It has about 150 member groups from 16 states in the country.
No member group is under any obligation to follow committee recommendations.
As of 2010, the association has nearly 500 member groups representing over 25,000 participants and 18,000 volunteers.
They became a 7 member group as performed this way until 2007.
By 1950, the movement claimed 56 member groups in 22 countries, with some 156,000 members.
As of January 2010, there were over 50 member groups in 15 different countries.
During his tenure, the organization's membership grew from 269 to 1,093 member groups and became an important voice in education policy.
The network provides grants for financial support of its member groups.
Founded in 2001, the alliance consists of 67 member groups.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the coalition grew to 44 member groups.