A complete list of the organizations rejected for participation in the State Employees Charitable Campaign was not available at press time, but the federations Another Way Texas Shares, Earth Share of Texas, and America’s Charities had received informal confirmation from the State Policy Committee of the following rejections (pending appeal).


Another Way Texas Shares

  • Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
  • Texans for Gun Safety
  • Texas Abortion & Reproduction Rights Education Fund
  • Texas Civil Rights Project
  • Texas Family Planning Association
  • Texas Rural Legal Aid


    Earth Share of Texas

  • African Wildlife Federation
  • American Rivers
  • Center for Health, Environment and Justice
  • Environmental Defense
  • Conservation International
  • Defenders of Wildlife
  • Environmental Law Institute
  • Izaak Walton League
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Pesticide Action Network
  • Public Citizen
  • Public Research Works
  • Rainforest Alliance
  • Save Barton Creek Association
  • Scenic America
  • Sierra Club Foundation
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • SEED Coalition
  • Texas Solar Energy Society
  • The Texas Zoo
  • Trust for Public Land
  • Westcave Preserve
  • Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilition


    America’s Charities

  • American Center for Law and Justice
  • American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
  • Amnesty International of the USA
  • Catholics United for Life
  • Children’s Defense Fund
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • National Abortion and Reproduction Rights Action League
  • Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
  • Zero Population Growth

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  • Contributing writer and former news editor Michael King has reported on city and state politics for the Chronicle since 2000. He was educated at Indiana University and Yale, and from 1977 to 1985 taught at UT-Austin. He has been the editor of the Houston Press and The Texas Observer, and has reported and written widely on education, politics, and cultural subjects.