WISPIRG, the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, is a state-based, citizen-funded advocacy group that promotes the public interest. WISPIRG, the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, is a state-based, citizen-funded advocacy group that promotes the public interest. WISPIRG is a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society. For decades, we’ve stood up for consumers, countering the influence of big banks, insurers, chemical manufacturers and other powerful special interests. We use the time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposés, grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation to deliver concrete results.