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Number of results: 75
Phone: 815-964-5819
The International Organization for Family
Fax: 815-965-1826 Brian Brown President 2029 K Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC, United States 20006 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society is to reinforce the family as the first and irreplaceable social unit, to renew the religious foundation of virtue and liberty, and to restore the education of the young in the obligations of free men and women. To defend the family and to guide public policy and cultural norms, this Declaration asserts principles that respect and uphold the vital roles that the family plays in society. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: ~Marriage ~Family ~Children ~Religion ~Divorce ~Homosexuality ~Abortion
Phone: 303-963-3424
Centennial Institute
Jeff Hunt Executive Director 8787 West Alameda Avenue Lakewood, CO, United States 80226 Mission: Centennial Institute sponsors research, events, and publications to enhance public understanding of the most important issues facing our state and nation. By proclaiming Truth, we aim to foster faith, family, and freedom, teach citizenship, and renew the spirit of 1776. Tax Status: 501(c)3 Policy/Priority Issues:
Phone: 505-710-7293
New Mexico Center for Family Values
Jonathan Gardner Executive Director 1111 Alameda Blvd NW Ste D Albuquerque, NM, United States 87114-1953 [email protected] Mission: We advance our vision by influencing legislation and legislators. We support legislation that advances our vision and oppose legislation that hinders our vision. We seek to identify and elect candidates for public office that will advance our vision, and vote out of office candidates who do not support our vision. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: At the NM Center for Family Policy, our vision is to build a New Mexico where God is honored, life is cherished, religious freedom flourishes, and families thrive.
Phone: 866-655-4545
Family Policy Alliance of Georgia
Cole Muzio President 5456 Peachtree Blvd. Suite 234 Atlanta, GA, United States 30341 [email protected] Mission: Family Policy Alliance of Georgia is a public policy partner of Focus on the Family. And we’re part of a vibrant national alliance of pro-family state groups. As a Christ-centered organization, our vision is a state where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive and life is cherished. Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues:
Phone: 866-655-4545
Family Policy Alliance of North Dakota
Mark Jorritsma President and Executive Director 11515 Burnt Boat Dr. Suite C148 Bismarck, ND, United States 58503 [email protected] Mission: Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues:
Phone: 866-655-4545
Family Policy Alliance of Kansas
Eric Teetsel President 4021 SW 10th Street, Suite 311 Topeka, KS, United States 66604 [email protected] Mission: We believe God’s timeless design for the family is the strongest foundation for a free society. We equip and motivate Kansans to cast their ballots and raise their voices in support of pro-family candidates and policies. We believe human life is sacred. We’re all created in the image of God, so we respect and protect life, including preborn babies, the elderly and every other condition of the human experience through natural death. We believe the Founding Fathers got it right when they guaranteed the “free exercise of religion.” We protect the freedom of individuals, churches and businesses to speak and act according to their faith. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Family, Pro-Life, Religious Freedom
Phone: 205-870-9900
Alabama Policy Institute
Fax: 205-870-4407 Caleb Crosby President 2213 Morris Ave Ste 100 Birmingham, AL, United States 35203-4227 [email protected] Mission: The Alabama Policy Institute (API) is a non-profit, research and educational institute dedicated to influencing public policy by identifying, developing, and promoting innovative policy ideas and by providing fact-based, objective analysis of key issues. The mission of API is to provide information to the people of Alabama about the legislative issues being debated in Montgomery and Washington, D.C., and to be a reliable resource to our elected representatives on public policy issues. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: ~Accountability in state government ~Lowering Alabama’s tax burden ~Education reform ~Federal marriage amendment ~National Fatherhood Initiative
Phone: 907-317-7268
Alaska Family Council
Jim Minnery President P.O. Box 231425 Anchorage, AK, United States 99523 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the Alaska Family Council is to strengthen and protect Alaskan families through public policy education, issue research and grassroots advocacy Tax Status: 501(c)4 Policy/Priority Issues: • Abstinence • Christians and Politics • Defense of Marriage • Education & School Choice • Gambling • Judicial Activism• Pornography & Obscenity • Religious Liberty • Sanctity of Life
Phone: 662-844-5036
American Family Association
Fax: 662-842-7798 Tim Wildmon President PO Drawer 2440 Tupelo, MS, United States 38803 [email protected] Mission: Founded in 1977 by Don Wildmon, American Family Association (AFA) informs, motivates and equips God’s people to take action on issues that threaten to undermine and destroy America’s families and the Godly values upon which our nation was founded. As a result of the proactive efforts of God’s people, AFA is a multi-faceted organization that works hard on many fronts to promote and defend the sanctity of family, of marriage, and of life itself. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Keeping the doors open for the Gospel to be freely proclaimed • Defending and promoting traditional marriage • Fighting the advance of the radical homosexual agenda • Promoting the sanctity of human life • Educating the public on the influence of television and other media—including pornography—on our society • Urging the church to remain faithful to the authority of the Bible
Phone: 662-844-5036
American Family Association Foundation
Fax: 662-842-7798 Rev. Donald Wildmon Chairman PO Drawer 2440 107 Parkgate Drive Tupelo, MS, United States 38803 [email protected] Mission: The American Family Association Foundation is a Christian organization dedicated to promoting the biblical ethic of decency in American society with primary emphasis on television and other media. The Foundation believes that the entertainment industry, through its various products, has played a major role in the decline of those values on which our country was founded and which keep a society and its families strong and healthy. Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues: Church in America • Culture and society • Education • Entertainment industry • Marriage and family • Gambling • Homosexual agenda • Money and finance • Pornography • Pro-life • Global religious persecution
Phone: 989-835-7978
American Family Association of Michigan
Fax: 810-222-5109 Gary Glenn President PO Box 1904 Midland, MI, United States 48641-1904 [email protected] Mission: Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues: State marriage protection amendment • Internet pornography • Preserving traditional family values
Phone: 516-944-3544
American Family Association of New York
Frank Russo State Director PO Box 203 Port Washington, NY, United States 11050 [email protected] Mission: The purpose of the American Family Association of New York is to educate its members and the general public on matters pertaining to the family and factors that affect the family in positive or negative ways and to encourage actions conducive to building strong families. The Association produces and airs a weekly public access cable television program on various cable systems throughout New York State and issues a newsletter approximately three times per year free of charge to those interested. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: School choice • Right to life • Traditional marriage • Reducing New York income and property taxes • Requiring all child abuse to be reported to law enforcement, not just parental abuse • Media bias
Phone: 888-317-5571
American Tradition, Family and Property
Fax: 717-225-7382 Raymond E. Drake President PO Box 341 Hanover, PA, United States 17331 [email protected] Mission: Tradition, Family, Property (TFP) is a non-partisan civic and cultural organization that, inspired by the traditional teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, works to defend and promote the principles of private ownership, family, and Christian values. TFP does this by studying both the foundations of America’s traditions—to invigorate them—and the components of disintegration—to counteract them. Tax Status: 501(c)(4) Policy/Priority Issues: Promoting the traditional family • Opposing same-sex marriage, abortion, and euthanasia • Blasphemy in the culture • Ballistic missile defense
Phone: 501-375-7000
Arkansas Family Council
Fax: 501-375 7040 Jerry Cox President & Executive Director 414 South Pulaski, Suite 2 Little Rock, AR, United States 72201 [email protected] Mission: The Arkansas Family Council (AFC) was established in 1989 in association with Focus on the Family and Dr. James Dobson. AFC is a conservative, research, and education organization dedicated to upholding traditional values. Its mission is to promote, protect, and strengthen traditional family values in Arkansas as part of the overall effort to prevent the “great unraveling” of American culture and to champion the values that have made Arkansas and the nation great. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Sanctity of life • Parental rights • Voter education • Home schooling • Abstinence and out-of-wedlock births • Traditional values in schools
Phone: 410-705-6360
Association of Maryland Families
Fax: 410-760-9164 Derek McCoy President PO Box 106 Annapolis, MD, United States 21404 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the Association of Maryland Families is to serve as a resource and a voice for pastors and to equip, encourage, and exhort Christians and others who care about the moral fabric of our nation to be responsible, informed, and involved citizens. Our purpose is to educate voters and politicians to keep their commitment to both liberty and law, so that America may continue to be one nation under God. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Family • Abortion • Embryonic stem cell research • Homosexuality • Marriage
Phone: 512-368-4213
Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture
Kevin E. Stuart Director 2025 Guadalupe St. Suite 260 Austin, TX, United States 78705 [email protected] Mission: The Austin Institute’s mission is to be a leading resource for tested, rigorous academic research on questions of family, sexuality, social structures and human relationships. Tax Status: 501(c)3 Policy/Priority Issues: * Family Stability * Culture and Community * Marriage and Family Structure * Citizenship and Civil Society
Phone: 951-742-7100
California Family Council
Jonathan Keller President PO Box 20012 Riverside, CA, United States 92516 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the California Family Council (CFC) is to protect and foster Judeo-Christian principles in California’s laws for the benefit of its families. CFC’s foundational pillars affirm life is from God, and the life in a womb—though perhaps unplanned—is a baby deserving of protection; marriage between a man and a woman is God’s design, and only in the union of a man and a woman can a godly legacy be fruitfully multiplied; marriage is the building block of a stable society, and from the commitment of a man and woman in marriage comes the best opportunity for children to thrive; and parents have the responsibility of nurturing their children and equipping their children with a world view. CFC serves to maintain this freedom, exposing and opposing legislation that attempts to usurp the authority of parents in child-rearing. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues:
Phone: 703-671-8800
Campaign for Working Families
Fax: 703-671-8899 Gary L. Bauer Chairman P.O. Box 1222 Merrifield, VA, United States 22116 [email protected] Mission: Campaign for Working Families is a non-partisan political action committee dedicated to electing pro-family, pro-life, and pro-free enterprise candidates to federal and state offices. Tax Status: 501(c)(4) Policy/Priority Issues: Pro-life • Pro-family • Pro-free enterprise
Phone: 916-498-1940
Capitol Resource Institute
Fax: 916-448-2888 Karen England Executive Director 660 J Street, Suite 250 Sacramento, CA, United States 95814 [email protected] Mission: Capitol Resource Institute is a non-profit organization engaged in coalition-building, media outreach, lobbying, and legislative tracking. The organization is dedicated to the principles of traditional families, parental rights, limited government, and citizen responsibility. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage • Education • Parental rights • Gambling • Health • Privacy
Phone: 202-393-7002
Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM)
Fax: 202-393-7004 Austin Ruse President 1730 Rhode Island Ave NW, Suite 212 Washington, DC, United States 20036 [email protected] Mission: C-FAM’s mission is to monitor the evolving international debate on social policy and to assist nations to more deeply understand these difficult issues. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: International social policy • Abortion • Marriage • Stem-cell research
Phone: 602-424-2525
Center for Arizona Policy
Fax: 602-424-2530 Cathi Herrod President and General Counsel PO Box 97250 Phoenix, AZ, United States 85060 [email protected] Mission: The Center for Arizona Policy is a non-profit, research, and education organization committed to strengthening the family and restoring traditional moral principles to the public policy and cultural arenas. As part of a 50-state partnership associated with Focus on the Family, the Center works to provide quality research and factual information to policymakers on vital issues affecting the family, to equip concerned citizens and churches to be persuasive advocates for the family, and to be a voice for the family by communicating truth through the media. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Sanctity of life • Traditional marriage • Gambling • School choice • Pornography • Covenant marriage
Phone: 972-298-1811
Children’s Education Fund
Fax: 972-572-1515 Richard H. Collins Founder and Chairman 8150 North Central Expressway Suite 1900 – South Tower Dallas, TX, United States 75222-5748 [email protected] Mission: The Children’s Education Fund (CEF) offers scholarships to Dallas-area students from low-income families to use toward tuition to the schools of their choice. CEF is part of the Today Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to raising the public’s and policymakers’ awareness of education, taxation and criminal justice issues. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Educate the public about school choice • Provide scholarships and technology to disadvantaged students
Phone: 207-622-7634
Christian Civic League of Maine
Fax: 207-621-0035 Carroll Conley, Jr. Executive Director PO Box 5459 Augusta, ME, United States 04330 [email protected] Mission: Christian Civic League of Maine exists for the purpose of bringing a Christian influence to the public sphere through effectively working with public policymakers and members by providing accurate, timely, and persuasive information from a Biblical perspective. Its goals are to encourage all the people of Maine in good citizenship, to elect honest and competent public officials, and to enact good laws and provide for their impartial enforcement. Tax Status: 501(c)(4) Policy/Priority Issues: Family policy • Educational choice • Human sexuality • Gambling • Sanctity of life issues
Phone: 513-733-5775
Citizens for Community Values
Fax: 513-733-5794 Aaron Baer President 11177 Reading Road, 1st Floor Cincinnati, OH, United States 45241 [email protected] Mission: Citizens for Community Values (CCV) seeks to promote Judeo-Christian moral values and to reduce destructive behaviors contrary to those values. CCV carries out this mission through education, active community partnership, and individual empowerment at the local, state, and national levels. Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues: Pornography and sexually-oriented businesses • Children • Family-friends airwaves • Protection of traditional marriage • Homosexual agenda • Victims of destructive behavior
Phone: 202-488-7000
Concerned Women for America (CWA)
Fax: 202-488-0806 Peggy Nance CEO 1015 15th Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC, United States 20005 [email protected] Mission: The mission of CWA is to promote and protect Biblical values among all citizens—first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society—thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation. The vision of CWA is for women and like-minded men, from all walks of life, to come together and restore the family to its traditional purpose and thereby allow each member of the family to realize their God-given potential and be more responsible citizens. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Sanctity of life • Religious freedom • Defense of the family • Pornography • Education • National sovereignty
Phone: 800-458-8797
Concerned Women for America of New Hampshire
Michelle Minor CWA Field Organization Coordinator PO Box 38 Auburn, NH, United States 03032 [email protected] Mission: he mission of Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Florida is to promote and protect Biblical values among all citizens—first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society—thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation. The vision of CWA is for women and like-minded men, from all walks of life, to come together and restore the family to its traditional purpose and thereby allow each member of the family to realize their God-given potential and be more responsible citizens. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Sanctity of life • Religious freedom • Defense of the family • Pornography • Education • National sovereignty
Phone: 806-928-0664
Concerned Women for America of Texas-West
Kerri Ann Thompson Director P.O. Box 1386 Orange, TX, United States 77631 [email protected] Mission: The mission of Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Texas-West is to promote and protect Biblical values among all citizens—first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society—thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation. The vision of CWA is for women and like-minded men, from all walks of life, to come together and restore the family to its traditional purpose and thereby allow each member of the family to realize their God-given potential and be more responsible citizens. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Sanctity of life • Religious freedom • Defense of the family • Pornography • Education • National sovereignty
Phone: 434-401-8852
Concerned Women for America of Virginia
Ann Robeson Director PO Box 1465 Bedford, VA, United States 24523 [email protected] Mission: The mission of Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Florida is to promote and protect Biblical values among all citizens—first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society—thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation. The vision of CWA is for women and like-minded men, from all walks of life, to come together and restore the family to its traditional purpose and thereby allow each member of the family to realize their God-given potential and be more responsible citizens. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Sanctity of life • Religious freedom • Defense of the family • Pornography • Education • National sovereignty
Phone: 208-954-3222
Cornerstone Family Council of Idaho
Julie Lynde Executive Director PO Box 563 Eagle, ID, United States 83616 [email protected] Mission: Cornerstone Family Council exists to protect and strengthen the traditional family and restore time-honored principles to the roles of family, church, and government. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Religious freedom • Pro-life • Defense of marriage • Choice in education
Phone: 603-228-4794
Cornerstone Action
Fax: 603-228-6069 Rico McCahon Executive Director P.O. Box 4683 Manchester, NH, United States 03108 [email protected] Mission: Cornerstone Policy Research is a non-partisan, non-profit, research, and education organization dedicated to building strong families, restoring traditional principles to public policy, and preserving free enterprise—all of which are the cornerstone of a free and prosperous society. Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues: Securing the definition of marriage • Abstinence • Tax burden on families • Judicial reform
Phone: 302-990-2775
Delaware Family Policy Council
Fax: 302-875-8288 Nicole Thies Executive Director P.O. Box 925 Seaford, DE, United States 19973 [email protected] Mission: The mission of Delaware Family Policy Council (DFPC) is to advocate for principles of life, marriage, family, religious liberty, and biblical stewardship of government. Tax Status: 501(c)(4) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage • Parenting • Relationships • Family
Phone: 425-679-5671
Families Northwest
Fax: 425-679-5675 Jeff Kemp President PO Box 40584 Bellevue, WA, United States 98015-4584 [email protected] Mission: Families Northwest exists to encourage the development of communities where families are valued and nurtured. It is an information, research, and communications organization that strives to multiply its efforts on behalf of families by networking with various leaders in state government, the media, churches, and businesses who Families Northwest believes can help change hearts and attitudes about the importance of family on a larger scale. Families Northwest also comments on public policy, informs citizens about community issues, produces public service announcements on family relationships, and promotes civic responsibility, family-friendly business practices, and marriage-strengthening principles. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage and divorce • Increasing family time together • Parental rights • Family-friendly business • Abstinence education and healthy relationships • Strengthening roles of both mothers and fathers
Phone: 615-591-2090
Family Action Council of Tennessee
David Fowler President 1113 Murfreesboro Road Suite, 106-167 Franklin, TN, United States 37064 [email protected] Mission: Family Action Council of Tennessee (FACT)'s mission is to promote and defend a culture that values the traditional family, for the sake of the common good. We believe that healthy families and communities come about when basic values from the Bible are embraced and upheld. Even those who may not believe everything in the Bible have found it hard to overlook its long track record of creating stable societies. Neglecting commonsense biblical values contributes to many of our nation’s current ills like crime, disease, divorce, “unwanted” pregnancies, teen suicide and academic failure. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage and Family • Right to Life • Adoption • Religious Liberty
Phone: 859-255-5400
The Family Foundation of Kentucky
Fax: 606-233-3330 Kent Ostrander Executive Director PO Box 911111 Lexington, KY, United States 40591 [email protected] Mission: The Family Foundation of Kentucky is a non-profit, educational organization that works in the public policy arena to strengthen families and protect the values that make families strong in Kentucky. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Gambling • Homosexuality • Abstinence education • Striptease regulation • Pornography • Alcohol • Hate crimes law • Healthcare • Sanctity of life • Education • Taxation
Phone: 804-343-0010
The Family Foundation of Virginia
Fax: 804-343-0050 Victoria Cobb President 919 East Main Street Suite 1110 Richmond, VA, United States 23219 [email protected] Mission: The Family Foundation of Virginia is a non-profit research and education organization whose mission is to strengthen the family by improving public policy through research, education, and civic activism. The Foundation researches the issues being debated in Richmond and provides analysis and ideas to both citizens and elected officials. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Life • Marriage • Taxes • Religious liberty • Pornography • School choice
Phone: 605-718-5433
Family Heritage Alliance
Dale Bartscher Chair PO Box 329 Rapid City, SD, United States 57709 [email protected] Mission: The Family Heritage Alliance exists to Champion the Judeo-Christian Values of Faith, Family and Freedom. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Human rights, celebrating family, Islamic issues, freedom, family, pastors, Common Core.
Phone: 860-548-0066
Family Institute of Connecticut
Fax: 860-548-9545 Peter Wolfgang Executive Director PO Box 260210 Hartford, CT, United States 06126 [email protected] Mission: The Family Institute of Connecticut’s mission is to encourage and strengthen the family as the foundation of society and to promote sound ethical and moral values in our culture and government. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage savers • Fatherhood movement • Educational improvement through school choice and scholarships • Defense of marriage (oppose same-sex marriage)
Phone: 515-263-3495
The FAMiLY Leader
Fax: 515-263-3498 Bob Vander Plaats President & CEO 10506 Justin Dr. Urbandale, IA, United States 50322 [email protected] Mission: The FAMiLY LEADER provides a consistent, courageous voice in the churches, in the legislature, in the media, in the courtroom, in the public square…always standing for God’s truth. Tax Status: 501(c)(4) Policy/Priority Issues: Religious freedom, traditional marriage, faith, family values.
Phone: 304-756-8567
The Family Policy Council of West Virginia
Allen Whitt President PO Box 566 Charleston, WV, United States 25322 [email protected] Mission: The Family Policy Council of West Virginia is a servant organization that advocates for policies that embrace the sanctity of human life, enrich marriage, and safeguard religious freedom. Our passion is to advance, defend, and equip West Virginia's families. Tax Status: 501(c)(4) Policy/Priority Issues: Right to Life • Marriage and Family • Religious Liberty
Phone: 425-608-0242
The Family Policy Institute of Washington
Fax: 425-608-7216 Joseph Backholm Executive Director 16108 Ash Way, Suite 113 Lynnwood, WA, United States 98087 [email protected] Mission: The Family Policy Institute of Washington is a non-profit organization that believes strong families are the foundation of a strong and healthy state. Therefore, we are fully committed to promoting public policy that encourages families to form, grow, and endure. The FPIW advocates for life, marriage, religious freedom and parental rights in the halls of government as well as in media, churches, schools, and community forums throughout our state. Tax Status: 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 Policy/Priority Issues: Right to Life • Marriage and Family • Parent Rights • Religious Liberty • Judicial Watch
Phone: 202-656-5384
Family Policy Network
Joe Glover Founder and President PO Box 1199 Forest, VA, United States 24551-1199 [email protected] Mission: Family Policy Network (FPN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Christians and confronting the culture on the important moral issues of the day. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Definition of the family • Human sexuality • Religious liberties
Phone: 202-393-2100
Family Research Council (FRC)
Fax: 202-393-2134 Tony Perkins President 801 G Street, NW Washington, DC, United States 20001 Mission: The Family Research Council champions marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society. The Council shapes public debate and formulates public policy that values human life and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family. Believing that God is the author of life, liberty, and the family, FRC promotes the Judeo-Christian world view as the basis for a just, free, and stable society. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage • Cloning/stem cell research • Abortion • Judicial activism • Pornography/sex trafficking • Religious liberties
Phone: 407-251-5130
Florida Family Policy Council
Fax: 407-251-0023 John T. Stemberger President and General Counsel 4853 South Orange Avenue, Suite C Orlando, FL, United States 32806 [email protected] Mission: The Florida Family Policy Council seeks to educate and inform citizens about public policy issues in Florida that would impact marriage, children, and families. Its mission is to strengthen Florida’s families through public policy education, issue research, and grassroots advocacy. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Abortion • Stem-cell research • Euthanasia • Marriage • Abstinence education • Pornography and obscenity laws • School choice • Church/state issues • Religious liberty
Phone: 719-531-3400
Focus on the Family
Fax: 719-548-4525 Jim Daly President 8605 Explorer Drive Colorado Springs, CO, United States 80920 [email protected] Mission: Focus on the Family’s primary reason for existence is to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in disseminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, and, specifically, to accomplish that objective by helping to preserve traditional values and the instruction of the family. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage/divorce • Life issues • Education • Gender issues • Sexuality • Gambling
Phone: 770-242-0001
Georgia Center for Opportunity
Fax: 770-242-0501 Randy Hicks President 333 Research Court, Suite 210 Norcross, GA, United States 30092 [email protected] Mission: Georgia Center for Opportunity is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to increasing opportunity and improving the quality of life for all Georgians. We research solutions to society’s most pressing challenges, promote those solutions to policymakers and the public, and help innovative social enterprises deliver results on the ground. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: ~Independence ~Responsibility ~Civil Society ~Stronger Families ~Collaboration ~Evidence
Phone: 808-203-6704
Hawaii Family Forum
Fax: 808-261-7022 Eva Andrade Executive Director 6301 Pali Highway Kaneohe, HI, United States 96744 [email protected] Mission: Hawaii Family Forum (HFF) is a non-profit, pro-family, policy education and research organization committed to the preservation and strengthening of families in Hawaii. While a legally independent entity, HFF is associated with Dr. James Dobson’s Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is part of the network of Family Policy Councils. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Stopping the legalization of physician-assisted suicide • Traditional marriage • Parental consent laws and abortion legislation • Gambling • Protection of children from sexual exploitation • Religious freedom
Phone: 630-790-8370
Illinois Family Institute
Fax: 630-790-8390 David Smith Executive Director 18470 Thompson Ct Ste 2A Tinley Park, IL, United States 60477-6774 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) is to create an environment where families can flourish by equipping churches and influencing public policymakers through leadership, information, and training. IFI’s work includes social policy research and publications and educating and mobilizing citizens for social action. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Sanctity of life • Defending marriage • Homosexual agenda • Decency/pornography • Education • Religious freedom
Phone: 317-423-9178
Indiana Family Institute
Fax: 314-423-9421 Curt Smith President 3600 West 96th Street Indianapolis, IN, United States 46268 [email protected] Mission: The Indiana Family Institute is a faith-based, non-partisan public education and research organization. Its mission is two-fold: to preserve pro-family policy already within state government and push for additional policies that will strengthen Indiana families and to work with churches, lay leaders, government, groups, and organizations to promote and implement effective marriage ministry and marriage enrichment programs. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage • Divorce • Same-sex marriage • Abortion • Family values • Relationship skills education
Phone: 703-962-7877
Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
Hugh C. Whelchel Executive Director 8400 Westpark Drive Suite 100 McLean, VA, United States 22102 [email protected] Mission: Our mission is to educate and inspire Christians to live out a Biblical theology that integrates faith, work, and economics. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Debt, Economic Philosophy, Equality, Foundational Principles, Freedom, Image of God, Law, Limited Government, Private Property, Public Choice, Scarcity, Taxes, The Poor, Wealth Creation, Work
Phone: 972-941-4444
Liberty Institute
Fax: 972-423-6162 Kelly Shackelford President 2001 Plano Parkway, Suite 1600 Plano, TX, United States 75075 [email protected] Mission: Liberty Institute was founded as Free Market Foundation in 1972 as a 501(c)(3) non- profit organization dedicated to protecting freedoms and strengthening families. The Liberty Institute's mission is to strengthen and protect the individual and family by supporting principles that promote responsible citizenship, limited government, free enterprise, private property ownership, limited taxation, and Judeo-Christian values. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Pro-family issues • Religious freedom • Parental rights
Phone: 225-344-8533
Louisiana Family Forum
Fax: 225-344-9006 Gene Mills Executive Director 655 Saint Ferdinand Street Baton Rouge, LA, United States 70802 [email protected] Mission: The Louisiana Family Forum seeks to persuasively present Biblical principles in the centers of influence on issues affecting the family through research, education, communications, and networking. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage and the traditional family • Sexual abstinence outside of marriage • Community Marriage Agreements • Covenant marriage • Educational issues • Sanctity of life issues
Phone: 781-569-0400
Massachusetts Family Institute
Fax: 781-569-0472 Andrew Beckwith President 400 TradeCenter Suite 1950 Woburn, MA, United States 01801 [email protected] Mission: The Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the family and affirming the Judeo-Christian values upon which it is based. It seeks to reduce barriers to family stability and to create a political and social environment where families can thrive and prosper. MFI engages in research and education on a wide range of public health, safety, and policy issues to help strengthen family bonds. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Preserving the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman • Strengthening marriages by encouraging church involvement before and after the wedding through counseling and mentoring • Upholding the value of human life from conception until natural death • Teaching and advancing premarital abstinence • Protecting children from the dangers of the internet and sexual predators • Exposing the dangers, and opposing the expansion, of gambling
Phone: 517-374-1171
Michigan Family Forum
Fax: 517-374-6112 Brad Snavely Executive Director PO Box 15216 Lansing, MI, United States 48901-5216 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the Michigan Family Forum (MFF) is to stimulate cultural renewal by strengthening Michigan families through public advocacy, education, and collaboration. This mission is accomplished by aggressively promoting a positive legislative agenda and providing thoughtful, cutting-edge research focused on four key areas: protecting children, strengthening marriage, promoting responsible fatherhood, and honoring elders. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage and marriage enrichment • Well-being of children • Fatherhood • Abstinence • Pornography • Elders • Limited government
Phone: 612-789-8811
Minnesota Family Institute
Fax: 612-789-8858 John Helmberger Chief Executive Officer 2855 Anthony Lane South, Suite 150 Minneapolis, MN, United States 55418 [email protected] Mission: To nurture and defend families by restoring biblical truth in our culture. Tax Status: 501(c)(4) Policy/Priority Issues: Education reform/school choice • Divorce law reform • Family tax relief/charity tax credit • Parental rights • Abstinence education • Marriage protection/promotion
Phone: 601-969-1300
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Fax: 601-969-1600 Forest M. Thigpen President 520 George Street Jackson, MS, United States 39202 [email protected] Mission: Mississippi Center for Public Policy promotes limited government, free markets, and strong traditional families. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: State spending • Charter schools • Education reform • Health care reform • Welfare reform • Marriage promotion
Phone: 636-922-7771
Missouri Family Policy Council
Joe Ortwerth Executive Director 1430 Triad Center Drive, Suite B Saint Peters, MO, United States 63376 [email protected] Mission: The Missouri Family Policy Council (MoFPC) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting Biblical principles in our government and Judeo-Christian values in our culture that support and encourage strong healthy families. Tax Status: 501(c)3 Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage and Family • Religious Liberty • Christian Citizenship • Protection of Life
Phone: 406-628-1141
Montana Family Foundation
Fax: 406-628-1171 Jeff Laszloffy President PO Box 485 Laurel, MT, United States 59044 [email protected] Mission: The Montana Family Foundation is a non-profit, research and education organization, working in association with Focus On The Family, to support, protect and strengthen Montana families. Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues: Family
Phone: 301-948-0599
National Fatherhood Initiative
Fax: 301-948-4325 Christopher Brown President 12410 Milestone Center Drive, Suite 600 Germantown, MD, United States 20876 [email protected] Mission: The National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) was founded in 1994 to stimulate a society-wide movement to confront the growing problem of father absence and is dedicated to improving the well being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers. A non-profit, non-sectarian, and non-partisan organization, NFI conducts public awareness campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood, organizes conferences and community fatherhood forums, provides training and resource materials to organizations seeking to establish support programs for fathers, publishes a quarterly newsletter, and distributes resources to men seeking to become more effective fathers. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Fatherhood • Marriage • Abstinence promotion • Welfare reform • Work/life balance • Incarcerated fathers
Phone: 402-477-3191
Nebraska Family Alliance
Fax: 402-477-0962 Karen Bowling Executive Director 1106 E Street Lincoln, NE, United States 68505 [email protected] Mission: Standing for justice and strengthening families in Nebraska. Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage and family, human trafficking, sanctity of life, education, gambling, religious liberty, legislation to watch.
Phone: 908-561-2015
New Jersey Family Policy Council
Fax: 888-453-6346 Len Deo Executive Director 51 Mount Bethel Road Suite 203 Warren, NJ, United States 07059 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the New Jersey Family Policy Council is to intervene and respond to the breakdown that the traditional family—the cornerstone of a virtuous society—is experiencing. In light of the decline in moral standards, the Council is energized by a strong desire and dedication to pursue justice and righteousness. It articulates its message through experts in law, medicine, education, media, business, government, and the church. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage and divorce rate • Fatherhood • Out-of-wedlock births and sexually transmitted disease rate • Grassroots citizen education • Assault and molestation law • Internet pornography
Phone: 585-225-2220
New York Family Research Foundation
Fax: 585-225-2810 Jason J. McGuire Executive Director PO Box 131 Spencerport, NY, United States 14559 Mission: New Yorker's Family Research Foundation (NYFRF) is a nonprofit organization that educates, encourages, and equips Christians for effective participation in New York State government. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Protecting human life, promoting strong families, preserving religious liberty, proclaiming justice and mercy.
Phone: 919-807-0800
North Carolina Family Policy Council
Fax: 919-807-0900 John L. Rustin President PO Box 20607 Raleigh, NC, United States 27619 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the North Carolina Family Policy Council is to strengthen the family by educating North Carolinians on public policy issues that impact the family and equipping citizens to be voices of persuasion on behalf of traditional family values in their localities. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Parental choice: charters, vouchers, home schooling • Abstinence • Family and children • State-sponsored gambling • State and local government
Phone: 701-364-0676
North Dakota Family Alliance
Fax: 701-223-1133 Tom Freier Executive Director 3220 18th Street South, Suite 8 Fargo, ND, United States 58104 [email protected] Mission: North Dakota Family Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening families in North Dakota by equipping, informing and educating policy leaders, elected officials, institutions, and concerned citizens on the issues that impact the family. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage • Divorce reform • Gambling • Religious freedom • Sanctity of life
Phone: 803-733-5600
Palmetto Family Council of South Carolina
Fax: 866-471-5032 Oran Smith President & CEO P.O. Box 11953 Columbia, SC, United States 29211 [email protected] Mission: Our mission is to persuasively present biblical principles in the centers of influence on issues affecting the family through research, communication, and networking. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: ~Gambling ~Religious Freedom ~Education ~Life/Children
Phone: 803-708-0673
Palmetto Promise Institute
Ellen E. Weaver President & CEO P.O. Box 12676 Columbia, SC, United States 29211 [email protected] Mission: This group of free market, fiscal and cultural South Carolina conservatives has banded together to research and promote policies that will make South Carolina a beacon of freedom to the nation and unleash opportunity for every citizen. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: *Competitive Federalism *Education *Medicaid
Phone: 717-545-0600
Pennsylvania Family Institute
Fax: 717-545-8107 Michael Geer President 23 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA, United States 17101 [email protected] Mission: The Pennsylvania Family Institute’s mission is to strengthen families by restoring to public life the traditional, foundational principles and values essential for the well being of society using a fourfold strategy of raising media awareness of the importance of the family; conducting family-impact analysis and research and giving testimony in Harrisburg; communicating with the grassroots, informing them of trends in culture and public policy; and encouraging voting and responsible citizenship. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: School choice • Parental rights in education • Divorce reform • Gambling • Day care • Abortion
Phone: 601-956-8636
Pro-Life Mississippi
Judy Batson President 114 Office Park Plaza, Suite B Jackson, MS, United States 39206 [email protected] Mission: Pro-Life Mississippi is an organization of diverse and caring Christians. We are drawn together by our commitment to the sanctity of human life from fertilization to natural death. On behalf of those who cannont speak for themselves, we are a voice against abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research. Our concern is to reach the state with the truth about these issues by educating its citizens, influencing political change within the government of Mississippi and taking the pro-life message directly to those who threaten innocent life. The key to the success of our mission is to work with the churches of Mississippi in action against these sins. Tax Status: 501(c)3 Policy/Priority Issues: ~ Abortion ~ Euthanasia ~ Infanticide ~ Stem Cell Research ~ Cloning ~ Contraceptive Pills
Phone: 303-292-1800
Rocky Mountain Family Council
Fax: 303-429-5795 Jim Chapman Executive Director 8704 Yates Drive, Suite 205 Westminster, CO, United States 80031 [email protected] Mission: The Rocky Mountain Family Council (RMFC) exists to promote renewal in families, marriages, education, and government throughout the Rocky Mountain region. This is accomplished through communication with the Colorado legislature and through RMFC’s charter school and marriage projects. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Divorce reform • Charter schools • Family tax relief • Parental notice and consent • Same sex marriage • Domestic partner benefit policies
Phone: 605-335-8100
South Dakota Family Policy Council
Fax: 605-336-1926 Chris Hupke President 3500 South Phillips Avenue, Suite 110 Sioux Falls, SD, United States 57105 [email protected] Mission: The South Dakota Family Policy Council provides research and analysis of family issues through various publications and media efforts, facilitates action by pro-family citizens and grassroots groups, and lobbies for pro-family interests in Pierre, the state capital. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage/divorce • Video gambling • School choice • Abstinence • Pornography • Government waste
Phone: 503-585-9383
Stronger Families for Oregon
Fax: 503-399-1698 Noel Meador Executive Director PO Box 40584 Bellevue, OR, United States 98015 [email protected] Mission: Stronger Families promotes ideas that build dynamic marriages, effective fathers, and healthy teen choices while reducing the causes of family breakdown. Stronger Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes its work through trend analysis, resource development, and community based strategies. It was established in response to the mounting evidence that family breakdown is at the root of the deterioration of family strength and child well being. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Abstinence education • Marriage enrichment • Fatherlessness • Juvenile crime • Gambling • Pornography/adult businesses
Phone: 512-478-2220
Texas Values
Fax: 512-478-2229 Jonathan M. Saenz President 900 Congress, Suite 220 Austin, TX, United States 78701 [email protected] Mission: To preserve and advance a culture of family values in the state of Texas. Tax Status: Policy/Priority Issues: Religious liberty, marriage and the family, life.
Phone: 202-547-8570
Traditional Values Coalition
Fax: 202-546-6403 Rev. Lou Sheldon Chairman 139 C Street, SE Washington, DC, United States 20003 [email protected] Mission: Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) is the largest non-denominational grassroots organization that works to preserve the Judeo-Christian ethics upon which America was founded. Established in 1980 by Rev. Lou Sheldon, TVC speaks on behalf of over 43,000 churches across the United State regarding pro-family legislation and policy. With an emphasis on the restoration of the values needed to maintain strong, unified families, the Coalition focuses upon issues such as marriage, religious liberty, the homosexual agenda, the right to life, pornography, education, and family tax relief. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Marriage • Religious liberty • Homosexual activism • Abortion • Pornography • Family issues
Phone: 215-663-9494
Urban Family Council
Fax: 215-663-9444 Chris A. Pender, Sr. President PO Box 11415 Philadelphia, PA, United States 19111 [email protected] Mission: The mission of the Urban Family Council (UFC) is to advocate for life, marriage, and family by educating, persuading, and building interracial and cross-cultural partnerships in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. UFC is an independent, donor-supported, faith-based, non-profit agency. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Charter-based classroom abstinence education to middle and high school youth ages 12–19 • Educational and enrichment services to youth in the classroom and after school and to their parents • Advocating for the sanctity of life • Defending marriage and seeking to persuade the culture that marriage is the legal union of one man and one woman • Helping fathers take emotional and fiscal responsibility for their children • Engaging the culture on issues of traditional family values
Phone: 866-849-2536
Wisconsin Family Action
Julaine K. Appling Executive Director PO Box 7486 Madison, WI, United States 53707 [email protected] Mission: The Family Research Institute of Wisconsin’s mission is to inform Wisconsin’s citizens, churches, and policymakers about the importance of pro-family legislative and cultural issues of our day in a way that will inspire these groups to be involves in strengthening and protecting marriage and family in Wisconsin. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Preservation of traditional marriage and family • Banning of human embryonic stem-cell research • Banning of human cloning • Advocating for abstinence-only education programs in public schools
Phone: 608-256-3228
Wisconsin Family Council
Fax: 608-256-3370 Julaine K. Appling Executive Director PO Box 14440 Madison, WI, United States 53708 [email protected] Mission: The Wisconsin Family Council’s mission is to forward Judeo-Christian principles and values in Wisconsin. WFC largely accomplishes this mission by informing Wisconsin citizens, churches, and policymakers about important pro-family legislative and cultural issues so that they will be inspired to be involved in preserving and strengthening marriage and family in Wisconsin. Tax Status: 501(c)(3) Policy/Priority Issues: Family • Marriage • Abortion • Abstinence education • Sexuality • Religious freedoms  |