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• Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
  ANA was established in 1974 through the Native American Programs Act (NAPA). ANA is the only federal agency serving all Native Americans, including 562 federally recognized Tribes, American Indian and Alaska Native organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Native populations throughout the Pacific basin, including American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The mission of ANA is to promote economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders. ANA provides community-based project funding to improve the lives of Native children and families thereby reducing long-term dependency on public assistance. Funding for community-based projects is provided through three competitive discretionary grant programs to eligible Tribes and nonprofit Native American organizations.
• Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN)
  ANKN is an Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative partner designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators, and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia.
• Alliance for Equity in Higher Education
  The Alliance promotes greater collaboration and cooperation among colleges and universities that serve large numbers of students of color in order to enhance the nation’s economic competitiveness, social stability, and cultural richness. The Alliance is comprised of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.
• ALU LIKE, Inc.
  ALU LIKE, Inc., is a private, nonprofit service organization that has assisted Native Hawaiians in their efforts to achieve social and economic self-sufficiency since 1975. The organization has a comprehensive range of services and activities to fill identified needs in the Native Hawaiian community, including community economic development, business assistance, employment preparation, training, library services, educational and childcare services for families with young children. ALU LIKE, Inc., is a statewide system consisting of a network of five Island Centers and a centralized statewide management system. Local Island Advisory Councils guide their Island Centers located on Hawai‘i, Kaua‘i, Lana‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i and O‘ahu.
• American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
  Founded in 1920, AACC is a nonprofit organization that has become the leading proponent and the national "voice for community colleges." Today, AACC’s membership represents close to 95 percent of all accredited U.S. 2-year community, junior, and technical colleges and their 10.5 million students, as well as a growing number of international members in Puerto Rico, Japan, Great Britain, Korea, and the United Arab Emirates. The colleges are the largest and fastest-growing sector of U.S. higher education, enrolling close to half (45 percent) of all U.S. undergraduates. AACC supports and promotes its member colleges through policy initiatives, innovative programs, research and information, and strategic outreach to business and industry and the national news media.
• American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc. (AAHHE)
  Throughout its 20-year history, AAHHE has been involved in numerous activities with three goals in mind: 1) increasing the pipeline of Hispanic faculty in higher education; 2) bringing issues pertinent to Hispanics to the attention of the larger academic community; and 3) recognizing the achievements and accomplishments of Hispanics as they pertain to AAHHE. It is an institutional and individual member-based organization with sponsorship from colleges and universities throughout the country. It is also sponsored by businesses that recognize the value and importance Hispanics bring to our communities, states, and country.
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
  AASCU’s 430 public college and university members are found throughout the United States, and in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Members range in size from 1,000 students to 44,000,are found in the inner city, in suburbs, towns and cities, and in remote rural America, and include campuses with extensive offerings in law, medicine, and doctoral education as well as campuses offering associate degrees to complement baccalaureate studies. The association has a four-fold purpose: to promote appreciation and support for public higher education and the distinctive contributions of our member colleges and universities;to analyze public policy, and to advocate for member institutions and the students they serve; to provide policy leadership and program support to strengthen academic quality, promote access and inclusion, and facilitate educational innovation; and to create professional development opportunities for institutional leaders, especially presidents, chancellors, and their spouses. Membership is open to any regionally accredited institution of higher education offering programs leading to bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees and wholly or partially state supported or state controlled.
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  Through its vital nationwide network, AAUW opens doors for women and girls and influences public debate on critical social issues such as education, civil rights, and healthcare. AAUW also sponsors community programs; publishes groundbreaking research on women, girls, and education; provides the world’s largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women; and fights sex discrimination in education. AAUW’s work extends globally through its membership in the International Federation of University Women, 72 national federations and associations worldwide.
• American Council on Education (ACE)
  ACE is the nation's unifying voice for higher education. ACE serves as a consensus leader on key higher education issues and seeks to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives. By fostering greater collaboration and new partnerships within and outside higher education, ACE helps colleges and universities anticipate and address the challenges of the 21st century and contribute to a stronger nation and a better world. Members and associates are approximately 1,800 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities and higher education-related associations, organizations, and corporations.
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  AERA, founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. AERA is the most prominent international professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its more than 26,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research; persons working with testing or evaluation in federal, state, and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists. The broad range of disciplines represented by the membership includes education, psychology, statistics, sociology, history, economics, philosophy, anthropology, and political science.
• American Indian College Fund
  The American Indian College Fund's mission is to raise scholarship funds for American Indian students at qualified tribal colleges and universities and to generate broad awareness of those institutions and the Fund itself. The organization also raises money and resources for other needs at the schools, including capital projects, operations, endowments, or program initiatives.
• American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
  AIHEC represents 34 tribal colleges in the United States and one Canadian institution. Unlike most professional associations, it is governed jointly by each member institution. AIHEC’s mission is to support the work of these colleges and the national movement for tribal self-determination. Its mission statement, adopted in 1973, identifies four objectives: maintain commonly held standards of quality in American Indian education; support the development of new tribally controlled colleges; promote and assist in the development of legislation to support American Indian higher education; and encourage greater participation by American Indians in the development of higher education policy.
• American Planning Association (APA)
  APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, advance the art and science of planning to meet the needs of people and society.
• American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF)
  AYPF, a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization based in Washington, D.C., provides learning opportunities for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers working on youth and education issues at the national, state, and local levels. AYPF’s goal is to enable participants to become more effective in the development, enactment, and implementation of sound policies affecting the nation’s young people by providing information, insights, and networks to better understand the development of healthy and successful young people, productive workers, and participating citizens in a democratic society.
• ARISE Detroit!
  ARISE Detroit! is a broad-based coalition of community groups whose mission is to launch a new wave of volunteerism for the many worthwhile programs and activities that are struggling with the issues that trouble their community – illiteracy, high school dropout rates, crime and youth violence, drug abuse, domestic abuse, neighborhood blight, and unemployment. It is the organization's belief that everyone can play a role and render service, thereby having a greater impact on solving these chronic problems. Their goal is to unite the entire community — nonprofit organizations, churches, schools, the business community, and the media — in an unprecedented call to action.
• Association for Community Design (ACD)
  ACD is a network of individuals, organizations, and institutions committed to increasing the capacity of planning and design professions to better serve communities. ACD serves and supports practitioners, educators, and organizations engaged in community-based design and planning.
• Association for Community Networking (AFCN)
  AFCN is an educational nonprofit corporation dedicated to fostering and supporting "Community Networking"—community-based creation and provision of appropriate technology services of the highest quality with a broad range of uses. AFCN's mission is to improve the visibility, viability, and vitality of Community Networking by assisting and connecting people and organizations, building public awareness, identifying best practices, encouraging research, influencing policy, and developing products and services.
• Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA)
  ACOSA is a membership organization for community organizers, activists, nonprofit administrators, community builders, policy practitioners, students, and educators. Its purposes are to facilitate and support an annual national symposium; to provide a forum for sharing information on teaching materials, literature, models/theory, research, and proactive issues; to facilitate networking activities among educators and practitioners; to promote the development of teaching material, research, and literature about community organization and social administration; and to network with other professional associations in promoting development of community organization and social administration.
• Association of American Universities (AAU)
  AAU was founded in 1900 by a group of 14 universities offering the Ph.D. degree. AAU currently consists of 60 American universities and 2 Canadian universities. The association serves its members in two major ways. It assists members in developing national policy positions on issues that relate to academic research and graduate and professional education. It also provides them with a forum for discussing a broad range of other institutional issues such as undergraduate education.
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
  ACSP is a consortium of university-based programs offering credentials in urban and regional planning. It promotes education, research, service, and outreach in the United States and throughout the world, and is committed to recognizing the diverse needs and interests in planning. Acting together, ACSP member school faculty are able to express their shared commitments to understanding the dynamics of urban and regional development, enhancing planning practices, and improving the education of both novice and experienced planners.

• Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
  ACORN is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 175,000 member families, organized in 850 neighborhood chapters in 75 cities across the United States and in cities in Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Peru. ACORN's accomplishments include successful campaigns for better housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and more.

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• Campus Compact
  Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents, representing some 5 million students, who are committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education. As the only national organization dedicated solely to advancing higher education's civic mission, Campus Compact has been a leader in the movement to build civic learning into campus and academic life. Through the national office and a network of state offices, member institutions receive the training, resources, and advocacy they need to build strong surrounding communities and teach students the skills and values of democracy.
• Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC)
  CREC is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit affiliated with George Mason University and the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). Created in January 2000, the center is organized to support the development of innovative approaches to creating jobs in the knowledge economy with better information and strategies. CREC's mission is to promote knowledge-based economic development efforts at the local and regional level. The Center, working with its sister agency, C2ER (a national membership organization of economic development analysts) designs and implements training for economic development practitioners aimed at enhancing the use of methods and tools for understanding local economies. Center staff also provides direct technical assistance in designing regional strategies and conducting regional industry, cluster, and occupational analyses.
• Coalition for Community Schools (CCS)
  CCS is an alliance of national, state, and local organizations in education K-16, youth development, community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government, and philanthropy as well as national, state, and local community school networks. The coalition advocates for community schools as the vehicle for strengthening schools, families, and communities so that together they can improve student learning.
• CodeTalk
  CodeTalk is a federal, interagency, Native American website designed specifically to deliver electronic information from government agencies and other organizations to Native American communities. CodeTalk is named for the CodeTalkers who served their country with honor and distinction.
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
  CCPH is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. Founded in 1996, they are a growing network of more than 1,000 communities and campuses. CCPH has members throughout the United States and increasingly the world who are collaborating to promote health through service-learning, community-based participatory research, broad-based coalitions, and other partnership strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving health professional education, civic engagement, and the overall health of communities.
• Community Development Society (CDS)
  CDS is an international association that provides leadership to professionals and citizens across the spectrum of community development. Members have multiple opportunities to learn what's new in the profession, to exchange ideas, to obtain the most current research and reference information available, and to share professional expertise. CDS members represent a variety of fields, including education, healthcare, social services, government, utilities, economic development practitioners, citizen groups, and more.
• Community-Wealth.org
  Community-Wealth.org is a project of The Democracy Collaborative, which was initiated by the University of Maryland in 2000 to advance a new understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote sustained and widespread democratic practice. The Collaborative is an enterprise specifically designed to incubate, sustain, and catalyze efforts toward these ends by leveraging the resources (intellectual, human, financial, and otherwise) of institutions of higher education toward civic and democracy building purposes. We believe that university engagement with communities, grounded in the needs and aspirations of local citizens, is a powerful, underutilized resource to stimulate and sustain social change and civic life.
• The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF)
  CBCF was established in 1976 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit, public policy, research and educational institute. Their mission is to serve as the nonpartisan policy-oriented catalyst that educates future leaders and promotes collaboration among legislators, business leaders, minority-focused organizational leaders, and organized labor to effect positive and sustainable change in the African-American community. To that end, CBCF works to broaden and elevate the influence of African Americans in the political, legislative, and public policy arenas.
• The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
  CHCI was established in 1978 by Congressman Edward Roybal, Congressman E. “Kika” de la Garza, and Congressman Baltasar Corrada to help increase opportunities for Hispanics to participate in and contribute to the American policymaking process. Since then, CHCI’s mission has been to develop the next generation of Hispanic leaders. As the premier national Hispanic educational organization, CHCI seeks to accomplish its mission by offering educational and leadership development programs, services, and activities that promote the growth of participants as effective professionals and strong leaders. In the spirit of building coalitions, CHCI also seeks to establish partnerships with other Hispanic and non-Hispanic organizations.
• Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI)
  CHLI's mission is to: conduct nonpartisan analysis, study, and research matters relating to the exercise of the rights of Americans of Hispanic and Portuguese descent and making the results available to the general public or to governmental bodies, officials, or employees; engage in educational and training activities designed to encourage and advance the exercise of rights of Americans of Hispanic and Portuguese descent and other minority groups; gather, compile, and disseminate statistical information relating to Americans of Hispanic and Portuguese descent; and promote the employment by federal, state, and local governmental agencies of Americans of Hispanic and Portuguese descent.
• Corporation for Economic Development (CFED)
  CFED is a nonprofit organization that expands economic opportunity. Established in 1979 as the Corporation for Enterprise Development, CFED works to ensure that every person can participate in, contribute to, and benefit from the economy by bringing together community practice, public policy, and private markets. They identify promising ideas; test and refine them in communities to find out what works; craft policies and products to help good ideas reach scale; and foster new markets to achieve greater economic impact.
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
  CASE is the professional organization for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, and development. CASE's membership includes more than 3,300 colleges, universities, and independent elementary and secondary schools in 54 countries around the world. This makes CASE one of the largest nonprofit education associations in terms of institutional membership. CASE helps its members build stronger relationships with their alumni and donors, raise funds for campus projects, produce recruitment materials, market their institutions to prospective students, diversify the profession, and foster public support of education. CASE also offers a variety of advancement products and services, provides standards and an ethical framework for the profession, and works with other organizations to respond to public issues of concern, while promoting the importance of education worldwide.
• Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER)
  C2ER is a membership organization created in 1961 to promote excellence in community and economic research by working to improve data availability, enhance data quality, and foster learning about regional economic analytic methods. They accomplish their mission through professional networks, training, advocacy, research, and delivering innovative products and services. With the increasing economic importance of information and the growing recognition of those who are skilled in analyzing data, community researchers and economic developers play a vital role. The one professional organization informing, educating, and developing these professionals is C2ER. Producer of the nationally renowned Cost of Living Index, C2ER is the only national organization representing community research professionals. Its members constantly seek to enhance the caliber of research in community and economic development. C2ER's members manifest a broad range of specialty skills and collectively provide access to a very large amount of information.
• Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
  CGS is the only national organization in the United States that is dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research. Our mission is to advance graduate education in order to ensure the vitality of intellectual discovery and to promote an environment that cultivates rigorous scholarship. CGS draws its institutional membership from colleges and universities significantly engaged in graduate education, research, and scholarship culminating in the award of the master's or doctoral degree. Currently, CGS membership includes more than 480 universities in the United States and Canada, and 13 universities outside North America. Collectively, CGS institutions annually award more than 90 percent of all U.S. doctorates and more than 75 percent of all U.S. master's degrees. CGS also serves as a national clearinghouse for information and research on graduate programs by providing original research, white papers, testimony, and legislative analyses to key stakeholders, Congress, federal agencies, and the media. CGS coordinates its activities with other national educational organizations to ensure that graduate education is well represented within the larger higher education community.
• Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)
  Founded in 1956, CIC is an association of independent colleges and universities working together to: support college and university leadership; advance institutional excellence; and enhance private higher education's contributions to society. CIC is the major national service organization for all small and mid-sized, independent, liberal arts colleges and universities in the United States. CIC is not a lobbying organization, but rather focuses on providing services to campus leaders as well as seminars, workshops, and programs that assist institutions in improving educational programs, administrative and financial performance, and institutional visibility.

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• EDPubs
  EDPubs is intended to help visitors identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education.
• EDUCAUSE
  EDUCAUSE was formed in 1998 through a merger between CAUSE and Educom, two respected professional associations representing more than 60 years of combined service to the higher education information technology community. The new organization was intended to offer a coherent, coordinated set of programs to serve all dimensions of campus IT functions; develop comprehensive, timely services to support the professionals within the membership community; and provide unified leadership on key policy issues affecting higher education. The mission of EDUCAUSE is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
• Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
  Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit that provides loans, grants, and information resources. Enterprise works with partners – developers, investors, government, community-based nonprofits, and others – to reach their mission of ensuring that all low-income people in the United States have the opportunity for fit and affordable housing and to move up and out of poverty into the mainstream of American life.

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• Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute
  The Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute is the nation’s foremost research organization focusing on the educational status of African Americans of all ages from preschool through adulthood. The Institute is compelled to understand and expand the multiple pathways leading to educational attainment.

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• The Grant Institute
  The Grant Institute offers expert workshops for nonprofit professionals, academic researchers, program planners, and public sector administration employees. The Grant Institute is the leader of grant writing education in respect to professional preparation and multidisciplinary focus.

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• HBCUMentor
  HBCUMentor is a student services website that offers students and their families access to information and admissions applications for statewide and independent Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
  HACU represents more than 400 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the United States, Puerto Rico, Latin America, and Spain. Member institutions in the United States are home to more than three-fourths of all Hispanic college students. HACU is the only national educational association that represents Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).
• The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine (H/O)
  For 18 years, H/O has been a top information news source and the sole Hispanic educational magazine for the higher education community and those involved in running Hispanic-serving institutions of higher learning. Published biweekly, or 25 times per year, H/O covers events, news, and ongoing trends that affect the multicultural institutions of the 21st century. H/O reaches a large minority print audience with an average pass along of nearly 50,000 readers. Each issue brings forth the significance of communication in academic circles, the importance of the positive learning experience, role models, and the contribution of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic writers with constructive observations on policies and procedures in academia. Working with an editorial board of accomplished professionals, H/O presents progressive feature articles, which enable constructive discussion of issues confronted by Hispanics and others on college campuses and in private industry.
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
  HSF is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. Founded in 1975 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, HSF's vision is to strengthen the country by advancing college education among Hispanic Americans. In support of its mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees, HSF provides the Latino community more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country. In its 33-year history, HSF has awarded in excess of 86,000 scholarships, worth more than $247 million, to Latinos attending nearly 2,000 colleges and universities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program
  The goal of this U.S. Department of Education program is to provide low-cost capital to finance improvements to the infrastructure of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Specifically, the program provides HBCUs with access to capital financing or refinancing for the repair, renovation, and construction of classrooms, libraries, laboratories, dormitories, instructional equipment, and research instrumentation. This assistance comes through the issuance of federal guarantees on the full payment of principal and interest on qualified bonds, the proceeds of which are used for loans.

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• Indian Health Service (IHS)
  IHS, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally recognized tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes. This relationship, established in 1787, is based on Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, and has been given form and substance by numerous treaties, laws, Supreme Court decisions, and Executive Orders. IHS is the principal federal healthcare provider and health advocate for Indian people, and its goal is to raise their health status to the highest possible level. IHS currently provides health services to approximately 1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to more than 557 federally recognized tribes in 35 states.
• Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
  IHEP's mission is to increase access and success in postsecondary education around the world through unique research and innovative programs that inform key decisionmakers who shape public policy and support economic and social development. Senior staff includes some of the most respected names in the fields of higher education policymaking and research. The combination of individuals experienced in the policy process with those who are skilled at both quantitative and qualitative techniques makes IHEP a unique entity and a valued source of information and policy guidance. IHEPs' major goals are: improving higher education access and success by reducing financial and other barriers to higher education for low-income, minority, first generation, and other disadvantaged groups; assisting governments to advance access and success in higher education; building the policy capacity of organizations and institutions committed to access and success, especially those that serve minority and other underrepresented populations; and advising and informing institutions of higher education on strategies and methods for advancing institutional goals and priorities.

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• Learn and Serve America
  Learn and Serve America supports and encourages service-learning throughout the United States, and enables more than 1 million students to make meaningful contributions to their community while building their academic and civic skills. By engaging our nation’s young people in service-learning, Learn and Serve America instills an ethic of lifelong community service.
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
  LISC is dedicated to helping nonprofit community development corporations (CDCs) transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy communities of choice and opportunity—good places to work, do business, and raise children. LISC mobilizes corporate, government, and philanthropic support to provide CDCs with loans, grants, and equity investments; technical and management assistance; and local, state, and national policy support.

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• Minority-Serving Institutions-Community of Partners (MSI-COPC)
  MSI-COPC is an interagency council that strives to increase MSI participation in the work of federal agencies to assist in managing federally funded programs and expose the institutions to the federal procurement programs. They maintain transparency, establish liaisons with the White House Initiatives, and focus on the strengths that exist among the membership in working to increase the participation of MSIs in the competitive federal procurement process.

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• National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC)
  NAIHC assists tribes and tribal housing entities in reaching their self determined goals of providing culturally relevant, decent, safe, sanitary, and quality affordable housing for Native people in Indian communities and Alaska Native villages. It is the only national organization representing housing interests of tribes and tribal housing entities across the United States.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  NAACP's mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.The organization's vision is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
• National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
  NAFEO champions the interests of historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities with the executive, legislative, regulatory, and judicial branches of federal and state government and with corporations, foundations, associations and nongovernmental organizations; provides services to NAFEO members; builds the capacity of HBCUs, their executives, administrators, faculty, staff, and students; and serves as an international voice and advocate for the preservation and enhancement of historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities and for blacks in higher education.
• National Association of Counties (NACo)
  As part of its mission to improve public understanding of counties, NACo collects, researches, publishes, and disseminates a variety of different information for, on, and about counties. NACo maintains a comprehensive database of information on counties, including a listing of county officials, and links to Capitolimpact.com, which provides nationwide county statistics such as economic and demographic data. In addition, NACo is developing a database of county policies, code, ordinances, and model programs that can be used as examples for other counties.
• National Association of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)-Title III Administrators, Inc.
  In Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Congress officially identified the principal characteristics of an HBCU as, among other things: an institution whose principal mission was and is the education of Black Americans; an accredited institution whose principal mission was and is the education of African Americans; and an institution of higher learning that was established before 1964. The mission of the National Association of HBCUs is to encourage and facilitate an open dialogue among Title III eligible schools as they work together to quantify the legislative intent of Title III program legislation, thereby strengthening the resource development capacity of HBCUs in order to move them into the mainstream of American higher education.
• National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
  Since 1976, NAICU has represented private colleges and universities on policy issues with the federal government, such as those affecting student aid, taxation, and government regulation. Today, through new communication technologies, an improved governance structure, and increased member participation, NAICU has become an even more effective and respected participant in the political process. NAICU members include traditional liberal arts colleges, major research universities, church- and faith-related institutions, historically black colleges and universities, women's colleges, performing and visual arts institutions, two-year colleges, and schools of law, medicine, engineering, business, and other professions.
• National Association of Planning Councils (NAPC)
  NAPC is a private, nonprofit national organization that promotes quality community planning and supports its members as they provide leadership for community-based human services and health planning and action. Planning councils bring people together to identify needs and work toward solutions, mobilizing community involvement, developing and coordinating services, advocating for informed decisions by funders and policymakers, and linking people with community resources.
• National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
  Founded in 1887, NASULGC is the nation's oldest higher education association. A voluntary association of public universities, land-grant institutions and many of the nation's public university systems, NASULGC campuses are located in all 50 states, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. Dedicated to supporting excellence in teaching, research, and public service, NASULGC has been in the forefront of educational leadership nationally for over a century. The association's membership includes 215 institutions, including 76 land-grant universities of which 18 are the historically Black public institutions. In addition, tribal colleges became land-grant institutions in 1994 and 33 are represented in NASULGC through the membership of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
• National Communication Association (NCA)
  NCA is a scholarly society and as such works to enhance the research, teaching, and service produced by its members on topics of both intellectual and social significance. Staff at the NCA national office follow trends in national research, teaching, and service priorities. It both relays those opportunities to its members and represents the academic discipline of communication in those national efforts.
• National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED)
  NCCED is the trade association for community development corporations (CDCs) and the community economic development (CED) industry.NCCED started as a group of 40 CDCs whose early members emerged from the Civil Rights Movement and the 1967 amendment to the Economic Opportunities Act. By the end of the late 1970s, NCCED had established its authority as the voice for CDCs through its efforts in support of legislation advantageous to community economic development. Since then, NCCED has grown from the original 40 members to more than 700 members across the United States, including not only CDCs, but also other community-based economic organizations, community action agencies, banks, foundations, corporations, individual practitioners, students, and small businesses.
• National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
  NCLR, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of more than 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas: assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families.
• National Education Association (NEA)
  NEA, the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3.2 million members work at every level of education, from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States. At the local level, more than 14,000 NEA local affiliate organizations are active in a variety of activities as determined by the local members. These may range from raising funds for scholarship programs to conducting professional workshops on issues that affect faculty and school support staff to bargaining contracts for school district employees. At the state level, NEA affiliate activities are equally wide-ranging. NEA state affiliates, for instance, regularly lobby legislators for the resources schools need, campaign for higher professional standards for the teaching profession, and file legal actions to protect academic freedom and the rights of school employees. At the national level, from its headquarters in Washington, D.C., NEA lobbies Congress and federal agencies on behalf of its members and public schools, supports and coordinates innovative projects, works with other education organizations and friends of public education, provides training and assistance to its affiliates, and generally conducts activities consistent with the policies set by its elected governing bodies. At the international level, NEA is linking educators around the world in an ongoing dialogue dedicated to making schools as effective as they can be.
• National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
  The National HBCU Scholarship Foundation, Inc., founded in 2005 by Drs. Stanley and Florence Alexander, is for the express purpose of improving the quality of life of disenfranchised persons through educational means. To that end, the Foundation sponsors: the National HBCU Scholarship Fund Benefit, an annual fundraiser that provides scholarships to currently enrolled HBCU students, referred to the Foundation by the HBCU presidents, who are academically excellent and are confronting economic difficulties that could result in their dropping out of college; the National HBCU Scholarship Endowment Fund, which provides investment funds that create a perpetual revenue stream for funding the HBCU scholarships awarded at the National HBCU Scholarship Fund Benefit and other events; the HBCU Educators Hall of Fame, which provides an annual recognition of those educators who have evidenced themselves in an outstanding manner in educating disenfranchised persons attending HBCU institutions and other institutions of higher learning; and the International HBCU Institute, which provides a forum for information exchange between national and international leaders and HBCU students with the ultimate goal of developing future leaders. Scholarship opportunities will be made available for selected HBCU students to visit the primary school adopted by the National HBCU Scholarship Foundation, Inc. in Ghana, Africa to enhance their professional development through international cultural exchange experiences.
• National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
  NIEA's mission is to support traditional Native cultures and values, to enable Native learners to become contributing members of their communities, to promote Native control of educational institutions, and to improve educational opportunities and resources for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians throughout the United States.
• National Service-Learning Partnership
  The National Service-Learning Partnership, founded in 2001, is a national network of members dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person’s education. Service-learning is a teaching method that engages young people in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies or other type of intentional learning activity. The network consists of more than 8,500 members in all 50 states.
• Native Hawaiian Education Association (NHEA)
  NHEA, established in 1998, is a private nonprofit organization of Native Hawaiian educators. Adapted after the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), NHEA facilitates a network of Hawaiian educators to attend to the various educational issues that challenge the Hawaiian population and is designed to be a self-sustaining umbrella organization for Hawaiian education and Hawaiian educators. NHEA is a grassroots organization focused on supporting, encouraging, networking, collaborating, and furthering the work of those tasked with the responsibility of educating Native Hawaiian children. As an association, NHEA advocates an educational philosophy that acknowledges a Native Hawaiian perspective to teaching and learning in the 21st century.
• Native Hawaiian Education Council (NHEC)
  NHEC came about as a result of the 1988 passage of the Native Hawaiian Education Act, which recognized the educational needs of Native Hawaiians and the role of the federal government in addressing those needs. The Act specifies improving educational achievements in five distinctive areas: preschool, elementary (through curriculum development), special education, higher education, and the gifted and talented. Under these five areas, the Act funded six unique programs designed to improve the learning skills of Native Hawaiians with the use of culturally appropriate curriculum, enhanced by traditional Hawaiian teaching methods and values. Programs were designed to instill pride by Native Hawaiians for Native Hawaiians. In 1994, NHEC and five island councils were established to coordinate, assess, and make recommendations for the improvement of educational services and programs for Native Hawaiians.
• Neighborhood Networks
  HUD created Neighborhood Networks in 1995 to encourage property owners to establish multiservice community learning centers in HUD insured and assisted properties. Neighborhood Networks was one of the first federal initiatives to promote self-sufficiency and help provide computer access to low-income housing communities. With support from innovative public-private partnerships, Neighborhood Networks centers sponsor a range of services and programs. Nearly all centers offer job training and educational opportunities, and many also provide programs that include access to healthcare information and microenterprise development.
• New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)
  NERCHE is a center for inquiry, research, and policy that supports administrators, faculty, and staff across the region in becoming more effective practitioners and leaders as they navigate the complexities of institutional innovation and change. NERCHE focuses on higher education institutions as complex workplaces, providing resources for practitioners who are exploring innovative ways to shape higher education and create opportunities for learning and applying their collective knowledge and experience. NERCHE’s research projects, programs, and activities draw upon the practitioner perspective to improve practice and to inform and influence policy, moving from the local to regional and national levels.

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• Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP)
  OIEP is a service organization devoted to providing quality education opportunities for American Indian people. Established in the latter part of the 19th century to carry out the federal government’s education commitment to Indian tribes, it has become the only national education system for American Indian children and adults. OIEP’s vision is to create a preeminent education school system by fulfilling its mission of serving children and their families from birth through life, working in partnership with Indian tribes, families, communities and American Indian education organizations. OIEP fulfills its mission through its organization located in Washington, D.C., as well as in 25 offices throughout the United States. The 185 elementary and secondary schools funded by the federal government provide an education program to 50,000 students from birth through 12th grade. OIEP also operates 2 colleges and funds 25 colleges operated by tribes and tribal organizations.
• Office of Native American Programs (ONAP)
  ONAP's primary roles consist of: ensuring that safe, decent, and affordable housing is available to Native American families; creating economic opportunities for Tribes and Indian housing residents; assisting Tribes in the formulation of plans and strategies for community development; and ensuring fiscal integrity in the operation of the programs. ONAP consists of six Area Offices, in addition to the Headquarters Office in Washington, D.C., and the National Program Office on Denver, Colorado. Together, the National Headquarters and National Program Office in Denver are responsible for the implementation and administration of all Departmental programs that are specific to Native Americans. The six Area offices provide local administration of the Department's programs, including making and implementing funding decisions, providing direct interaction with grantees, monitoring grantee activity, and working closely with tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHE) to help address housing and community development issues.
• Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) and HUD USER
  PD&R supports HUD's efforts to help create cohesive, economically healthy communities. They are responsible for maintaining current information on housing needs, market conditions, and existing programs, as well as conducting research on priority housing and community development issues. They provide reliable and objective data and analysis to help inform policy decisions. HUD USER is PD&R's information source for housing and community development researchers, academics, policymakers, and the American public. HUD USER is the primary source for federal government reports and information on housing policy and programs, building technology, economic development, urban planning, and other housing-related topics. HUD USER also creates and distributes a wide variety of useful information products and services.

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• Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training (PCATT)
  PCATT is a not-for-profit consortium of the University of Hawai'i Community Colleges. The mission of PCATT is to develop and provide training in advanced technology applications that enhance economic and workforce development programs and initiatives in the State of Hawai'i and the Pacific Rim.
• PlanetYouth: The Native American Youth Connection
  PlanetYouth connects American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian youth to people, cultural resources, and fun using the Internet. Parents, researchers, and teachers will find the site an important and useful resource for providing opportunities for Native and non-Native youth and their families, with access to a base of knowledge about American Indian history, facts, and culture.

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• Rural School and Community Trust
  The Rural School and Community Trust is a national nonprofit organization that addresses the crucial relationship between good schools and thriving communities. Their mission is to help rural schools and communities get better together. Working in some of the poorest, most challenging places, the Rural Trust involves young people in learning linked to their communities, improves the quality of teaching and school leadership, and advocates in a variety of ways for appropriate state educational policies, including the key issue of equitable and adequate funding for rural schools.

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• Students.gov
  Students.gov is a cooperative effort among federal agencies, students, and other parts of the education community, under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Education, designed to provide students and their families with easy access to higher education-related information and resources offered by all federal government outlets. Topic areas include: choosing the right college; applying online for financial aid and scholarships; finding summer internships or jobs; learning about potential careers; accessing government research databases; obtaining a passport; finding volunteer opportunities; and much more.

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• University-Community Partnerships Program (UCPP)
  The University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) established UCPP in the spring of 2006 to coordinate the many existing partnerships between UCSF-affiliated individuals/groups and San Francisco-based community organizations and support new partnerships. Their mission is to build collaborative relationships between UCSF and the community, promoting civic engagement, fostering community health and well-being, and enhancing the environment for education, research, employment, and patient care at UCSF. UCPP serves as a bridge between UCSF and the community, emphasizing partnerships that value and respect the assets and diversity of both.
• Urban Affairs Association (UAA)
  UAA is the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public service providers. UAA exists to: encourage the dissemination of information about urbanism and urbanization; support the development of university education, research, and service programs in urban affairs; and provide leadership in fostering urban affairs as a professional and academic field. Today, UAA includes almost 600 institutional, individual, and student members from colleges and universities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Among its other activities, UAA sponsors the Journal of Urban Affairs, a refereed annual journal, publishing manuscripts related to urban research and policy analysis of interest to both scholars and practitioners.
• Urbanicity
  Urbanicity is widely regarded as ones of the world’s foremost platforms for local governments and urban-related information. It is used as a news and reference source by more than 40,000 regular and casual visitors from all over the world each month.

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• White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
  Established by Executive Order 13230, signed on October 12, 2001, the initiative and its 17-member commission examine the underlying causes of the achievement gap existing between Hispanic Americans and their peers.
• White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  This White House initiative, first established in 1980 by Executive Order 12232, strives to strengthen the capacity of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to provide excellence in education.
• White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities
  The Office of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities leads the implementation of Executive Order 13270, ensuring that the nation's Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) are more fully recognized and have full access to federal programs benefiting other higher education institutions.
• Women In Government
  Women In Government's Access to Higher Education Policy Research Center is dedicated to identifying policy issues, gathering research data and information, and providing a centralized clearinghouse for state legislators on ways to increase access to higher education for women and minorities.
• Worcester UniverCity Partnership
  The Worcester UniverCity Partnership is the result of a task force established by Mayor Timothy Murray to examine best practices and models from cities across the country and to recommend ways in which the City of Worcester could better utilize local colleges and universities for economic development and expansion of the tax base. The Partnership will be a catalyst for long-term economic growth and prosperity by facilitating communication among the businesses, city government, neighborhood groups, and nonprofit organizations, and the colleges and universities of the Worcester area.

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