The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, or "MassINC," is registered as a non-profit 501(c) organization that functions as a nonpartisan, evidence-based think tank.

MassINC was founded in 1996 by Tripp Jones and Michael Gritton.

[citation needed] The MassINC Polling Group is an opinion research company.

[2] CommonWealth is a web-based publication that covers politics, policy, ideas, and civic life, with an emphasis on investigative reporting, in-depth analysis, and political mapping.

The magazine initially operated a print edition, but this ceased publication in 2018.