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Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States. Energy Lobby, an umbrella term for the representatives of large oil, gas, coal, and electric utilities corporations that attempt to influence governmental policy in the United States.
Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .
The National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) is the largest nonprofit network in the United States, [1] with 25,000 nonprofit members and 52 state nonprofit network subsidiaries. [2] It engages in public policy work and conducts professional development for nonprofit members, providing nonprofits with research and assets to assist their operations.
The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax exempt, educational and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1988 by the lawyers Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP. [1] As of June 2021, Siri Nelson is the executive director. [2]
Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes, including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research. Lobbying (often by lobby groups ) is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on a specific issue or specific piece of legislation. [ 1 ]
During a hearing on Monday, a lawyer for the advocacy organizations said some recipients of federal grants were still struggling to access funding despite the memo's withdrawal and the order ...
The advocacy groups represented by Democracy Forward – the National Council of Nonprofits, the American Public Health Association, the Main Street Alliance and SAGE advocates for LGBTQ+ and ...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit run by a board of directors who are elected by membership. [14] NAMI National is the umbrella organization; state and local affiliates operate semi-independently, in an attempt to more accurately represent those in the surrounding communities.