Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

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The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

Abbreviation	ISPU
Established	2002 (2002)
Type	501(c)3 organization
Tax ID no.	38-3633581
Location	Washington, D.C. & Dearborn, MI, U.S.
Website	www.ispu.org

The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) is a research organization with a focus on American Muslims. The Institute produces an annual American Muslim Poll and serves as a resource for journalists. Its reports and surveys have included topics such as political leanings, attitudes on censorship, experiences of discrimination, and responses to religiously motivated violence.^[1]

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting says, "The American Muslim Poll addresses a gaping deficit in popular knowledge: About 50 percent of Americans say they don’t know a Muslim in real life, leaving half the country to rely on the media to understand approximately 3.5 million of their compatriots, and 1.8 billion people around the world".^[2]