As a result of such statements, in May 2012 TRANSCEND International, an organisation co-founded by Galtung, released a statement attempting to clarify his opinions.

Axis of Justice is a non-profit organization co-founded by Serj Tankian and Tom Morello.

The Clamshell Alliance is an anti-nuclear organization co-founded by Paul Gunter, Howie Hawkins, Harvey Wasserman, Guy Chichester and other activists in 1976.

In 2004, Schwartz became chairman of the board of directors of the Military Child Education Coalition an organization co-founded by his wife Sandy and other military spouses.

Faysal is a board member of the American Pakistan Foundation (APF), an organization co-founded by Hillary Clinton in order to "effectively catalyze long-term economic development and social change in Pakistan".

Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, a nonprofit organization co-founded by former VaxGen executives, has ownership of certain intellectual and manufacturing rights of AIDSVAX.

Much of their data was collected in the Human Relations Area Files, a cross-institutional organization co-founded by Ford.

Chapin continues support of WhyHunger (formerly World Hunger Year), a non-profit organization co-founded by his brother Harry Chapin.

Stop Child Executions is a non-profit organization co-founded by Nazanin Afshin-Jam that aims to put an end to executions of minors in Iran.

This nationwide witch hunt was the genesis for the founding of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an organization co-founded by Mitch Kapor (Lotus 123), John Gilmore, and several others.