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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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Private Equity Stakeholder Project

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Labor Policy
Private Equity Stakeholder Project (also known as the Financial Services Stakeholder Project) is an activist group that is critical of the social impact of private…
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American Friends Service Committee

Non-profit, Criminal Justice Policy, Economic Policy, Energy Policy, Immigration Policy
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker-related organization that supports left-of-center policies on immigration, criminal justice, energy, and economic issues. AFSC opposes the…
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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,”…
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Other 98%

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Other 98% (also known as the Other 98% Lab) is a nonprofit left-of-center advocacy group that runs “The Other 98%” Facebook page. The Other…
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Solidarity Giving

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Solidarity Giving is a left-of-center grantmaking and advocacy donor-advised fund located in Palo Alto, California. The fund was created in 2016 immediately after the election…
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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…
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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,…
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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….
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Workers’ Voice

Organization, Other, Economic Policy, Environmental Policy, Immigration Policy
Workers’ Voice, also known by the Spanish name La Voz de los Trabajadores, is a socialist-leaning political organization in the United States that advocates for…
View Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)

Non-profit, Economic Policy
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a think tank formed in 1981 to analyze federal budget issues and their impact on Americans,…
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Hana Center

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Healthcare Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), Immigration Policy
The HANA Center is a Chicago-based group that provides social services and welfare to Korean Americans as well as other Asian Americans and “multiethnic immigrant…
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Second Trump Administration – Department of Agriculture

Other, Economic Policy
This profile contains the Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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World Economic Forum

Non-profit, Other, Economic Policy
The World Economic Forum is a business league that primarily organizes annual meetings of international business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland. In 2020, the WEF’s…
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Second Trump Administration – Department of Commerce

Other, Economic Policy
This profile contains Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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America First Policy Institute (AFPI)

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy
America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is a right-of-center policy think-tank and advocacy organization founded in 2021 by Brooke Rollins and Larry Kudlow, former advisors to…
View Brookings Institution

Brookings Institution

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy
The Brookings Institution is an American think tank aligned with the political establishment which conducts research and policy analysis on foreign policy, metropolitan policies, and…
View Taxpayer Association of Oregon (TAO)

Taxpayer Association of Oregon (TAO)

Non-profit, Economic Policy
The Taxpayer Association of Oregon (TAO) is a right-leaning watchdog organization that promotes public awareness of issues related to taxes and government spending in Oregon….
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American Compass

Non-profit, Economic Policy
American Compass is a think tank which considers itself a part of the “conservative labor movement.” American Compass was founded by Oren Cass, a former…
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AARP

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Healthcare Policy
AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a lobbying group that engages at the state, local, and federal levels on a range of…
View Common Sense Institute

Common Sense Institute

Non-profit, Economic Policy
The Common Sense Institute (CSI) is a non-partisan, public-policy think tank that intends to protect and promote Colorado’s economy using principles that support free markets,…

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