AARP - A nonprofit membership organization dedicated to addressing the needs and interests of persons 50 and older through information and education, advocacy and service.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety - An alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer. Advocates encourages the adoption of federal and state laws, policies and programs that save lives and reduce injuries.
Alliance for Aging Research - Citizen advocacy organization for improving the health and independence of Americans as they age. Also promotes medical and behavioral research into the aging process.
Alliance for Justice - National association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations.
Alliance for Community Media - Committed to assuring everyone's access to electronic media. The Alliance advances this goal through public education, a progressive legislative and regulatory agenda, coalition building and grassroots organizing.
Alliance to Save Energy - Promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and energy security.
American Academy for Liberal Education - A national organization dedicated to strengthening and promoting liberal education through accreditation and research.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Advocate of individual rights - litigating, legislating, and educating the public on issues affecting individual freedom in the U.S.
American Jewish Committee - Defending against anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry; enhance the quality of American Jewish life by helping to ensure Jewish continuity and deepen ties between American and Israeli Jews.
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) - Takes principled stands on a broad range of domestic, foreign, economic, military, social and environmental issues.
American Jewish Congress - Fights anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination, struggle to protect civil rights and civil liberties, work for the disadvantaged and the deprived, and defend against totalitarian threats.
American Red Cross - Provides relief to victims of disasters. Helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
Amnesty International (AI) - Campaigns to free prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances "; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
Business Council for Sustainable Energy - Leading companies and industry trade associations advocate policies promoting economic, environmental and national security goals.
Business Executives for National Security (BENS) - Established the Tail to Tooth Commission to promote major changes in Department of Defense business practices and to find ways to protect people from rogue states, terrorist groups and individuals using biological, chemical, nuclear weapons or cyber-terrorism.
Call for Action - Volunteer professionals in offices around the world are trained to assist consumers through mediation and education to resolve problems with businesses, government agencies, and other organizations.
Campaign for America's Future (CAF) - Insists that the question of falling wages and rising insecurity be placed at the center of national debate in the U.S.
CARE - One of the world's largest private international relief and development organizations.
Catholic Charities USA - Works to support families, reduce poverty, and build communities.
Center for Marine Conservation (CMC) - Committed to protecting ocean environments and conserving the global abundance and diversity of marine life.
Christian Coalition - Led by Pat Robertson. The largest grassroots political movement of Christian activists in the U.S.
Citizens for Tax Justice - Public interest research and advocacy organization focuses on federal, state and local tax policy.
Commission on Presidential Debates - The Commission on Presidential Debates ensures that debates provide the best information possible to viewers and listeners.
Common Cause - Citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government.
Commonwealth Club California - Hosts speeches, debates and discussions about business, transportation, homelessness, nuclear disarmament, education, technology, campaign finance, and arts issues.
Concord Coalition - Dedicated to eliminating federal budget deficits while ensuring Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for all generations.
Consumer's Union of the U.S. - Provides informative and educational consumer issues material developed by Consumers Union's advocacy office. Publishes Consumer Reports magazine.
Council for a Livable World - Arms control groups committed to ridding the world of weapons of mass destruction and eliminating wasteful military spending.
Council of Canadians - A citizens' interest group providing a progressive voice on national and international issues.
Council of the Americas - The Council pursues its free trade agenda advocacy role through direct U.S. lobbying efforts, Congressional testimony, coalition leadership and participation, and the preparation and dissemination of reports, studies and position papers, often collaborating with other industry groups or influential individuals.
Defenders of Wildlife - Dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities.
Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) - Seeks to galvanize popular support for a new public philosophy built on progressive ideals, mainstream values, and innovative, nonbureaucratic solutions.
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund - For more than a quarter century, the Legal Defense Fund has represented hundreds of environmental clients, large and small, without charge.
Environmental Defense Fund - Advocates stabilizing the earth's climate, safeguarding the world's oceans, protecting human health, and defending and restoring biodiversity.
EMILY's List - Acronym for "Early Money is Like Yeast" (it makes the dough rise), EMILY's List identifies viable pro-choice Democratic women candidates for key federal and statewide offices and supports them.
Friends of the Earth - The largest international environmental network in the world with affiliates in 63 countries.
Greenpeace International - International organization dedicated to the protection of the environment by peaceful means. Learn the history of Greenpeace, read its Annual Report, explore the virtual Rainbow Warrior.
Interfaith Alliance, The (TIA) - Membership stands up to the Christian Coalition and other radical right wing groups and individuals who wrap themselves in the language and symbolism of religious faith.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - Nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse coalition of organizations committed to the protection of civil and human rights in the U.S.
League of Conservation Voters - Lobbys Congress on environmental concerns, wildlife and natural resource protection, public lands management, clean water and air, climate change.
League of Women Voters (LWV) - Works to improve understanding of major public policy issues through education and advocacy.
Media Access Project (MAP) - Non-profit public interest telecommunications law firm. Policy advocacy at the FCC and the Courts, advocacy in the media and other public forums, and day-to-day counseling of civic organizations and individuals.
National Audubon Society - Mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.
National Coalition for the Homeless - Advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to ending homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and technical assistance.
National Committee for an Effective Congress (NCEF) - Supports progressive candidates who fight for freedom of choice, separation of church and state, gun control, equal rights, and environmental protection.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy - Mission to make philanthropy more responsive to people with the least wealth and opportunity, more relevant to critical public needs, and more open and accountable.
National Consumers League (NCL) - Provides government, businesses, and other organizations with consumer perspectives on child labor, privacy, food safety, and medication information.
National Council on the Aging (NCOA) - Dedicated to promoting the dignity, self-determination, well being, and contributions of older persons. NCOA's members include senior centers, area agencies on aging, adult day services, faith congregations, senior housing, health centers, employment services, and consumer organizations.
National Farmers Union - Mission to protect and enhance the economic interests and quality of life of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
National Grange - Nation's oldest general farm organization.
National Health Council (NHC) - Umbrella organization of more than 100 national health-related organizations, including over 40 of the nation's leading patient-based groups (a.k.a. voluntary health agencies).
National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) - A a non-profit organization of 168 Indian Nations with other non-voting associate members representing organizations, tribes and businesses engaged in tribal gaming enterprises from around the country. NIGA operates as a clearinghouse and educational, legislative and public policy resource for tribes, policymakers and the public on Indian gaming issues and tribal community development.
National Safety Council (NSC) - Mission to influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies and practices to prevent human suffering and economic losses.
National Senior Citizen's Law Center (NSCLC) - Promotes the independence and well-being of low-income elderly individuals and persons with disabilities, with particular emphasis on women and racial and ethnic minorities.
National Taxpayers Union (NTU) - Grassroots taxpayer organization with 300,000 members across all fifty states. NTU lobbies Congress and state legislatures, educates politicians and the media on taxpayer issues, and teaches its members how to become effective, united citizen lobbyists.
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) - Conservation group uniting individuals, organizations, businesses and government to protect wildlife, wild places, and the environment.
Native American Rights Fund (NARF) - Provides legal representation to Native American tribes and villages, organizations and individuals to help untangle the laws impacting their lives.
Nature Conservancy, The (TNC) - Mission to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Nuclear Control Institute (NCI) - Monitoring nuclear activities worldwide pursuing strategies to halt and reverse the spread of nuclear arms.
Nuclear Information and Research Service - Information and networking center for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues.
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) - Dedicated to securing the rights of Chinese American and Asian American citizens and permanent residents through legislative and policy initiatives at all levels of government.
Pacific Economic Cooperation Counsel (PECC) - Combines the knowledge and resources of businesses, research institutions, and government agencies to develop new strategies for Asia-Pacific economic cooperation.
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) - Leading environmental and consumer watchdog organizations working to preserve the environment and protect consumers.
Project On Government Oversight (POGO) - Investigates and exposes abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience to special interests by the federal government.
Public Citizen - Protecting health, safety and democracy.
Composed of five policy groups: our Congress Watch division, the Energy Program, Global Trade Watch, the Health Research Group and our Litigation Group. Learn more about them here.
Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) - Develops recommendations regarding communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system issues. RTCA functions as a Federal Advisory Committee. Its recommendations are used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the basis for policy, program, and regulatory decisions and by the private sector as the basis for development, investment and other business decisions. Member organizations represent all facets of the aviation community, including government organizations, airlines, airspace user and airport associations, labor unions, plus aviation service and equipment suppliers.
Safe Energy Communications Council (SECC) - Ten environmental and public interest media groups educating the public and the media about energy efficiency and renewable energy's potential to produce a larger share of our nation's energy and the economic and environmental liabilities of nuclear power.
Sierra Club - Grassroots environmental organization.
SpeakOut! - A national non-profit organization that educates, inspires and empowers young people to become activists for social justice.
Strategy Center, The - A multiracial anticorporate "think tank/act tank" and National School for Strategic Organizing, committed to building democratic internationalist social movements.
Tommy Douglas Research Institute - An independent non-profit Canadian economic and social research and educational organization. Named after T.C. Douglas, the former Premier of Saskatchewan and acknowledged father of Medicare in Canada, the Institute's main objective is the redirection of public attention to the respective role of both the large business sector and governments in providing for the well-being of Canadians.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce - World's largest business federation, representing nearly three million companies, 3,000 state and local chambers, 775 business associations and 85 American Chambers of Commerce abroad.
U.S. Information Technology Office - Trade organization designed to promote trade and cooperation in the information technology industries of the U.S. and China.
Wilderness Society, The (TWS) - Mission to protect America's wilderness and develop a nation-wide network of wild lands through public education, scientific analysis and advocacy.
World Affairs Council - Educational organization devoted to involving the public in trans-national issues.
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