Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Abbreviation	The Joint Center
Formation	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Type	Public policy think tank
Headquarters	633 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Location	Washington, D.C., U.S.
President	Spencer Overton
Revenue	$4,622,012 (2013, most recent numbers)[1]
Expenses	$5,654,042 (2013, most recent numbers)[1]
Website	Official website

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, originally the Joint Center for Political Studies and also known in abbreviated form as Joint Center, is an American public policy think tank headquartered in Washington, DC. Founded in 1970 to provide training and technical assistance to newly elected African American officials, it has expanded to address a range of public policy issues of concern to African-Americans, AAPIs, Latinos, and Native Americans. Through research, policy roundtables, and publications, its mission is to produce innovative, high-impact ideas, research, and policy solutions that have a positive impact on people and communities of color.^[2] The Joint Center served as the intellectual hub for a generation of post-Civil Rights era black thinkers, including Maynard Jackson, Mary Frances Berry, William Julius Wilson, Shirley Chisholm and John Hope Franklin.^[2] It ranked #50 on the University of Pennsylvania's 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.^[3]