Agenda Project
Category Advocacy Groups/Public Policy Description The Agenda Project states that its goal is to build a powerful, intelligent, well-connected political movement capable of identifying and advancing rational, effective ideas in the public debate ... Read More
Americans Elect
Category Advocacy Groups/Political Description American voters are tired of politics as usual. They want leaders that will put their country before their party, and American interests before special interests. Americans Elect seeks to ... Read More
Bailoutsleuth.com
Category Advocacy Groups/Budget Description BailoutSleuth.com tracks the flow of taxpayer money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and other federal economic stability initiatives. The company is backed by Mark Cuban, who is ... Read More
Blue State Digital
Category Social Marketing/Agencies Description Blue State Digital is an agency specializing in online fundraising, advocacy, social networking, and constituency development programs for nonprofit organizations, political candidates and causes, and is best known for ... Read More
Change.org
Category Advocacy Groups/Clicktivism Description Change.org was founded in 2006 by two Stanford University undergraduates, Ben Rattray and Mark Dimas. The 40-employee start-up operates out of a South of Market loft in San Francisco ... Read More
Citizens for Tax Justice
Category Advocacy Groups/Budget Description Founded in 1979, Citizens for Tax Justice, is a public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on federal, state and local tax policies and their impact upon America. CTJ's ... Read More
Code for America
Category Incubators/Technology Description Code for America is a non-partisan organization founded in 2009 to unite web-industry professionals with U.S. city governments in order to promote openness, participation, and efficiency in municipal governments. Founded 2009 Founder and ... Read More
Create Jobs for USA
Category Advocacy Groups/Economy Description Founded by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Debuts “Create Jobs for USA” is a $5 million initiative to encourage business leaders to hire more employees. You can buy a bracelet ... Read More
Designed in the USA
Category Advocacy Groups/Manufacturing Description The “Designed in the USA” brand certification mark is a new identifier and brand enhancer for goods, services, and environments designed in the U.S. The goal is to make ... Read More
GeniusRocket
Category Social Marketing/Agencies Description Add your name to the 277,963 supporters, at press time, who have signed a petition to the get money out of politics. This is one of the many initiatives ... Read More
Get the Money Out
Category Advocacy Groups/Political Description Add your name to the 277,963 supporters, at press time, who have signed a petition to the get money out of politics. This is one of the many initiatives ... Read More
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Category Think Tanks/Budget Description Founded in 1980, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank that describes its mission as striving to keep policymakers and the public ... Read More
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Category Advocacy Groups/Corporate Description The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is an umbrella group under that coordinates the corporate activism of 300 faith-based investing groups, including Jews, Quakers, Presbyterians and, most famously, the ... Read More
JunketSleuth.com
Category Advocacy Groups/Budget Description JunketSleuth.com uses the Freedom of Information Act to expose the travel patterns of U.S. government employees at the more than 60 major federal government agencies. Given the recent uproar ... Read More
NationBuilder
Category Social Platforms Description NationBuilder integrates both a content management system and customer relationship management into what it calls a community organizing system. NationBuilder clients have created 500 “nations” or campaigns reaching some ... Read More
New American Foundation
Category Advocacy Groups/Public Policy Description Launched in 1999, the New America Foundation is a nonprofit, non-partisan think tank that brings ""exceptionally promising new voices to the forefront of the nation's public discourse."" Its ... Read More
Patriotic Millionaires
Category Advocacy Groups/Budget Description A group of more than 100 of the country’s millionaires joined forces in November 2010 to urge the President to let Bush era tax cuts expire for people making ... Read More
Republic Report, The
Category Advocacy Groups/Political Description United Republic “fights the corrupting influence of well-financed special interests over American politics and government.” Citizens of all stripes – progressive, conservative and independent – who envision a nation ... Read More
Rock Health
Category Incubators/Healthcare Description Rock Health is a first seed-accelerator exclusively for health startups. This incubator brings together the brightest minds in technology and medicine to build better solutions, including Michael Abbott, formerly vice ... Read More
Rootstrikers
Category Advocacy Groups/Political Description Founded in April 2011 by Lawrence Lessig, a former member of the Electronic Frontiers Foundation, Rootstrikers was originally a project of Lessig and Joe Trippi, called “Fix Congress First."" ... Read More
Startup America Partnership
Category Advocacy Groups/Business Description The Startup America Partnership is a private initiative to help young companies grow and create jobs, thereby boosting this country’s long term success. The Partnership is not funded by ... Read More
United Republic
Category Advocacy Groups/Political Description United Republic is a new organization that has decided to fight the corrupting influence of well-financed special interests over American politics and government. Founded December 2011 Founder Nick Penniman Organization United Republic P.O. Box 60008 Florence, MA ... Read More
