The Streisand Foundation

Each year, The Streisand Foundation contributes to a wide variety of causes. The following list represents some of these non-profit organizations. Please select each link for more detailed information and a website address where available.

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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.

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
1333 H St, NW
11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-393-6181

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is one of the nation's leading progressive legal organizations. Founded in 2001, ACS is a rapidly growing network of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges, policymakers and other concerned individuals. They have organized student chapters on law school campuses across the country, fostering a new generation of progressive leaders. ACS's mission is to ensure that the fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, equality, and access to justice enjoy their rightful place in American law.

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
2000 M Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-467-4999

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.

City Year
287 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
617-927-2500

City Year unites a corps of diverse young people, ages 17-24, for a year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. These young leaders make a commitment to give back to their community--as tutors, mentors, and role models to under privileged and disadvantaged youth in the country's most impoverished communities. They work in schools and at after-school programs, transforming the kids and the neighborhoods they serve.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
1110 Vermont Ave. NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
202-973-4800

Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and advocate. For more than 90 years, they have worked to improve women's health and safety, prevent unintended pregnancies, and advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible choices.

Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue
34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
212-290-4700

Human Rights Watch is one of the world's leading organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, they give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. For 30 years, Human Rights Watch has worked tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep-rooted change and has fought to bring greater justice and security to people around the world.