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The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) facilitates environmental research about climate change. It currently has offices in Norway, China, India, Germany, Sweden, South Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom. 1 The organization is
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World Enabled is a consulting group that engages with other organizations and governments to advocate in favor of urban policies that promote inclusion of those living with disabilities. 7
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World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) is a Brussels-based 8 federation that claims to represent client-side marketers 9
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World Fellowship Center, or New Hampshire World Fellowship Center Inc, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It functions as an intergenerational retreat and conference center. It promotes connecting and educating individuals on social justice issues through recreational camps.
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The World Food Programme is an international food assistance organization within the United Nations. 29 The WFP has six regional bureaus, 86 country offices across six continents, and operates in over 120 countries across the
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World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) is an annual event that hosts roundtable discussions on the present state and future of the Islamic world and its economies. It is organized by the World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation, whose board of trustees is supported by an international advisory panel as well as
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The World Nuclear Association (formerly the Uranium Institute) is a London-based non-governmental membership association that advocates for pro-nuclear-energy policies. Background The Uranium Institute was founded in London in 1975 as a trade association to represent the interests of the world’s uranium producers. Initially, the institute focused on advocacy campaigns that
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The World Organisation Against Torture (shortened to OMCT after its French title, Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture) is a European non-governmental organization that aims to combat the practice of torture throughout the world through advocacy efforts and activism. It claims to work with about 200 partner organizations to assist victims
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The World Peace Council is an international organization that advocates universal disarmament, sovereignty and independence and peaceful co-existence, and campaigns against imperialism, weapons of mass destruction and all forms of discrimination.
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The World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a left-of-center philanthropic organization which sponsors refugees to place them into Canadian schools and universities. It also supports various educational initiatives around the world while conducting advocacy to shape public opinion in Canada to favor migrant resettlement. Founded in the 1920s, the
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World Weather Attribution (WWA) is an international research organization that publishes reports that claim to quantify how climate change caused by humans affected the severity of weather events. According to Columbia Climate School, it uses “counterfactual” models based on a model of an “imaginary” world, using limited data.
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Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) is an international association of grantmaking organizations based in Sao Paulo, Brazil that hosts conferences and provides resources targeted to grantmaking organizations, board members, and staff. The group consists of over 190 members that include some of the most notable U.S.-based left-of-center grantmakers as
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Worn is a mission based creative agency based in New York City that promotes women’s employment and success in business. It designs product, produces content, brand names, and creates strategies for various clients. Its notable clients are Bumble, Makers, and Planned Parenthood.
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The Wren Collective is a left-of-center think tank and project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs. 89 The organization, formed by former public defenders, produces research on representing indigent criminal defendants.
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Wrong Speak Publishing is an online media outlet and book publisher that posts news articles and commentary on its website. 93 The company notes that its name derives from the notion of “wrong speak” in the
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The Wyss Campaign for Nature is a project of the left-of-center Wyss Foundation, a private foundation established by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, an environmentalist activist and former CEO of the controversial medical device manufacturer Synthes. The campaign was launched by the Wyss Foundation in 2018 as a $1
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Y Combinator is an investor in startup companies and initiatives. It provides $500,000 to each company in which it decides to invest after a vetting process. It invests in companies that have not been launched as well as those that have been in operation for a year or more. Since
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Yalies4Palestine is a pro-Palestinian student group at Yale University and a chapter of National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks against the State of Israel, the group released a statement claiming it, “stands in unwavering support of the Palestinian people’s right
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The Yemeni Alliance Committee (YAC) is a left-of-center activist group that opposes the United States’ involvement in the conflict between the Saudi Arabian-led coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of Yemen and Iran-backed Houthi insurgents.
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Young Global Leaders is a program of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a business league that primarily organizes annual meetings of international business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland. It aims to create a network of potential leaders in business, technology, education, activism, journalism, and politics.
