page_title: Public Citizen
section_title: Organization and history
hierarchical_section_title: Public Citizen / Organization and history
caption_attribution_description: English: The northwest corner of 20th and Q Streets, N.W., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., following the Second North American blizzard of 2010. The headquarters for Public Citizen, a left-wing advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, is the building on the corner, 1600 20th Street, N.W. Built in 1885 as the residence of George Alexander McIlhenny, president of the Washington Gas-Light Company, the brick, four-story, Richardsonian Romanesque building previously served as headquarters for the Army and Navy Bulletin, predecessor to the Navy Times, the American Home Economics Association, now known as the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Institute for Policy Studies. The building is a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and has a 2010 property value of $5,050,400.
context_page_description: Public Citizen is a non-profit, liberal / progressive consumer rights advocacy group and think tank based in Washington, D.C., United States, with a branch in Austin, Texas.
context_section_description: Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971,  Public Citizen is funded by dues and contributions from its members and supporters, foundation grants, and publication sales and does not accept government or corporate funds.
  Public Citizen's slogan is “Corporations have their lobbyists in Washington, D.C. The People need advocates too.” As explained on its website, its overarching goal is “to ensure that all citizens are represented in the halls of power.” It is a nonprofit organization unaffiliated with any partisan political activity, and it does not endorse anybody running for public office. It survives on donations from its 80,000 supporters and on other income, and it does not accept donations from governments or corporations.
  According to their website, Public Citizen consists of two legal entities: Public Citizen, Inc. which donation to them is non-deductible and Public Citizen Foundation, Inc. which donation to them is deductible.
caption: Public Citizen's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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