Center for Inquiry

Summary

Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Center for Inquiry's field of work was pseudoscience^[3].
• Center for Inquiry's field of work was paranormal^[4].
• Center for Inquiry was a member of Humanists International^[5].
• Center for Inquiry is located in Amherst^[6].
• Center for Inquiry is in the country of United States^[7].
• Center for Inquiry's image is recorded as Center for Inquiry Front.jpg^[8].
• Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[9].
• Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as association^[10].
• Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as foundation^[11].
• Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as charitable organization^[12].
• Center for Inquiry's instance of is recorded as advocacy group^[13].
• Center for Inquiry's founder is recorded as Paul Kurtz^[14].
• Center for Inquiry's movement is recorded as skepticism^[15].
• Center for Inquiry's movement is recorded as humanism^[16].
• Center for Inquiry's movement is recorded as freethought^[17].
• Center for Inquiry's movement is recorded as atheism^[18].
• Center for Inquiry's movement is recorded as agnosticism^[19].
• Center for Inquiry's movement is recorded as nontheism^[20].
• Center for Inquiry's movement is recorded as secularism^[21].
• Center for Inquiry's headquarters location is recorded as Amherst^[22].
• Center for Inquiry's chief executive officer is recorded as Robyn Blumner^[23].
• Center for Inquiry's ISNI is recorded as 0000000406263354^[24].
• Center for Inquiry's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 230391003^[25].
• Center for Inquiry's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003049189^[26].
• Center for Inquiry's child organization or unit is recorded as Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion^[27].

Body

Founding

Center for Inquiry's founder is recorded as Paul Kurtz^[14]. +1991-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as United States^[29].

Identity

Center for Inquiry's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CFI'}^[30].

Leadership

Center for Inquiry's chief executive officer is recorded as Robyn Blumner^[23]. Its chairperson is recorded as Eddie Tabash^[31].

Operations

Center for Inquiry's headquarters location is recorded as Amherst^[22]. Subsidiaries include Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion^[27], an educational organization^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1985^[34]; Committee for Skeptical Inquiry^[35], a nonprofit organization^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1976^[38], headquartered in Amherst^[39]; and Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science^[40], a nonprofit organization^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 2006^[43], headquartered in Washington, D.C.^[44].

Industry

Fields of work include pseudoscience^[3] and paranormal^[4].

Why It Matters

Center for Inquiry ranks in the top 6% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]