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Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
http://www.jiwh.org/
"The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) established the JIWH to promote the study and reporting of women’s health issues at the interface of medicine and the social sciences."

James Madison University Center for Assessment and Research Studies
http://www.jmu.edu/assessment/
"The Center for Assessment and Research Studies seeks to become a nationally recognized standard of excellence for assessment programs in higher education through its doctorate in assessment and measurement, through practitioner work on campus, through professional organizations, and through writing in national publications."

Jamestown Foundation
http://www.jamestown.org/
"The Jamestown Foundation’s mission is to inform and educate policy makers and the broader policy community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or tactically important to the United States and which frequently restrict access to such information. Utilizing indigenous and primary sources, Jamestown’s material is delivered without political bias, filter or agenda. It is often the only source of information which should be, but is not always, available through official or intelligence channels, especially in regard to Eurasia and terrorism."

Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
http://www.wellesley.edu/JBMTI/
"The work of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute is based on the Relational-Cultural Model of development. This model focuses on growth-fostering relationships as the central human necessity and disconnections as the source of psychological problems. It assumes that all growth-fostering relationships and all disconnections are constructed within specific cultural contexts."

Jean Piaget Society
http://www.piaget.org/
"The Jean Piaget Society, established in 1970, has an international, interdisciplinary membership of scholars, teachers and researchers interested in exploring the nature of the developmental construction of human knowledge. The Society was named in honor of the Swiss developmentalist, Jean Piaget, who made major theoretical and empirical contributions to our understanding of the origins and evolution of knowledge."

Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically-Dependent Persons and Other Significant Others
http://www.jacsweb.org/
JAC's mission is to "encourage and assist Jewish alcoholics, chemically dependent persons and their families, friends and associates to explore recovery in a nurturing Jewish environment by conducting retreats and other events that provide support to Jews in recovery; promote knowledge and understanding of the disease of alcoholism and chemical dependency as it involves the Jewish Community; and act as a resource center and information clearinghouse on the effects of alcoholism and drug dependency on Jewish family life."

Jobs with Justice
http://www.jwj.org/
"Founded in 1987, JwJ's mission is to improve working people's standard of living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize. JwJ's core belief is that in order to be successful, workers' rights struggles have to be part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice. To that end, JwJ has created a network of local coalitions that connect labor, faith-based, community, and student organizations to work together on workplace and community social justice campaigns."

John A. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Studies in the Health Sciences
http://www.nih.gov/fic/
"The Fogarty International Center promotes and supports scientific research and training internationally to reduce disparities in global health."

The John B. Pierce Laboratory
http://www.jbpierce.org/
"Research in Health, Physiology, and Environment"

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
http://www.gf.org/
"The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts."

Join Together Online: Take Action Against Substance Abuse and Gun Violence
http://www.jointogether.org/
"Join Together Online (JTO) is a comprehensive network of free Internet services supporting community-based efforts to address substance abuse and gun violence."

Joint Center for Poverty Research
http://www.jcpr.org/
A joint project of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. "JCPR concentrates on the causes and consequences of poverty in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty. Our goal is to advance what is known about the economic, social and behavioral factors that cause poverty, and to establish the actual effects of interventions designed to alleviate poverty."

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org/
JCAHO's mission is "To continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations."

Joint Custody Association
http://www.jointcustody.org/
"The Joint Custody Association, originated in 1979 by James A. Cook, is a nonprofit network throughout North America and Western Europe of 3,000 individuals in 43 states and 15 foreign countries: Assessing research and conveying information about joint custody and divorce practices; Creating and encouraging passage of legislated statutes; Surveying decrees and their consequences, and Assisting in the implementation of joint custody."

Josephson Institute of Ethics
http://www.josephsoninstitute.org/
The mission of the Josephson Institute is "To improve the ethical quality of society by changing personal and organizational decision making and behavior."

The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
http://www.jbartlett.org/
"The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan, independent think tank focused on state and local public policy issues that affect the quality of life for New Hampshire's citizens. To improve economic prosperity and the general welfare, the Center provides information, research, and analysis to decision makers. The Center has as its core beliefs individual freedom and responsibility, limited and accountable government, and an appreciation of the role of the free enterprise system."

Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation
http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/
"The Foundation supports programs designed to improve the education of health professionals in the interest of the health of the public, and to enhance the representation of minorities in the health profession."

Joslin Diabetes Center
http://www.joslin.org/
"Established in 1898, Joslin Diabetes Center is an internationally recognized diabetes treatment, research and education institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School and headquartered in Boston, MA. Joslin is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and improving the lives of people with diabetes through its cutting edge basic and clinical research, patient care programs for children and adults, and through programs and publications that improve the care of diabetes worldwide."

Jumpstart.org
http://www.jstart.org/
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The Justice Project
http://justice.policy.net/
"The Justice Project is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to fighting injustice and to creating a more humane and just world. Founders of The Justice Project are men and women who as veterans have been willing to risk our lives fighting injustice. Our military experiences have left us with an understanding of human suffering and a desire to leave a legacy of fairness for future generations."

Justice Research and Statistics Association
http://www.jrsa.org/
"The Justice Research and Statistics Association is a national nonprofit organization of state Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) directors, researchers, and practitioners throughout government, academia, and criminal justice organizations."

The Justice Research Association
http://www.cjcentral.com/jra/
"The Justice Research Association is the corporate sponsor of the Criminal Justice Distance Learning Consortium (CJDLC) CJDLC has as its mission the support of distance education in criminal justice and criminology. To further that goal, the Criminal Justice Distance Learning Consortium provides support within the limits of its resources to colleges, universities, training academies, and other programs and institutions seeking to demonstrate or utilize distance learning in criminal justice and criminology instruction."

Justice Talking
http://www.justicetalking.org/
"Justice Talking is award-winning radio that engages listeners in timely, refreshingly honest debates on the current legal battles that capture our nation’s attention."

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
http://www.jdf.org/
"JDRF is the world’s leading nonprofit, nongovernmental funder of diabetes research. JDRF structures its research on a business-world model to ensure that resources are spent most effectively to accelerate progress toward finding a cure. JDRF is the only major diabetes organization focused exclusively on research."

Modified: December 30, 2008 ,joe.buenker@asu.edu