AARP provides insightful retirement research on Americans over age 50.

The American Savings Education Council (ASEC) is a national coalition of public- and private-sector institutions committed to making saving and retirement planning a priority for all Americans. ASEC is a program of the Employee Benefit Research Institute Education and Research Fund (EBRI-ERF), a 501c(3) non-profit organization

The Brookings Institute’s Retirement Security Project is dedicated to promoting common sense solutions to improve the retirement income prospects of millions of American workers. It is a project of Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute and the Brookings Institution.

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College - promotes research on retirement issues, transmits new findings to the policy community and the public, helps train new scholars, and broadens access to valuable retirement data sources.

Divided We Fail.org - AARP, Business Roundtable, Service Employees Union (SEIU), and National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) are engaging the American people, businesses, non-profit organizations, and elected officials in finding bi-partisan solutions to ensure affordable, quality health care and long-term financial security

The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has been conducting research on retirement plans since its founding in 1978, and publishes the annual Retirement Confidence Survey.

The Financial Planning Association^® (FPA^®) is the leadership and advocacy organization connecting those who provide, support and benefit from professional financial planning. FPA demonstrates and supports a professional commitment to education and a client-centered financial planning process. Based in Denver, Colo., FPA has 95 chapters throughout the country representing tens of thousands members involved in all facets of providing financial planning services. Working in alliance with academic leaders, legislative and regulatory bodies, financial services firms and consumer interest organizations, FPA is the community that fosters the value of financial planning and advances the financial planning profession.

The Internal Revenue Service maintains helpful information for the retirement plans community.

The IRS has launched www.retirementplans.irs.gov, to help employers navigate through tax-favored retirement plan options and to make it easier for their employees to save for the future. When using the IRS Retirement Plan Navigator, employers will find that choosing the right plan is easy. The Navigator includes a side-by-side feature comparison of the most popular types of retirement plans. For employers who already have a retirement plan, the Navigator provides links to checklists designed to help employers keep their plans on track. Even the most conscientious employers can make mistakes. The Navigator offers Fix-It Guides that describe how to find, fix and avoid common plan mistakes.

The Investment Company Institute provides interesting research on the U.S. retirement market dating back to 1995.

The National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) is a non-profit association whose members are the directors of the nation's state, territorial, and largest statewide public retirement systems. NASRA members oversee retirement systems that hold more than two-thirds of the more than $2 trillion in state and local government assets and that provide pension and other benefits to most state and local government employees.

National Council on Teacher Retirement.  NCTR membership includes 73 state, territorial, local, and university pension systems. These systems serve more than 19 million active and retired teachers, non- teaching personnel, and other public employees, and have combined assets of more than $1.4 trillion in their trust funds.

The Society of Actuaries conducts a wide variety of practical retirement research projects.

University of Michigan Retirement Research Center provides high-quality research on retirement and Social Security policy.

LIMRA provides high-quality retirement research, our program focuses on products and services that are central to the retirement market, such as individual annuities and retirement plans. Our studies concentrate on multiple aspects of companies’ business practices, from strategy to product development to marketing and distribution. They also track trends in the attitudes and behaviors of consumers, producers, and employers.

The National Academy of Social Insurance provides research on long-term care (Medicare/Medicaid coverage, home/community-based resources, long-term care insurance, personal assistance services, reform options), Social Security (retirement and Survivor benefits, trust funds, public opinion, potential reforms) and workforce issues and employee benefits (health and disability coverage, pensions, retiree health benefits, aging workforce issues)

The National Institute for Retirement Security focuses on retirement security, with an emphasis on the role and value of defined benefit pension (DB) plans for employers, employees, the economy, and the public.

The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is committed to generating debate on key policy issues affecting pensions and other employee benefits.

The Metlife Mature Market Institute is a nationally recognized leader in the exploration of and innovative approaches to understanding and bringing context to the multi-generational and multi-faceted issues of aging and longevity.

Social Security Administration - www.ssa.gov

The Urban Institute produces thoughtful non-partisan economic and social policy retirement research.

Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) - Improving the long-term financial security of all women through education and advocacy.