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The National Audubon Society is an environmentalist nonprofit ostensibly dedicated to the protection of American birds. The Society consists of nearly 500 chapters across the United States, each of which is an independent nonprofit affiliated with the national Society. The Audubon Society was founded in the 19th century to protect
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The National Bail Fund Network (NBFN) is a network of over 80 separate community bail and bond funds. The NBFN is not an organization in itself, but rather a list of local bail funds. The list is maintained and hosted by the Community Justice Exchange, a fiscally sponsored project of
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The National Bankers Association (NBA) is a professional association that advocates on behalf of minority depository institutions (MDI), an institution where 51 percent or more of the voting stock is owned by one or more “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.”
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National Bar Association is a membership organization of African-American lawyers and judges. It was created in the 1920s after some Black lawyers were denied membership in the American Bar Association; in modern times, the Association has supported left-of-center race-relations and affirmative action policies.
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The National Black Food and Justice Alliance (NBFJA) is a coalition of Black food producers and nonprofits that advocate for increasing cooperation and political support for Black farmers. NBFJA claims that Black farmers have been the victims of systemic racism for at least a century, primarily at the hands of
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The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a left-of-center organization that advocates against racism, homophobia, and “LGBTQ+/SGL bias and stigma”; for black LGBT, “queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL)” people; and those with HIV/AIDS through advocacy, research, and education. The group sees itself as the “leading national black LGBTQ+ civil
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The National Black Theatre (NBT) is a Black-owned and operated theatre in Harlem, New York City that focuses on combining theatre with left-of-center social concepts such as climate, immigration, criminal justice, discrimination, and oppression. It was founded by Barbara Ann Teer, who was known as a champion of the Black
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The National Black United Fund is a non-profit group that advocates for social justice and economic opportunity for black Americans.
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The National Black Worker Center Project (“NBWCP”) is a left-of-center minimum wage advocacy group and a project of fiscal sponsor NEO Philanthropy. It sponsors workers’ centers in cities across the country that offer job training and partner with local businesses, labor unions, and government agencies to advocate for hiring unemployed
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The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is a nonprofit teacher certification organization that offers certification programs for K-12 teachers. NBPTS certification is highly incentivized by many large public school teachers’ unions, most notably by the Chicago Teachers Union.
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The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that investigates and analyzes economic issues. NBER makes its research findings available to the public, academics, and decision makers in both public and private sectors through its working papers and scholarly conferences.
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The National Cannabis Industry Association is an American non-profit organization based in the District of Columbia, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. It advocates for the legalization of marijuana and other cannabis-derived products.
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National Cannabis Roundtable is an organization advocating for marijuana policy reform. John Boehner, a former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, chairs the group.
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The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators is an organization that helps legislators advocate for left-of-center environmental policies on the state level. While the organization claims to be nonpartisan, its membership largely consists of members of the Democratic Party. In June 2017, the organization put out a press release opposing the
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ConnectED, also called the National Center for College and Career, is a left-of-center organization which supports educational efforts in public school districts with large populations of impoverished students. The organization uses a method known as “Linked Learning,” which advises teachers to provide real-world context to the subjects they teach and
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The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest) advocates an end to standardized testing. It has roots in the feminist movement, the civil rights movement, and the environmentalist movement resulting in FairTest placing “a special emphasis on eliminating the racial, class, gender, and cultural barriers to equal opportunity posed
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The National Center for Family Philanthropy is an organization that acts as a network for families engaged in left-of-center philanthropic giving guided by a shared goal to make the world more “resilient” and “equitable.” The Center works to provide its members with information on prospective organizations to support and to
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The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) is a center-left legal advocacy organization that challenges restrictions on access to entitlement programs and trains local legal services advocates. The NCLEJ is best known for its work on the landmark 1970 Supreme Court case of Goldberg v. Kelly and has
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The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), formerly known as the Lesbian Rights Project, is a left-of-center legal advocacy organization that provides pro bono legal services for LGBT causes and advocates for policy changes in related issue areas. Founded in 1977 by lawyer Donna Hitchens, NCLR frequently files amicus curiae
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The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) was a center-right think tank based in Dallas, Texas. The think tank ceased operations in 2017 after suffering major financial difficulties and scandals. The center was most notable for its health care policy ideas such as the creation of health savings accounts and
