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Non-profit
The National League of Cities (NLC) is a left-leaning network of over 19,000 American communities that engages in federal policy advocacy and leads educational programming on behalf of city governments.
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Non-profit
National League of Cities Institute (NLCI) is the charitable arm of the National League of Cities (NLC). Many of the two organization’s training and educational programs are intertwined with the NLCI providing the funding for conferences and travel expenses. NLCI has received grants from left-of-center nonprofits to facilitate training
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Non-profit
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) (formerly known as National Legal Aid Association) is a left-of-center organization originally founded in 1911 to provide legal services to low-income individuals. 1
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Non-profit
The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) is an advocacy organization which works to increase the influence of LGBT individuals and activist initiatives in corporate America and American society. It also pushes for favorable treatment of businesses that cater to sexual and gender-identity minorities.
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Non-profit
The National LGBTQ Task Force (commonly known as the “Task Force”) is a left-of-center LGBT advocacy group. Founded in 1973, the Task Force was the first national LGBT rights organization. 1 The Task Force played
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Non-profit
The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund (known as the Task Force Action Fund) is the political arm of the National LGBTQ Task Force (the Task Force), a left-of-center LGBT advocacy group and the oldest national LGBT rights group in the United States. The Task Force also has a
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Non-profit
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) advocates for increased government spending on housing programs. 1 The group asserts that housing policy should address purported ongoing systemic racism that it claims deprives
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Non-profit
The National Low Income Housing Policy Center (NLIHPC) is an advocacy and lobbying organization focused on affordable housing for low-income groups. The NLIHPC campaigns to preserve existing federal assistance for housing, to expand the availability of low-income housing, and to end homelessness.
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Non-profit
The National Low-Income Energy Consortium is an organization that was merged with the National Fuel Funds Network to create the National Energy & Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC). NEUAC is a non-profit organization that advocates for the energy and utility needs of low-income families in America and proposes public policies and
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Non-profit
National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee is a union-management administration organization that adjudicates and administers Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) in unionized contracting.
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Non-profit
The National Manufactured Home Owners Association (NMHOA) is a left-of-center nonprofit which advocates for those living in homes built on land privately owned by a third-party. These “manufactured homes” are typically mobile homes. Though the group is ostensibly nonpartisan, the NMHOA has been involved in pushing for left-of-center policies at
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Non-profit
The National Mining Association (NMA) is a trade organization that advocates for public policies that allow for the safe production and use of minerals and coal.1
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Non-profit
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) is a left-leaning nonprofit organization that seeks to insert race into discussions of HIV/AIDS-related issues and to address what it considers racial inequalities in HIV/AIDS treatment and outcomes.
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Non-profit
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) is a left-of-center immigration activist organization that supports legal status for all illegal immigrants in the United States.
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Non-profit
The National Network of Abortion Funds is an umbrella organization that supports organizations that provide financial assistance to women seeking abortions. The network provides its member partners with training, logistical support, and other resources.
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Non-profit
National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) is an association of public health organizations, research centers, and affiliated organizations. NNPHI has a core membership of more than 40 state-level public health institutes that represent a total of $2.2 billion in combined funding. The organization conducts research, hosts conferences, and shares
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Non-profit
The National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) is an advocacy group of former state teachers of the year and finalists. It trains veteran teachers to become education policy advocates, generally for left-of-center policy positions. Funders of the NNSTOY have included the Gates Foundation,
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Non-profit
The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) is an anti-military activist group that opposes military recruitment, particularly in high schools. It is a fiscally sponsored project of the Alliance for Global Justice, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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Non-profit
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is a left-of-center organization that provides training and assistance to statewide and territorial coalitions seeking to prevent domestic violence. 1 Despite its name, NNEDV does not provide direct counseling
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Non-profit
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) is a business league for the publishers of Black community newspapers, such as the New York Amsterdam News, Washington Afro-American, and Chicago Defender. The Final Call, a news publication associated with Louis Farrakhan‘s Nation of Islam religious sect, is a member of NNPA.
