Bipartisan Policy Center

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank that promotes bipartisanship.^[3] The organization aims to combine ideas from both the Republican and Democratic parties to address U.S. policy challenges.^[4]

Abbreviation	BPC
Formation	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Type	Public policy think tank, 501(c)(3)
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Location	1225 I St. NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.
CEO	Margaret Spellings
Key people	Roy Blunt, Val Demings, Olympia Snowe
Affiliations	BPC Action, 501(c)(4)
Revenue	$31,165,990[1] (2023)
Expenses	$36,412,895[2] (2023)
Website	bipartisanpolicy.org

History

BPC was founded as a non-profit organization in 2007^[3][5] by former Senate majority leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George J. Mitchell.^[4] BPC formally launched in March 2007, though the organization's roots trace back to 2002, when the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), predecessor to BPC's current Energy Project, was founded.^[6][7]

In November 2010, BPC's "Debt Reduction Task Force" released its report, Restoring America's Future, in an effort to influence the debate over the national debt.^[8]

In June 2023, Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education from 2005 to 2009, was announced as the center's CEO.^[9][10]

Funding

In 2013, the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University reported that the Bipartisan Policy Center advanced the interests of its funders, including corporations and industry associations who provide operational support and philanthropies that fund much of the center's programmatic work.^[11][12]

Political action committee

BPC partners with a political action committee called BPC Action. BPC Action is "committed to seeing bipartisan policy solutions enacted into law", and "[works] closely with [its] 501(c)(3) partner, the Bipartisan Policy Center, to advance smart policies through the legislative process". BPC Action is a separate, 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.^{[13][non-primary source needed]}