Recommended Civic Groups for Year End Charitable Giving

For those of you who make last minute charitable contributions to “good works,” here is my recommended list of really stalwart, result-oriented, no-nonsense civic advocacy groups.

You can find out yourself all they are doing with modest budgets by going to their websites. They are the lighthouses of a democratic society.

Appalachia-Science in the Public Interest: appalachia-spi.org
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest: aclpi.org
Beyond Nuclear: beyondnuclear.org
Beyond Pesticides: beyondpesticides.org
Center for Health, Environment & Justice: chej.org
Center for Race, Poverty, and the Environment: crpe-ej.org
Children’s Advocacy Institute: sandiego.edu/cai
Doctors Without Borders USA: doctorswithoutborders.org
Earth Island Institute: earthisland.org
Flyers Rights: flyersrights.org
Honor the Earth: honorearth.org
Indian Law Resource Center: indianlaw.org
Solitary Watch: solitarywatch.org
Nuclear Information and Resources Service: nirs.org
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: peer.org
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project: worc.org/ep
Whirlwind Wheelchair: whirlwindwheelchair.org
Veterans For Peace: veteransforpeace.org