

The following are links to public interest design groups, initiatives, or even just websites, which are either national in scope or have built a national profile. There are a number of other local organizations doing important related work, albeit under the radar of this quick inventory. Additional listings are welcome by suggestion, which can be emailed to john@publicinterestdesign.org.
American Architectural Foundation
Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
Association for Community Design
Association of Architecture Organizations
Cannon Design Open Hand Studio
Community Design Center of Pittsburgh
Community Design Collaborative
Community Design Resource Center of Boston
Detroit Collaborative Design Center
Governors’ Institute on Community Design
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio
Mayors’ Institute on City Design
Neighborhood Design/Build Studio
Perkins+Will Social Responsibility Initiative
Public Interest Design Institute
So|Aware: Socially Aware Architecture