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 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 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 Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street

Organization, Other, Economic Policy
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest demonstration that took place in lower Manhattan, from September 17 through November 15, 2011. The New York “occupation,”…
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 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 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-Awda (Palestinian Right to Return Coalition)

Al-Awda (Palestinian Right to Return Coalition)

Organization, Foreign Policy
Al-Awda is an activist organization that claims to represent the interests of the Arab population in Israel and the disputed Palestinian territories, including compensation for…
View International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA)

International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA)

Organization, Other, Economic Policy, Elections Policy, LGBT Policy
The International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA) is an international network of more than 200 socialist, communist, left wing, and labor union-oriented political organizations. IPA supports anti-imperialist,…
View Samidoun (Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network)

Samidoun (Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Samidoun, also known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, is an international advocacy group which opposes the detention and prosecution of pro-Palestine activists and militants…
View Fayer Collective

Fayer Collective

Organization, Other, Environmental Policy, Foreign Policy
The Fayer Collective is a loosely organized group of Jewish radical anarchists that protest in support of a Palestinian state, against police, and in favor…
View Escalate Network (EN)

Escalate Network (EN)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Escalate Network (EN) is an anonymous activist organization that opposes the state of Israel and defends the actions of the terrorist group Hamas. The organization…
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 Pan-African Community Action (PACA)

Pan-African Community Action (PACA)

Organization, Other, Criminal Justice Policy
Pan-African Community Action (PACA) is an activist organization that advocates for left-of-center political ideology that align with “African/Black people organizing for community-based power.”
View Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL)

Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
The Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL) is an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian advocacy organization that calls for the “decolonization of Palestine” from Israeli control and argues that…
View Unity of Fields

Unity of Fields

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Unity of Fields, formerly known as Palestine Action US, is a pro-Palestinian student activist organization. The group calls itself a “militant front” against what it…
View Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)

Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) is a coalition of student organizations at Columbia University in New York City that describes itself as “Westerners fighting for…
View Adalah Justice Project

Adalah Justice Project

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Also see Adalah-NY, a New York-based group promoting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel and fiscally sponsored by WESPAC Foundation
View CrimethInc Ex-Workers Collective

CrimethInc Ex-Workers Collective

Organization, Other, Criminal Justice Policy, Economic Policy, Elections Policy
CrimethInc Ex-Workers Collective is a U.S.-based decentralized collective of anarchist activists that claims to be opposed to the existence of governments, capitalism, and authority structures….
View Within Our Lifetime (WOL)

Within Our Lifetime (WOL)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
Within Our Lifetime (WOL) is a radical pro-Palestinian and allegedly pro-Hamas protest group that has helped organize major pro-Palestinian protests in New York City following…
View International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS)

International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS)

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) is an international network of organizations and movements that advocate National Democracy, a communist ideology that combines aspects…

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