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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View National Students for Justice in Palestine

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
National Students for Justice in Palestine is a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel advocacy group which creates student activism on college campuses. Its efforts include protesting Jewish…
View Johnny Carson Foundation

Johnny Carson Foundation

Non-profit
The Johnny Carson Foundation is a Los Angeles-based private grantmaking nonprofit that was founded by the late television host and comedian Johnny Carson. Financed by…
View U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action)

U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action)

Non-profit, Organization, Foreign Policy
The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action) is a left-of-center pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activist organization. USCPR Action supports the “collective liberation” of the…
View Palestine Legal

Palestine Legal

Non-profit, Organization, Foreign Policy
Palestine Legal is a left-of-center, pro-Palestinian advocacy group that represents individuals and organizations who allegedly suffer legal repercussions for their support of a Palestinian state….
View ANSWER Coalition

ANSWER Coalition

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
ANSWER (also known as A.N.S.W.E.R., the ANSWER Coalition, and Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) is a radical-left anti-war group with alleged ties…
View Palestinian Youth Movement USA

Palestinian Youth Movement USA

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The Palestinian Youth Movement, USA (PYM) is an anti-Israel activist group made up of Palestinian youths who believe they are kept from their homeland by…
View Venceremos Brigade

Venceremos Brigade

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The Venceremos Brigade is a radical-left activist group that organizes trips to communist-ruled Cuba as a way for sympathetic Americans to demonstrate their solidarity with…
View Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)

Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)

Non-profit, Organization, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), Immigration Policy
Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) is a left-of-center legal aid and activist group that provides immigration legal assistance to Palestinian and Arab immigrants and…
View International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network

International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network is a left-wing anti-Israel organization opposed to Zionism, the political position that the Jewish people should establish and maintain a…
View United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)

United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is a far-left coalition of antiwar, environmentalist, and critical race theory-influenced left-of-center organizations that oppose the foreign policy of…
View Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC)

Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC)

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) is a U.S.-based anti-Israel group that praised the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians. It is fiscally…
View U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)

U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)

Non-profit, Foreign Policy
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is a Palestinian-nationalist activist group that supports the formation of a Palestinian state.
View Free Election Fund (FEF)

Free Election Fund (FEF)

Non-profit, Organization, Elections Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Free Election Fund (FEF), formerly called the Democracy Docket Legal Fund (DDLF), is a left-of-center advocacy group associated with election lawyer Marc Elias that…
View Voting Rights Lab

Voting Rights Lab

Non-profit, Organization, Elections Policy
Voting Rights Lab is an electoral advocacy group formed in 2018 while claiming to be a "campaign hub" to “supercharge the fight against voter suppression,”…
View Project Coyote

Project Coyote

Non-profit, Environmental Policy
Project Coyote is a California-based wildlife protectionist association dedicated to changing the way coyotes and other large predators are perceived and treated across the country….
View The CO2 Coalition

The CO2 Coalition

Non-profit, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy
The CO2 Coalition is a right-of-center advocacy organization that educates policy makers and the general public about the importance of carbon dioxide to our lives…
View Institute for Responsive Government (IRG)

Institute for Responsive Government (IRG)

Non-profit, Organization
Institute for Responsive Government (IRG) is a policy think tank that purports to seek to improve government effectiveness and correct bureaucratic inefficiency. It is a…
View 65 Project

65 Project

Non-profit, Organization, Elections Policy
The 65 Project is a campaign targeting lawyers who aided attempts by then-President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the 2020 election results using…
View Change.org

Change.org

For-profit, Non-profit
Change.org is a website that hosts petitions generally related to politics or public policy. Any individual can create a petition on the website, though specific…
View Solidaire Network

Solidaire Network

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Solidaire Network is a left-of-center donor group for advancing race and gender-based causes. It is fiscally sponsored by the Tides Foundation and supported in…

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