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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 Next Generation Action Network

Next Generation Action Network

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Next Generation Action Network is a far-left racial justice advocacy group formed in 2014 by Dominique Alexander, a community activist and organizer with a…
View American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

Non-profit, Elections Policy, Foreign Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is an organization that works to advance the interests of Arab-Americans. The organization was co-founded by former U.S. Senator James…
View Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM Global Network Foundation) is the primary organizational outgrowth of the more decentralized Black Lives Matter movement. According to an…
View Solidarity Giving

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…
View Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a controversial left-of-center advocacy group that claims to be a watchdog of extremist groups. It has been criticized…
View Acton Family Giving

Acton Family Giving

Non-profit, Environmental Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Acton Family Giving is a left-of-center grant maker that supports racial preferences in social policies, LGBT advocacy organizations, and animal liberation and environmentalist groups. Acton…
View Movement for Black Lives

Movement for Black Lives

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Movement for Black Lives (MBL) is a coalition of more than 50 left-of-center racial-advocacy organizations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. Along with the…
View Black Lives Matter Grassroots

Black Lives Matter Grassroots

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Black Lives Matter Grassroots is an activist group associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. It is an offshoot of the Black Lives Matter Global…
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 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 Common Counsel Foundation

Common Counsel Foundation

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Common Counsel Foundation (CCF) is a nonprofit foundation consisting of a group of grantmaking funds which donate to over 300 left-of-center advocacy groups each…
View Center for Third Word Organizing (CTWO)

Center for Third Word Organizing (CTWO)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that focuses on racial issues and liberal activism in the United States. The…
View Arab American Action Network

Arab American Action Network

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) is a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides social and other services to the local Arab-American community. The organization claims that…
View Community Movement Builders (CMB)

Community Movement Builders (CMB)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Community Movement Builders (CMB) is a Marxist, Black-focused organization calling for defunding the police, ending cash bail, mass releases of prisoners and illegal immigrants from…
View Mass Liberation Project

Mass Liberation Project

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The Mass Liberation Project is a far-left criminal justice advocacy organization formed in 2019 to advocate for “community liberation” for African-American families and other communities…
View North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS)

North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (NAAIMS)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
The North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies, formerly the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, is a left-of-center academic organization focused on Islamic studies….
View Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA)

Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) is a national network of mosques, Muslim organizations, and individuals founded by African-American Muslims to address certain needs within…
View Allied Media Projects

Allied Media Projects

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Allied Media Projects is a critical race theory-aligned umbrella network of media organizations based or active in Detroit, Michigan. It is notable for previously coordinating…
View Hana Center

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…
View National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. Over its 100+ year history…

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