The Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY is “a think-tank affiliated with the State University of New York, and is devoted to promoting science, reason, and freedom of inquiry in every field of human interest.”

Three areas of research include:

1. Pseudoscience and the paranormal (bigfoot, UFOs, psychics, communication with the dead, cryptozoology, etc.)

2. Alternative medicine (faith healing, homeopathy, belief in “healing touch,” the efficacy of prayer, etc.)

3. Religion and secularism (church-state separation, the effects and proper role of religion in society, the future of secularism and nonbelief, etc.)

Interestingly enough, their most recent podcast includes an excellent interview with Max Maven.

From the listing:

In this interview, Max Maven begins an exploration of the relationship between magic and skepticism, and how magicians may aid the skeptical enterprise.

The entire interview segment is about 19 minutes in length and, I think, well worth your time to download and listen. Max brings up a number of points I think mystery entertainers would do well to consider.