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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1199SEIU Florida

Labor Union, Abortion Policy, Healthcare Policy, Labor Policy
1199SEIU Florida is the Florida division of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the nation's largest health-care union and a division of the Service Employees International…
View Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, or Planned Parenthood, is an organization that provides reproductive health services and abortions both in the U.S. and abroad. In…
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…
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United for Democracy

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, Environmental Policy, Firearms Policy
United for Democracy is a left-of-center activist campaign consisting of more than 100 Democratic Party-aligned organizations that criticizes the U.S. Supreme Court. The group also…
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American Bar Association (ABA)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, Criminal Justice Policy, Firearms Policy, Immigration Policy, LGBT Policy
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a professional organization that works on behalf of American lawyers. The ABA is responsible for accrediting law schools, setting…
View Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, Education Policy, Healthcare Policy
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation is a private foundation based in New York City. The foundation was founded in 1955, initially supporting cultural programs, education,…
View Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF)

Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF) is one of the charitable entities associated with billionaire Berkshire Hathaway investor Warren Buffett, who funds the Foundation. Founded in…
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Trending Up

Organization, Other, Abortion Policy, Environmental Policy, Immigration Policy
Trending Up is a left-of-center advocacy group formed to engage social media influencers and train them to promote left-of-center policy priorities on topics including abortion, environmentalism,…
View Libra Foundation

Libra Foundation

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, Environmental Policy, Immigration Policy
The Libra Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports left-of-center advocacy organizations in the United States and around the world. Its funding priorities include…
View Population Council

Population Council

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
For more on population control, see John Holdren
View Women’s March (National)

Women’s March (National)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
Also see the similarly-named Women's March Global, a project of the Tides Center
View Family Research Council (FRC)

Family Research Council (FRC)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, LGBT Policy, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Family Research Council (FRC) is a right-of-center advocacy organization that seeks to advance faith, family, and freedom in public policy and American culture. FRC focuses…
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EMILY’s List

527 (Political Action Committee), Organization, Abortion Policy
EMILY’s List was founded in 1985 by IBM heiress Ellen Malcolm and a small group of her politically-connected friends, including future U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer…
View Clementine Fund

Clementine Fund

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, Environmental Policy
The Clementine Fund is an offshoot of the Russell Family Foundation that makes a variety of grants, including to left-of-center organizations that support abortion and…
View Southern Workers Assembly (SWA)

Southern Workers Assembly (SWA)

Organization, Other, Abortion Policy, Economic Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), Immigration Policy
The Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) is a worker center that promotes labor unions and left-of-center public policies in the American south.
View Life Leadership Conference

Life Leadership Conference

Organization, Other, Abortion Policy
The Life Leadership Conference is a members-only pro-life coalition established in 2025 that includes influencers and philanthropists opposed to abortion.
View National Organization for Women (NOW)

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
Also see National Organization for Women Foundation (nonprofit)
View Students for Life of America (SFLA)

Students for Life of America (SFLA)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
Students for Life of America (SFLA, also shortened Students for Life) is a pro-life advocacy organization that seeks to abolish abortion. SFLA supports more than…
View International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPFF)

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPFF)

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
The International Planned Parenthood Federation is a group based in London that organizes member and affiliate groups worldwide that perform abortions and engage in abortion…
View Tara Health Foundation

Tara Health Foundation

Non-profit, Abortion Policy
The Tara Health Foundation is a private grantmaking organization that has funded activist groups supporting pro-abortion advocacy, contraception access, and “gender, economic, and racial justice.”…

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