Here is a resource for you to bookmark. The links will take you to the pages of each organization on the little sis database where you can find out who their leadership are, their directors, board members, members, donors, who their benefactors are, who their members donate to, which publications they are behind and much more. You can also see which members each has in common with the other and where their networks interlock with powerful banks, media and intelligence agencies. A good working understanding of how relationships are connected in this way will give you a sense of the interests and agendas behind all political, geopolitical, economic, strategic and public policy events that appear in the news stories in the world today. It is the secret weapon of any investigative journalist or informed citizen looking to get a step ahead of the game in current affairs and also serves as a means for any private person to be informed about the potential threats posed to the safeguarding of their personal liberties and constitutionally protected rights. Most importantly I would propose that any activist looking to resist the undue concentration of power in the hands of the few first map out these relationships to best target their points of focus.
From Most cited (at the top) to position 25. Each organization on this list has considerable power and influence. This power is wielded principally in an "under the radar" fashion.
| 1 | Brookings Institution Major Washington think tank |
| 2 | Council on Foreign Relations US foreign policy think tank |
| 3 | American Enterprise Institute Largest neoconservative think tank |
| 4 | The Heritage Foundation Conservative think tank |
| 5 | Center for Strategic and International Studies Foreign policy think tank founded 1962. |
| 6 | RAND Corporation Nonprofit global policy think tank |
| 7 | KFF Non-profit focuses on major national health care issues, as well as U.S. role in global health policy |
| 8 | Center for American Progress Democratic insider think tank started by former Clinton administration official John Podesta |
| 9 | Cato Institute Libertarian think tank based in Washington, DC |
| 10 | Urban Institute Public policy think tank; economic and social policy research |
| 11 | Hoover Institution Conservative think tank at Stanford |
| 12 | Manhattan Institute conservative think tank |
| 13 | New America Centrist Think Tank |
| 14 | Economic Policy Institute The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit Washington D.C. think tank. |
| 15 | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
| 16 | The Carter Center human rights organization based in Atlanta founded by former President Jimmy Carter |
| 17 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Elite foreign policy research and discussion organization |
| 18 | Lexington Institute Conservative / libertarian think tank |
| 19 | Public Policy Institute of California The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is dedicated to informing and improving public policy in California. |
| 20 | University of Virginia Center for Politics The Center for Politics was founded in 1998 by Larry J. Sabato at the University of Virginia. |
| 21 | The Washington Institute for Near East Policy American pro-Israel think tank based in Washington, DC |
| 22 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Liberal policy organization specializing in federal budget issues from a low-income perspective. |
| 23 | Inter-American Dialogue U.S. center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs. |
| 24 | The Aspen Institute Elite policy discussion group |
| 25 | Center for Economic and Policy Research The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. |