| 100% | GLAAD | 5 | Org. founded to combat sensationalized coverage of the AIDS crisis |
| 51% | GLAAD | 5 | Organization founded to combat homophobic reporting on the AIDS crisis |
| 39% | PTA | 3 | Org. founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers |
| 38% | GLAAD | 5 | Media-watchdog org. founded during the AIDS epidemic |
| 36% | UNICEF | 6 | Org. established in response to the refugee crisis that followed the Second World War |
| 33% | ALT | 3 | Modifier key found to the left of the spacebar |
| 32% | CDC | 3 | Org. that was the successor to the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas |
| 32% | STMARK | 6 | He is said to have founded the Church of Alexandria |
| 32% | USN | 3 | Org. founded in response to Barbary pirates |
| 31% | DUBOIS | 6 | Founding editor of The Crisis |
| 31% | FDIC | 4 | Banking org. founded during the Depression |
| 30% | UN{ICE}F | 8 | Org. that provides humanitarian aid to kids |
| 30% | DEA | 3 | Org. that reports to the attorney general |
| 30% | EPA | 3 | Org. publishing the Map of Radon Zones |
| 30% | USCG | 4 | Org. founded by Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue-Marine |
| 30% | MTA | 3 | Org. that can bring you to the PATH |
| 30% | AAA | 3 | Org. at the front of a phone book |
| 29% | NASA | 4 | Org. with an Astronomy Picture of the Day site |
| 29% | WBC | 3 | Org. of which Lennox Lewis was once the champion |
| 29% | NSA | 3 | Member org. of the Five Eyes alliance |
| 29% | ABA | 3 | Trade org. of interest to publishers and authors |
| 28% | ALVINAILEY | 10 | Founder of the American Dance Theater: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MODUSOPERANDI | 13 | Plan of action, as "initially" found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 28% | DOWNSIZING | 10 | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | ADS | 3 | Org. that names a "Word of the Year" |
| 28% | MTA | 3 | "Stand clear of the closing doors please" org. |
| 28% | ATF | 3 | Org. that regulates explosives, in addition to the categories in its acronym |
| 28% | NBA | 3 | Org. whose members fly around the nation, but try not to travel |
| 27% | HRS | 3 | Nos. to the left of a colon, maybe |
| 27% | EPA | 3 | Org. that includes the Office of Water |