The Population Research Institute (PRI) is a non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

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 based in Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. The PRI describes itself as "a non-profit research and educational organization dedicated to objectively presenting the truth about population-related issues." PRI argues against the notion that human overpopulation

Overpopulation

Overpopulation is a condition where an organism's numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. The term often refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, the Earth...

 is occurring, and refers to itself as a "pro-life

Pro-life

Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...

" organization.

The Population Research Institute has in past years received funding from The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.

Bradley Foundation

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a conservative foundation with about half a billion US dollars in assets. According to the Bradley Foundation 1998 Annual Report, it gives away more than $30 million per year...

, which is stated by a liberal watch-dog group as being "the country's largest and most influential right-wing foundation".

Fundraising

One measure of a non-profit's performance is in how efficiently it raises money and how it subsequently spends contributions. PRI obtains most of its funding (>90%) from charitable contributions and experienced a decrease in revenue from 2004 to 2005, which was accompanied by a decrease in the amount of money it spent on program activities. The President of PRI, Steven W. Mosher

Steven W. Mosher

Steven W. Mosher is a writer who publishes books and essays on matters dealing with China. He speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese. He is the president of the Population Research Institute, located in the state of Virginia , a pro-life organization with connections to Human Life International...

, received in 2005 the equivalent of ~13% of the entire expenses budget for the organization and roughly equivalent to the entire administrative expenses budget for 2005.