Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs is a public education project of Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports. Consumers Union is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace and to empower consumers as they buy products and services.

Consumers Union accepts no outside advertising. It has no agenda other than to promote and protect the interests of consumers.

Consumers Union’s revenue comes from the sale of information products and services, individual contributions, and a few educational grants. Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs is funded largely from such grants. Consumers Union is governed by a board of directors who are elected by CU members and meet three times a year.