Each year, The Streisand Foundation contributes to a wide variety of causes. The following list represents some of these
charitable foundations. Please select each link for more detailed information and a website address where available.
Please read the Foundation Guidelines
The Streisand Foundation
2800 28th Street
Suite 105
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Natural Resources
Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
212-727-2700
The purpose of the Natural Resources Defense Council is to safeguard the Earth,
its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life
depends. They work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life
- air, land, and water - and to defend endangered natural places. NRDC strives
to protect nature in way that advances the long-term welfare of present and
future generations. They work to foster the fundamental right of all people
to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment and they seek to
break down the disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color
and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives
to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely
without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth.
National Breast Cancer
Coalition Fund
1101 17th Street, NW
Suite 1300
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-7477
The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund is a grassroots advocacy effort to
eradicate breast cancer through action and advocacy. Through national campaigns,
media outreach and skills-building conferences, they have built a grassroots
network of survivor/advocates across the country with members in every state.
Currently, over 400 organizations and tens of thousands of individuals bring
their power and voice to their network. Working together, the Coalition has
forever altered the way that scientists, health care providers, the government,
and private industry deal with breast cancer. Their work has had a profound
impact on those whose lives are touched by the disease and has inspired many
women and men to come together and form new alliances to join the fight to end
the breast cancer epidemic.
Institute
for America's Future
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 205
Washington, DC 20036
202-955-5665
The purpose of the Institute for America's Future is to elaborate the message,
policy initiatives, and critiques essential to a progressive economic and social
agenda. The Institute sponsors research, probes public opinion, and devotes
extensive effort in reaching out to activists and concerned citizens through
the public media - print, electronic, the internet, etc. Current projects include
work on saving Social Security, public investment in areas vital to the economy
like education, research, and development, the environment, the debate on the
global economy, and the challenge to the flat tax.
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006>BR?
(202) 628-4160
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the
Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay and lesbian advocacy
organization, with more than 560,000 members. The HRC Foundation
envisions an America where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. The
HRC Foundation operates FamilyNet - offering LGBT families the latest
news and information about parenting, aging, the law, schools, work and
other issues. The foundation's WorkNet project is a national source of
information and advocacy around workplace policies and laws surrounding
sexual orientation and gender identity. In addition, the National Coming
Out Project, also part of the HRC Foundation, encourages every LGBT
individual to educate America by living their lives honestly.
Center
for Public Integrity
910 17th Street, NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
202-466-1300
The Center for Public Integrity was founded in 1989 by Charles Lewis, following
a successful 11-year career in journalism and network television news. The Center
for Public Integrity was established to provide the products of its investigations
and analyses by talented, responsible journalists to the American public. Through
this vehicle, the Center seeks to educate, enable, and empower people to make
informed decisions with respect to the conduct of their daily lives, to hold
government accountable and, ultimately, to make democracy successful by living
within the truth.
Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
820 First Street, NE
Suite 510
Washington, DC 20002
202-408-1080
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a research organization and policy
institute that conducts research and analysis on a broad range of government
policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low and moderate
income Americans. The Center has attained a national reputation for blending
rigorous research with the ability to present work in a timely and non-technical
manner. The Center is the principal source of information and analysis for policymakers,
program managers, the media, nonprofit organizations, and researchers at the
federal, state, and local levels.
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