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The David Rockefeller Fund is a left-of-center philanthropic organization that makes grants related to art, climate change, and criminal justice. Founded in 1989 and expanded in 2001, its grants go to independent organizations as well as initiatives affiliated with established groups like the Tides Foundation and the Arabella
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The Rockefeller Family Fund is the nonprofit organization supporting the philanthropy of the great-grandchildren of John D. Rockefeller and the grandchildren of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The “cousins,” as Rockefeller Jr.’s grandchildren came to be known, were major supporters of left-wing counterculture causes as early as the 1960s.
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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund was created in 1940 as the charity for the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: John D., III; future U.S. Vice President Nelson; Laurance; Winthrop; and David Rockefeller. Two of these five men, Laurance and David, also established their own foundations, though David announced that
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The Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas (FCOG) is a project of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) dedicated to opposing the American oil and gas industry, particularly its political influence and the development of new oil and gas infrastructure. Reporting in the Wall Street Journal identified FCOG as instrumental
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Asset Funders Network (AFN) is an alliance of grantmaking associations that fund left-of-center causes. Its roster of members includes corporate funders such as Target Foundation and Walmart, banking groups such as Charles Schwab and Bank of America Foundation, and left-of-center grantmakers such as the Foundation for
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Collaborative Action Fund for Accountability, Resilience, and Adaptation (CAF) is a climate litigation group that sues businesses for their environmental impacts. It is a fiscally sponsored project of Resources Legacy Fund (RLF), a left-of-center grantmaking organization that connects wealthy donors to climate change nonprofits and initiatives. RLF primarily funds
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Tipping Point Fund is a grantmaking project of the left-of-center New Venture Fund. 1 The organization’s grant making areas include “data, metrics, and measurement,” under which the organization awards grants
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The New Jersey Ida Just Recovery Fund is a donor-advised charitable fund operated by the left-of-center Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, a collection of donor-advised funds (DAFs) that was created as a spin-ff from the Service Employees International Union-controlled Amalgamated Bank in 2017. Amalgamated Charitable funds a number of left-of-center advocacy
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Connect U.S. Fund was a policy advocacy and grantmaking organization funded by several large left-of-center foundations, including William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Open Society Institute, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Ford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, Ploughshares Fund, and Carnegie Corporation of
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The Democracy Funders Network (DFN) is a collaboration initiative for left-leaning grantmakers. Members of the network coordinate their philanthropic efforts and identify causes in which to invest their money. Causes that DFN and its members support include the perceived threat of right-leaning populist movements and the alleged need to restructure
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Common Defense Education Fund (CDEF) is an effort led by veterans of the U.S. military who campaign for left-of-center values. 1 The organization cultivates left-of-center veteran leaders in the American peace movement, aims to embed
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Lilith Fund is an abortion advocacy organization that operates an abortion hotline and offers abortion funding support to individuals in Texas. 1 It is also known as the “National Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund”
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The State Power Fund (SPF) is a nonprofit formed in 2022 focused on government-funded poverty relief and voter mobilization. Its leadership consists of numerous left-wing activists with histories of racial-policy advocacy. Leadership Doran Schrantz Doran Schrantz is the chair of the State Power Fund’s board. She is the executive director
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The Mastercard Impact Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit founded in 2018 which donates to organizations advancing left-of-center concepts of diversity and inclusion. 1 he fund was originally named the Mastercard Center for
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The Omidyar Network Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam Omidyar. Its sister group, the Omidyar Network, is an LLC that makes philanthropic “impact investments.” Omidyar Network Fund and the Omidyar Network are often referred to interchangeably, and both support
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Valerie Rockefeller is a member of the Rockefeller political and philanthropic family who is the board chair of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. She is also the co-chair of BankFWD, a network to encourage banks to divest from conventional energy sources. She is the
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David Rockefeller Jr. is a great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the eldest son of David Rockefeller, Sr., and one of “the cousins” in the Rockefeller family. He has had major roles in the Rockefeller family’s organizations including the Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Family Fund, Rockefeller Capital Management,
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The Illumination Fund is a grantmaking organization founded in 2007 by philanthropist Laurie Tisch. 1 The Illumination Fund supports various social and
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Fund for Constitutional Government (FCG) is an advocacy organization focused on exposing and addressing government corruption in the United States. It conducts research, public education, and litigation and funds organizations through a series of projects dedicated to increasing government transparency and addressing corruption. Many large left-of-center foundations and charitable organizations
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The Growald Climate Fund was founded in 2007 by Eileen Rockefeller Growald, a descendant of Standard Oil Company founder John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and her husband Paul Growald. Previously named the Growald Family Fund, the organization funds left-of-center environmentalist causes with a focus on environmentalist energy and the