Advocacy Groups
Advocacy Resources
The Right
Town Hall - The Internet site for conservative policy and politics
The Left
Democratic Socialists of America
Foundations
American Express Company - Makes grants in three program areas: community service, cultural heritage, and economic independence
AT&T Foundation - Focuses on education, health and human services, arts and culture
BellSouth Foundation - Seeks to improve outcomes and stimulate active learning for students in elementary and secondary education in the South
The Benton Foundation - Promotes public interest values and noncommercial services for the National Information Infrastructure
Ben & Jerry's Foundation - Offers competitive grants to not-for-profit organizations which facilitate progressive social change
Carnegie Corporation of New York - Promotes the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding
The Charles Dana Foundation - A private philanthropic foundation with principal interests in health and education
The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Provides fellowships for advanced professionals in natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and creative arts
Heinz Endowments - Focuses on arts and culture, community and economic development, education, environment, health and human services
IBM Corporation - Makes grants in education and the environment
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Makes grants solely in the health care field
Charles F. Kettering Foundation - Researches the way politics, as a dimension of everyday life, function or fail to function
Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindburgh Foundation - Furthers the vision of a balance between technological advancement and environmental preservation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Dedicated to helping groups and individuals to improve the human condition
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Makes grants to institutions in higher education, cultural affairs and the performing arts, conservation and the environment, and public affairs
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) - Provides grants and services to individual artists and their organizations
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trusts - Makes grants to nonprofit organizations
Russell Sage Foundation - Dedicated to strengthening the methods, data and theoretical core of social sciences
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Grants focus on science and technology, standard of living and economic performance and education and careers in science and technology
Sprint Corporation - Areas of interest include; education, arts and culture, community involvement, and youth development
Stern Family Fund - Supports policy oriented government and corporate accountability projects
United States-Japan Foundation - Promotes greater mutual knowledge and strengthened understanding of important public policy issues of interest to both countries
Interest and Advocacy Groups
ACLJ: American Center for Law and Justice
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union
American Conservative Union (ACU)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
California Environmental Resources Evaluation Systems
Center for Public Integrity - Investigates the influence of money in politics
Child Welfare - From the University of California, Los Angeles
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)
CPSR: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Empower America - Promotes progressive conservative public policies at state and national levels
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights - A non-profit consumer advocate group
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
INFACT's Tobacco Industry Campaign
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Organization for Women
National Parks and Conservation Association
National Right to Life Committee
NRA: National Rifle Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
QuitDay.org - Promotes smoke-free universities and helps college students quit smoking cigarettes
The Separation of School & State Alliance
State and Congressional Term Limits Action Page
Tobacco-Free College Campus Initiative - Supports QuitDay's cause for healthier college campuses
Trade Associations
Free Trade Area of the America
Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)
Organizational Networks
HandsNet (human services organizations)