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Learn how specific non-profits, government agencies, for-profits, labor unions, or other organizations are influencing public policy. Each profile below is carefully curated by an InfluenceWatch contributor and includes funding data where appropriate.

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View Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a far-left political activist group in the United States. It claims to be the largest socialist organization in…
View National Lawyers Guild

National Lawyers Guild

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The National Lawyers Guild is a radical-left association of attorneys, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers. Founded from late 1936 to early 1937, the…
View American Future Republic

American Future Republic

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
American Future Republic is a left-of-center nonprofit funder founded in 2019. Along with Patriotic Republic, it is one of the main donor nonprofits funded by…
View American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

Non-profit, Elections Policy, Foreign Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is an organization that works to advance the interests of Arab-Americans. The organization was co-founded by former U.S. Senator James…
View Sixteen Thirty Fund (1630 Fund)

Sixteen Thirty Fund (1630 Fund)

Non-profit
Note: This profile will be updated regularly as more information emerges on Arabella Advisors' acquisition by Sunflower Services.
View Holdfast Collective

Holdfast Collective

Non-profit, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy
Holdfast Collective is a left-of-center grantmaking entity that owns 98 percent of apparel brand Patagonia, which was valued at $3 billion in 2022. The collective…
View Majority Forward

Majority Forward

Non-profit, Elections Policy
Majority Forward is a Democratic Party-aligned advocacy group that campaigns against Republicans and conservative causes. It works on voter registration and voter turnout operations. It…
View American Israel Public Affairs Committee

American Israel Public Affairs Committee

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a bipartisan Jewish lobbying group which works to create strong relations between Israel and the United States of…
View Beyond Impact (formerly Tides Advocacy)

Beyond Impact (formerly Tides Advocacy)

Multi-Issue Advocacy
Also see Tides Nexus Beyond Impact (formerly The Tsunami Fund, The Advocacy Fund, the Tides Advocacy Fund, and Tides Advocacy) is a left-of-center advocacy organization…
View Building a Better California

Building a Better California

Non-profit, Organization, Economic Policy, Housing Policy
Building a Better California is an advocacy group with an associated political action committee (PAC) founded with $35 million in funding from Google co-founder Sergey…
View Color of Change

Color of Change

Non-profit
For the 501(c)(3), see Color of Change Education Fund (Nonprofit)
View American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a left-of-center activism organization focused on issues related to civil liberties founded in 1920. During its history, the…
View The Indivisible Project (Indivisible)

The Indivisible Project (Indivisible)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Indivisible Project (or Indivisible) is a left-of-center 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., and created in late 2016 as a response to the…
View League of Women Voters (LWV)

League of Women Voters (LWV)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The League of Women Voters of the United States (abbreviated as LWV or "the League") is a 501(c)(4) organization that lobbies and advocates on a…
View National Security Action

National Security Action

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
National Security Action (NSA) was a left-wing 501(c)(4) advocacy group largely composed of former Obama administration staffers and leadership. NSA works to advance global policies…
View J Street

J Street

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
J Street is a left-of-center lobbying organization founded in 2008 by Jeremy Ben-Ami to develop and advocate policy based on American-Israeli relations. Following the attacks…
View Sierra Club

Sierra Club

Non-profit, Environmental Policy
The Sierra Club is one of the nation’s oldest and largest environmentalist organizations. The group has supported the regulation of conventional fuel energy sources in…
View Mass Liberation Project

Mass Liberation Project

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Mass Liberation Project is a far-left criminal justice advocacy organization formed in 2019 to advocate for “community liberation” for African-American families and other communities…
View ACORN

ACORN

Non-profit, Elections Policy
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was a left-of-center voter outreach and low-income advocacy umbrella group that disbanded in 2010 after accusations of…
View Greenpeace

Greenpeace

Non-profit, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy
For the associated 501(c)(3), see Greenpeace Fund (nonprofit)

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