Agreed. IJ (Institute for Justice) [0] and FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) [1] are my two favorite organizations when it comes to doing the hard work to protect our constitutional rights as Americans!
[0]: https://ij.org
Their initial statement on pro-Palestine protests was disgraceful.
Their ranking of best colleges in the country for free speech are completely wrong (and just happen to align with the political views of their big donors).
For example one factor is how many newspaper articles get written about issues with free speech at a school. Tiny private colleges that explicitly say they don't support free speech do great on this metric.
University of Virginia is championed by them as the best school in the country for free speech, which simply isn't true.