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This page provides links to various public policy organizations. It was compiled from entries in the current and previous editions of Public Interest Group Profiles, published by the Foundation for Public Affairs and Congressional Quarterly, Inc. (REF KNIGHT JK1118.P79 2006). Detailed information on many of the organizations is available in this work. Additional entries have been added by the UO Libraries\' Document Center. The links were last verified and corrected on 31 May 2007.
Animal/Wildlife
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
- Defenders of Wildlife
- FARM (Farm Animal Reform Movement)
- The Fund for Animals
- The Humane Society of the United States
- IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare
- In Defense of Animals
- National Audobon Society
- National Wildlife Federation
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta)
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Business/Economic
- American Business Conference
- American Council for Capital Formation
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Business Roundtable
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Citizens for Tax Justice
- Club for Growth
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- The Conference Board, Inc.
- Corporate Accountability International
- Council on Competitiveness
- Economic Strategy Institute
- Families and Work Institute
- Freedom Works
- Institute for International Economics
- Milken Institute
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Farmers Union
- National Federation of Independent Business
- National Taxpayers Union
- United States Council for International Business
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Weidenbaum Center
Civil/Constitutional Rights
- Alliance for Retired Americans
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- American Center for Law & Justice
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Arab American
Institute
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Center for Democratic Renewal
- Center for
Justice & Democracy
- Children's Defense Fund
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Freedom
Forum
- Handgun Control, Inc./Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
- Human Rights Campaign
- Lambda Legal
- Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Inc.
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF)
- NARAL Pro-Choice America
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Association of Arab Americans (NAAA, Inc.)
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Congress of American Indians
- National Council of La Raza
- National Council on Aging
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Policy Institute
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- National Organization on Disability (NOD)
- National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
- National Right to
Life Committee
- National Urban League
- 9to5, National
Association of Working Women
- Operation
Save America
- People for the American Way
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
- The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
- Servicemembers
Legal
Defense Network
- Students for Academic Freedom
Community/Grassroots
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
- Center for Community Change
- Concerned Women for America
- Common Good
- Eagle Forum
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
- National People's Action
(NPA)
- National Training and Information Center (NTIC)
- U.S. ENGLISH, Inc.
- United States Public Interest Research Group
Consumer/Health
- AARP
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
- AIDS Action
- American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
- American Public
Health Association (APHA)
- amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance
- BoardSource
- The
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- Center for Auto Safety
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Center for Study of Responsive Law
- Consumer Alert
- Consumer Federation of America
- Consumers International
- Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
- Co-op America
- Families USA Foundation
- Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
- Foundation for a Smokefree America
- Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety
- National Charities Information Bureau
- National Consumers League
Corporate Accountability/Responsibility
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
- Catalyst
- Center for Business Ethics
- Center for Corporate Citizenship
- Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
- Committee for Economic Development
- CorpWatch
- Council of Institutional Investors
- Council on Foundations
- Ethics Resource Center
- The Foundation Center
- Independent Sector
- INFACT
- Investor
Responsibility Research Center
- National Center for
Educational Accountability
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
- The Points of Light Foundation
Education
Environmental
- American
Forests
- American Rivers
- Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
- Center for Health, Environment and Justice
- Conservation Fund
- Conservation International
- Earth First!
- Earth Island Institute
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Law Institute
- Environmental Working Group
- Foundation on Economic Trends
- Friends of the Earth (FOE)
- Greenpeace USA
- Izaak Walton League of America
- The Keystone Center for Science and Public Policy
- League of Conservation Voters
- National Parks and Conservation Association
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Ocean Conservancy
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
- Pinchot
Institute for
Conservation
- Rainforest Action Network
- Resources for the Future
- Sierra Club
- The Wilderness Society
- World Resources Institute
- Worldwatch Institute
Families/Children
- American Family Association
- America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth
- Children's Defense Fund
- Families and Work Institute
- Family Research Council
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- National Partnership for Women & Families
Information Policy
- American Library Association. Office for Intellectual Freedom
- Association of American Publishers
- Association of Research Libraries
- Educause
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Federation of American Scientists. Government Secrecy Project
- Information Technology Association
- Open the Government
- Recording Industry Association of America
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Software and Information Industry Association
- Wireless Association
International Affairs
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
- Amnesty International USA (AIUSA)
- The Atlantic
Council of the United States (ACUS)
- Center for Defense Information
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Council on Foreign Relations
- DataCenter
- Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
- Henry
L. Stimson Center
- Human Rights Watch
- Institute for International Economics
- Middle East Policy Council
- Minuteman
Project
- Peace Action
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Population
Connection
- TransAfrica Forum Inc.
- Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- World Security Institute (WSI)
Media
- Accuracy in Media, Inc. (AIM)
- Center for
Democracy and Technology
- Center for Media and Public Affairs
- Center for Media Literacy
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC)
- Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
- Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD)
- Media Access Project
- Media Research Center
- Public Knowledge
- Public Agenda
Political/Governmental Process
- Advocacy Center at ISC
- American Conservative Union
- American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
- Americans for Democratic Action, Inc. (ADA)
- Arab American Institute
- Business-Industry Political Action Committee BIPAC)
- Center for Public Integrity
- Center for Responsive Politics
- Center for
Voting and Democracy
- Common Cause
- Concord Coalition
- Congressional Management Foundation
- Council for Excellence in Government
- Council of State Governments
- Emily's List
- Empower America
- League of Women Voters of the United States
- MoveOn.org Civic Action
- National Association of Counties
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Governors' Association
- National League of Cities
- National Women's Political Caucus
- OMB Watch
- Political Research Associates
- Project Vote Smart
- Public Citizen, Inc.
- United States Conference of Mayors
- U.S. Term Limits
- United We Stand America
- Women's Campaign Fund
Public Interest Law
- Alliance for Justice
- Atlantic Legal Foundation, Inc.
- Committee
for Justice
- Institute for Justice
- Landmark Legal Foundation
- Mountain States Legal Foundation
- National Legal Center for the Public Interest
- Pacific Legal Foundation
- The
Rutherford Institute
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ)
- United States
Public Interest Research Group,
Inc. (U.S. PIRG)
- Washington Legal Foundation
Religious
- American Jewish Committee (AJC)
- American Jewish Congress
- Anti-Defamation League
- The Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty
- B'nai B'rith
International
- Center
for the
Study of Islam and Democracy
- Christian Coalition of America
- Concerned
Women for America
- Council on
American-Islamic
Relations
- Focus on the Family
- Interfaith Alliance/Interfaith Alliance Foundation
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
- Muslim Public
Affairs Council
- National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
- Traditional Values Coalition
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Think Tanks
- Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Anser
Institute (Analytic Services Inc.)
- The Brookings Institution
- Capital Research Center
- Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
- Cato Institute
- Center
for American Progress
- Center for National Policy
- Center for Policy Alternatives
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Center
for Security Policy
- Economic Policy Institute
- Economic Strategies Institute
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Free Congress Research and Education Foundation (FCF)
- The Heritage Foundation
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
- Hudson Institute
- The Independent Institute
- Institute for American Values
- Institute for International Economies
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Institute of Governmental Studies
- Investor Responsibility Research Center
- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.
- Milliken Institute
- Moving Ideas Network
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks
- Pacific Research Institute
- Political Economy Research Center
- Progress & Freedom Foundation
- Property and Environment Research Center
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Public Policy Institute of California
- Reason Foundation
- Resources for the Future (RFF)
- The Rockford Institute
- The Urban Institute
- Worldwatch Institute
Other Policy Links
- C-SPAN Policy Organizations Resources
- Harvard Kennedy School of Government - Organizations
- The Right Links
Last Modified: 08/27/2007