Here in Seattle we have two 'folk music' organizations. The Seattle Folklore Society just celebrated its 40th anniversary. Victory Music "a non-profit organization founded in 1969 to support local acoustic, jazz, blues and folk music." is only three years younger. Both support live folk music, although the former is mostly a concert-producing organization, while the latter is more of a musicians' organization supporting several open mics in the area and a monthly acoustic music magazine (Victory Review). I belong to both, but for different reasons.

Cheers, S. in Seattle