Group Profiles

Learn how specific non-profits, government agencies, for-profits, labor unions, or other organizations are influencing public policy. Each profile below is carefully curated by an InfluenceWatch contributor and includes funding data where appropriate.

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View Fund for Policy Reform

Fund for Policy Reform

Non-profit, Criminal Justice Policy, Drug Policy
The Fund for Policy Reform is a 501(c)(4) lobbying organization founded and funded by left-of-center megadonor George Soros within his Open Society Foundations network of…
View Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC)

Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC)

Non-profit, Criminal Justice Policy, Drug Policy
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) is an Ohio-based group that advocates for left-of-center policies. The group’s sister nonprofit, the Ohio Organizing Campaign, is an advocacy…
View Drug Policy Alliance

Drug Policy Alliance

Non-profit, Drug Policy
Drug Policy Alliance is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that advocates for total drug decriminalization and uses identity politics as a basis for determining how it…
View Stop the Sweeps Seattle

Stop the Sweeps Seattle

Non-profit, Organization, Drug Policy, Housing Policy
Stop the Sweeps Seattle is a left-of-center activist organization that opposes the removal of homeless encampments and seeks to prevent homeless people from being moved…
View National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC)

National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC)

Non-profit, Drug Policy
National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC) is a national activist and capacity-building organization that opposes what it considers “racialized" drug policies. NHRC supports of the concept…
View Our Ohio Renewal

Our Ohio Renewal

Non-profit, Drug Policy
Our Ohio Renewal was a nonprofit founded by U.S. Senator and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (R-OH) before the beginning of his electoral career. Vance is…
View Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)

Non-profit, Drug Policy
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is a chapter-based drug-legalization advocacy organization with affiliates in over 30 countries. The SSDP network advocates for drug decriminalization…
View Harm Reduction Action Center (HRAC)

Harm Reduction Action Center (HRAC)

Non-profit, Organization, Drug Policy
Harm Reduction Action Center (HRAC) is a project of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC) that provides fentanyl test strips, the opioid overdose-reversal drug Naloxone,…
View Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps

For-profit, Drug Policy
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps is a personal hygiene business that endorses left-of-center spirituality, social and economic change, and the legalization of cannabis, magic mushrooms, and…
View International Union of Police Associations

International Union of Police Associations

Labor Union, Criminal Justice Policy, Drug Policy, Labor Policy
The IUPA is the only union in the U.S. that explicitly supports law enforcement officers within the U.S.
View End It for Good

End It for Good

Non-profit, Criminal Justice Policy, Drug Policy
End It for Good is a health advocacy group that promotes alternative methods to treat addiction as well as advocating against using prosecution to combat…
View Drug Policy Action

Drug Policy Action

Non-profit, Drug Policy
Drug Policy Alliance is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that advocates for decriminalizing drugs and using identity politics as a basis for addressing drug issues. It…
View The AMAAD (Arming Minorities Against Addiction and Disease) Institute

The AMAAD (Arming Minorities Against Addiction and Disease) Institute

Non-profit, Drug Policy, Healthcare Policy
The AMAAD Institute (Arming Minorities Against Addiction and Disease Institute) is a nonprofit organization that provides support services primarily to gay Black men in the…
View Ideas for Peace Foundation (Fundacion Ideas Para la Paz)

Ideas for Peace Foundation (Fundacion Ideas Para la Paz)

Organization, Other, Drug Policy, Economic Policy
The Ideas for Peace Foundation, also known as Fundacion Ideas Para la Paz, is a think tank based in Columbia that advocates policies that improve,…
View International Drug Policy Consortium

International Drug Policy Consortium

Organization, Other, Drug Policy
The International Drug Policy Consortium is a global network of 193 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, professional networks, and think tanks including the Drug Policy…
View Mental Insight Foundation

Mental Insight Foundation

Non-profit, Drug Policy
Mental Insight Foundation was established by hotel founder Bill Klimpton to fund research projects into mental illness and into using therapy as an alternative to…
View Marijuana Policy Project Foundation (MPP Foundation)

Marijuana Policy Project Foundation (MPP Foundation)

Non-profit, Drug Policy
Marijuana Policy Project Foundation (MPP Foundation) is an advocacy group that supports cannabis policy reform, and ultimately seeks to regulate cannabis like alcohol.
View Treatment Action Group (TAG)

Treatment Action Group (TAG)

Non-profit, Drug Policy, Healthcare Policy
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is a left-of-center HIV activist group that lobbies for increased government funding for AIDS research and “safe injection site” programs for…
View National African American Drug Policy Coalition (NAADPC)

National African American Drug Policy Coalition (NAADPC)

Non-profit, Drug Policy
The National African American Drug Policy Coalition (NAADPC) is a coalition organization that promotes policies and advocacy towards reducing substance abuse as well as providing…
View Black Harm Reduction Network (BHRN)

Black Harm Reduction Network (BHRN)

Organization, Other, Criminal Justice Policy, Drug Policy, Elections Policy
The Black Harm Reduction Network (BHRN) is a partnership between the Legal Action Center (LAC), the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), and the National Harm Reduction…

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