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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 Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation

Non-profit
The Ford Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking organization. It was formed in 1936 by Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, and his…
View Open Society Foundations (Open Society Institute)

Open Society Foundations (Open Society Institute)

Non-profit
The Open Society Foundations (OSF; formally Open Society Institute) is a private grantmaking foundation created and funded by billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros. OSF…
View Dunn Foundation

Dunn Foundation

Non-profit
The Dunn Foundation (formerly Dunn’s Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking) is a family foundation based in Delaware that makes grants to right-of-center organizations…
View Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Non-profit
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund was created in 1940 as the charity for the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: John D., III; future U.S….
View Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation

Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation

Non-profit
The Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation is a family foundation based in Palo Alto, California that was co-founded by Jen-Hsun (Jensen) Huang, a Taiwanese-American businessman…
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Sunlight Giving

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Sunlight Giving is a nonprofit organization that aims to support the basic needs of low-income families with children age five and below in the San…
View Firedoll Foundation

Firedoll Foundation

Non-profit
The Firedoll Foundation is a private family foundation founded by community activists and liberal donors Sandor and Faye Straus. The foundation supports a number of…
View Sergey Brin Family Foundation

Sergey Brin Family Foundation

Non-profit
The Sergey Brin Family Foundation is a private foundation and philanthropic vehicle for Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google. Brin created the Foundation in 2014 following revelations…
View John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Non-profit
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (also known as the MacArthur Foundation) was the 20th-largest foundation in the world as of 2024, with…
View Musk Foundation

Musk Foundation

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Musk Foundation is the private grantmaking foundation of technology entrepreneur and political activist Elon Musk, who seeded it with more than $8.2 billion of stock in…
View Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS)

Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS)

Non-profit
Also see the similarly named Open Society Foundations (nonprofit)
View Koum Family Foundation

Koum Family Foundation

Non-profit
The Koum Family Foundation is a grantmaking foundation formed by WhatsApp co-founder and billionaire Jan Koum that supports Jewish, pro-Israel, and left-of-center advocacy nonprofits. 2024…
View Freedom Together Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

Non-profit, Environmental Policy, Healthcare Policy
The Freedom Together Foundation, previously known as the JPB Foundation, is a private foundation created by Barbara Picower in 2011. By 2019, it was listed…
View Stephens Greth Family Foundation

Stephens Greth Family Foundation

Non-profit
The Stephens Greth Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation established in 2024 by the family of the late Autry Stephens, founder of Texas-based oil…
View Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, formerly known as the Matan B’Seter Foundation, was a left-of-center private foundation created in 2001 by three hedge fund billionaires: Andrew…
View Rockefeller Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation

Non-profit
The Rockefeller Foundation is a philanthropic grantmaking organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1913 as the primary philanthropic vehicle for the…
View David and Lucile Packard Foundation

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Non-profit
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private family foundation created by David Packard, a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (HP), in 1964. It supports environmentalist…
View Bloomberg Family Foundation (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

Bloomberg Family Foundation (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Bloomberg Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation created by left-of-center billionaire and former Mayor of New York City and Democratic presidential primary candidate Michael…
View 128 Collective Foundation

128 Collective Foundation

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, Environmental Policy, LGBT Policy
The 128 Collective Foundation is the private foundation of GitHub cofounder Thomas Preston-Werner and his wife, Theresa. It makes grants to environmentalist groups seeking to…
View Gates Foundation

Gates Foundation

Non-profit, Environmental Policy, Healthcare Policy
The Gates Foundation, previously known as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was formed in 2000 by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his then-wife, Melinda…

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