You will notice a new look—a new logo, updated fonts, and a sharper focus in our imagery on individuals: the people who benefit from, or bear the consequences of, the policy choices we make.  

Our job is to make sure those policies expand opportunities and protect freedoms.  

The cover image brings that mission into focus—a young woman imagining her future, whose success will depend on her educational options, economic opportunities, access to care, and the policy choices we make.  

Thanks to your partnership, 2025 was a year of transformation and meaningful impact.  

Five years ago, Pioneer set out to build the capacities to drive strategic—not merely tactical—change. In 2025, those capacities reached maturity and today are fully deployed, opening new horizons for impact.  

Pioneer’s research and communications now deliver policy expertise—shaping agendas and influencing reforms—across numerous states.  

In polarized Massachusetts, we have gone further—building extra-legislative pathways to impact through litigation, ballot initiatives, and business-led coalitions that translate ideas into impact. 

In 2025, your investments yielded concrete results:  

Education: 3,000 new vocational-technical school seats added statewide; school-choice litigation; national toolkits for ESAs, tax-credit scholarships, and microschools; widely cited books on restoring school rigor and accountability.

Citizenship: Our DataLabs platform advanced transparency; our book Restoring the Republic impacted executive orders on federalism.  

Opportunity: Widely covered reports on private sector job losses, workforce participation, and competitiveness showed how rival states are winning the race for talent; our research played a central role in statewide ADU legalization.  

Health: Legislation passed in Indiana and Michigan; national thought leadership on drug pricing and reforms to pharmacy benefits managers, the federal 340B program, and the Inflation Reduction Act.  

Our Reach: 90 publications, more than 2,000 media mentions, hundreds of thousands engaged digitally, high-impact public forums, consequential litigation, and four ballot questions we helped inspire. 

Our expanded capabilities open new horizons. We are launching bold work in Florida and other states, while remaining even more deeply committed to Massachusetts. In 2026, we will deploy more resources here than at any point in our history, with the goal of restoring Massachusetts to its rightful position as a national leader in education, innovation, and economic growth.  

We are sincerely grateful to you. None of this work would be possible without your generosity and commitment to policies that improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.  

Our horizons are expanding—and inspiring. Thank you for standing with us. 

Adam Portnoy

Chair of the Board

Jim Stergios

Executive Director

By the Numbers

• 317K Digital Followers
• 91 Publications
• 2,038 Media Hits
• 4.6B Total Media Reach

Looking ahead, our ambitious agenda includes:  

• Releasing our full Agenda for Leadership—a blueprint of practical, non-ideological solutions to restore growth, opportunity, and accountability in Massachusetts  

• Using data-driven reporting to highlight growth in state spending and identify innovations that improve government efficiency  

• Expanding Pioneer’s footprint to Florida, creating research and policy impact on education quality and workforce housing that will drive competitive pressure back home  

• Advancing strategic litigation to protect educational freedoms and challenge unconstitutional practices