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Judicial Watch is a legal activist group that investigates alleged misconduct by government officials and political figures. The organization primarily relies on public records for its investigations and frequently files federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain information.
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The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) is a right-of-center judicial advocacy group. The group supports the confirmation of right-leaning judges who support the judicial philosophy of “originalism,” which holds that judicial interpretation should rely on the original meaning of legal texts rather than contemporary social or political circumstances. JCN was founded
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Judicial Action Group (JAG) is a 501(c)(4) organization that advocates for social conservatism in the judicial system.1 The organization reviews judges based on their records on the issues of marriage, life, and religious
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The George Jenkins Foundation is a private foundation based in Lakeland, Florida. George Jenkins was the founder of Publix Supermarkets. In 2020, Forbes estimated the Jenkins family’s net worth to be $8.8 billion.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) is a state-level affiliate of the national American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The organization litigates, educates, and advocates for left-of-center positions including reduction of prison populations, elimination of cash bail, and promotion of mail-in ballots.
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Joanna Francescut is the Assistant County Clerk and Registrar of Voters for Shasta County, California. 1 Francescut
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The Jewish Communal Fund is a community foundation and administrator of donor-advised funds that promotes and facilitates charitable giving within the Jewish community in the greater New York City area. The organization was founded in 1972 and since has grown to serve donor-advised fund holders across the United States and
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The Council for National Policy (CNP) is a nonprofit membership organization that supports the conservative movement, especially regarding issues like limited government, traditional Judeo-Christian values, and a strong national defense. 1 CNP Action,
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The Margaret Mary and Owens Miller Charitable Trust is a private grantmaking foundation based in Westminster, California. It is funded by the Miller family, who were attorneys in the Los Angeles area. While most of the grants are to relatively noncontroversial charities such as hospitals, museums, universities, and health care
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WVWV is now called the Voter Participation Center Women’s Voices Women Vote (WVWV) was a left-of-center voter registration nonprofit founded in 2003 by prominent left-wing political strategist Page Gardner to advocate for the left-of-center “Rising American Electorate,” particularly unmarried women, and increase their participation in the political process. WVWV
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The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute is a training agency under the United States Department of Defense that conducts training around ethnic diversity, racial sensitivity, and equal opportunity. The department was originally founded as the Defense Race Relations Institute in the 1970s as an effort to smoothen race relations
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The East-West Management Institute is a left-leaning nonprofit international aid and advocacy organization located in New York City that is partially funded by several notable left leaning grantmaking groups. The organization was founded in 1988 and focuses on issues in former soviet states in central and eastern Europe.
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Also see Women’s Voices Women Vote (Nonprofit) The Center for Voter Information (CVI) is a left-of-center voter registration and outreach group that is permitted to take positions on candidates that works alongside its nominally nonpartisan and charitable “sister,” the Voter Participation Center (VPC). While both organizations run general
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Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) is a left-of-center political advocacy organization, which mainly advocates and lobbies for increases to the Arizona minimum wage and legislation that restricts and regulates the flexibility of labor for Arizona employers. The group also campaigns for liberal expansionist immigration policy. LUCHA has also
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The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) is a left-of-center nonprofit which provides educational materials and pro-bono legal services to climate scientists facing legal action. The CSLDF has defended left-of-center climate scientists in some of the most high-profile climate lawsuits in the past decade, including the “Climategate” suit against
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The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) is a private grant-making “impact investing” foundation based in New York. Founded in 1997, the Fund is associated with the Open Society Foundations (OSF) created and funded by left-of-center billionaire George Soros, and is part of the OSF Economic Justice Program (EJP).
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Kyle Herrig is an activist and attorney who serves on the boards of, or as an adviser to, various left-of-center advocacy projects. Several projects he serves with are connected to the New Venture Fund, a nonprofit organization created and managed by philanthropic firm Arabella
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Fix the Court (FTC) is a left-of-center judicial policy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a former project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and major funding organization for left-wing organizations characterized as a “dark money outfit”
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The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) is a left-of-center advocacy group founded in 1974 that advocates for left-of-center foreign policy in Latin America. 1 WOLA has advocated for lenient diplomatic policies towards Cuba, opposed all
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SKDKnickerbocker (SKDK) is a political consulting and public affairs company whose clients include prominent Democratic Party politicians, particularly in the state of New York. SKDK has done consulting work for former President Barack Obama, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), and New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential
