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Non-profit
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a conservative-leaning think tank based in Austin, TX. The organization was founded in 1987 and states its mission is to defend liberty, personal responsibility and free enterprise in Texas and across the United States. [1] Background The Texas Public Policy Foundation is
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Non-profit
The Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research is a non-partisan, public policy think tank that advocates for individual freedom, limited government, and free markets, especially as it regards tax, health care, and entitlement policy. [24] While the Goodman Institute is non-partisan, members of its board and panel of
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Non-profit
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) is a left-of-center Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) advocacy fund and grantmaking organization that conducts outreach campaigns to generate support for left-leaning causes among AAPI communities. [61] [62] [63] TAAF asks its corporate partners to prioritize Asian Americans
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Non-profit
The Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy is a think tank formed in 2018 in Washington, D.C. The organization is named after Reconstruction-era U.S. Rep. Joseph Hayne Rainey (R-SC), the first Black man to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. [102] The group has described itself as
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Non-profit
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) is a non-partisan, public policy think tank focused on expanding economic opportunity for those with incomes or wealth below the U.S. median. To achieve this, FREOPP advocates for equal opportunity through public policies that use the principles of individual liberty, free enterprise,
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Non-profit
America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is a right-of-center policy think-tank and advocacy organization founded in 2021 by Brooke Rollins and Larry Kudlow, former advisors to President Donald Trump. [181] The organization develops and promotes right-leaning policy on a broad range of topics. Background The America First Policy Institute
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The Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) is a libertarian-leaning private foundation located in Arlington, Virginia, that is funded and controlled by billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch. The organization was founded by Koch and has close ties to many right-leaning organizations that have received funding from Charles Koch and his
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Non-profit
The Heritage Foundation is a right-of-center policy think tank founded in 1973 that researches and recommends policies such as free markets, limited government, a strong national defense, and courts that adhere to the original meaning of the U.S. Constitution. [211] [212] Many of Heritage’s most significant
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Non-profit
The Great Plains Public Policy Institute (GPPPI) is a non-partisan public policy think tank that supports policies promoting free enterprise and individual liberty in South Dakota. GPPPI publishes research and commentary on policies focused on South Dakota’s economy, education, and government spending and taxation. [409] The Great Plains
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The KnowledgeWorks Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes left-of-center public education policies involving the implementation of blockchain technologies into the public school system. The organization has advocated for the public education system to train students for a future dominated by automation, alleging that many of today’s jobs will no
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Non-profit
Faith in Texas is a Texas-based organization with an interfaith structure focused on advancing a left-leaning approach to social matters. It is a member of the national Faith in Action coalition of religious-left community organizing groups. Issues Faith in Texas has four primary campaigns: Live Free Texas, LA RED, Voter Engagement, and
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Movement
Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) is a teachers’ union-aligned campaign started by the controversial left-wing extremism watchdog Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), its affiliated SPLC Action Fund, the teachers’ union-funded litigation group Education Law Center, and the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson.[448] Its seeks
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Non-profit
The Sparkplug Foundation is a left-wing grant making organization that assists start-up and smaller left-of-center groups. [478] Sparkplug Foundation has provided support to anti-Israel groups that support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement [479] and Rasmea Odeh, a terrorist convicted by Israel for involvement
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Non-profit
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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Non-profit
The Fund for Policy Reform is a 501(c)(4) lobbying organization founded and funded by left-of-center megadonor George Soros within his Open Society Foundations network of groups. The Fund for Policy Reform provides grants to left-of-center organizations, most notably in drug policy, criminal justice, and election administration policy, in
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Non-profit
The Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC) is a grant-making organization comprised of 50 foundations involved in supporting advocacy for increased taxpayer funding for public education in Texas. [620] Its strategies include lobbying for more taxes, conducting research to determine best practices in education, and determining where the
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Non-profit
The Texas Civil Rights Project is a is a left-leaning legal organization that provides legal services to illegal immigrants and opposes election integrity measures. James C. Harrington founded in the Texas Civil Rights Project in 1990. He was a supporter of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. The
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Non-profit
Youth Rise Texas is an Austin, Texas-based minority youth-focused advocacy organization founded in 2015. [647][648] The organization opposes immigration deportation and America’s high rate of incarceration. It was officially registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2018. [649][650] Youth Rise offers internships to
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Non-profit
The JEHT Foundation was a left-of-center grantmaking nonprofit based in New York City. The Foundation’s name was an acronym for “Justice, Equality, Human Dignity and Tolerance.” The Foundation made the bulk of its grants in support of left-of-center criminal justice and electoral policy implementation. The Foundation also funded efforts to
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Political Party/527
The Republican Main Street Partnership is a group that supports moderate Republican members of Congress. It has been backed in the past by labor unions. The group exists to counter the influence of more conservative members of Congress and calls itself the “governing wing of the Republican Party.” The group
