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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 Progressive Turnout Project

Progressive Turnout Project

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) is a left-of-center political action committee based in Chicago, Illinois that supports Democratic Party candidates for public office. The main goal…
View Communist Party USA (CPUSA)

Communist Party USA (CPUSA)

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is a minor left-wing political party in the United States that was created in 1921…
View Project 218 PAC

Project 218 PAC

527 (Political Action Committee)
Project 218 PAC is a Democratic Party-aligned super PAC closely affiliated with American Bridge 21st Century. Both the treasurer and assistant treasurer listed on Project…
View The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)

527 (Political Action Committee)
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a radical-left socialist political party based in San Francisco, California. In addition to running presidential candidates in…
View Working Families Party (WFP)

Working Families Party (WFP)

527 (Political Action Committee)
The Working Families Party (WFP) is a left-wing political party based in New York City. While it does not generally refer to itself as “socialist,”…
View Workers World Party

Workers World Party

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
Workers World Party is a radical-left “Marxist-Leninist political party” dedicated to starting and fighting a “socialist revolution in the United States and around the world.”
View Black Lives Matter PAC

Black Lives Matter PAC

527 (Political Action Committee), Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Black Lives Matter PAC is a left-of-center political action committee affiliated with the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the primary organization associated with the…
View Democratic National Committee (DNC)

Democratic National Committee (DNC)

527 (Political Action Committee), Elections Policy
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the governing body of the Democratic Party. The DNC adopts the Democratic Party’s platform, facilitates the Democratic presidential nomination…
View State + Local Election Alliance (SLEA)

State + Local Election Alliance (SLEA)

527 (Political Action Committee), Elections Policy
The State + Local Election Alliance (SLEA) is an electoral advocacy group and political action committee that monitors and supports the campaigns of candidates running…
View Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT)

Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT)

527 (Political Action Committee), Organization, Foreign Policy, Immigration Policy
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT) is a left-of-center, anti-Israel group based in the San Francisco Bay Area that promotes increasing support for the “Palestinian solidarity…
View Let America Vote

Let America Vote

527 (Political Action Committee)
Let America Vote is a 527 PAC formed in February 2017 by former Missouri Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate…
View Ascend PAC

Ascend PAC

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
Ascend PAC is a political action committee supporting the election of Democratic candidates to local office.
View Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

527 (Political Action Committee)
Mind the Gap (MTG) is a left-wing super PAC dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win elections. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations…
View National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC)

National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC)

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) is a Democratic Party PAC (political action committee) conceived in late 2016 by political operatives in the Democratic Party…
View Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is the formal governing body of the Republican Party in the United States. The committee is responsible for supporting Republican…
View ActBlue (PAC)

ActBlue (PAC)

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
ActBlue (Technical Services) is a 527 political action committee started in 2009 to act as "the online clearinghouse for Democratic action." It is the 527…
View American Bridge 21st Century (AB PAC)

American Bridge 21st Century (AB PAC)

527 (Political Action Committee)
American Bridge 21st Century PAC, also known by its official PAC name AB PAC is a Democratic Party super PAC founded by David Brock on November…
View America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC)

America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC)

527 (Political Action Committee), Non-profit, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) is an annual conference organized by the America First Foundation (AFF), an advocacy group founded by Nick Fuentes,…
View House Majority PAC

House Majority PAC

527 (Political Action Committee)
House Majority PAC is a Super PAC-turned-“Carey Committee” associated with House Democratic leadership that is a major financial supporter of Congressional Democrats. In the 2020…
View The Strategic Victory Fund

The Strategic Victory Fund

527 (Political Action Committee)
The Strategic Victory Fund is a political action committee started by the left-of-center Democracy Alliance in 2020 in an effort to defeat President Donald Trump….

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