A Living Directory
Every organization below is real and already named in SaveTheCreators source materials. The list uses conservative labels for discipline coverage, regional mapping, and profile detail so source-backed context stays separate from guesses.
Our Approach
SaveTheCreators does not replace existing advocacy organizations. It acts as connective tissue between creative disciplines, helping creators discover the organizations that already exist while building shared visibility across issues that cut across the whole creative economy.
That means this directory uses evidence-area alignment from the current source trail. Focus and geography are shown where the available materials support the label.
Organization Directory
Search the current organization list and filter by evidence area, focus, and geography. The directory keeps its source-backed labels separate from the broader advocacy route pages.
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Evidence-area alignment is the strongest structured field. Focus and scope are based on source mentions and organization naming.
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- Official site
SAG-AFTRA
UnionU.S.-centeredReferenced across STC source materials in connection with performer pay, residuals, AI consent, and workplace safety.
Focus proxiesPerformersFilm & TVGames & voiceEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsSafety & HarassmentSource trail: Board meeting minutes, evidence base
- Official site
ASCAP
Performance-rights organizationU.S.-centeredReferenced in STC source materials as part of the existing music-rights and creator-compensation landscape.
Focus proxiesMusicSongwritersLicensingEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsSource trail: Board meeting minutes
- Official site
BMI
Performance-rights organizationU.S.-centeredReferenced alongside ASCAP in STC source materials as part of the music-rights ecosystem creators already navigate.
Focus proxiesMusicSongwritersLicensingEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsSource trail: Source inventory
- Official site
Authors Guild
Guild / advocacy organizationU.S.-centeredReferenced across STC source materials for author income research, emergency support, and writer advocacy.
Focus proxiesAuthorsBooksTranslationEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Source inventory, evidence base
- Official site
WGA (Writers Guild of America)
Guild / unionU.S.-centeredReferenced across STC source materials for screenwriter pay, employment decline, and collective bargaining.
Focus proxiesScreenwritersFilm & TVCollective bargainingEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Source inventory, evidence base
- Official site
IGDA (International Game Developers Association)
Professional associationInternationalReferenced across STC source materials for game developer well-being, crunch, layoffs, and professional support.
Focus proxiesGame developersWell-beingCareer supportEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsWell-BeingSource trail: Source inventory, evidence base
- Official site
PEN America
Nonprofit advocacy organizationU.S.-centeredReferenced across STC source materials for writer advocacy, translation equity, censorship, and free-expression defense.
Focus proxiesWritersFree expressionTranslationEvidence-area alignmentSafety & HarassmentSource trail: Source inventory
- Official site
EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Digital-rights nonprofitScope not yet confirmedReferenced across STC source materials for digital-rights, platform-suppression, and online-expression issues.
Focus proxiesDigital rightsOnline expressionPlatform accountabilityEvidence-area alignmentSafety & HarassmentPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Source inventory
- Official site
New Media Rights
Legal aid nonprofitScope not yet confirmedReferenced in STC source materials as a legal-aid and digital-rights resource relevant to creators.
Focus proxiesLegal aidDigital rightsIndependent creatorsEvidence-area alignmentPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Source inventory
- Official site
Internet Archive
Preservation organizationScope not yet confirmedReferenced in STC source materials as part of the preservation and archival ecosystem for digital culture.
Focus proxiesArchivesPreservationDigital cultureEvidence-area alignmentPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Source inventory
- Official site
Freelancers Union
Freelance advocacy organizationScope not yet confirmedReferenced across STC source materials as a cross-discipline support and advocacy body for freelance workers.
Focus proxiesFreelancersBenefitsCross-discipline supportEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsWell-BeingSource trail: Source inventory
- Official site
Artist Corporations
Nonprofit / legislative initiativeU.S.-centeredReferenced in STC source materials for Colorado legislative advocacy around artist-company structures, with official public materials for the Colorado Artist Company Act.
Focus proxiesArtist companiesCreative ownershipColorado legislationEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Board meeting minutes, founder edit ingestion, official site
- Official site
Animation Guild
Guild / union localU.S.-centeredReferenced across STC source materials for animation labor conditions, pay gaps, layoffs, and AI displacement risk.
Focus proxiesAnimationLabor conditionsAI displacementEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsSource trail: Findings report source diversity
- Official site
AIA (American Institute of Architects)
Professional associationU.S.-centeredReferenced in STC source materials as part of the professional-association landscape for architecture and adjacent creative labor.
Focus proxiesArchitectureProfessional standardsPractice supportEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsSource trail: Findings report source diversity
- Official site
AIGA
Professional associationU.S.-centeredReferenced across STC source materials for design labor issues, including spec work and professional standards.
Focus proxiesDesignSpec workProfessional standardsEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsSource trail: Findings report source diversity
- Official site
ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers)
Professional associationU.S.-centeredReferenced across STC source materials for photographer advocacy, copyright, and business protections.
Focus proxiesPhotographyCopyrightBusiness protectionsEvidence-area alignmentPayments & SplitsPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Findings report source diversity
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