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This directory describes 250 active public interest organizations which play an important role in pressing for change in government and private policies. It arranges the groups under 12 subject categories: business/economic groups; civil/constitutional rights groups; community/grass roots; consumer/health; corporate accountability/responsibility; environmental; international affairs; media; political/governmental process; public interest law; religious; and "think tanks." For each organization, the directory provides an address and telephone number, staff level, budget, scope of the organization, its stated purpose, tax status, method of operation, current concerns, funding sources, political action committees, and effectiveness and political orientation as demonstrated in published descriptions of the organization's work. ISBN 0-87187-461-X: $125.00.