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500 Leading U.S. Progressive Organizations
Collected here are names and brief descriptions of approximately 500 leading organizations in the United States working for progressive change on a national level, grouped into categories that roughly describe the main focus of their work, with links to their websites. Use the links below to locate organizations by category or use the search box to find organizations by name.
1. Progressive Electoral Politics Organizations
- 1.1. Progressive Political Parties
- 1.2. Progressive State and Local Legislation Groups
- 1.3. Progressive Lobbying and Electoral Action Groups
- 1.4. Progressive Democratic Party Election Groups
- 1.5. Progressive Voter Engagement Groups
- 1.6. Election Reform Groups
- 1.7. Government Accountability Groups
2. Peace and U.S. Foreign Policy Organizations
- 2.1. Coalitions of Peace Groups
- 2.2. General Peace Groups
- 2.3. Veterans Peace Groups
- 2.4. Women’s Peace Groups
- 2.5. Student Peace Groups
- 2.6. Nuclear Weapons-Focused Groups
- 2.7. Peace Building Groups
- 2.8. Conscientious Objection to War Groups
- 2.9. Religious Peace Groups
- 2.10. Nonviolent Peacemaker Groups
- 2.11. Nonviolent Action Policy Groups
- 2.12. Other Specialized Peace Groups
- 2.13. Peace Policy Institutes
3. International Justice Organizations
- 3.1. International Human Rights Groups
- 3.2. Regional Human Rights Groups
- 3.3. International Economic Justice Groups
- 3.4. International Development Groups
4. Economic Justice Organizations
- 4.1. Worker Justice and Democracy Groups
- 4.2. International Worker Justice and Democracy Groups
- 4.3. Anti-Poverty and Low Income Housing Groups
- 4.4. Anti-Poverty Policy Groups
- 4.5. Employment Groups
- 4.6. Economic Justice Groups
- 4.7. Anti-Corporate Domination Groups
- 4.8. Progressive Economic Research Groups
- 4.9. Progressive Tax Groups
- 4.10. Consumer Protection Groups
- 4.11. Socially Responsible Business Groups
- 4.12. Worker Ownership Groups
- 4.13. Government Programs Preservation Groups
6. Social Justice Organizations
- 6.1. Civil Rights Groups
- 6.2. Civil Rights Constituency Groups
- 6.3. Legal Defense of Civil Rights Groups
- 6.4. Immigration Rights Groups
- 6.5. Criminal Justice Groups
- 6.6. Groups Challenging Capital Punishment
- 6.7. Community Organizing Groups
- 6.8. Disability Rights Groups
- 6.9. Elder Advocacy Groups
- 6.10. Children Advocacy Groups
- 6.11. Family Advocacy Groups
- 6.12. Feminist / Women’s Liberation Groups
- 6.13. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Liberation Groups
- 6.14. Family Planning Groups
7. Health Advocacy Organizations
8. Environmental Organizations
- 8.1. Broad-Focus Environmental Groups
- 8.2. Environmental Groups Focused on Climate Change
- 8.3. Environmental Groups Focused on Energy and Mining
- 8.4. Forest Protection Groups
- 8.5. Other Specific-Focus Environmental Groups
- 8.6. International-Focus Environmental Groups
- 8.7. Environmental Research and Public Policy Groups
- 8.8. Conservation Groups
9. Other Progressive Issue Organizations
- 9.1. Progressive Media Reform Groups
- 9.2. Civic and Neighborhood Groups
- 9.3. Progressive Rural Groups
- 9.4. Progressive Education Reform Groups
- 9.5. Gun Control Groups
- 9.6. Ending Hunger Groups
- 9.7. Food Safety and Biotechnology Groups
- 9.8. Humane Treatment of Animals Groups
10. Progressive Cultural Change Organizations
- 10.1. Simple Living Advocacy Groups
- 10.2. Cooperative Living Advocacy Groups
- 10.3. Other Progressive Cultural Change Groups
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