RAND Corporation
American research organization
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Summary
RAND Corporation is a think tank[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of think tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,915 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: family policy[3], health policy[4], education policy[5], cultural policy[6], national security[7], science policy[8], technology policy[9], energy policy[10], environmental policy[11], foreign policy[12]
- Member of: ORCID, Inc.[13], Association of American University Presses[14]
- Country: United States[15]
- Instance of: nonprofit organization[16]
- Founder: Henry H. Arnold[17], Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.[18], Curtis LeMay[19]
- Headquarters location: Santa Monica[20]
- Child organization or unit: RAND Corporation[21]
- Has use: policy analysis[22], research and development[23]
- Commons category: RAND Corporation[24]
- Inception: May 14, 1948[25]
- Official website: https://www.rand.org/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:RAND Corporation[27]
- Web feed URL: https://www.rand.org/news/rss.html[28]
- Director / manager: Michael D. Rich[29]
- Employees: 1850[30]
- Replaces: Douglas[31], United States Air Force[32]
- Official name: RAND Corporation[33]
- Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[34]
- Total revenue: 292,975,807[35], 344,262,026[36], 399,134,698[37], 416,682,370[38], 349,000,000[39], 399,092,198[40], 381,202,407[41], 467,202,380[42], 271,698,666[43], 287,428,038[44], 289,630,547[45], 322,184,247[46], 326,379,841[47], 461,536,647[48]
- Total assets: 567,996,770[49], 605,646,656[50], 703,697,953[51], 390,180,296[52], 413,611,220[53], 439,585,216[54], 456,024,170[55], 442,243,093[56]
Why It Matters
RAND Corporation has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]