Directory In Development
This is not yet a fully researched public partner directory. Every organization below is real and already named in SaveTheCreators source materials, but many deeper fields still need validation: full discipline coverage, regional reach, and richer mission summaries remain future work.
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 needs to be useful without pretending the research is finished. Pillar alignment is mapped from the current source trail. Focus and geography are only shown where a simple launch proxy is supportable from current materials.
What is live now
The launch dataset uses the known organization set already tracked in-repo. You can now search by organization name and filter by advocacy pillar, plus supportable focus and geography proxies. Discovery & Ranking remains an explicit gap because no confirmed organizations have been assigned to that pillar yet.
Search the launch directory
Pillar alignment is the strongest structured field today. Focus and scope are launch proxies based on source mentions and organization naming, so incomplete research stays visible instead of hidden.
Coverage by pillar in the current result set
No confirmed launch entries.
- 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 & voicePillar 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 proxiesMusicSongwritersLicensingPillar 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 proxiesMusicSongwritersLicensingPillar 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 proxiesAuthorsBooksTranslationPillar 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 bargainingPillar 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 supportPillar 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 expressionTranslationPillar 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 accountabilityPillar 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 creatorsPillar 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 culturePillar 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 supportPillar alignmentPayments & SplitsWell-BeingSource trail: Source inventory
- 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 displacementPillar 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 supportPillar 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 standardsPillar 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 protectionsPillar alignmentPayments & SplitsPreservation & PortabilitySource trail: Findings report source diversity
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