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Written Resources | Organizational Resources

Business for Social Responsibility
An alliance of over 1,400 businesses that defines and promotes responsible business practices that demonstrate respect for ethical values, people, communities, and the environment. Publishes a membership newsletter and organizes annual national conference. BSR also has an Education Fund (BSREF), a non-profit charitable organization that serves the broader business community and general public through research and educational programs about responsible business practices. Contact: BSR, 609 Mission Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-3506; 415/537-0888 http://www.bsr.org

Co-op America
A socially responsible marketplace for consumer goods and services educating and bringing together socially conscious consumers and businesses. Their directory of businesses is called The National Green Pages. This is available to members along with a quarterly magazine called Building Economic Alternatives, which includes a status report of current boycotts. They distribute a planning guide for socially responsible investors called You, Your Money, and the World. Contact: Co-op America, 1612 K Street NW #600, Washington, DC 20006 202/872-5307; 800/58-GREEN http://www.coopamerica.org

Heirs, Inc.
Provides a forum for beneficiaries of trusts who are discontent with the terms of their trusts and are organizing legislatively for trust reform. Membership includes newsletter. Contact: Heirs, Inc., P. O. Box 292, Villanova, PA 19085 610/527-6260 http://www.heirs.net

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
A coalition of over 200 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish denominations, religious communities, healthcare systems, pension funds and diocese working to promote corporate social responsibility. ICCR members are the major sponsors of social issue shareholder resolutions. ICCR publishes a newsletter, the Corporate Examiner, and The Directory of Alternative Investments. Contact: ICCR, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 566, New York, NY 10115 212/870-2295 http://www.iccr.org

Investor's Circle (IC)
A non-profit national network of angel and institutional investors, foundation officers and entrepreneurs who seek to balance financial, social and environmental returns. IC is dedicated to catalyzing the flow of capital to private companies that deliver commercial solutions to social and environmental problems. Each year IC sponsors venture fairs and a national conference, in addition to circulating deal flow to its members. Contact: (617) 566-2600 inbox@investorscircle.net, www.investorscircle.net

Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini & Co., Inc.
A corporate accountability research firm. The firm annually researches over 3,500 U.S. and international companies, including the Standard & Poors 500. KLD created and maintains the Domini Social Index 400. The U.S. research is distributed in SOCRATES, a proprietary database program that contains data on nearly 900 companies rated on more than sixty social criteria. Contact: Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini & Co., Inc., Russia Wharf, 530 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02210 617/547-7479 webemail@kld.com http://www.kld.com

National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA)
The largest nationwide organization of comprehensive "fee-only" financial advisors. "Fee-only" planners are compensated solely by fees paid by their clients and do not accept commissions or compensation from any other source. Their web site will direct you to planners in your state. Contact: NAPFA, 355 West Dundee Road, Suite 200, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 874/537-7722 http://www.napfa.org

National Community Capital Association
A national network that represents 49 member community development financial institutions (CDFI's) that provide capital, training, and other services for community based development projects in low-income urban, rural, and reservation-based communities throughout the U.S. They offer a range of capacity-building, performance-based financing and public policy programs. Investors can find out about funds in their areas of interest through their directory. Contact: NCCA, Public Ledger Building, 620 Chestnut St., Suite 572, Philadelphia, PA 19106 215/923-4754 ncca@communitycapital.org http://www.communitycapital.org

National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (NFCDCU)
An organization similar to NCCA but for Community Development Credit Unions.. It distributes a directory of members. Contact: NFCDCU, 120 Wall St., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10005 212/809-1850 or 800/437-8711 email@natfed.org. http://www.natfed.org

Net Impact (formerly Students for Responsible Business)
A 5,000 member network of graduate business students and alumnae aiming to incorporate social responsibility into the business school curriculum. There is one national conference and a summer internship program for first year MBA students. Net Impact has one central office and 50 local chapters. Contact: Net Impact, 609 Mission St., 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 415/778-8366 http://www.net-impact.org

Responsible Wealth
A project of United for a Fair Economy that coordinates shareholder resolutions around a variety of economic justice concerns. A national alliance of business leaders, investors, and high-net-worth individuals concerned about growing income and wealth inequality. Contact: Responsible Wealth, 37 Temple Place, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02111 617/422-2148. http://www.responsiblewealth.org

The Social Investment Forum
A professional association of over 600 socially responsible financial professionals and institutions. Membership is open to any organization or practitioner who wishes to participate in the SRI field and is a joint membership program with Co-op America Business Network. They publish Social Investment Services, a directory of investment opportunities and a periodic "social balance sheet" comparing the performance of socially screened funds with the returns of other funds. Contact: Social Investment Forum, 1612 K St. NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20006 202/872-5319 info@socialinvest.org http://www.socialinvest.org

Social Venture Network
A community of leading business and social entrepreneurs engaged in building a socially just and environmentally sustainable economy through their enterprises. They support their members in entrepreneurship, personal growth, spirituality, and social activism. They hold two annual membership conferences and a newsletter. Membership by application. Contact: Social Venture Network, Box 29221, San Francisco, CA 94129-0221 415/561-6501 http://www.svn.org