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- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) (Indianapolis, IN) - international,
interdisciplinary membership organization of scholars and nonprofit leaders, which fosters through research the creation,
application and dissemination of knowledge on voluntary action, nonprofit organizations and philanthropy
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance (Arlington, VA) - reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations that are the subject of
donor inquiries and offers guidance to donors on making informed giving decisions
- Free-Market.Net
- Grassroots Movement Building - over 600 links on activism, art, culture and more, organized into 20 categories and
updated regularly
- Guidestar (Williamsburg, VA) - national database of more than 850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations, a project
of Philanthropic Research Inc.
- InterAction - coalition of more than 165 US-based relief, development, environmental and refugee agencies working in
more than 100 countries around the world
- Link Research (San Francisco) - allows community-based organizations to post research projects and enables researchers
to find meaningful research topics
- NonProfit Gateway
- Public Information Research, Inc. (PIR) (San Antonio, TX) - publisher of NameBase, a database of names of prominent
individual and groups involved in corruption and crime around the world
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- Activism.net - cyber rights, the environment, government watchdogs, health, peace, privacy, sexuality, and the drug war
- ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) (Denver, CO) - focuses on promoting services in the
community instead of warehousing people with disabilities in institutions and nursing homes
- AdvocacyOne - home to the work, product, opinions and advocacy of the public interest community
- Art for A Change! (Mark Vallen, Los Angeles) - website dedicated to the Arts and their role in transforming society,
providing a Gallery, Educational Forum, Resource Center, and a platform for Arts Advocacy
- Black Radical Congress (BRC) (New York City) - promotes dialogue among African American activists and scholars on
the left, discusses critical issues on the national and international scene that pertain to the Black community, explores new
strategies and directions for progressive political, social and cultural movements, and renews the Black radical movement
through increased unified action
- Communications Consortium Media Center (CCMC) (Washington, DC) - helps nonprofit organizations use media and
new telecommunications technologies as tools for public education and policy change
- eCAMPUSCENTER (Santa Barbara, CA) - "Campus Activism for Social Justice"
- Essential Information (Washington, DC) - non-profit, tax-exempt organization involved in a variety of projects to
encourage citizens to become active and engaged in their communities. We provide provocative information to the public
on important topics neglected by the mass media and policy makers
- International Action Center - information, activism, and resistance to U.S. militarism, war, and corporate greed, linking with
struggles against racism and oppression within the United States
- MoveOn - helps busy people to be effective citizens and broaden their participation to counter the influence of monied
interests and partisan extremes, by signing up, speaking out, and supporting MoveOn's online advocacy campaigns
- National Organizers Alliance (NOA) (Washington DC) - advances progressive organizing for social, economic,
environmental and racial justice, and supports, challenges and nurtures the people of all ages who do that work
- On-Line Conference On Community Organizing and Development (COMM-ORG) (University of Toledo, CA) - helps
connect people who care about community organizing, provides information useful to organizers, scholars, and
scholar-organizers for learning, teaching, and organizing, and involves all COMM-ORG members in meeting those goals
- National People's Action (NPA) (Chicago, IL) - the tool for neighborhood people to take on corporate America and fat
cat Washington Politicians
- National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition (RPC) (Chicago) - multiracial, multi-issue, international membership organization
working for social, racial and economic justice and uniting people of diverse ethnic, religious, economic and political
backgrounds to make America's promise of "liberty and justice for all" a reality
- Rant Room - stimulates politcal activism
- Training for Change (T4C) (Philadelphia, PA) - spreads the skills of democratic, nonviolent social change, leading
workshops for nonviolent activists around the world
- WorkingForChange - online resources for people with progressive values who wish to speak out on urgent issues, read
informative news and columns, go shopping, make a donation or volunteer their time
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- Animal Concerns Community (Pittsburgh, PA) - online community for people concerned about the welfare and rights of
animals
- Animal Rights Direct Action Coalition (ARDAC) (San Francisco, CA) - coalition of grassroots activists working for the
liberation of all animals through leafleting, pickets, protests, civil disobedience, and nonviolent direct action
- Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) (Washington, DC) - non-profit charitable organization that aims to reduce the sum total of
pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans, including humane treatment of laboratory animals and the development and
use of non-animal testing methods, preservation of species threatened by extinction and protection for wildlife in
international trade, reform of cruel treatment of farm animals, such as intensive confinement in animal factories, and
regulation of transport conditions for all animals
- Animailbox.com (San Diego, CA) - raises money to protect animals, habitats, and the environment through sponsorships
and free email accounts
- Gentle World (Kapa'au, HI) - non-profit educational organization and vegan community dedicated to the prevention and
alleviation of human and animal suffering, specifically by educating the public as to the health, environmental, ethical &
spiritual benefits of the Vegan diet and lifestyle
- Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) (Washington, DC) - dedicated to creating a world where our relationship
with animals is guided by compassion, a truly humane society in which animals are respected for their intrinsic value, and
where the human-animal bond is strong
- Viva! USA (Atlanta, GA) - international vegan organization that actively campaigns on behalf of animals killed for food,
producing campaign materials for activists, including booklets with detailed information on topics such as nutrition, the
environment, and factory farming
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- Active Element Foundation (New York, NY) - builds relationships between grassroots youth organizers, donors,
professionals and artists through grant making, technical assistance and hip hop culture
- American Endowment Foundation (AEF) (Hudson, OH) - independent, national public charity that sponsors and
administers donor advised funds
- Barnabas Foundation (Tinley Park, IL) - advances God's kingdom by providing quality planned giving and estate planning
services in order to help caring Christians strengthen support for the ministries of almost 200 member organizations
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance (Arlington, VA) - reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations that are the subject of
donor inquiries and offers guidance to donors on making informed giving decisions
- Beldon Fund (New York, NY) - seeks to build a national consensus to achieve and sustain a healthy planet through grants
to effective, nonprofit environmental advocacy organizations working in human health and the environment
- Benton Foundation (Washington, DC) - private foundation whose mission is to articulate a public interest vision for the
digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems, with a focus on leveraging media
and technology in innovative ways as a means to strengthen communities
- Carnegie Corporation (New York, NY) - foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement
and diffusion of knowledge and understanding", with grants benefitting the people of the United States in carrying out
Carnegie's vision of philanthropy, which he said should aim "to do real and permanent good in this world."
- Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD) - aims to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community support that
effectively meet the needs of vulnerable children and families
- Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, VA) - membership organization that provides leadership, technical assistance,
training, and other resources so that local agencies can better devote their own resources to serving their communities, and
advocates for social policies that aim to reduce poverty, improve the lives of children and families, and strengthen
communities
- Changing Our World, Inc. (New York) - provides resources and information about Internet fund-raising for non-profit
organizations
- Charities Aid Foundation (CAF America) (Alexandria, VA) - aims to help donors make the most of their giving, and non
profit organisations make the most of their resources
- Christian Community Foundation (CCF) (Colorado Springs, CO) - charity with a strong Christian focus, whose mission is
to encourage and facilitate donors to achieve Christ-centered objectives by providing excellence in personalized charitable
giving services and educational resources
- Council on Foundations (COF) (Washington, DC) - membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations
and giving programs worldwide, which provides leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities
- End Hunger Network (EHN) (Santa Monica, CA) - a collaboration of entertainers and the U.S. entertainment industry
which is focused on ending hunger, particularly in the United States
- Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) (Studio City, CA) - provides philanthropic leadership and facilitates the collective
fundraising power of the entertainment industry to impact critical issues and create positive social change by making
researched contributions to local and national charitable organizations
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund (Boston, MA) - public charity and grantmaker which supports a wide range of organizations
and causes including community and human services, religion, education, disaster relief, arts and culture, health and medical
research, and the environment
- Foundation of Donor Advised Funds (FJC) (New York, NY) - public charity that provides total management of charitable
giving via "FJC Donor Advised Funds" which increase and maximize the impact of charitable dollars, create innovative
philanthropic solutions, and respond effectively to the needs and interests of donors
- The Foundation Centre (New York, NY) - aims to support and improve philanthropy by promoting public understanding
of the field and helping grantseekers succeed by collecting, organizing, and communicating information on U.S.
philanthropy, conducting and facilitating research on trends in the field, providing education and training on the grantseeking
process, and ensuring public access to information and services
- Ford Foundation (New York, NY) - aims to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote
international cooperation, and advance human achievement, by encouraging initiatives by those living and working closest
to where problems are located, promoting collaboration among the nonprofit, government and business sectors, and
ensuring participation by men and women from diverse communities and at all levels of society
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Hyde Park, NY) - aims to inform new generations of the ideals and achievements
of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and to inspire the application of their spirit of optimism and innovation to the solution of
current problems
- The Funders' Network (Coral Gables, FL) - active resource and focal point for foundations, nonprofit organizations and
other partners working to solve the environmental, social, and economic problems created by suburban sprawl and urban
disinvestment, which informs funders of critical policy and grassroots developments, enables program staff to share
effective strategies and tools, builds the capacity of key constituencies to promote smart growth and livable communities,
and raises awareness about the interdisciplinary nature of these issues and the need for sustained engagement by a diverse
coalition of funders
- Getty Trust () - nonprofit charitable trust established by J. Paul Getty, which focusses on the visual arts in all of their
dimensions, serving both general audiences and specialized professionals
- Gifts in Kind International (Alexandria, VA) - nonprofit charitable organization that provides an effective conduit for the
donation of products, goods and services from the private sector to the charitable sector
- Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA) - private foundation established by the industrialist William R. Hewlett, his wife and
their eldest son, to promote the well-being of mankind by supporting selected activities of a charitable nature, concentrating
its resources on activities in conflict resolution, education, environment, family and community development, performing
arts, population, and U.S.-Latin American relations
- HKH Foundation (New York, NY) - funds organizations that seek to protect civil liberties by fostering electoral
democracy, reducing government secrecy, and restoring individual privacy; to protect the environment by protecting the
Commons, and encouraging critical thinking about biotechnology; and to reverse the arms race by eliminating weapons of
mass destruction and reducing arms trade
- Holt International Children's Services (Eugene, OR) - dedicated to carrying out God's plan for every child to have a
permanent, loving home through family preservation, in-country adoption and international adoption, uniting over 40,000
children with adoptive families in the United States
- International Aid (Spring Lake, MI) - nonprofit, global relief, development and training agency that links caring people and
organizations with Christian partners worldwide, changing lives through the power of compassion
- Independent Charities of America (ICA) (Corte Madera, CA) - non-profit organisation that pre-screens high quality
national and international charities and presents them for your giving consideration
- International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) (Baltimore, MD) - provides assistance to the poor, either in response
to emergencies or long term socio-economic development needs, and, in doing so, develops a sustainable indigenous
capacity to carry out such programs
- Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO) - works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and
improve the education of children and youth, focusing its operations and grantmaking on entrepreneurship and education,
and striving to foster an environment nationwide in which entrepreneurs have the information and tools they need to
succeed
- Knight Foundation (Miami, FL) - dedicated to the ideals of service to community, the highest standards of journalistic
excellence and defense of a free press
- Moore Foundation (San Francisco, CA) - foundation established by co-founder of Intel Corporation Gordon Moore and
his wife Betty to seek and develop outcome-based projects that will improve the quality of life for future generations
- Mott Foundation (Flint, MI) - private philanthropy fund established by Charles Stewart Mott, a General Motors pioneer,
which makes grants in the United States and selected regions internationally to promote a just, equitable and sustainable
world
- Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York, NY) - rooted in the Jewish tradition and committed to democratic values and
social justice, including fairness, diversity, and community
- Norman Foundation (New York, NY) - supports virtually any activity recognized as charitable by federal and state law
- National Christian Foundation (NCF) (Atlanta, GA) - exists to help Christians advance the Kingdom of God through
effective stewardship by serving donors, through Stewardship Funds and a range of offerings, and serving organizations,
through partnerships and direct support
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) (Washington, DC) - aims to make philanthropy more
responsive to people with the least wealth and opportunity, more relevant to critical public needs, and more open and
accountable to all, in order to create a more just and democratic society
- Oxfam America (Boston, MA) - international development organization, dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger,
poverty and social injustice around the world, which provides financial, technical and networking assistance to grassroots
groups to support their self-help community development initiatives
- Packard Foundation (Los Altos, CA) - created in 1964 by David Packard and Lucile Salter Packard to provide national
and international grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of conservation and science, population, and children,
families and communities, with a special focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz,
and Monterey
- Stern Family Fund (Arlington, VA) - private foundation that supports policy oriented government and corporate
accountability projects, and aids citizens striving to guarantee the responsiveness of public and private institutions that wield
substantial power over their lives
- Tides Foundation (San Francisco, CA) - works with donors committed to positive social change, putting resources and
people together to strengthen community-based nonprofit organizations and the progressive movement through innovative
grantmaking
- World Vision United States (Monrovia, CA) - Christian humanitarian organization which helps to transform the lives of the
world's poorest children and families with things like clean water, nutritious food, health care, and education, regardless of
religious beliefs, gender, race, or ethnic background
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