OSPIRG, the Oregon Public Interest Research Group, is a state-based, citizen-funded advocacy group that promotes the public interest. OSPIRG, the Oregon Public Interest Research Group, is a state-based, citizen-funded advocacy group that promotes the public interest. OSPIRG 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.