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Animals & Wildlife
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
- Defenders of Wildlife
- FARM (Farm Animal Reform Movement)
- Fund for Animals
- Humane Society of the United States
- International Fund for Animal Welfare
- In Defense of Animals
- National Audubon Society
- National Rifle Association - Hunters' Rights
- National Wildlife Federation
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- World Wildlife Fund
Business
- 9to5, National Association of Working Women
- Alliance for Justice
- American Council for Capital Formation
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
- Brookings Institution
- Business and Professional Women's Foundation
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
- Business-Industry Political Action Committee BIPAC)
- Business Roundtable
- Catalyst
- Center for Media and Democracy
- Club for Growth
- Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
- Committee for Economic Development
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Conference Board, Inc.
- Corporate Accountability International
- CorpWatch
- Council of Institutional Investors
- Council on Competitiveness
- Economic Policy Institute
- Employment Policies Institute
- Families and Work Institute
- Green America
- Heritage Foundation
- Independent Institute
- Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- Information Technology Industry Council
- Institute for International Economics
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
- Milken Institute
- National Association for the Self-Employed
- National Association of Convenience Stores
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Association of Realtors
- National Farmers Union
- National Federation of Independent Business
- National Restaurant Association
- Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Public Citizen, Inc.
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
- United States Council for International Business
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Washington Legal Foundation
- Weidenbaum Center
- Workplace Fairness
Civil Rights
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- Anti-Defamation League
- Arab American Institute
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Business and Professional Women's Foundation
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Human Rights Campaign
- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Lambda Legal
- Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Inc.
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Association of Latino Elected Officials
- National Congress of American Indians
- National Council of La Raza
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Policy Institute
- National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
- National Hispanic Media Coalition
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- National Organization on Disability (NOD)
- National Urban League
- Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
- Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
- Southern Poverty Law Center
Constitutional Rights
- American Center for Law & Justice
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- American Civil Rights Union
- American Conservative Union
- Americans for Democratic Action, Inc. (ADA)
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Amnesty International USA
- Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty
- Cato Institute
- Claremont Institute
- The Constitution Project
- Council on American-Islamic Relations
- Demos
- Eagle Forum
- Freedom Forum
- Handgun Control, Inc./Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
- National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
- People for the American Way
- Political Research Associates
- Reason Foundation
- Republican Liberty Caucus
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Rutherford Institute
- Students for Academic Freedom
Consumer Protection
- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
- American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- Center for Auto Safety
- Center for Justice & Democracy
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Center for Study of Responsive Law
- Consumer Federation of America
- Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
- HALT (Help Abolish Legal Tyranny)
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- National Association of Consumer Advocates
- National Consumer Law Center
- National Consumers League
- Public Citizen, Inc.
- Public Justice
- United States Public Interest Research Group
Economic Rights
- Acton Institute
- Americans for Democratic Action, Inc. (ADA)
- Center for Community Change
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Corporation for Enterprise Development
- Economic Policy Institute
- Employment Policies Institute
- Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
- Institute for Justice
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- MDRC
- Mountain States Legal Foundation
- Pacific Legal Foundation
- The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
- Reason Foundation
- Republican Liberty Caucus
Education/Arts/Culture
- Accuracy in Academia
- American Association of University Professors
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- American Council on Education
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
- Americans for the Arts
- America's Promise
- Aspen Institute
- Atlantic Legal Foundation
- Cato Institute
- Children's Defense Fund
- Education Trust
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Heartland Institute
- Institute for Higher Education Policy
- Lexington Institute
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.
- MDRC
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Center for Educational Achievement
- National Education Association
- National Institute for Early Education Research
- New America Foundation
- New Teacher Project
- Public Agenda
- Students for Academic Freedom
Environmental
- American Council for Capital Formation
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- American Forests
- American Rivers
- Center for Health, Environment and Justice
- Center for Public Integrity
- Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Conservation Fund
- Conservation International
- CorpWatch
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Earth First!
- Earth Island Institute
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Law Institute
- Environmental Working Group
- Friends of the Earth (FOE)
- Green America
- Greenpeace USA
- Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Institute for Sustainable Communities
- Izaak Walton League of America
- Keystone Center for Science and Public Policy
- League of Conservation Voters
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Audubon Society
- National Farmers Union
- National Parks and Conservation Association
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Nature Conservancy
- Ocean Conservancy
- Pacific Legal Foundation
- Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
- Pew Environment Group
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Pinchot Institute for Conservation
- Property and Environment Research Center
- Rainforest Action Network
- Resources for the Future
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Sierra Club
- Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.
- Wilderness Society
- World Wildlife Fund
- World Resources Institute
- Worldwatch Institute
Families/Children/Elderly
- Alliance for Retired Americans
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- American Family Association
- America's Promise
- Brookings Institution
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Children's Defense Fund
- Concerned Women for America
- Families and Work Institute
- Family Research Council
- Focus on the Family Citizen Link
- Heritage Foundation
- Institute for American Values Center for Marriage and Families
- MDRC
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
- National Council on Aging
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Policy Institute
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- RAND Corporation
- Rutherford Institute
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Urban Institute
Governmental Process
- Alliance for Justice
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Center for Governmental Studies
- Center for Justice & Democracy
- Center for Public Integrity
- Center for Responsive Politics
- Center for Voting and Democracy
- Common Cause
- Common Good
- Congressional Management Foundation
- Council of State Governments
- HALT (Help Abolish Legal Tyranny)
- 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
- OMB Watch
- Partnership for Public Service
- Project Vote Smart
- United States Conference of Mayors
- U.S. Term Limits
Health/Nutrition
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
- AIDS Action
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
- Bread for the World
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Century Foundation
- Commonwealth Fund
- American Conservative Union
- Corporate Accountability International
- Families USA Foundation
- Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
- Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
- Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center
- National Association of Convenience Stores
- National Breast Cancer Coalition
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- National Council on Aging
- National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
- National Restaurant Association
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Housing
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
- Center for American Progress
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Corporation for Enterprise Development
- Mortgage Bankers Association
- National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
- National Association of Realtors
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Consumer Law Center
- National People's Action (NPA)
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Immigration
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Associated Builders and Contractors
- Center for Community Change
- Center for Immigration Studies
- Center for International Policy
- Eagle Forum
- Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
- Human Rights Campaign
- Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
- Landmark Legal Foundation
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- Minuteman Project
- National Association of Latino Elected Officials
- National Council of La Raza
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- US Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. ENGLISH, Inc.
Information Policy
- American Library Association
- Aspen Institute
- Association of American Publishers
- Association of Research Libraries
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Communications Workers of America (CWA)
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- DataCenter
- Discovery Institute
- Educause
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Federation of American Scientists. Government Secrecy Project
- Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- Information Technology Association
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- Media Access Project
- Open the Government
- Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
- Progress & Freedom Foundation
- Public Knowledge
- 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)
- American Foreign Policy Council
- American Jewish Committee
- Amnesty International USA
- Arab American Institute
- Aspen Institute
- Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS)
- Brookings Institution
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Carter Center
- Center for a New American Security
- Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation
- Center for Defense Information (9/14/2012: site is temporarily down)
- Center for Global Development
- Center for International Policy
- Center for Security Policy
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Century Foundation
- Council for a Livable World
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
- Henry L. Stimson Center
- Heritage Foundation
- Hoover Institution
- Hudson Institute
- Human Rights Watch
- Institute for International Economics
- Institute for Policy Studies
- Inter-American Dialogue
- Lexington Institute
- Middle East Policy Council
- Milken Institute
- New America Foundation
- Peace Action
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Project on Defense Alternatives
- Progressive Policy Institute
- RAND Corporation
- TransAfrica Forum Inc.
- Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.
- United States Council for International Business
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- World Policy Institute
- World Security Institute (WSI) (9/14/2012: site is temporarily down)
Labor
- AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE)
- American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
- American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Postal Workers Union
- Communications Workers of America (CWA)
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- United Auto Workers (UAW)
- United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America
Land Use
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- American Farmland Trust
- American Forests
- Conservation Fund
- Land Trust Alliance
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- Mountain States Legal Foundation
- National Association of Realtors
- National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
- National Farmers Union
- National Parks and Conservation Association
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Nature Conservancy
- Pinchot Institute for Conservation
- Trust for Public Land
- Urban Land Institute
Media
- Accuracy in Media, Inc. (AIM)
- Center for Media and Democracy
- Center for Media and Public Affairs
- Center for Public Integrity
- Common Cause
- Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
- Freedom Forum
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Media Access Project
- Media Research Center
- National Hispanic Media Coalition
- New America Foundation
- Public Agenda
Public Finance and Taxes
- American Conservative Union
- American Council for Capital Formation
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- Americans for Democratic Action, Inc. (ADA)
- Americans for Prosperity
- Americans for Tax Reform
- American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
- Cato Institute
- Center for American Progress
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Center for Financial Stability
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Citizens Against Government Waste
- Citizens for Tax Justice
- Club for Growth
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- Committee for Economic Development
- Concord Coalition
- Council on Foundations
- Economic Policy Institute
- Freedom Works
- Heartland Institute
- Independent Institute
- Independent Sector
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- National Federation of Independent Business
- National Taxpayers Union
- OMB Watch
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Republican Liberty Caucus
- Tax Foundation
- Tax Policy Center
- Taxpayers for Common Sense
- United States Public Interest Research Group
- Weidenbaum Center
Public Safety
- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
- American Correctional Association
- American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
- Center for National Policy
- Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
- Handgun Control, Inc./Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
- National Sheriffs' Association
- RAND Corporation
- Urban Institute
Religious Issues
- Acton Institute
- American Center for Law & Justice
- American Jewish Committee (AJC)
- American Jewish Congress
- Anti-Defamation League
- Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty
- B'nai B'rith International
- Children's Defense Fund
- Christian Coalition of America
- Concerned Women for America
- Council on American-Islamic Relations
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Focus on the Family Citizen Link
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
- Interfaith Alliance/Interfaith Alliance Foundation
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
- Muslim Public Affairs Council
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
- Operation Save America
- People for the American Way
- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
- Political Research Associates
- Public Religion Research Institute
- Rutherford Institute
- Traditional Values Coalition
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Reproductive Issues
- Center for Reproductive Rights
- Christian Coalition of America
- NARAL Pro-Choice America
- National Committee for a Human Life Amendment
- National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- National Right to Life Committee
- Operation Save America
- Planned Parenthood Action
- Population Connection
Science and Technology
- Atlantic Legal Foundation, Inc.
- Center for American Progress
- Council on Competitiveness
- Discovery Institute
- Federation of American Scientists
- Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- Information Technology Industry Council
- International Center for Technology Assessment
- Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
- Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.
Women's Issues
- 9to5, National Association of Working Women
- Business and Professional Women's Foundation
- Catalyst
- Concerned Women for America
- Eagle Forum
- EMILY's List
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- National Women's Political Caucus
- Women's Campaign Fund
This list includes entries from the Harvard Kennedy School Think Tank Directory, Public Interest Group Profiles, a think tank citation study by FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), and Organizations that rate Members of Congress on their voting records. Additional entries have been added by the UO Libraries' Document Center. Please send additions or corrections to govdocs@uoregon.edu.
