RAND Corp., a Santa Monica-based think tank highly dependent on federal government funding, shed more than 11% of its global workforce on Tuesday, Oct. 21, a spokesman for the nonprofit said late Monday.

Just under a third of the layoffs are effective Nov. 2 at the nonprofit’s headquarters, according to a filing with the state’s Employment Development Department.

The layoffs were first mentioned publicly by RAND on career networking website LinkedIn.

RAND spokesman Jeremy Rawitch confirmed the layoffs but did not provide a reason for them, or specify how many jobs were cut and where.

According to RAND’s 2023 tax documents, the nonprofit employed 2,396 people in more than 50 countries, suggesting the layoffs could have surpassed 260 people. The company hiring in recent years was up

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