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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 American Friends Service Committee

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…
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 Workers’ Voice

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 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 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 UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza)

UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), Immigration Policy
For the 501(c)(4), see UnidosUS Action Fund (nonprofit)
View Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)

Non-profit, Immigration Policy
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a legal advocacy group based in San Francisco that provides legal services to migrants within the U.S while…
View Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)

Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), Immigration Policy
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) is a left-of-center advocacy organization that promotes left-of-center criminal justice and immigration policies. The organization was founded in…
View American Bar Association (ABA)

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 American Immigration Council (AIC)

American Immigration Council (AIC)

Non-profit, Immigration Policy
For more information, see American Immigration Lawyers Association (Nonprofit)
View Trending Up

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 Rise and Resist

Rise and Resist

Non-profit, Healthcare Policy, Immigration Policy
Rise and Resist is a left-of-center activist group formed in early 2017 in response to the first election of President Donald Trump. The group is…
View International Rescue Committee (IRC)

International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Non-profit, Immigration Policy
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, development, and pro-international-migration nongovernmental organization (NGO). IRC has supported Biden administration efforts to expand…
View Center for Immigration Studies

Center for Immigration Studies

Non-profit, Immigration Policy
The Center for Immigration Studies is a non-profit organization that seeks to reduce the level of immigration into the United States. It provides research to…
View Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)

Non-profit, Immigration Policy
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is a left-of-center and heavily government-funded advocacy group that promotes expanded immigration to the United States and assists…
View Kresge Foundation

Kresge Foundation

Non-profit, Environmental Policy, Immigration Policy
The Kresge Foundation is a left-of-center advocacy-philanthropic organization based in Troy, Michigan. The organization funds organizations which advocate left-of-center policy on immigration, environmentalism, and social…
View CASA de Maryland

CASA de Maryland

Non-profit, Immigration Policy
CASA de Maryland (also called CASA) is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) immigration advocacy organization that helps immigrants, most often of Central American extraction, find employment, regardless…
View JP Conte Family Foundation

JP Conte Family Foundation

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Education Policy, Environmental Policy, Immigration Policy
The JP Conte Family Foundation is a grantmaker that funds advocacy related to immigration, education, social mobility, and environmental sustainability. The foundation was created in…
View Southwest Key Programs

Southwest Key Programs

Non-profit, Immigration Policy
Southwest Key Programs is an Austin, Texas-based grantee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‘ Unaccompanied Children Program. The organization also operates a…

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