" NORML and the NORML Foundation support both those fighting prosecution under marijuana laws and those working to legalize marijuana.

In October 1998, NORML Foundation published the NORML Report on U. S. Domestic Marijuana Production that was widely cited in the mainstream media.

In the United States, for example, non-profit legal advocacy organizations, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Landmark Legal Foundation, the Pacific Legal Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Center for Law and Justice or NORML, frequently submit such briefs to advocate for or against a particular legal change or interpretation.

* Richard Cowan Resigns from Board of NORML Foundation, The Marijuana News, 25 August 2003.

Using $ 5, 000 in seed money from the Playboy Foundation, Stroup founded NORML in 1970.

Paul Armentano is the Deputy Director of NORML ( National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws ) and the NORML Foundation.

* Gatto, Christopher: European Drug Policy: Analysis and Case Studies, NORML Foundation, 1999.

" Altman was an outspoken marijuana user, and served as a member of the NORML advisory board.

For example, organizations such as DRCnet, NORML and other pro-legalization of drug and prostitution groups argue that these laws cause greater harm for society then they prevent by creating an unregulated market.

Blues Traveler recorded the Sly & the Family Stone song " I Want to Take You Higher " for the NORML compilation album Hempilation and the John Lennon song " Imagine " for the Lennon tribute album Working Class Hero.

NORML ZA ( the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in South Africa ) is currently the largest cannabis advocacy group and claims to represent the country's estimated 2-3 million regular cannabis users.

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws ( NORML ) is an American non-profit organization based in Washington, DC whose aim is to move public opinion sufficiently to achieve the legalization of non-medical marijuana in the United States so that the responsible use of cannabis by adults is no longer subject to penalty.

According to their website, NORML " supports the removal of all criminal penalties for the private possession and responsible use of marijuana by adults, including the cultivation for personal use, and the casual nonprofit transfers of small amounts ," and " supports the development of a legally controlled market for cannabis.

Similar affiliated organizations operate under the NORML banner in other countries, among them NORML New Zealand.

In the 2006 United States midterm elections, NORML promoted several successful local initiatives that declared marijuana enforcement to be the lowest priority for local law enforcement.

NORML claims that this frees up police resources to combat violent and serious crime.

NORML plans to support efforts now underway in states such as California, Washington, and Oregon to legalize and tax marijuana, which it claims is a means of coping with growing federal and state deficits without having to raise other taxes.

Examples of the NORML Foundation's advocacy work is a detailed 2006 report, Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis.

As an advocacy group, NORML has been active in spreading its message to the public.

Also in early 2009, when the Kellogg Company dropped its contract with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps after pictures of him using a bong surfaced in the media, head members of NORML began boycotting Kellogg products and urging all members and supporters of NORML to boycott Kellogg, until the company reversed the decision.

NORML also suggested that supporters of the cause send emails or letters to Kellogg explaining the boycott and the reasons behind it, even providing a template for emails and letters.

On 16 June 2009, the Pave the Way Foundation announced that it would release of 2, 300 pages of documents in Avellino, Italy, dating from 1940 to 1945, which the organization claims show that Pius XII " worked diligently to save Jews from Nazi tyranny "; the organization's founder, Krupp has accused historians of harboring " private agendas " and having " let down " the public.

Curtis is also involved in the work of the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, serving as the annual host for the organization's " Dream Halloween " event in Los Angeles, launched every year in October.

American Security Council Foundation registered a trademark for the phrase in April 2011 and sent a cease-and-desist order to CSP founder Frank Gaffney in 2011, following his organization's use of the term.

Paid members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation vote to determine the winners ; individuals may become members of the foundation by visiting the organization's website at www. razzies. com.

The organization's existence ( and nothing more ) had been revealed in Foundation, searched for in Foundation and Empire, and makes brief appearances in this novel.

In 2006, The Philadelphia Soul Foundation was formed to further the organization's commitment to the Philadelphia area.

Large donors also contribute a substantial portion of the organization's budget ; past donors have included the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Buffett Foundation, Ford Foundation, Turner Foundation, the Cullmans and others.

In addition, the organization's affiliated foundation ( People For the American Way Foundation ) runs programs designed for voter education and politically progressive infrastructure building.

The conservative Heritage Foundation issued a report which states that " neither the Left nor the Right has a thoroughly-documented explanation of the organization's nature or purposes.

* Great Books Foundation the organization's official web site

He also manages the particulars of the Wayne Foundation while Wayne dictates the organization's general policies.

The organization's branches represent Preservation Virginia across the state ; in Richmond, Preservation Virginia's self governing affiliate is Historic Richmond Foundation, which merged in July 2005 with Preservation Virginia's William Byrd Branch.

The As-Sahab Foundation for Islamic Media Publication ( Arabic: السحاب, " The Cloud ") is the media production house of al-Qaeda, used to relay the organization's views to the world.

In 1997, the Ford Foundation, then the NCLR's sole funding source, demanded a change in the organization's focus and direction by threatening to withhold funding and forced then-president Henry Santiestevan out of office.

INGKA Holding is not an independent company, but is wholly owned by the Stichting Ingka Foundation, which Kamprad established in 1982 in the Netherlands as a tax-exempt, not-for-profit foundation.

The California Missions Foundation, a volunteer, tax-exempt organization, was founded in 1999 by Richard Ameil, an eighth generation Californian.

The Montgomery College Foundation is a 501 ( c )( 3 ) ( tax-exempt ) charitable organization governed by business, alumni and community members.

The associated Citizens United Foundation is a tax-exempt 501 ( c )( 3 ) organization.

Financial contributions to the B612 Foundation are tax-exempt.

The health plans are not-for-profit and provide infrastructure for and invest in Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and provide a tax-exempt shelter for the for-profit medical groups.

WorldSpace Foundation was a 501 ( c )( 3 ) tax-exempt organization created in 1997 with the aim of improving literacy in Africa, and providing content through satellite to smaller community radio stations in the continent.

United States non-profit tax-exempt status for contributions is provided through the PACA Alumni Foundation ( http :// www. pacaalumnifoundation. org ).

He also is president of the Islamic-American Zakat Foundation, a 501 ( c )( 3 ) tax-exempt religious and charitable organization which primarily serves poor and needy Muslims in the United States.

XBMC source code is distributed as open source under GPL ( GNU General Public License ), it is sponsored via the tax-exempt registered non-profit organization, XBMC Foundation, and is developed by a global free software community of volunteers working on XBMC for free in their spare time without being motivated by financial or material gain.

The Internal Revenue Service revoked the tax-exempt status of the Fusion Energy Foundation in September 1985, and a year later the State of New York sought to dissolve the corporation, alleging that it used " persistently fraudulent and illegal " means to solicit donations.

Gordon met the five people who would become the original core-group of the Ganas community and incorporated the tax-exempt 501 ( c )( 3 ) non-profit organization Foundation for Feedback Learning ( FFL ) in 1974.

He denounced the tax-exempt status of the Callaway Foundation.

The formerly Trotskyist Revolutionary Socialist League ( RSL ) ( who disbanded immediately before a fraction of their members participated in founding the new project, and gave them their tax-exempt non-profit organization, the Aspect Foundation ) was also one of the main forces behind this.

As the market for free market journals was limited in the 1950s, it ran into financial problems and in 1956 was taken over by FEE, an educational, tax-exempt Foundation.

" The Rio Grande Foundation of New Mexico is an independent, non-partisan, tax-exempt research and educational organization dedicated to the study of public policy.

The book is published by the Foundation for Thought and Ethics ( FTE ), a non-profit organization founded by ordained minister Jon Buell in Richardson, Texas, in 1980 as a tax-exempt charitable and educational organization, with articles of incorporation which stated that its purpose includes " proclaiming, publishing, preaching teaching … the Christian Gospel and understanding of the Bible and the light it sheds on the academic and social issues of the day ".

Following a series of congressional investigations of foundations and " other tax-exempt entities ," Andrews persuaded the Sage Foundation to sponsor a conference intended to encourage major scholars to study philanthropy.

In 1984, Abramoff and other College Republicans formed the " USA Foundation ", a non-partisan tax-exempt organization which held two days of rallies on college campuses around the United States celebrating the first anniversary of the invasion of Grenada.

According to the Trinity Foundation, an evangelical watchdog group, the physical churches are only associated with the mail-based ministry as a cover that allows the lucrative operation to retain tax-exempt church status.