These organizations offer free or low-cost legal support, public interest litigation, and transparency advocacy.
Alabama
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
Website: https://www.alabamaappleseed.org
Alaska
Alaska Legal Services Corporation
Website: https://www.alsc-law.org
Arizona
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
Website: https://aclpi.org
Arkansas
Legal Aid of Arkansas
Website: https://www.arlegalaid.org
California
First Amendment Coalition
Website: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org
Colorado
Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Website: https://coloradofoic.org
Connecticut
Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission
Website: https://portal.ct.gov/FOI
Delaware
Delaware Coalition for Open Government
Website: https://delcog.org
Florida
Florida First Amendment Foundation
Website: https://floridafaf.org
Georgia
Georgia First Amendment Foundation
Website: https://gfaf.org
Georgia Legal Services Program
Website: https://www.glsp.org
Hawaii
Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest
Website: https://www.civilbeatlawcenter.org
Idaho
Idaho Legal Aid Services
Website: https://www.idaholegalaid.org
Illinois
Better Government Association
Website: https://www.bettergov.org
Indiana
Indiana Coalition for Open Government
Website: https://indianacog.org
Iowa
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Website: https://ifoic.org
Kansas
Kansas Legal Services
Website: https://www.kansaslegalservices.org
Kentucky
Kentucky Open Government Coalition
Website: https://kyopengov.org
Louisiana
Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana
Website: https://parlouisiana.org
Maine
Maine Freedom of Information Coalition
Website: https://mainefoi.org
Maryland
Maryland Legal Aid
Website: https://www.mdlab.org
Massachusetts
New England First Amendment Coalition
Website: https://nefac.org
Michigan
Michigan Coalition for Open Government
Website: https://miopengov.org
Minnesota
Minnesota Coalition on Government Information
Website: https://www.mncogi.org
Mississippi
Mississippi Center for Justice
Website: https://mscenterforjustice.org
Missouri
Missouri Sunshine Coalition
Website: https://mosunshine.org
Montana
Montana Legal Services Association
Website: https://www.mtlsa.org
Nebraska
Nebraska Appleseed
Website: https://neappleseed.org
Nevada
Nevada Legal Services
Website: https://nlslaw.net
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Website: https://www.nhla.org
New Jersey
New Jersey Foundation for Open Government
Website: https://njfog.org
New Mexico
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government
Website: https://nmfog.org
New York
New York Civil Liberties Union
Website: https://www.nyclu.org
North Carolina
North Carolina Open Government Coalition
Website: https://ncopengov.org
North Dakota
Legal Services of North Dakota
Website: https://www.legalassist.org
Ohio
Ohio Coalition for Open Government
Website: https://ohioopengov.com
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Open Records Project (via FOI Oklahoma)
Website: https://foioklahoma.org
Oregon
Open Oregon
Website: https://open-oregon.com
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition
Website: https://pafoic.org
Rhode Island
Access/RI
Website: https://accessri.org
South Carolina
South Carolina Press Association FOI Hotline
Website: https://scpress.org
South Dakota
South Dakota Legal Services
Website: https://www.sdlawhelp.org
Tennessee
Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
Website: https://tcog.info
Texas
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
Website: https://foift.org
Utah
Utah Legal Services
Website: https://www.utahlegalservices.org
Vermont
Vermont Legal Aid
Website: https://www.vtlegalaid.org
Virginia
Virginia Coalition for Open Government
Website: https://www.opengovva.org
Washington
Washington Coalition for Open Government
Website: https://washingtoncog.org
West Virginia
West Virginia Legal Aid
Website: https://www.lawv.net
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council
Website: https://wisfoic.org
Wyoming
Wyoming Liberty Group
Website: https://wyliberty.org