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Person
Barack Obama (born Barack Hussein Obama II in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. The first African American to assume the presidency, he was previously the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008.
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Political Party/527
For more information, see Organizing for Action (Nonprofit) Also see Obama Administration Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign began President Barack Obama formally announced his intent to run for reelection as U.S. president on April 4, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden was Obama’s running mate. Obama defeated Republican Party rival
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Political Party/527
For more information, see Organizing for Action (Nonprofit) Also see Obama Administration Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign began when then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama declared his candidacy for U.S. president on February 10, 2007. Obama became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee on June 8, 2008 after competitor
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Government Agency
The administration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, lasted from 2009 to 2017. Obama, a Democrat, succeeded Republican President George W. Bush. He was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump. Notable People First Family Barack Obama, President of the United States Michelle Obama, First
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Legislation
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as the ACA, Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare) is major health care legislation passed in 2010 by the 111th Congress and signed by President Barack Obama. Over 900 pages long, the ACA includes a bundle of statues and regulations intended
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Non-profit
The Obama Foundation is a nonprofit organization formed in 2014, near the end of President Barack Obama’s second term in office, to press for liberal projects and to both oversee the design and construction of the Obama Presidential Center within Jackson Park in Chicago, Illinois. A federal review of
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Other Group
The Families and Workers Fund (also known as the Families + Workers Fund) is a left-of-center grantmaking organization fiscally sponsored by the Amalgamated Foundation, a donor-advised fund provider related to the formerly Service Employees International Union-owned Amalgamated Bank. Initially, the fund aimed to mitigate the economic effects of
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Other Group
The Center for Right-Wing Studies (CRWS) a University of California, Berkeley-based organization that conducts research on right-of-center movements and organizations in America and around the world and is supported by private tax-deductible donations.
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For-profit
The Messina Group (TMG) is political consulting and strategic advisory firm that is run by Jim Messina, the “mastermind” of President Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential re-election campaign. 1 TMG was
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Non-profit
SJS Partners is a left-of-center grantmaking organization with close ties to the Sandler Foundation. 1 SJS Partners was founded in 2019 by James Sandler and his late
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Person
Oprah Winfrey is a world-renowned television host, media personality, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Best known for her over 23-year TV show “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Winfrey is the first African-American woman billionaire and the owner of multiple TV networks, publications, and charitable foundations, including Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation and the
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Non-profit
The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a left-of-center organization that advocates against racism, homophobia, and “LGBTQ+/SGL bias and stigma”; for black LGBT, “queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL)” people; and those with HIV/AIDS through advocacy, research, and education. The group sees itself as the “leading national black LGBTQ+ civil
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Non-profit
Center Forward is an advocacy organization that bills itself as a forum for cross-party dialogue and an advocate for centrist policies at the federal level. Though it presents itself as nonpartisan, Center Forward is led by former staffers of Democratic U.S. Representatives and the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton
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Other Group
Gothamist is a left-of-center, New York City-based online news outlet operated by New York public radio station WNYC that reports on local news in New York City’s five boroughs as well as northern New Jersey.
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Non-profit
Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI) is a left-of-center postsecondary education policy advocacy organization that targets policymakers, leaders, and influential thinkers. 1
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Non-profit
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial is one of the private family foundations of the billionaire Crown family, who made their money in steel manufacturing and defense contracting.
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Non-profit
The Capacity Shop is an organization that helps left-of-center activist groups improve their organizational systems, coordinate efforts across different legal entities, and conduct outreach activities. It is an affiliated charity of New Left Accelerator (NLA) and fiscally sponsored by Social Good Labs.
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Other Group
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 policy goals that were adopted by all United Nations (UN) member states in 2015 as a part of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Non-profit
Capital B is a national and local media outlet that caters to Black Americans. 1
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For-profit
Ariel Investments is the first Black-founded mutual fund in the U.S. and claims to be the largest minority-owned investment fund in the U.S.
