In western Europe the acquisition of such rights by shooting clubs, generally with large memberships, increased in modern times.
Most set up foundations to finance political advocacy or donate to existing NGOs, many of which have large memberships.
In the period since World War II, especially in the United States, such cults can have large memberships.
"We're both grass-roots organizations with very large memberships, and the goal is always to make sure members of Congress are hearing directly from their constituents".
His jurisdiction includes megachurches, with large memberships, big financial resources and ambitious agendas; struggling inner-city congregations and churches composed of recent immigrants, like the Hmong, from Southeast Asia.
Many of them have large memberships and comparably large wallets: the American National Education Association, the main teachers' union, has 3.2m members, an annual budget of over $300m and a vibrant tradition of political activism.
