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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 Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a far-left political activist group in the United States. It claims to be the largest socialist organization in…
View Progressive Turnout Project

Progressive Turnout Project

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) is a left-of-center political action committee based in Chicago, Illinois that supports Democratic Party candidates for public office. The main goal…
View Turning Point USA

Turning Point USA

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is an ostensibly student-based right-of-center organizing and advocacy group which claims to have a presence on over 3,500 college and high…
View Communist Party USA (CPUSA)

Communist Party USA (CPUSA)

527 (Political Action Committee), Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is a minor left-wing political party in the United States that was created in 1921…
View National Lawyers Guild

National Lawyers Guild

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The National Lawyers Guild is a radical-left association of attorneys, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers. Founded from late 1936 to early 1937, the…
View Democracy Alliance (DA)

Democracy Alliance (DA)

For-profit, Organization, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Also see Committee on States (Other Group) and Democracy Alliance Conferences (Other Group)
View The People’s Forum

The People’s Forum

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The People’s Forum is a socialist organization that acts as project incubator. From its location in New York City, the Forum hosts events, readings, operates…
View Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund (Fidelity Charitable) is the largest public charity in the United States, holding over $30 billion in assets under management as…
View Arabella Advisors

Arabella Advisors

For-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Note: This profile will be updated regularly as more information emerges on Arabella Advisors' acquisition by Sunflower Services.
View American Future Republic

American Future Republic

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
American Future Republic is a left-of-center nonprofit funder founded in 2019. Along with Patriotic Republic, it is one of the main donor nonprofits funded by…
View Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a large and prominent advocacy organization for Muslims in the United States. Throughout its history, CAIR has been…
View Sunlight Giving

Sunlight Giving

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Sunlight Giving is a nonprofit organization that aims to support the basic needs of low-income families with children age five and below in the San…
View Center for Popular Democracy (CPD)

Center for Popular Democracy (CPD)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), also known as Popular Democracy, is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) organization involved in voter mobilization and policy development. The CPD's…
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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…
View Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Organization, Other, Foreign Policy, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Al Jazeera (sometimes written as "Aljazeera" or "Al-Jazeera") is a Qatar-based international news outlet. The organization has been called "the emirate’s most visible export for…
View Beyond Impact (formerly Tides Advocacy)

Beyond Impact (formerly Tides Advocacy)

Multi-Issue Advocacy
Also see Tides Nexus Beyond Impact (formerly The Tsunami Fund, The Advocacy Fund, the Tides Advocacy Fund, and Tides Advocacy) is a left-of-center advocacy organization…
View Heritage Foundation

Heritage Foundation

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Heritage Foundation is a right-of-center policy think tank founded in 1973 that researches and recommends policies such as free markets, limited government, a strong…
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Donor Advised Charitable Giving (DAFgiving360)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Donor Advised Charitable Giving, doing business as DAFgiving360 and formerly known as Schwab Charitable Fund, is a provider of donor-advised funds (DAF), charitable funds through…
View Emerson Collective (Waverley Street Foundation)

Emerson Collective (Waverley Street Foundation)

Non-profit, Multi-Issue Advocacy
The Emerson Collective is a left-of-center private grantmaking enterprise founded in 2004 by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs. Operating…
View Second Trump Administration – Independent Agencies

Second Trump Administration – Independent Agencies

Government Agency, Other, Multi-Issue Advocacy
This profile contains Second Trump Administration nominations and appointments made at independent agencies of the United States government.

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