Center for Reclaiming AmericaPO Box 632, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302, 877/725-8872
An "outreach" of Coral Ridge Ministries. CRA seeks to "reclaim America for Christ." Led by Dr. D. James Kennedy.
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
12500 NE 10th Pl., Bellevue, WA 98005, 425/455-5038
Militant rhetoric opposing the plans of environmental activists. Founded by fundraiser Alan Gottlieb and directed by Ron Arnold, who co-authored the book, Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism is Wrecking America.
Center for the Study of Popular Culture
PO Box 67398, Los Angeles, CA 90067, 800/752-6562
Former leftists David Horowitz and Peter Collier publish Heterodoxy, a newspaper-format monthly they call “articles and animadversions on political correctness and other follies.” Horowitz frequently appears on TV and radio to denounce the left and attack it for various “falsehoods.” He wrote Hating Whitey and has purchased anti-reparation ads in college newspapers.
Charisma
600 Rinehart Rd., Lake Mary, FL 32746, 407/333-0600
Glossy monthly of the Christian Right.
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade
PO Box 129, Manitou Springs, CO 80829, 719/685-9043
For over 45 years this ministry, founded by Fred Schwarz, M.D., has fought communism and internal subversion. Schwarz retired in 1998 and David Noebel of Summit Ministries took the reins. Publishes Schwarz Report and Christian Anti-Communism Crusade newsletter. Promotes conspiracy theories about the origin and spread of AIDS.
Christian Coalition
499 So. Capitol St. SW, Ste. 615, Washington, DC 20003, 202/479-6900
The largest Christian Right group seeking to mobilize grassroots constituencies. Founded in 1989 by Pat Robertson. Other Robertson groups include the 700 Club, Regent University, and the Christian Broadcast Network.
Christian Identity
Not a single group, but a religious-political movement with a vindictive anti-Jewish and racist theology. Believes that Africans and African-Americans are "subhuman," and that Jews are the "spawn of Satan." Not to be confused with Christian Reconstructionism.
Christian Reconstructionism
Not a single group. The theocratic ideology that proposes replacing civil and criminal law with Biblical law. Leading advocates include the late R.J. Rushdoony and Gary North. Not to be confused with Christian Identity.
Christian Voice
One Cathedral Pl., Washington, DC 20069, 703/548-1421
Led by Robert Grant, Christian Voice lobbies against gay rights.
Citizens for Excellence in Education
See National Association of Christian Educators.
Coalition on Revival
PO Box 1139, Murphys, CA 95247, 209/728-2582
A modern reformationist movement founded and led by Jay H. Grimstead. COR represents the intersection of Christian Reconstructionism with the more conventional Christian Right.
College Republican National Committee
600 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003, 202/608-1411
Sometimes takes positions that are far to the right of the Republican Party leadership.
Colorado for Family Values
3709 Parkmoor Dr., Ste. 103, Colorado Springs, CO 80917, 719/573-4229
Organized the campaign to enact Colorado's antigay Amendment Two, which was enjoined because it infringed on the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians. Founded and led by Kevin Tebedo and Tony Marco.
Competitive Enterprise Institute
1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 1250, Washington, DC 20036, 202/331-1010
Challenges environmental regulations. Coordinates Earth Day Alternatives coalition.
Concerned Women for America
1015 15th St., NW, Ste. 1100, Washington, DC 20005, 800/458-8797, 202/488-7000
The nation’s largest conservative Christian women’s organization with chapters in 50 states. Founded by Beverly LaHaye, it considers high levels of defense spending and aggressive anticommunism to be integral to defending traditional family values.
Conservative Caucus
450 Maple Ave. E., Ste. 309, Vienna, VA 22180, 703/938-9626
Small but vocal group which opposed “the Clintonista plan to governmentalize U.S. medicine” and sponsors “Hillary Watch” tracking Senator Clinton “and her radical agenda.” Also wants to stop DC statehood, block taxpayer subsidies to homosexuals, abolish the IRS and terminate the income tax. Founded and led by Howard Phillips.
Constitution Party
23 North Lime St., Lancaster, PA 17602, 717/390-1993
Ultraconservative political party founded in 1992, formerly U.S. Taxpayers Party. Howard Phillips was its presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 elections. Constitution Party is explicitly antitax, antigovernment, anti-abortion. Seeks to abolish the IRS, close down the Department of Education and terminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, AIDS education, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Coral Ridge Ministries
5554 N. Federal Hwy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308, 954/772-0404
Major Christian Right ministry led by D. James Kennedy, who was on the founding Board of Directors of Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority. Seeks the “application of biblical principles to all spheres of our culture and to all of life.” Affiliated with the Center for Reclaiming America.
Council for National Policy
3030 Clarendon Blvd., Ste. 340, Arlington, VA 22201, 703/525-8822
Policy and fundraising organization that brings together conservative and right-wing activists from many different groups. Usually refuses public comment about its meetings and other activities. Tim LaHaye was the founder and first president.
Eagle Forum
PO Box 618, Alton, IL 62002, 618/462-5415
Founded and led by Phyllis Schlafly, its best known campaign was against the ERA. Anti-feminist. Opposes comprehensive sexuality education. Publishes The Phyllis Schlafly Report.
Education Research Analysts
PO Box 7518, Longview, TX 75607, 903/753-5993
Reviews Texas school textbooks for signs of liberal permissiveness, antipatriotic sentiments or other ideas that threaten the "America way of life." Run by Mel and Norma Gabler.
English First
8001 Forbes Pl., Ste. 102, Springfield, VA 22151, 703/321-8818
Opposes bilingualism. Founded in 1986. Seeks to pass English Only amendments at the state and federal level. Considered politically to the right of U.S. English. Home to Larry Pratt (Gun Owners of America). The organization's strategy is to move all 50 state legislatures to pass English Only laws in order to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Exodus International
PO Box 77652, Seattle, WA 98177, 206/784-7799
The largest “gay reclamation” ministry, Exodus International promotes the conversion of gay men and lesbians to heterosexuals through therapy and submission to Jesus Christ. It describes itself as a “world-wide network of Christian organizations which minister to those overcoming homosexuality and other life-dominating sexual problems.”
Family Research Council
801 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20001, 202/393-2100
Influential think tank and lobbying group. Led by Gary L. Bauer, FRC was a division of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family from 1988 until October 1992, when IRS concerns about the group’s lobbying led to an amicable administrative separation.
The Federalist Society
1015 18th St., Washington, DC 20036, 202/822-8138
Conservative institute concerned with the law.
Federation for American Immigration Reform
1666 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20009, 202/328-7004
Nativism packaged to appeal to a broader political constituency. Typical rhetoric from fundraising appeal: “There is no end to the ingenuity of illegal aliens when it comes to eluding our immigration authorities.” Founded by John Tanton. Not to be confused with the other FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.
Focus on the Family
8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80995, 719/531-3400, 800/232-6459
Influential profamily organization. Seeks to defend family, faith and traditional values. Founded and led by family counselor James Dobson, Ph.D. The organization has grown so large it has its own zip code.
Free Congress Foundation
717 Second St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202/546-3000
Run by New Right strategist Paul Weyrich, FCF evolved from the Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress and Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, and was founded by Colorado beer magnate Joe Coors. Other groups affiliated with FCF include Free Congress Political Action Committee. Publishes Empowerment!
Guns Owners of America
8001 Forbes Pl., #102, Springfield, VA 22151, 703/321-8585
Progun ownership group that is to the right of the NRA. Larry Pratt is Executive Director.
Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202/546-4400
One of the most influential think tanks linking the Old and New Right. Focuses on economic issues, "government waste," foreign policy, and military issues. Challenges strict environmental regulations. Publishes Policy Review.
Hillsdale College
33 East College, Hillsdale, MI 49242, 517/437-7341
Ultraconservative college. See also Shavano Institute.
Human Life International
4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630, 540/635-7884
Promotes a wide range of right-wing political and economic goals as part of its anti-abortion agenda. Ideologically aligned with an orthodox Catholic perspective.
Independent Women's Forum
PO Box 3058, Arlington, VA 22203, 800/224-6000, info@iwf.org
Antifeminist women's organization. "Provides a forum for American women who believe in individual freedom and personal responsibility." Publications include The Women's Quarterly and Ex-Femina.
Institute for Creation Research
ICR Graduate School, 10946 Woodside Ave., North, Santee, CA 92071, 619/448-0900
Seeks full integration of science and the Bible to “see science return to its rightful God-glorifying position.” Website includes list of “creation scientists.”Produces periodicals, research papers and videos for pastors, teachers and others.
Institute on Religion and Democracy
1110 Vermont Ave. NW, Ste. 1180, Washington, DC 20005, 202/969-8430
Regards the National Council of Churches as manipulated by Marxist ideologues. Condemns liberation theology. Trivializes attempts to deal with sexism, racism, homophobia, and classism within organized religion.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
PO Box 4431, Wilmington, DE 19807-0431, 800/526-7022
A mainstay of the Old Right, the Institute publishes the monthly CAMPUS: America’s Student Newspaper; Intercollegiate Review; ISI Update; Political Science Review; and the quarterly journal Modern Age. Opposes multiculturalism and all forms of liberalism.
Jerry Falwell Ministries
Jerry Falwell, Lynchburg, VA 24514, 804/237-0770
Jerry Falwell is one of the most influential Christian Right televangelists who started the Moral Majority, then replaced it after a brief hiatus with the Liberty Alliance. He also founded Liberty University.
John Birch Society
PO Box 8040, Appleton, WI 54913, 920/749-3780
Ultraconservative and reactionary membership organization that promotes the theory that the New World Order is the function of centuries-old conspiracy of financial elites networked through the Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, and other similar groups. Publishes The New American. Founded and led by Robert Welch until his death.
LaRouche Network
PO Box 889, Leesburg, VA, 20178, 703/777-9451, 888/347-3258
Far-right group run by the neofascist Lyndon LaRouche. LaRouche publications include The New Federalist and Executive Intelligence Review; other LaRouche groups include the Club of Life and the Schiller Institute.
Leadership Institute
Steven P.J. Wood Building, 1101 N. Highland St., Arlington, VA 22201, 703/247-2000
Conservative training ground for right-wing youth. Includes an employment placement service and intern program that places institute attendees in prominent right-wing organizations. Founded in 1979 by Morton C. Blackwell to "identify, recruit, train and place conservatives."
Liberty Lobby
300 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003, 202/544-1794
Far-right think tank. While calling itself a populist group defending family values and American patriotism, Liberty Lobby is a major source of bigotry against Jews. Liberty Lobby publishes The Spotlight, a newspaper with a circulation of over 100,000.
Liberty University
1971 University Blvd., Lynchburg, VA 24502, 804/582-2000
Jerry Falwell, former head of the now-defunct Moral Majority, is founder and chancellor of Liberty University. See Jerry Falwell Ministries.
Media Research Center
325 S. Patrick St., Alexandria, VA 22314, 703/683-9733
Opposes any traces of liberalism on TV or in films.Publications include MagazineWatch and MediaNomics.
Morality in Media
475 Riverside Dr., Ste. 239, New York, NY 10115, 212/870-3222
Founded in 1962, now headed by Kevin M. Beattie, the group opposes all forms of what it considers pornography and obscenity.
National Association of Christian Educators (NACE)/Citizens for Excellence in Education (CEE)
PO Box 3200, Costa Mesa, CA 92628, 949/251-9333
Both groups are headed by Robert L. Simonds, who is on the Coaliton on Revival (COR) Steering Committee. NACE works closely with COR. NACE’s purpose is “to reclaim our Christian heritage in our public schools.” CEE is a division of NACE. Argues that students in public schools are “being taught a socialist global worldview, and being indoctrinated with new age, atheistic and value-free ideologies.” Together, both groups publish the Educational Newsline newsletter.
National Association of Evangelicals
1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 522, Washington, DC 20036, 202/789-1011
A large and influential group that represents conservative evangelicals in Washington, DC.
National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality
16633 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 1340, Encino, CA 91436, 818/789-4440
Secular exgay organization comprised of psychoanalysts, psychiatrists and others who advocate for homosexuals to convert to heterosexuality.
National Committee of Catholic Laymen
215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016, 212/685-5210
Publishes Catholic Eye, a conservative Catholic newsletter. Related to Human Life Foundation, Inc. and connected to the National Review.
One Nation/One California
English for the Children, 555 Bryant St., #371, Palo Alto, CA 943011, 650/853-0360
Millionaire Ron Unz's organization through which he ran the antibilingual education campaign Proposition 227 in California.
Operation Rescue
PO Box 740066, Dallas, TX 75374, 972/494-5316
Aggressively fights abortion rights with militant clinic actions that cross the line from civil disobedience to assault. Founded in Binghamton, NY. Headed by Philip (Flip) Benham.
Opus Dei
524 North Ave., Ste. 200, New Rochelle, NY 10801, 914/235-1201
Reactionary fundamentalist Catholic lay society. Extremely influential within the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.
Oregon Citizen’s Alliance
PO Box 9276, Brooks, OR 97305, 503/463-0653
Started by Lon Mabon, the OCA sponsored the anti-gay Oregon Abnormal Behavior and Student Protection Act Initiatives. Mabon was briefly head of the Oregon chapter of the Christian Coalition. OCA has been active in nearby states trying to organize similar groups.
Pacific Legal Foundation
10360 Old Placerville Road, Ste. 100, Sacramento, CA 95827, 916/362-2833
Conservative legal foundation. Challenges environmental regulations.
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (P-FOX)
1401 1/2 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314, 703/739-8220
Christ-centered network of "parents, friends and family of loved ones struggling with homosexuality." Advocates for lesbians and gay men to convert to heterosexuality through religious conversion.
Parents’ Music Resource Center
PO Box 815, McLean, VA 22101, 703/748-3130
Seeks constraints or codes that would affect free expression and the arts. Supports parental warning system for music it finds offensive. Some fear this would lead to censorship. Among the founders were: Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Albert Gore; Susan Baker, wife of former Secretary of State James Baker; Georgie Packwood, wife of former Senator Robert Packwood; and Nancy Thurmond, wife of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond.
Pioneer Fund
1204 Third Ave., Ste. 150, New York, NY 10021, 212/696-8635
Funds research in a pattern that suggests a problematic concern with biologically-determinate racial nationalism. Stated goal is to aid “research and study into the problems of human race betterment with special reference to the people of the United States."
Pioneer Institute
85 Devonshire St., 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, 617/723-2277
Conservative state think tank promoting free market solutions to social problems. Founded in 1988 by Lovett C. Peters, “a Boston businessman, philanthropist, and trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education and Hillsdale College.”
Plymouth Rock Foundation
1120 Long Pond Rd., Plymouth, MA 02360, 508/833-1189, 800/210-1620
Rus Walton leads a campaign to promote the idea that America was meant to be a Christian nation in an effort to “reclaim America for Jesus Christ.”
Political Economy Research Center
502 S. 19th Ave., Ste. 211, Bozeman, MT 59718, 406/587-9591
Conservative think tank. Challenges strict environmental regulations.
Populist Party
Repeated schisms make it difficult to track, but essentially an electoral formation that promotes a hard right-wing version of populism regarding government bureaucracy, mixed with nativism that in some instances embraces theories of racism and fascism.
Pro-Life Action League
6160 N. Cicero Ave., Ste. 600, Chicago, IL 60646, 773/777-2900
Director Joseph M. Scheidler is author of Closed: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion. Promotes militant direct action.
Project Reality
PO Box 97, Golf, IL 60029, 874/729-3298
Produces the abstinence-only curricula Choosing the Best and Facing Reality. Director is Kathleen M. Sullivan. Original name of Project Reality was Project Respect, which was a subsidiary of the Committee on the Status of Women, run by Sullivan. Project Respect originally promoted Sex Respect, an abstinence-only curriculum now handled by Respect, Inc. (Not to be confused with Respect, Inc., despite earlier ties.)
Project Respect
Renamed. See Project Reality.
Promise Keepers
PO Box 11798, Denver, CO 80211-0798, 866/776-6473
Mass-based Christian men’s movement. Founded by University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney in 1990. While projecting an image of spirituality, leaders of Promise Keepers seem bent on gaining social and political power. Promise Keepers say men should “reclaim” authority from their wives.
Reason Foundation
3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 400, Los Angeles, CA 90034, 310/391-2245
Conservative libertarian think tank. Challenges strict environmental regulations.
Respect, Inc.
PO Box 349, Bradley, IL 60915, 815/932-8389
Produces Sex Respect abstinence-only curriculum designed to replace comprehensive sexuality education courses. Early workbook written by Coleen Kelly Mast.
Rockford Institute
928 North Main St., Rockford, IL 61103, 815/964-5819
Paleoconservative think tank. Publications of the Rockford Institute, which is led by Allan Carlson, include: The Family in America, and Chronicles (formerly Chronicles of Culture). A main concern is the erosion of traditional values resulting from an increasingly pluralistic society.
Rutherford Institute
PO Box 7482, Charlottesville, VA 22906-7482, 804/978-3888
Founded by John W. Whitehead, the Rutherford Institute distributes tapes from the late Reconstructionist leader R.J. Rushdoony and ultraconservatives such as Phyllis Schlafly of Eagle Forum, among others. Promotes the secular humanism conspiracy theory. Recently has moderated its public image.
Scaife Foundations
One Oxford Center, 301 Grand St., Ste. 3900, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, 412/392-2900
Four family foundations: Sarah Scaife Foundation, Scaife Family Foundation, Allegheny Foundation and the Carthage Foundation. All are leading funders of conservative and ultraconservative causes.
Shavano Institute
Hillsdale College, 33 E. College St., Hillsdale, MI 49242, 517/437-7341, 800/437-2268
Hosted by Hillsdale College. Conservative think tank and policy analysis group.
Smith Richardson Foundation
60 Jessup Road, Westport, CT 06880, 203/222-6222
Leading funder of conservative and ultraconservative causes.
State Policy Network
6255 Arlington Blvd., Richmond, CA 94805-1601, 510/965-9700
A loosely-knit network of conservative state think tanks, networks, and legal foundations. The State Policy Network replaced an earlier network called the Madison Group.
Summit Ministries
Box 207, Manitou Springs, CO 80829, 719/685-9103
Led by David Noebel, formerly of Billy James Hargis’s Christian Crusade. Summit publishes The Summit Journal. Noebel is author of a textbook used by the Christian Right: Understanding the Times: The Story of the Biblical Christian, Marxist/Leninist and Secular Humanist World View News.
Teen Aid, Inc.
723 E. Jackson, Spokane, WA 99207, 509/466-8679, 800/357-2868
“An organization which develops, promotes, and provides family life education materials that focus on premarital abstinence and parent/teen communication.” Opposes comprehensive sexuality education, publishes Me, My World, My Future among other abstinence-only curricula.
Tim LaHaye Ministries
PO Box 2700, Washington, DC 20013, 703/830-4898
Led by Tim LaHaye, a former leader of Moral Majority and the Council for National Policy. Publishes Pre-Trib Perspectives.
Traditional Values Coalition
100 South Anaheim Blvd., Ste. 350, Anaheim, CA 92805, 714/520-0300
Founded and led by Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, TVC is active in supporting antigay initiatives and opposes school-based counseling programs for gay and lesbian teens. Roger Magnuson, author of Are Gay Rights Right?, is a frequent contributor to the TVC newsletter.
U.S. English
1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ste. 1100, Washington, DC 20006, 202/833-0100
Opposes bilingualism. Founded in 1983 by Senator S. I. Hayakawa and Dr. John Tanton. Tanton chaired U.S. English until he departed after a scandalous memo was leaked. The memo also led to Linda Chavez resigning from her position as Director. Their goal is to make English the only legitimate language of government at all levels. It has two arms: U.S. English Inc., which lobbies at the state and federal level to abolish bilingual education, as well as to make English the only language used in government business; and the U.S. English Foundation, a non-profit organization which shares the same goals.
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