A nonpartisan, non-profit research, development, and service agency working with education and other communities throughout the United States and abroad, WestEd aims to improve education and other important outcomes for children, youth and adults.

Contact details

Website:
https://www.wested.org/

Address:
730 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California 94107

Country:
United States

Sub-region:
Northern America

Areas of focus

Topics of research
Geographics of focus
USA
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
Independent
Year founded
1966
Age (years)
WestEd
 57
United States average
 40
Global average
 31
Founded by
Founders: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Leadership
Leader(s) (2023): Glen H Harvey
Leader gender: Female
Leader(s) (2022): N/A
Leader gender: N/A
Leader(s) (2021): Glen H Harvey
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2023
WestEd
 61
United States average
 51
Global average
 66
2019
WestEd
 736
2017
WestEd
 600
% Female staff
2023
WestEd
 70%
United States average
 51%
Global average
 50%
2019
WestEd
 79%
% Female researchers
2019
WestEd
 81%
United States average
 27%
Global average
 35%

Social

Likes (2023)
WestEd
 5,919
United States average
 67,517
Global average
 27,107
Likes (2022)
WestEd
 5,425
Likes (2021)
WestEd
 3,455
Twitter
Followers (2023)
WestEd
 20,900
United States average
 50,073
Global average
 20,011
Followers (2022)
WestEd
 18,134
Followers (2021)
WestEd
 16,126
Followers (2023)
WestEd
 24,386
United States average
 18,451
Global average
 12,056
Followers (2022)
WestEd
 19,430
Followers (2019)
WestEd
 10,728

Data notes

Last updated: 10/05/2023
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website, Wikipedia: List of think tanks
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