Organizations Focused on Poverty & Income Inequality
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Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights.
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Citizens for Tax Justice"Citizens for Tax Justice, founded in 1979, is a 501(c)(4) public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on federal, state and local tax policies and their impact upon our nation. CTJ’s mission is to give ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws."
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Cornell University Center for the Study of Inequality"The Center for the Study of Inequality is devoted to understanding patterns, causes, and consequences of social and economic inequality."
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Economic Hardship Reporting Project"The Economic Hardship Reporting Project aims to change the national conversation around both poverty and economic insecurity. The stories we commission – from narrative features to photo essays and video – put a human face on financial instability."
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Economic Policy Institute"The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions."
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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)The ICRC operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war.
