Endorsing Organizations
Below are the organizations who have endorsed the goal to cut poverty in half in ten years.
Please join them in signing the pledge.
National Organizations
- American Association of Service Coordinators
- Black Women’s Blueprint
- Bookbags With the Basics
- Bread for the World
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Children’s Law Center
- Cities for Progress, Institute for Policy Studies
- Community Action Partnership
- Council for Opportunity in Education
- Direct Action Welfare Group
- eDelta
- First Focus
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Humanitarianism First
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- KidZKount: Placer CommunityActionCouncil, Inc.
- King of kings InterNational ALLIANCE!
- Leadership for America’s Children & Families
- Legal Momentum
- LIFT
- MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
- Metropolitan Community Churches
- Mothers Empowered
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Center for Law and Economic Justice
- National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
- National Council of Jewish Women
- National Council of La Raza
- National Employment Law Project
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- National Office for Social Responsibilities
- National Priorities Project
- National Senior Citizens Law Center
- National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
- National Women’s Law Center
- NETWORK: A National Catholic SOcial Justice Lobby
- Peopletech
- Project H.O.M.E.
- RESULTS
- Single Stop USA
- Sojourners
- Stand Up for Rural America
- The Alliance to End Hunger
- The Corps Network
- The National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
- United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries
- United Planning Organization
- USAction
- Voices for America’s Children
- Young Invincibles
Local Organizations
- Alabama Poverty Project, Birmingham, AL
- Altitude Ministries, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Student Alliance Against Poverty, Birmingham, AL
- Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families, Little Rock, AR
- Arkansas Conference United Methodist Church Advocate for the Poor, Little Rock, AR
- Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, Little Rock, AR
- Arkansas Interfaith Alliance, Little Rock, AR
- Arkansas Support Network, Springdale, AR
- Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington County, Inc, Springdale, AR
- Minority Health Consortium, Little Rock, AR
- Northwest Arkansas Women’s Shelter, Rogers, AR
- Northwest Arkansas Workers Justice Center, Springdale, AR
- Arizona Community Action Association, Phoenix, AZ
- Tempe Community Action Agency, Tempe, AZ
- California Partnership, Los Angeles, CA
- Community Action Marin, San Rafael, CA
- Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
- County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA), Sacramento, CA
- Hunger Action Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles Partnership to End Hunger and Homelessness, Glendale , CA
- Regional Task Force on the Homeless, San Diego, CA
- Renaissance Community Service, Modesto , CA
- San Luis Obispo County (California) Department of Social Services, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Supportive Parents Information Network, Inc., San Diego, CA
- Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, CA
- 9 to 5 Colorado, Denver, CO
- ACS Community LIFT, Denver, CO
- AdvocacyDenver, Denver, CO
- All Families Deserve a Chance (AFDC) Coalition, Denver, CO
- Center for Work Education and Employment (CWEE), Denver, CO
- Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Denver, CO
- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver , CO
- El Centro Humanitario People’s Leadership Council, Denver, CO
- Hunger Free Colorado, Denver, CO
- Lutheran Advocacy Ministry- Colorado, Denver, CO
- Mi Casa Resource Center, Denver, CO
- National Council of Jewish Women: Colorado Section, Centennial, CO
- Project Wise, Denver, CO
- Social Action Council, First Unitarian Society of Denver, Denver, CO
- The Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved, Denver, CO
- Women’s Resource Agency, Colorado Springs, CO
- Community Party, Hartford, CT
- Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS), New Britain, CT
- Contra Costa County Employment & Human Services Department, Hartford, CT
- Our Piece of the Pie, Inc., Hartford, CT
- Religious Institute, Inc., Westport, CT
- Defeat Poverty DC, Washington, DC
- Burton Enterprises, LLC, Bear, DE
- The Ministry of Caring, Wilmington , DE
- Natl. Assn. of Social Workers, Florida, Tallahassee, FL
- Step Up-End Homelessness in Sarasota County Now, Sarasota, FL
- Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority, Atlanta, GA
- GAPP-Georgia Association for Postive People, Atlanta, GA
- Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Atlanta, GA
- Georgia Community Action Association, Macon, Georgia
- Operation Threshold, Waterloo, IA
- Center for Community Building to End Poverty, Lewiston, ID
- Partners for Prosperity, Blackfoot, ID
- Bryan House Community Development Corporation, Aurora, IL
- Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, Chicago, IL
- Project IRENE, Berwyn, IL
- StepStone Designs, Chicago, IL
- Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council, Indianapolis, IN
- Lafayette Urban Ministry, Lafayette, IN
- Kansas Association of Community Action Programs, Topeka, KS
- Louisiana Community Reinvestment Coalition, Covington , LA
- Louisiana Progress, Baton Rouge, LA
- Springfield Partners for Community Action, Springfield, MA
- Baltimore City Deparment of Social Services, Baltimore, MD
- Harford Community Action Agency, Edgewood, MD
- Manna Food Center, Gaithersburg, MD
- Maryland CASH Campaign, Baltimore, MD
- Montgomery Health Care ACTION, Bethesda, MD
- Montgomery Health Care Action, Bethesda, MD
- YWCA Greater Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
- Maine Affordable Housing Coalition, Portland, ME
- Maine Children’s Alliance, Augusta, ME
- Access of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
- City of Manistee Housing Commission, Manistee, MI
- Hillsdale County United Way, Hillsdale, MI
- Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, Pontiac, MI
- A Minnesota Without Poverty, Minneapolis, MN
- Affirmative Options Coalition, Saint Paul, MN
- Asian Economic Development Association, Saint Paul, MN
- Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wadena, MN
- Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, Minneapolis, MN
- Western Community Action, Marshall, MN
- Western Community Action, Marshall, MN
- First Step Back Home, Inc, Lake St. Louis, MO
- Missouri Association for Community Action, Jefferson City , MO
- Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province, St. Louis, MO
- St. Louis Regional Food Policy Council, St. Louis, MO
- Westminster Poverty Initiative, Fulton, MO
- New Directions Outreach Services, Inc, Biloxi, MS
- Poverello Center. Inc., Missoula, MT
- Action NC, Charlotte, NC
- Association of Mexicans in North Carolina (AMEXCAN), Greenville, NC
- North Carolina Community Action Association, Raleigh, NC
- Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties, Lincoln, NE
- Leadership and Justice Teams Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community, Omaha, NE
- Children’s Alliance of NH, Concord, NH
- Bergen County Community Action Partnership, Inc., Hackensack, NJ
- Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region, Troy, NJ
- HOPES Community Action Partnership, Inc, Hoboken, NJ
- New Jersey Association on Correction, Trenton , NJ
- New Jersey Community Action Association, Inc., Trenton , NJ
- RESULTS Central NJ Domestic Group, Bernardsville, NJ
- SisterHood Inc, Burlington, NJ
- The Westport Center, Ramsey, NJ
- United Progress Inc., Trenton , NJ
- Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM
- Prosperity Works, Albuquerque, NM
- Frontier Community Action Agency, Winnemucca, NV
- 13% and Growing Coalition, New York , NY
- ARISE, Oswego, NY
- Belmont Housing Resources of WNY, Buffalo, NY
- Count Every Vote, Buffalo, NY
- Make the Road New York, Brooklyn, NY
- Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, New York, NY
- New York City Coalition Against Hunger, New York, NY
- Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, New York, NY
- Pro Action of Steuben and Yates, Inc., Bath, NY
- United Community Baptist Church, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
- Women of Color Policy Network, NYU Wagner, New York, NY
- Hope Whispers Community Organization Inc, Canton, OH
- Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks, Columbus, OH
- Alliances of Empowerment in Housing, Philadelphia, PA
- Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians, Harrisburg, PA
- Family Connection of Easton, Inc, Easton, PA
- Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, Yardley, PA
- JEVS Human Services, Philadelphia, PA
- Just Harvest, Pittsburgh, PA
- Pennsylvania Council of Churches, Harrisburg, PA
- Perceptual Veteran Groups, Pittsburgh, PA
- Phil Berrigan Insititute for Nonviolence, Reading , PA
- Philadelphia Unemployment Project, Philadelphia, PA
- Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
- College Place Community Council, Columbia, SC
- South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, Charleston, SC
- Black Children’s Institute of Tennessee, Mt Juliet, TN
- Black Children’s Institute of Tennessee, Mt. Juliet, TN
- Urban League of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN
- Center for Public Policy Priorities, Austin, TX
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries, San Antonio, TX
- Community Action Partnership of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Salt Lake Community Action Program, Salt Lake City, UT
- ICNA Council for Social Justice, Vienna, VA
- Jal Building Trade Vocation LLC, Richmond, VA
- RePHRAME, Richmond, VA
- The Artistry of Life, Moseley, VA
- United Virginia, Richmond, VA
- Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, Richmond, VA
- Voices for Virginia’s Children, Richmond, VA
- Voices for Vermont’s Children, Montpelier, VT
- Vancouver for Peace, Vancouver, WA
- Statewide Poverty Action Network, Seattle , Washington
- Pipe Organs/Golden Ponds Farm, Delafield, WI
- Hunger Task Force, Milwaukee, Wisconsin