Progressive Policy Institute

The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that serves as a public policy think tank in the United States. The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) founded it in 1989.^[1] The Washington Post has described it as "a centrist Democratic institution."^[2]

^ From, Al (December 3, 2013). "Recruiting Bill Clinton". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 3, 2019. We [the DLC] needed a political think tank with the capacity to develop politically potent, substantive ideas that our elected officials and political supporters could embrace. In January 1989, we created the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI).
^ Tankersley, Jim (March 15, 2016). "The new Democratic Party proposal to rival Bernie Sanders's socialism". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2019. The Progressive Policy Institute is the latest centrist Democratic institution to try to counter that image.