The California Endowment is a private, statewide health foundation with a mission to build a stronger state by expanding access to affordable, quality health care to under-served communities and improving the overall health of all Californians.

Private foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. The Fund is dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care, and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, elderly people, low-income families, minority Americans, and the uninsured. In connection with its grantmaking, the Fund issues more than 50 reports each year on the topics listed in the left-hand navigation bar of the page.

A non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. Unlike grant-making foundations, KFF develops and runs its own policy analysis, journalism and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with major news organizations.

PHF is a private, non-profit organization that develops resources, tools, information, and training for health agencies, organizations, and individuals to help improve performance and community health outcomes.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation makes grants for a range of health issues, including access to care, childhood obesity, and training for doctors and nurses. Other topics of interest to the foundation include social and economic factors that can impact health, including quality of housing, violence, poverty, and access to fresh food.

A not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.

The American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 13,000 members in more than 80 countries.

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education.

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research.

The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering. It seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank – dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.

The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action.

CLASP develops and advocates for federal, state and local policies to strengthen families and create pathways to education and work.

Hull's Centre for Security Studies researches a wide range of security issues. The Centre is internationally noted for its work on war studies and military ethics.

We are a nonpartisan research and policy institute. We pursue federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways.

The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for more than 40 years to ensure a level playing field for all children.

The Economic Policy Institute’s mission is to inform and empower individuals to seek solutions that ensure broadly shared prosperity and opportunity.

The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich is a center of competence for Swiss and international security policy. It offers security policy expertise in research, teaching, and consultancy and operates the International Relations and Security Network (ISN). The CSS promotes understanding of security policy challenges as a contribution to a more peaceful world.

Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.

Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institution—a think tank—whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

With its eminent scholars and world-renowned library and archives, the Hoover Institution seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity, while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.

The Institute for a Sustainable Environment is a center for innovative, interdisciplinary research at the nexus of ecological, economic, and social sustainability.

Beginning in 1987, the Institute for Global Communications (IGC) played a formative role in bringing advanced communications technologies to grassroots organizations worldwide working for peace, human rights, environmental sustainability, women's rights, conflict resolution and worker rights.

The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy "think tank" based in Irving, Texas and founded in 1987 to research, develop and promote innovative and non-partisan solutions to today's public policy problems.

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialog, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. - See more at: http://www.iwpr.org/about#sthash.uwl5C4tU.dpuf

IDEX’s goal is to alleviate poverty and injustice around the world. IDEX invests in the grassroots leaders at the forefront of transforming our food systems for the better, building wealth in their communities, and fighting for true climate action.

IISD’s mission is to promote human development and environmental sustainability through innovative research, communication and partnerships.

ISA has over 6,500 members worldwide and is the most respected and widely known scholarly association dedicated to international studies.

The Joint Center is a catalyst for groundbreaking research and critical policy analysis on topics of concern to communities of color.

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.

New America is dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the digital age through big ideas, technological innovation, next generation politics, and creative engagement with broad audiences.

The purpose of policyAmerica is to develop the next agenda in American social policy through an electronic network of current and retired administrators, scholars, and advocates who share that same goal

Policy Network is an international thinktank and research institute. Its network spans national borders across Europe and the wider world with the aim of promoting the best progressive thinking on the major social and economic challenges of the 21st century.

The Progressive Policy Institute is an independent, innovative and high-impact D.C.-based think tank founded in 1989.

The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous.

Resources for the Future improves environmental and natural resource policymaking worldwide through objective social science research of the highest caliber.

From villages in rural India to the corridors of power in Brussels, Transparency International gives voice to the victims and witnesses of corruption. We work together with governments, businesses and citizens to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals.

Our mission: to open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions through economic and social policy research.