Top Nonprofits tagged with policy

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
National Climate Change
#1 Top Nonprofit
The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth. They work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life and to defend endangered natural places. They seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth…

The Innocence Project
National Criminal Justice
#1 Top Nonprofit
The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University to assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA testing. To date, 273…

WaterAid
International Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene
#1 Top Nonprofit
WaterAid transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world's poorest communities. We work with partners and influence decision-makers to maximise our impact.

National Skills Coalition
National Workforce Development
#1 Top Nonprofit
National Skills Coalition organizes broad-based coalitions seeking to raise the skills of America’s workers across a range of industries. We advocate for public policies that invest in what works, as informed by our members’ real-world expertise. And we communicate these…

Guttmacher Institute
National Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice
#1 Top Nonprofit
The Guttmacher Institute advances sexual and reproductive health through an interrelated program of social science research, policy analysis and public education designed to generate new ideas, encourage enlightened public debate and promote sound policy and program development.

Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Minnesota Environment
#1 Top Nonprofit
The Partnership’s mission is to strengthen the effectiveness of the Minnesota environmental community in protecting and enhancing the state’s natural resources. It counts among its members the state's leading environmental and conservation organizations whose leaders understand the power and productivity…

The Arc of the US
National People with Disabilities
#2 Top Nonprofit
The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

Southern Center for Human Rights (Georgia)
Local Criminal Justice
#2 Top Nonprofit
The Southern Center for Human Rights provides legal representation to people facing the death penalty, challenges human rights violations in prisons and jails, seeks through litigation and advocacy to improve legal representation for poor people accused of crimes, and advocates…

American Cancer Society (ACS) (Multiple Cancers)
National Cancer
#2 Top Nonprofit
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.

UN Women
International Violence Against Women
#2 Top Nonprofit
The main roles of UN Women are: To support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms. To help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to…

CLASP
National Workforce Development
#2 Top Nonprofit
CLASP seeks to improve the lives of low-income people.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)
National Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice
#2 Top Nonprofit
The mission of Planned Parenthood is to provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services in settings which preserve and protect the essential privacy and rights of each individual, to advocate public policies which guarantee these rights and ensure access…

Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA)
Minnesota Environment
#2 Top Nonprofit
MCEA is a nonprofit organization using law, science and research to protect Minnesota's natural resources, wildlife and the health of its people. At the heart of our mission is a reverence for nature and a fundamental commitment to sustain and…

Casey Family Programs
National At-Risk Youth
#3 Top Nonprofit
Casey Family Programs’ mission is to provide and improve—and ultimately to prevent the need for—foster care. Established by UPS founder Jim Casey in 1966, the foundation provides direct services and promotes advances in child welfare practice and policy.

World Resources Institute
National Climate Change
#3 Top Nonprofit
The World Resources Institute's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

The Sentencing Project
National Criminal Justice
#3 Top Nonprofit
The Sentencing Project is a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration. The Sentencing Project was founded in 1986 to provide defense lawyers with…

Correctional Association of New York (The CA) (New York)
Local Criminal Justice
#3 Top Nonprofit
The Correctional Association of New York is an independent, non-profit organization founded by concerned citizens in 1844 and granted unique authority by the New York State Legislature to inspect prisons and to report its findings and recommendations to the legislature,…

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
National Childhood Nutrition/Health
#3 Top Nonprofit
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.

Americans for the Arts
National Arts & Culture
#3 Top Nonprofit
Americans for the Arts is focused on four primary goals: Lead and serve individuals and organizations to help build environments in which the arts and arts education thrive and contribute to more vibrant and creative communities.; Generate meaningful public and…

Jobs for the Future
National Workforce Development
#3 Top Nonprofit
Jobs for the Future identifies, develops, and promotes new education and workforce strategies that help communities, states, and the nation COMPETE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY.

Center for Reproductive Rights
National Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice
#3 Top Nonprofit
For more than 15 years, the Center for Reproductive Rights has used the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill.

The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota
Minnesota Environment
#3 Top Nonprofit
The Nature Conservancy is a global organization dedicated to protecting the lands and waters on which the diversity of life depends. Our 1-million-plus members have helped us protect more than 15 million acres of habitat in the United States and…

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
National Climate Change
#4 Top Nonprofit
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change's mission is to provide credible information, straight answers, and innovative solutions that address global climate change. The Pew Center provides a forum for objective research and analysis and for the development of pragmatic…

Vera Institute of Justice
National Criminal Justice
#4 Top Nonprofit
The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Bay Area Climate Change
#4 Top Nonprofit
NRDC's mission is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) (Blood Cancers)
National Cancer
#4 Top Nonprofit
The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
National Childhood Nutrition/Health
#4 Top Nonprofit
To achieve its goals of ending hunger and expanding access to the federal nutrition programs, FRAC pursues a comprehensive national, state and local strategy.

The Aspen Institute
National Workforce Development
#4 Top Nonprofit
The Aspen Institute mission is twofold: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
National Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice
#4 Top Nonprofit
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. The ACLU…

Fresh Energy
Minnesota Environment
#4 Top Nonprofit
Fresh Energy works to enhance our economy, protect human health and communities, restore our environment, and establish energy independence. In our sustained and coordinated effort to promote a modern, innovative energy system for the 21st century, we provide research, advocacy…