MASSPIRG (Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group) is a statewide, nonpartisan public interest advocacy organization that conducts research, grassroots organizing, and lobbying to advance consumer protection, environmental protection, public health and safety, transportation access, higher-education affordability, and democracy reforms in Massachusetts.
Consumer protection and product safety; clean energy, climate and air quality policy; public transit and transportation policy; public health and safety; higher education affordability and student consumer rights; corporate accountability; campaign finance and voting rights reforms.
Primarily small individual donations and foundation grants, supplemented by fundraising programs and voluntary student activity fees collected through affiliated campus PIRG programs.
U.S. PIRG; MASSPIRG Education Fund; MASSPIRG Students; The Fund for the Public Interest; Environment Massachusetts; broader state and national PIRG network; historical association with consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
Non-profit public interest advocacy organization (state PIRG)
