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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 International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA)

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,…
View Queers for Palestine

Queers for Palestine

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy, LGBT Policy
Queers for Palestine is a British LGBT group which claims that corporate-backed Pride and LGBT groups are supporting Israel against the Palestinian people. It has…
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 Okra Project

Okra Project

Non-profit, LGBT Policy
The Okra Project is a New York City-based nonprofit that organizes “mutual aid” efforts among the Black transgender community. Originally a service that connected Black…
View Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights Campaign

Non-profit, LGBT Policy
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the nation’s largest LGBT-interest activist organization and a prominent force in left-of-center politics. Together with the affiliated Human Rights…
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 Nebula Fund

Nebula Fund

Organization, Other, LGBT Policy
Nebula Fund is a pooled fund founded in 2022 by seven left-of-center private foundations. It provides grants to LGBT-interests and gender-advocacy organizations internationally. It is…
View Arcus Foundation

Arcus Foundation

Non-profit, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), LGBT Policy
Not to be confused with the Arca Foundation.
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…
View Equality California

Equality California

Non-profit, LGBT Policy
Equality California (EQCA) is a left-of-center social-issues advocacy group. It claims to be the largest statewide “LGBTQ+ civil rights organization” in the United States and…
View Native Movement

Native Movement

Non-profit, Economic Policy, Environmental Policy, LGBT Policy
The Native Movement is a left-of-center Native American and Alaska Native activist organization. The Native Movement promotes what it calls an “Indigenous worldview” and supports…
View David Geffen Foundation

David Geffen Foundation

Non-profit, Education Policy, Healthcare Policy, LGBT Policy
David Lawrence Geffen, a Hollywood mogul and major donor to Democratic Party politicians and liberal causes, established the David Geffen Foundation for his charitable philanthropy…
View Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Non-profit, Immigration Policy, LGBT Policy
The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund is a private foundation that provides grants primarily to left-of-center activist groups, with a focus on supporting liberal…
View New York Lawyers for Public Interest

New York Lawyers for Public Interest

Non-profit, Environmental Policy, Immigration Policy, LGBT Policy
New York Lawyers for Public Interest is a left-of-center network of law firms that provide pro bono legal services in New York. It also operates…
View Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

Non-profit, LGBT Policy
GLAAD (formerly an acronym for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a left-of-center media monitoring group which promotes the favorable representation of LGBT…
View Faithful America

Faithful America

Non-profit, Energy Policy, Firearms Policy, Immigration Policy, LGBT Policy
Faithful America is a left-of-center activist group which protests center-right policies and runs campaigns related to various social issues.
View Groundswell Fund

Groundswell Fund

Non-profit, Abortion Policy, LGBT Policy
The Groundswell Fund is a “pass through” grantmaking organization that funds advocacy and direct-services groups working on reproductive issues—especially those that advocate for increased access…
View Johnson Family Foundation

Johnson Family Foundation

Non-profit, Environmental Policy, LGBT Policy
The Johnson Family Foundation is a New York City-based left-of-center private grantmaking organization. It is also known as the Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson…
View Armed Queers Salt Lake City (SLC)

Armed Queers Salt Lake City (SLC)

Non-profit, Organization, Education Policy, Firearms Policy, Labor Policy, LGBT Policy
Armed Queers Salt Lake City (SLC) is a radical-left political group based in the state of Utah. The organization claims to be an armed security…
View Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center

Non-profit, LGBT Policy
The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is an activist group that provides legal services, policy advocacy and community organizing towards promoting and protecting the rights of…

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