms to public programs, and innovation in healthcare delivery and treatments; PioneerPublic promotes high-quality government services focused on core functions and greater transparency; PioneerOpportunity advocates policies to expand opportunity across the Commonwealth, and reforms to transportation, housing, taxation, and regulation that will increase Greater Boston's competitiveness. (Less)

Pioneer Institute is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1993, and donations are tax-deductible.