Google belongs to a number of trade associations and other organizations, representing the broad range of issues that we care about. We choose these memberships and sponsorships after carefully determining that each organization can help advance the open Internet, our issues, partner with us to shape meaningful policy discussions and help us engage with key constituencies and organizations. Google’s sponsorship or collaboration with a third party organization doesn’t mean that we endorse the organizations’ entire agenda, its events or advocacy positions nor the views of its leaders or members. The following is a representative listing for 2013-2014 of politically-engaged trade associations and other tax-exempt groups that receive the most substantial contributions from Google’s U.S. Public Policy and Government Affairs team. We link to each organization’s website, where you can read more about the group: