The council on criminal justice advances understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all. independent and nonpartisan, we are an invitational membership organization and think tank, serving as a center of gravity and incubator of policy and leadership for the criminal justice field. harnessing the experience and vision of the nation's top experts, innovators, and influencers, we are a catalyst for progress based on facts, evidence and fundamental principles of justice. above all, the council is founded on the belief that a fair and effective criminal justice system is essential to democracy and a core measure of our nation's well-being.

The washington housing conservancy is preserving affordable workforce housing and serving as stewards for long-term affordability in the washington area.

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Global fishing watch advances ocean governance through increased transparency of human activity at sea. by creating and publicly sharing map visualizations, data and analysis tools, we enable scientific research and drive a transformation in how we manage our oceans.

The foundation's mission is to inform the public on the economic and societal contributions of software, advance opportunities for stem education, and broaden understanding of software-related elements of stem education and the importance of software to policy goals.

Ceir seeks to restore trust in the american election system and promote election procedures that encourage participation while ensuring election integrity and security.

Rfa's mission is to make investing in what works the "new normal", so that government decision-makers will regularly and effectively use evidence and data to increase the impact of government spending to improve the lives of young people, their families and communities. rfa's activities are focused on government decision-makers to build their awareness of, support for, and the ability to implement funding of evidenced-based, results-driven social programs that improve outcomes. rfa's initiatives fall into three program areas: standards of excellence, implementation support, and momentum building.

The mission of the institute for governance & sustainable development is to build resilience by accelerating fast climate mitigation actions to slow near-term warming and self-reinforcing climate feedbacks, avoid catastrophic climate and societal tipping points, and limit global temperature to 1.5c - or at least keep this temperature guardrail in sight.

Dedicated to increasing public knowledge through washington monthly magazine and website www.washingtonmonthly.com. the print magazine, in its 53rd year, is the most important watchdog of american government being published today, diagnosing what's awry in washington and world affairs and how to fix it.

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To extend and improve the lives of those affected by pulmonary hypertension (ph).

Improving public policy, informing the public, and invigorating civic life.

To unite business, policy and finance to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy.

The health and environmental sciences institute (hesi) is a nonprofit institution whose mission is to engage scientists from academia, government, industry, nonprofit, and other research institutions to identify and resolve global health and environmental issues.

The protection of endangered species and their habitat: the endangered species coalition (esc) works to ensure that the nation's programs and laws protecting endangered species and habitat are fully funded and enforced. this has been accomplished by educating the general public about all the threats to the laws. the best way to do this is through grassroots mobilization. the organizers in the states have worked on local, state and regional campaigns in their repective states. esc works with members of other organizations and activists in ther respective states to protect specific species. esc also maintains a website that contains fact sheets and action alerts about issues they are working on.

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To promote and preserve the tradition of stepping and it's connections to art forms around the world.

The arab american institute foundations goal is to encourage, recognize, and celebrate arab american participation in american civic life, and to cultivate and mobilize a strong, educated, empowered arab american community that can play a meaningful role in the united states.

To create learning communities in lower income urban areas where all students, particularly those who have not succeeded in traditional schools, can reach their potential and prepare for college, career, and a lifetime of success. to further its mission, the foundation manages two schools: maya angelou academy at new beginnings youth development center and youth services center.