public interest group
Citizen advocacy coalition
A public interest group is an organization that advocates for causes affecting society broadly rather than its own members' narrow concerns—environmental protection, consumer safety, civil liberties, government transparency.
The term distinguishes these organizations from industry lobbies or trade associations that pursue economic benefits for specific sectors.
The public interest group filed suit to block the pipeline.
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- activistVigorous cause champion
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
grass roots · campaign · petition · letter writing · watchdog · reform · cause · civic · civil society · coalition · mobilize · rally · town hall · justice · rights · citizen · movement · pressure
- advocacy groupsNAACP, Amnesty International, lobby, lobbying, GLAAD
- law schoollaw school, law schools, law student, law students, law degree
- business entitiescorporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, company
public interest groupcorporate lobby
Business building entrance area
special interest group · business lobby · trade association · professional association
public interest groupfront group
Organization concealing real sponsors
public, publicly, publics, publication, publicize, publicized, publicity, publish, published