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Non-profit
The Edge Funders Alliance is an affinity funding network formed by the merger of Grantmakers without Borders and the Funders Network on Transforming the Global Economy.
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Other Group
Funders for a Ceasefire Now is a coalition of individual donors, philanthropic organizations, and other foundations advocating for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. 1 The conflict was started on October
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Non-profit
Alliance for Justice Action Campaign (AFJAC) is a left-of-center judicial policy advocacy group. It is the political advocacy arm of Alliance for Justice (AFJ), a research and advocacy group devoted to confirming judges appointed by Democratic presidents and governors and preventing the confirmation of Republican-appointed judges. AFJAC sponsored campaigns
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Non-profit
FCCP is a “fiscally sponsored” project. For more information about FCCP’s parent group, see NEO Philanthropy (Nonprofit) The Funders Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) is a donors’ affinity group for left-wing voter engagement advocacy that steers millions of dollars from left-wing funding entities to left-of-center nonprofits that use the
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Non-profit
The Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a left-of-center legal policy coalition composed of over 100 organizations. The group is best known for the Judicial Selection Project, which seeks to promote left-wing and Democratic-appointed judges while defeating conservative and Republican-appointed judges.
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Non-profit
Christensen Fund is a private foundation originally started to acquire art that focuses on assisting indigenous people and communities internationally. In the United States, the fund makes grants to Native American populations but has also supported left-of-center nonprofits. Christensen Fund has encouraged racial reparations payments in California and supports left-of-center
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The Overbrook Foundation is a New York City-based grantmaking foundation founded in 1948 by investor Frank Altschul and his wife Helen. Today, the Overbrook Foundation’s grants are focused on funding for left-of-center groups supporting social liberalism and environmentalism. Overbrook has an endowment of $150 million and has donated more than
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Person
Lesley Carson is the director for the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund’s International Human Rights program. Carson has a long history of work for left-of-center and liberal organizations, and Democratic politicians. 1
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Anna Fink is the executive director of the Amalgamated Foundation, the charitable arm of Amalgamated Bank. Amalgamated Bank is majority-owned and controlled by Workers United, a division of the SEIU labor union. Fink previously served as a senior advisor on philanthropic issues to Richard Trumka,
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Non-profit
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm founded in 1989 in the United States. CIEL has opposed the use of carbon emitting fuels; opposed the use of carbon free nuclear power; and opposed the deployment of carbon capture technology. CIEL supports the
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Other Group
Barnacle Strategies is a left-of-center independent consulting group that advises environmentalist groups in Canada and the United States. Barnacle Strategies was founded and is managed by Dave Secord, an affiliate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, who was previously the president of strategic grantmaking for the
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Non-profit
The DISARM Foundation is an anti-disinformation, open-source project that offers organizations support with identifying and countering perceived instances of disinformation. 1 History The DISARM Foundation grew out of a meeting of aligned
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Non-profit
West Virginia Watch is an online news outlet located in Charleston, West Virginia launched by States Newsroom. It reports on West Virginia state politics and policies focusing on left-of-center issues such as criminal justice, education, health, labor, the environment, and energy.
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Non-profit
Water Foundation is a Sacramento, California-based left-of-center environmentalist grantmaker with a focus on water-related issues. It occasionally takes stances on non-environmental issues as well. Major donors such as the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation provide funds to
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Other Group
Youth Art and Self-Empowerment Project (YASP) is an activist group based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that advocates left-of-center criminal justice policies. This includes opposing the construction of detention facilities, ending the prosecution of minors as adults, and diverting criminals into so-called “restorative justice” programs instead of trial and sentencing. The group
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Non-profit
Donors of Color Network (DOCN) is a left-of-center nonprofit co-founded by Hali Lee, Ashindi Maxton, and Urvashi Vaid in 2016. The group promotes left-of-center social equity initiatives and climate action policies. DOCN is related and works with Donors of Color Action (DOCA).
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Non-profit
NorthLight Foundation (previously the Dan and Sheryl Tishman Family Foundation) is a left-of-center environmentalist grantmaking fund. It was founded in 2011 by real estate heir Daniel Tishman and his wife Sheryl with an endowment from the John L. Tishman Fund, which was originally established to support “education and scholarship.”
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Movement
In late November 2022, billionaire Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk announced he would be releasing “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression.” He allowed six independent journalists, many of them with left-leaning backgrounds, access to internal Twitter documents and communications covering a period beginning in 2016 when
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Non-profit
Mighty Arrow Family Foundation is a left-of-center environmentalist 1 and critical race theory-influenced 2 grantmaking foundation
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Other Group
MisInfoCon is a left-of-center international media organization. MisinfoCon supports online censorship under the label of online trust and verification, fact checking, reader experience, and addressing what it considers “misinformation.” 1 Founded in 2017, MisinfoCon
