Group Profiles

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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Facebook

For-profit
Meta, formerly doing business as Facebook, is a social media and networking service based in Menlo Park, California.
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New York Times

For-profit
The New York Times (NYT or Times) is a newspaper and digital media brand published by The New York Times Company. Founded in 1851, the…
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BlackRock, Inc.

For-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
See Also: Larry Fink (Person)
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Meta

For-profit
Meta, formerly doing business as Facebook, is a social media and networking service based in Menlo Park, California. Along with chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s…
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The Walt Disney Company

For-profit
The Walt Disney Company is a media and entertainment conglomerate based in Burbank, California. As of March 2022, the company has more than 200,000 employees…
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Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC)

For-profit
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) is a limited liability company (LLC) and website that classifies media outlets based on ideological leanings, factual basis, and reporting. MBFC…
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Netflix

For-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Netflix is a media production and distribution company headquartered in California founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.
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Amalgamated Bank of New York (Amalgamated Bank)

For-profit
Amalgamated Bank of New York (known as Amalgamated Bank) is a labor union-aligned and formerly labor union-owned bank. Created by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of…
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Patagonia

For-profit
Patagonia is an apparel company known for its activism, including donating 1 percent of its revenue to more than 1,000 nonprofits. Though Patagonia is best…
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The Association of Mature American Citizens

For-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Association of Mature American Citizens is a right-leaning 50-plus organization that presents itself as a rival organization to the more left-leaning AARP.
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Apple Inc.

For-profit, Tech Policy
Apple, Inc. is an American computer and technology company. Apple has been a leader in consumer electronics innovation for almost fifty years, drawing praise for…
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Google

For-profit
Google is a Mountain View, California-based multinational technology company and subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. Google is considered one of the Big Four technology companies which includes…
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Sunflower Services

For-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Sunflower Services is a Public Benefit Corporation which, as of November 2025, has acquired philanthropic consulting firm Arabella Advisors. According to a press release on…
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Amazon

For-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Amazon is an American online retail company based in Seattle, Washington. As of April 2021, Amazon was the third-largest company in the world, with a…
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Alameda Research

For-profit
Alameda Research was an investment firm focused on cryptocurrency founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. It went bankrupt in 2022 after revelations that Alameda and its sister…
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Semafor

For-profit
Semafor is a for-profit news website that debuted in October 2022. The company views itself as a “global” news service presenting news stories from around…
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New Media Investment Group

For-profit
New Media Investment Group is a New York City-based private equity firm that is the parent company of Gannett Co., Inc., the largest newspaper publisher…
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Goldman Sachs

For-profit
Goldman Sachs is an international investment bank and financial services corporation based in New York City. Since its founding in 1869, the firm has since…
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DiversityInc

For-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
DiversityInc is a for-profit company which focuses on promoting sex and ethnic diversity in the corporate workspace. It was founded in 1997 by Luke Visconti,…
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YouTube

For-profit
YouTube is a for-profit video platform owned as a subsidiary of Alphabet, parent company of Google. As of January 2021, YouTube has over 34 billion…

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