Public-policies United States

The Missouri Economic Development Council is a state-wide, non-profit association of 400+ economic developers and community leaders. Created in 1979 to provide a unified voice for economic development through its programs in professional education, legislations ...

AEEG focuses on legislation relating to capital formation, investment incentives and other issues affecting America's young growth companies. AEEG's nationwide network of 12,000 entrepreneurs serves as a united voice for emerging growth companies and provides ...

The Nevada Conservation League is the independent political voice of the conservation community. We work to protect Nevada's natural resources through public education, advocacy, and the promotion of sensible conservation policies. We support pro-conservation ...

CED is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of more than 200 business leaders and university presidents. Since 1942, its research and policy programs have addressed many of the nation's most pressing economic and social issues, including education reform ...

APPA (www.appanet.org) is the Washington, D.C.-based national service organization for the nation's more than 2,000 community- and state-owned electric utilities serving 45 million people.

The Corporate Health Care Coalition (CHCC) is a public policy organization comprised of leading companies from varying industries that compete in the global marketplace. CHCC member companies sponsor self-insured health care plans for our employees and ...

The Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) is a national nonprofit educational and public policy association of professional structured settlement producers and others who assist injured claimants in the settlement process. Its members support the furtherance ...

Since 1931, NHC has been a leading advocate and influential voice in affordable housing and community development. Our membership, which consists of a network of "member partners" across the nation, ranges from the largest financial institutions to the ...

Rivers Alliance seeks to protect Connecticut's rivers, streams, and watersheds by: Building Coalitions, Encouraging Collaboration: Coordinating the efforts of the state's many river and watershed groups Strengthening the Grassroots: Supporting and providing ...

CFSO is an association of six forensic science professional organizations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences; American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors; American Society of Crime Lab Directors -- Laboratory Accreditation Board; Forensic Quality ...

The National Policy Association was founded in 1934 by distinguished business and labor leaders who believed that the private sector should actively participate in the formulation of public policy. Since its foundation, NPA's goal has been to seek common ...

The New America Foundation is a non-profit public policy institute whose purpose is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation's public debate. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding ...

Next 10 is focused on innovation and the intersection between the economy, the environment, and quality of life issues for all Californians. We create tools and provide information that fosters a deeper understanding of the critical issues affecting all ...

Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom ...

The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist George Soros that aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social ...

The Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA) is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preventing suicide through public education and awareness, community action and federal, state and local grassroots advocacy. The organization was founded in 1996 ...

NASDA is a non-profit association of public officials representing the commissioners, secretaries, and directors of agriculture in the 50 states and four territories of the United States of America. It works closely with its members, four affiliated state ...

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about ...

Global Kids offers a range of training and technical assistance opportunities for both educators and youth and has established a strong track record in this area by providing services to scores of public schools within the NYC Department of Education ...

The Center for Arts and Culture aimed to inform and improve policy decisions that affect cultural life. The guiding principles of the mission include freedom of imagination, inquiry and expression, as well as freedom of opportunity for all to participate ...

NCLC, the public policy law firm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is a membership organization that advocates fair treatment of business in the courts and before regulatory agencies. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation ...

Latino Issues Forum (LIF) was founded in 1987 by a group of distinguished Latino social justice leaders who wanted to fill a void- the need to have a Latino organization, with both research and advocacy capacity, addressing issues not addressed by other ...

The Interfaith Alliance (TIA) is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to promoting the positive and healing role of religion in the life of the nation and challenging those who manipulate religion to promote a narrow, divisive agenda. With ...

Founded in 1867, the National Grange is the nation's oldest general agricultural and rural advocacy organization. It has grassroots units in 3,600 local communities in 39 states, with nearly 300,000 members. It serves farm, non-farm, rural families and ...

The mission of the National Legal Foundation is to prayerfully create and implement innovative strategies that, through decisive action, will cause America's public policy and legal system to support and facilitate God's purpose for her.