Non-profit organizations based in the United States

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, or CAMERA, is an American non-profit pro-Israel media-monitoring, research and membership organization.

The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is a business-oriented American lobbying group.

The National Audubon Society (Audubon) is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation.

(For the think tank based in Geneva, Switzerland, see Geneva Centre for Security Policy.) The Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a Washington, D.

The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.

New York Radical Women was an early second-wave feminist radical feminist group that existed from 1967–1969.

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) is an association of professional film critics, who work in print, broadcast and online media, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States.

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a 501(c)(3) organization with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure.

Open Doors is a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians in over 60 countries where Christianity is socially or legally discouraged or oppressed.

distributed.net (or Distributed Computing Technologies, Inc. or DCTI) is a worldwide distributed computing effort that is attempting to solve large scale problems using otherwise idle CPU or GPU time.

The Brookings Institution is a century-old American research group on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.

The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986 and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that operates the Be The Match Registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors and umbilical cord blood units in the United States.

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George B.

Defense Distributed is an online, open-source organization that designs firearms, or "wiki weapons", that may be downloaded from the Internet and "printed" with a 3D printer.

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on mass atrocity prevention in support of the international norm of the Responsibility to Protect.

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.

The Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) is the oldest continuous denominational historical society in the United States.

The Religious Heritage of America (RHA) Foundation was founded by W.

The United States Powered Paragliding Association (USPPA), is a non-profit organization based in the United States that endeavors to support a segment of ultralight aviation known as powered paragliding.

The United States Ultralight Association (USUA) is a non-profit organization that endeavors to support ultralight aviation and ultralight aircraft It is the oldest ultralight organization in the US, formed after motors began appearing on hang gliders in the early 1980s.

A Voluntary Action Center (VAC) is an American local non-profit organization that seeks to help people meet their needs through the efforts of volunteers.

Volunteers for Israel (VFI) is an American non-profit organization that volunteers to do civilian work in Israel, open to both Jews and non-Jews.

The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) was established in 1986 by Cambridge, Massachusetts architect Simeon Bruner.

GingerBread Lane is a non-profit seasonal display of a handmade gingerbread village prepared by chef Jon Lovitch.

LARP Alliance, Inc.

MovieLabs is an independent non-profit organization founded by Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros.

Open Scalable File Systems, Inc.

Restore International is a nonprofit organization founded by Bob Goff in 2003.

The Future Project is an American non-profit organization that inspires young Americans to live lives of passion and purpose — and learn how to change the world.

World Culture Open (WCO) is a non-profit organization that promotes cultural diversity and unprejudiced cultural exchange around the globe.

Delegates Unbound is an American non-profit political organization established in 2016.

Project Forgive (also known as the Project Forgive Foundation) is an American 501c3 non-partisan, non-religious leadership foundation which educates university students in the topics of business that include diversity, integrity, collaboration, compassion and forgiveness in the workplace.

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

The Campaign for World Government was established in 1937 by prominent feminists and peace activists Rosika Schwimmer and Lola Maverick Lloyd.

The Pacific Basin Development Council is a non-profit organization that was established in early 1980s by the governors of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and Hawaii.

Sisters for Christian Community is a contemporary, non-canonical, ecumenical religious order of women founded in 1970 in direct response to the Roman Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council.

Yorba Foundation was a non-profit software group based in San Francisco, and founded by Adam Dingle wanting to bring first class software to the open source community.

The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.

GiveBackFilms is an American YouTube charity show known for awarding hard working people, the homeless, and charity organizations who are in need of cash.

The Big Seven is a group of nonpartisan, non-profit organizations made up of United States state and local government officials.

Expert Labs is a non-profit technology incubator intended to aid government access expertise from interested members of the public.

FoodCorps is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to work with communities to "connect kids to healthy food in school.

Frontlash was a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to help minority and young people register to vote and to engage in voter education.

Ganas is an intentional community founded in 1979 in Tompkinsville, Staten Island.

LIFT is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping families break the cycle of poverty.

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) is an organization that describes itself as providing a twelve-step program for recovery from what it terms sexual compulsion.

The Great March for Climate Action (also known as the Climate March) was launched on March 1, 2013 by former Iowa lawmaker Ed Fallon, inspired after meeting with Bill McKibben.

The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) classification system was developed by the National Center for Charitable Statistics to classify nonprofit organizations.

Break Away is a national nonprofit organization that promotes the development of quality alternative break programs through training, assisting, and connecting campuses and communities.

Women Who Code is a global non-profit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers.

Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization which aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science.

The National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance or NCFTA established in 1997 in Pittsburgh is an American non-profit corporation focused on identifying, mitigating, and neutralizing cyber crime threats through strategic alliances and partnerships with subject matter experts (SME) in the public, private, and academic sectors.

Founding president of USCBS Corine Wegener served in the U.

Crisis Text Line is a United States not-for-profit organization providing free crisis intervention via SMS message.

UbuWeb is a large web-based educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet, founded in 1996 by poet Kenneth Goldsmith.

Junior Achievement (also JA or JA Worldwide) is a non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 by Horace A.

Issue One is an American nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which seeks to reduce the role of money in politics.

Operation Stand Down is a United States non-profit organization providing social services to United States Armed Forces veterans, helping them transition into civilian life.

Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) refers to a federation of U.

The JustJobs Network is the vision of John Podesta, who founded and incubated the organization within the Center for American Progress.

Y Tu Tambien is a project ran in New York City to aid low-income students through the college admission process.

A 501(c) organization, or simply a 501(c), is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the United States.

The Walther Collection is a private non-profit organization dedicated to researching, collecting, exhibiting, and publishing modern and contemporary photography and video art.

Purpose Built Communities is a non profit organization founded by Tom Cousins, Warren Buffett and Julian Robertson to replicate Cousin's East Lake model of community redevelopment within other cities and areas throughout the United States.

The State of the USA is a non-profit group that seeks to present non-partisan data on key national indicators of the United States.

The New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA) is a non-profit organization founded 1964.

Olive Crest is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping abused and neglected children.

The Council for the United States and Italy (CONSIUSA) is a non-profit, organization founded in 1983 whose purpose is to foster better ties between the United States and Italy, with a focus on economy and finance.

The Photographic Society of America (PSA) is one of the largest, non-profit organization of its kind.

Tread Lightly! is a nonprofit organization in the United States with the mission "to empower generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly through stewardship to further the goals of responsible and ethical recreation.

Appalachian Volunteers (AV) was a non-profit organization engaged in community development projects in central Appalachia that evolved into a controversial community organizing network, with a reputation that went "from self-help to sedition" as its staff developed from "reformers to radicals," in the words of one historian, in the brief period between 1964 and 1970 during the War on Poverty.

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

The Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM) was a non-profit organization, active from 1912 to 1989, concerned with education and community development in southern Appalachia.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, non-profit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress.

The International Academy of Aquatic Art (or IAAA) is a nonprofit organization for the development of swimming as a performing art.

Investours is an organization that bridges the gap between microfinance and educational tourism.

Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated is not for profit organization whose primary mission is conservation.