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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
The Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD) is a Washington D.C.-based left-of-center environmentalist organization. It works to strengthen environmental law and expand environmental governance institutions. IGSD supports the Green New Deal and other radical environmentalist programs that would eliminate the use of conventional fuels. The organization also works
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Non-profit
The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF) is a non-profit organization which seeks to produce more equitable economic conditions throughout the world.
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Other Group
The Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition (SEED) is a progressive organization which advocates for policies which reduce pollution.
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Other Group
The Coalition for Human Rights in Development is a coalition of over 100 organizations that support activists and protesters opposing public development projects that they claim negatively impact marginalized communities and the environment. It is financed by large left-of-center philanthropies, including the Ford Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott
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Non-profit
ACTS Community Development Corporation (operating as “Acts Housing”) is a nonprofit organization that encourages and facilitates the home buying process in an effort create diverse neighborhoods and homeownership. Acts Housing focuses on rehabilitating foreclosed properties and supports families in Milwaukee and Beloit, Wisconsin.
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Non-profit
The Council of State Community Development Agencies (COSCDA) is a nonprofit association comprised of community development agencies from U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
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Non-profit
The American Sustainable Business Network is a partnership for businesses and investors that support what it calls “justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion” (JEDI). 1 In 2021, the American Sustainable Business Council merged
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Other Group
The Ethnic Community Development Forum is an international grassroots organization advocating for increased sustainable development within the country of Burma. 1
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Government Agency
Sustainable Communities Initiative was an Obama administration policy that provided urban development and housing grants using federal tax dollars to subsidize the production of residential housing and increased investment in public transportation within communities of color. Background Sustainable Communities Initiative was a joint initiative of the Obama administration’s
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Non-profit
The Arab NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) Network for Development (ANND) is a collective of some two dozen member advocacy organizations and several hundred affiliate groups across the Middle East. The network was founded in 1997 and has maintained a headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon since 2000. The ANND aims to promote globalization,
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Non-profit
Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is a nonprofit investment fund that provides “debt and equity financing” to media companies in war-torn regions and countries with authoritarian governments. 1 MDIF aligns itself with the
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Non-profit
American Sustainable Business Institute (ASBI) is a policy advocacy organization that promotes left-of-center environmentalist and diversity, equity, and inclusion agendas in business. Founded in 2009, it is a distinct legal entity from its sister organization American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC).
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Non-profit
The Insight Center for Community Economic Development (Insight Center) is a left-progressive research center based in Oakland, California that promotes left-of-center racial and economic policies. The Insight Center has advocated for policies including a universal basic income, an increased minimum wage, and heavy regulation of private enterprise, especially in real
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Non-profit
Central Arizonans for a Sustainable Economy (CASE) advocates for deregulating immigration law and voting policies in Maricopa County and Arizona at large.
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Non-profit
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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Non-profit
People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) is a left-wing “direct action” community organizing group primarily active in Buffalo, New York. The organization engages in community redevelopment issues and promotes environmentalist activism as a key to redeveloping Buffalo. PUSH Buffalo is most notable for its protests in opposition to traditional energy
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Non-profit
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) is a left-of-center organizing and policy organization based in Oakland, California. It is a member of the Economic Analysis and Research Network, a coalition of left-wing policy organizations created by the labor-union-aligned Economic Policy Institute. These organizations advocate for economic
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Non-profit
The Results for Development Institute (R4D) is a non-profit organization that connects leaders in government and civil society with social innovators to create solutions for lasting change in health, education, and nutrition. R4D strives to make impoverished communities more sustainable to provide the opportunity for health and educated citizens.
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Non-profit
Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a 501(c)(3) global women’s advocacy group. The WEDO’s main concern is women’s rights; environmental and economic justice; and sustainable development principles. WEDO promotes women in leadership roles and increasing gender equality.
