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 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 Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Al Jazeera (sometimes written as "Aljazeera" or "Al-Jazeera") is a Qatar-based international news outlet. The organization has been called "the emirate’s most visible export for…
View Democracy Alliance (DA)

Democracy Alliance (DA)

For-profit, Organization, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Also see Committee on States (Other Group) and Democracy Alliance Conferences (Other Group)
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 Unfuck America Tour

Unfuck America Tour

Organization, Other, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Unfuck America Tour is a project to leverage left-of-center social media influencers and content creators at events at college campuses across the country to…
View Canary Mission

Canary Mission

Organization, Other
Canary Mission is an advocacy group that aims to combat the rise of anti-Semitism by documenting hate groups on college campuses. Canary Mission documents individuals…
View Nebula Fund

Nebula Fund

Organization, Other, LGBT Policy
Nebula Fund is a pooled fund founded in 2022 by seven left-of-center private foundations. It provides grants to LGBT-interests and gender-advocacy organizations internationally. It is…
View Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation

Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation

Non-profit, Organization
Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation is a grantmaking organization founded by Joe and Clara Wu Tsai. In 2020, it launched its flagship program the Social…
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 Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR)

Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR)

Organization, Other, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) is an Australian left-wing activist group that advocates for “land back” reparations for Aboriginal Australians. It claims that…
View American Party of Labor (APL)

American Party of Labor (APL)

Organization, Other, Economic Policy
American Party of Labor (APL) is a socialist organization that publishes newspapers, runs food and clothing drives, and collaborates with left-wing educational groups on advocacy…
View Young Global Leaders

Young Global Leaders

Organization, Other
Young Global Leaders is a program of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a business league that primarily organizes annual meetings of international business and political…
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 Sierra Club Florida

Sierra Club Florida

Organization, Other, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy
Sierra Club Florida is the Florida chapter of the Sierra Club, a left-of-center national environmentalist organization. As of 2026, the chapter claimed more than 32,000…
View Combat Antisemitism Movement

Combat Antisemitism Movement

Organization, Other
Combat Antisemitism Movement is a coalition of about 700 organizations opposed to antisemitism. Adam Beren, a philanthropist from Kansas and donor to Republican candidates, founded…
View The Rockbridge Network

The Rockbridge Network

Organization, Other
The Rockbridge Network is a coalition of Republican donors founded by Christopher Buskirk, the editor of American Greatness. The coalition of donors is reported to…
View Campus Victory Project (CVP)

Campus Victory Project (CVP)

Organization, Other, Economic Policy, Education Policy
The Campus Victory Project (CVP) is the primary outreach of America’s Turning Point, a right-of-center advocacy organization that aims to educate college-aged students about the…
View Unrig Our Economy

Unrig Our Economy

Organization, Other, Economic Policy, Healthcare Policy
Unrig Our Economy is a Sixteen Thirty Fund-backed left-of-center activist organization that opposes the interests of American businesses and supports higher taxes and greater government…
View Weather Underground (Weatherman/The Weathermen)

Weather Underground (Weatherman/The Weathermen)

Organization, Other, Multi-Issue Advocacy
For more see: Students for a Democratic Society, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn
View Civic (Re)Solve Action Fund

Civic (Re)Solve Action Fund

Non-profit, Organization, Elections Policy
Civic (Re)Solve Action Fund, more commonly referred to as Civic (Re)Solve, is a project of the North Fund, a member of the billion-dollar nonprofit network…

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