The NoVo Foundation is the private foundation controlled by Peter Buffett, son of investor and left-of-center philanthropist Warren Buffett, and Peter’s wife Jennifer. Warren provided the initial donation of 350,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway valued at $1 billion ¹ The foundation directs millions each year to left-of-center groups advocating for abortion, LGBT interests, and left-wing economics. ²

Peter Buffett and his wife Jennifer are the co-presidents of NoVo, as well as co-chairs of the board of directors. ³

Background

Jennifer Buffett has funded community projects in Milwaukee since 1997. ⁴ Jennifer serves on the board of V-Day, a feminist advocacy group founded by Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler. ⁵ Peter Buffett is known as a musician, composer, and television producer. ⁴

The Buffetts founded NoVo in 2006 when Warren Buffett provided funding as part of his pledge to give away the majority of his fortune to charity. ¹

Ideologically, the Buffetts functionally align with the anti-capitalist left. Peter wrote a New York Times opinion piece condemning micro-lending and financial literacy. “People will certainly learn how to integrate into our system of debt and repayment with interest. People will rise above making $2 a day to enter our world of goods and services so they can buy more. But doesn’t all this just feed the beast?” ⁶

In 2020, the NoVo Foundation was one of the key recipients of a $15.97 million gift of Berkshire Hathaway stock from Warren Buffett. ⁷

By May 2022, NoVo had reportedly halted its funding of nonprofits that focused on preventing gender-based violence. ⁸

In November 2022, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the NoVo Foundation received 300,000 Class B shares in Berkshire Hathaway stock from Warren Buffett, part of $750 million in Hathaway stock that he donated that month to NoVo as well as several foundations associated with Buffett including the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the Sherwood Foundation. ^{9 10}

In June 2024, the NoVo Foundation received 695,122 Class B shares in Berkshire Hathaway stock from Warren Buffett. ¹¹

In September 2024, the Associated Press reported that Warren Buffett had decided to turn his fortune into a charitable trust administered by his children after he dies. In addition, the North Star Journal reported that as a condition of his annual gifts to his family foundations, those foundations had to give away what he gives them within one year. ¹²

In November 2024, according to a press release issued by Warren Buffett, the NoVo Foundation received 200,000 Class B shares in Berkshire Hathaway from Warren Buffett, which the media estimated at the time was worth $144,654,000. The Buffett family’s other three foundations, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the Sherwood Foundation, also received donations of Berkshire Hathaway stock. ¹³

Associations with Other Left-of-Center Funders

NoVo supports a number of community foundations, donor-advised funds, and nonprofit incubators which support left-of-center advocacy. In 2016, NoVo gave $21,913,104 to the Tides Foundation to support a large number of special projects including Feminist.com Foundation, Student Voice, and the European Women’s Lobby. ¹⁴ In 2023, NoVo gave $3,050,000 to the Tides Center and $52,876,458 to the Tides Foundation. ¹⁵

NoVo provided Community Initiatives of San Francisco with $250,000. ¹⁴ Community Initiatives funds many left-of-center projects which support environmentalists, LGBT activists, and left-of-center media projects. ¹⁶  NoVo maintains a donor-advised fund through the Greater Milwaukee Foundation; in 2016, NoVo provided the fund with $471,500. ¹⁴ The Greater Milwaukee Foundation funds left-wing groups and projects such as Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, get out the vote (GOTV) campaigns, and environmentalist groups. ¹⁷

The Ms. Foundation for Women obtained $2,150,000 from NoVo for “general support.” ¹⁴ The Ms. Foundation gives to a host of left-wing groups including Adhikaar for Human Rights, Blueprint NC, Miami Workers Center, Planned Parenthood, and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. ¹⁸ The Ms. Foundation has presented Jennifer and Peter Buffett with the foundation’s Gloria Award, named after Ms. Foundation founder Gloria Steinem. ¹⁹

NEO Philanthropy received $216,450 from NoVo. ¹⁴ NEO is a left-wing clearinghouse that allows progressives to pull their funding to back projects across the country. ²⁰ NoVo gave $186,450 to the “just economics playbook” and $30,000 to the End Rape on Campus (EROC) project. EROC opposed Secretary of Education Betsy Devos revoking controversial Obama administration guidance on how colleges were to investigate sexual assault, which critics argued (and some courts agreed²¹) did not provide due process for accused students. ²²

Novo gave $2,250,000 to the New Venture Fund (NVF), which spends hundreds of millions on behalf of left-wing causes each year. ¹⁴ NVF is a “dark-money” group that allows left-of-center activists to spend millions on left-wing campaigns while being cloaked in anonymity. ²³ Campaigns funded by NVF have included a left-wing education ballot measure in Mississippi, ads targeting Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), and ballot measure in Colorado increasing taxes on oil and gas companies. ²³ In 2023, NoVo gave an additional $450,000. ¹⁵

New World Foundation (NWF) was the beneficiary of a $5,441,529 in grants from NoVo. ¹⁴ NWF supports various left-of-center initiatives through its funds. The New Majority Fund supports illegal immigrants and often works with the Phoenix Fund for Workers and Communities to aid labor unions. ²⁴ NWF backs environmentalist projects through the Climate Action Fund. ^{25 15}

NoVo is a partner of the left-of-center donor collective Democracy Alliance. ²⁶ The group focused on helping Democratic candidates during the 2018 election through turning out young and minority voters. One group funded by Democracy Alliance was Living United for Change in Arizona. The group paid canvassers to go door to door to turn out voters for Arizona Democrats including Kyrsten Sinema for U.S. Senate, David Garcia for governor, and other down-ballot left-wing candidates. ²⁷

According to tax filings, NoVo Foundation has funded a substantial donor-advised fund through the Tides Foundation, a left-wing ideological provider of donor-advised funds. It is reportedly a member of the secretive left-wing donor convening Democracy Alliance. ²⁸

In 2023, NoVo gave $1,500,000 to the North Star Fund, which funds left-of-center projects in New York City and the Hudson Valley of New York. Also in 2023, NoVo gave $23,904,696 to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors for numerous projects and $2,300,000 to RSF Social Finance to fund several projects. ¹⁵

Project Funding

LGBT Interests

NoVo provided $350,000 to Borealis Philanthropy for its Fund for Trans Generations. ¹⁴ The fund is used to support transgender activists and organizations. In 2019, the fund provided financial support to over 50 transgender-interests projects. ²⁹

National LGBTQ Task Force received $100,000 from NoVo. ¹⁴ Founded in 1973, the task force calls itself the oldest LGBT rights group in the United States and began pushing Democrats towards embracing LGBT interests in the 1970s. ³⁰ The National LGBTQ Task Force supports legal protections for the LGBT community, abortion, and the inclusion of sexual orientation in the census. ³¹

NoVo founded the Create, Connect, Transform project with Allied Media Projects (AMP). Over four years, NoVo will give AMP $3,000,000 for local organizing in Detroit to “fuel social justice, media, art, and technology innovations.” ³² AMP, along with the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, gave funding to Detroit REPRESENT! a group that discusses injustices facing LGBTQ youth of color and make media projects to address it. ³³

NoVo gave $300,000 to the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) founded by the Transgender Law Center. ³² The project seeks to highlight how law enforcement and the immigration system targets Black LGBT migrants. The project was started with the support of the Open Society Foundations Soros Justice Fellowship. ³⁴

Pro-Abortion and Feminist Groups

Equality Now received $1,450,000 from NoVo. ¹⁴ Equality Now advocates for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a longstanding goal of the American left-wing. ³⁵ The ERA bans discrimination “on account of sex,” which Equality Now claims could codify into the Constitution legal protections for the LGBT community. ³⁶ Equality Now also supports the expansion of abortion. ³⁷ In 2023, Equality Now received another $500,000. ¹⁵

NoVo gave Forward Together, a group that pushes a pro-abortion agenda, $200,000. ^{38 14} Forward Together has lobbied for paid leave and the expansion of government healthcare programs. ³⁹

The Global Fund for Women received $250,000 from Novo. ¹⁴ The Global Fund for Women advocates for increased access to abortion around the world and celebrated the passage of laws allowing abortion in Chile and Ireland. ⁴⁰

The International Planned Parenthood Federation received $296,668 from NoVo. ¹⁴ The federation supports U.S. foreign aid dollars going to abortion providers and supports global abortion access. ^{41 42}

In 2023, NoVo gave $150,000 to Planned Parenthood of Greater New York.²

Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) was given $1,500,000 from NoVo earmarked for the Economic Justice for Women (EJW) project. ¹⁴ Starting in 2008, EJW began advocating for paid family leave and has since expanded to also push for paid medical leave. ⁴³ The other areas RFF is active in are environmental projects focused on global warming and left-of-center electoral reforms. ⁴⁴ In 2023, NoVo gave an additional $800,000 to RFF. ¹⁵

In 2020, the NoVo Foundation announced that it would be re-examining its grant strategy after it had phased out its “Initiative to Advance Adolescent Girls’ Rights” team. ⁴⁵ and would ditch its initiative system in lieu of a holistic body. ⁴⁶

Left-of-Center Economics

Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) received $500,000 from NoVo. ¹⁴ CPD is connected to left-wing organizations with its board members having worked for the NAACP, AFL-CIO, and the American Civil Liberties Union. ⁴⁷ Past CPD campaigns include providing over $1,000,000 to support a ballot measure in Colorado in increase the minimum wage and “fair workweek” legislation which put burdens on business which made it hard to hire part time workers. ^{48 49}

NoVo gave Demos $200,000. ¹⁴ Demos is associated with Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and promotes leftist economic policies such as raising taxes, expanding the welfare state, and socialized healthcare. ^{50 51}

The Institute for Policy Studies, a left-wing D.C. think tank, takes support from NoVo. ¹⁴ The group’s connection to left-wing causes date back to when its founders left the Democratic Kennedy Administration and supported the anti-war movement in the 1960s. ⁵² The institute supports a death tax of over 77 percent, a 70 percent income tax, and open borders. ^{53 54 55}

NoVo gifted $100,000 to the International Labor Rights Forum, which supports increasing the minimum wage, expanding the power of labor unions, and legal protections for illegal immigrant workers. ^{56 14}

Jobs With Justice Education Fund received $250,000 from NoVo. ¹⁴ The fund has worked on left-wing projects with UFCW labor union and National Domestic Workers Alliance. ^{57 58} Jobs With Justice Education Fund supports illegal immigration, labor unions, and increased economic regulations. ^{59 60 61}

Miami Workers Center (MWC) was given $66,660 by NoVo. ¹⁴ In 1999, labor activists founded MWC in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. ⁶² MWC’s pushes a “Femme Agenda” which focuses on poverty through the lenses of “low-income Black women, particularly LGBTQ women.” ⁶³ MWC has advocated for creating renters unions, opposing the patriarchy, and abortion. ⁶³

NoVo, in partnership with the National Domestic Worker Alliance (NDWA), is conducting the Women’s Rematch project, a $2,000,000 undertaking. ³² The project claims to be a non-partisan voter engagement campaign. However, the project hopes to build on the efforts of the left-wing #MeToo movement. The projects efforts will be focused on increasing voter engagement in 2020 among traditionally Democratic voters in Georgia, a state featuring potentially competitive races for president and the U.S. Senate. NDWA is part of the “alt-labor” movement supported by labor unions and left-wing funders including the Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Nathan Cummings Foundation, and Marguerite Casey Foundation. ⁶⁴

Center for Community Change Action (CCC) received $150,000 from NoVo. ¹⁴ CCC pushes a left-wing economic agenda including expanding welfare programs and Obamacare. ⁶⁵

In 2023, NoVo gave $100,000 to the Alliance for A Just Society for the “Native Organizers Alliance.” ¹⁵ The Alliance for A Just Society advocates government-run health care and more spending on social programs. ⁶⁶

In 2023, NoVo gave $250,000 to the Center for Economic Democracy, ¹⁵ a group that advocates for an end to capitalism and moving towards a “post-capitalist model.” ⁶⁷

In 2023, NoVo gave $810,000 to Cooperation Jackson, ¹⁵ a left-wing group advocating for replacing capitalism with a system of worker-owned cooperatives. ⁶⁸

In 2023, NoVo gave $600,000 to the New Economy Coalition, ¹⁵ an anti-capitalist group trying to develop “real alternatives to capitalism.” ⁶⁹

In 2023, NoVo gave $1,335,000 to Democracy Collaborative, ¹⁵ which advocates the replacement of the free market capitalist economy with a socialist model. ⁷⁰

Education

Through Advocates for Youth, NoVo provided $25,000 to Know Your Title IX which advocates for left-wing education policies. ¹⁴ Know Your Title IX supported the Obama administration’s Title IX guidance on sexual assault disciplinary procedures which forced colleges to use the lowest evidentiary standard. ⁷¹ That stance was so radical that “even some left-of-center legal figures took issue arguing that no student should be punished unless the school was more certain that a line had been crossed.” ⁷²

NoVo is an advocate of social-emotional learning. In June 2022, the Foundation for Portland Public Schools received a $30,000 grant to promote social-emotional learning. ⁷³

Black Lives Matter

NoVo partnered with the Movement for Black Lives for the Electoral Justice Project. ¹⁴ The $500,000 project was focused on creating campaigns within African-American communities to increase political engagement. ³² The project was used to influence black voters to support the radical left-wing agenda of the Movement for Black Lives. The group’s platform incudes so-called “reparations,” such as free college and guaranteed minimum income for blacks; the redistribution of wealth; divesting from fossil fuels; and reducing military spending. ^{74 75 76}

NoVo and the Movement for Black Lives support the Movement Strategy Center (MSC). ⁷⁷ NoVo gave MSC $2,000,000 for the Decolonizing Race project. ³² The project hopes “to transform the way conversations around racism and other issues of privilege and power.” MSC partners with anti-energy groups to push left-of-center energy policy. Policies such as ending fracking, divesting from traditional energy sources, and making U.S. energy 100 percent renewable by 2020 are all stances of MSC partner organizations. ^{78 79 80} MSC has supported left-wing food and restaurant policy through its work with the HEAL Food Alliance. HEAL supports efforts to end the tipped minimum wage, which is earned mostly by waiters and waitresses; end farm labor by prisoners; and the end of deportations of all illegal immigrants. ⁸¹

In March 2020, NoVo published on its Facebook page a post by the left-of-center Communities for Just Schools Fund which offered homeschooling courses promoting the far-left worldview of “antiracism.” ⁸²

Immigration

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice received $107,500 from NoVo. ¹⁴ Adhikaar supports legal status for illegal immigrants and less restrictions on their ability to work in the United States.

NoVo started the Radical Hope Florida project with the Florida Immigrant Coalition (FIC). The $2,000,000 project is focused on bringing a feminist perspective to FIC and other partner organizations’ missions. ³² FIC supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants and opposes local law enforcement aiding federal authorities in their effort to enforce immigration laws. ^{83 84} During the 2016 election, FIC mobilized a get out the vote campaign in traditionally Democratic areas of the state in an effort to boost Democratic turnout in the closely contested election. ⁸⁵

Human Rights First has had financial support from NoVo. ¹⁴ Human Rights First opposes detaining illegal aliens at the border, closing the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, and allowing more refugees into the United States. ^{86 87}

Native American Causes

Since 2022, NoVo has increased its support for Native American groups. Peter Buffett has had an interest in Native American causes since he composed some of the music for the film Dances with Wolves and wrote the score for the TV miniseries “500 Nations.” ⁸⁸

In August 2024, the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Law’s Indian Law Clinic received $400,000 from Novo to continue its work assisting Native Americans with the enforcement of federal law. MSU’s Indian Law Clinic is the only law school clinic that represents Native Americans in both federal and state court under Indian Child Welfare Act cases which the U.S. Congress passed in 1978 to prevent the removal of Native American children from their families. MSU’s Indian Law Clinic planned to use the funding to increase the network of attorneys who work on these types of cases and to advise on state-level versions of the law. ⁸⁹ MSU’s Indian Law Clinic most famously argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brackeen v. Haaland which upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act. ⁹⁰

In 2023, NoVo donated $100,000 to the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy ¹⁵ which campaigns for the installation of weather-dependent energy on Native American reservations. ⁹¹

In 2023, NoVo donated $1,000,000 to the First Nations Development Institute ¹⁵ which funds environmental and other economic developments on Native American lands. ⁹²

In 2023, NoVo donated $791,090 to the Resources Legacy Fund to support two Native American related environmentalist projects. ¹⁵

In 2023, NoVo donated $2,275,000 to the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples which invests in projects for Indigenous people around the world. ¹⁵

Kingston, New York

Peter and Jennifer Buffett moved to the town of Kingston, New York in 2010 and within a few years, Novo began pouring money into the town and the surrounding area to transform it into what the Buffetts see as a model community. In 1995, IBM abruptly closed its operations in Kingston, throwing 7,100 people out of work and plunging the town and the surrounding area into poverty. In 2011, Hurricane Irene devastated Kingston and the Buffetts’ property, and after the storm, NoVo began shifting its focus towards Kingston. ⁹³

In 2014, the NoVo Foundation paid $13 million to buy Gill Farm, a 1,500-acre family crop farm owned by John Gill, a second-generation farmer and local Kingston personality. The Gill Farm was the largest agricultural producer in Ulster County, New York. ⁹³ NoVo renamed the farm the Hudson Valley Farm Hub and intended to invest another $20 million into the project. The Local Economies Project, which is a fiscally-sponsored project of the left-of-center New World Foundation, took over the management of the farm. The then-director of the Local Economies Project, Bob Dandrew, was the former executive director of NoVo. The purpose of the farm was to teach farmers how to grow crops organically, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were banned from the farm.  ⁹⁴

By 2021, Tablet Magazine reported that NoVo had become the exclusive or predominant funder of, “Kingston’s local news media and radio station, a local printed currency, a 1,500-acre farm and produce distribution center, a food co-op, a museum, a think tank, a mutual aid network, a health care network, a hospital, the Kingston Land Bank, the YMCA, the community center, and dozens of nonprofits that are working on all imaginable forms of community projects.” In addition, NoVo had made substantial grants to both the city of Kingston and Ulster County, which were used to pay for routine governmental services. ⁹³

Some residents began to question how NoVo transformed their town without public input. A series of unofficial rules surfaced about those who received NoVo funds, which Tablet characterized as “you don’t discuss your grants from NoVo, you don’t criticize NoVo in public, and you don’t speak ill of the Buffetts — lest you jeopardize your funding.” ⁹³

Among the projects NoVo funds are Radio Kingston, which Tablet Magazine described as “[broadcasting] daily reminders about the foundation’s ongoing efforts to better the community.” Tablet reported that “Often one will hear shows hosted by employees of NoVo-funded organizations interviewing the employees of other NoVo-funded organizations about the projects and campaigns they run that are funded by NoVo.” ⁹³

NoVo also funded a local currency, the Hudson Valley Current. A main complaint about the new local currency was that the businesses that accepted it often did not have physical locations. Also, many of the accepting businesses were just consultants. One Kingston resident described the currency as “completely useless.” ⁹³

Other residents complained about how despite experiencing problems with illegal immigrant gangs and other high crime areas, the areas being invested in by NoVo were the most heavily policed areas of Kingston. Other residents complained about a lack of transparency in NoVo’s spending because NoVo often distributes its money through other nonprofits. ⁹³

NoVo partnered with the degrowth activist and author Martin Kirk, who promotes creating alternatives to capitalism to solve climate change, wealth inequality, and poverty. The NoVo-funded Radio Kingston frequently discusses what the post-capitalist society would look like, and how it would be built by the groups predominately funded by NoVo. ⁹³

In June 2021, NoVo pulled the funding for the Kingston Wire, which had one-third of its funding paid by the NoVo-funded Radio Kingston, because it did not approve of the news outlet’s lack of praise for NoVo and lack of climate change reporting. The Kingston Wire also investigated the financial relationship between the city of Kingston and the NoVo-funded Kingston City Land Bank where then-Mayor Steve Noble sat on the board of directors. ⁹⁵

In September 2022, a Kingston activist group, The People’s Cauldron (TPC), protested NoVo at a laundromat NoVo owned. The People’s Cauldron, which previously received money from NoVo, accused NoVo of harassing them and even having a member arrested. NoVo accused TPC of creating a rise in criminal activity when they had a presence at the laundromat. ⁹⁶

Other Grant Recipients

NoVo contributed $300,000 to the MomsRising Education Fund, the 501(c)3 charitable arm of MomsRising a 501(c)4 advocacy organization. ¹⁴ MomsRising supports a wide variety of left-of-center policies including expanding welfare programs, gun control, legal status for illegal immigrants, and the Women’s March. ⁹⁷ In 2023, NoVo contributed another $375,000. ¹⁵

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) received $50,000 from NoVo. ¹⁴ In 1997, NCRP released a report on how left-wing think tanks could better deploy their money, which sparked the founding of think tanks like Center for American progress and directly helped to founding of Democracy Alliance. ⁹⁸ Today, NCRP still aims to help activists maximize the impact of their funds on promoting left-wing causes. ⁹⁹

In 2018, NoVo contributed $2.5 million to the Center for Justice, which is a think based at Columbia University and at the time run by former Weather Underground militant Kathy Boudin. Boudin was convicted of murder charges in 1983 related to the robbery of a Brinks truck in Nyack, New York. ¹⁰⁰

In 2023, NoVo gave $200,000 to Democracy Now Productions, a left-of-center media outlet. ¹⁵

In 2023, NoVo gave $200,000 to Earthjustice, a left-of-center environmentalist group. ¹⁵

In 2023, NoVo gave $1,000,000 to the Global Greengrants Fund, which funds environmental projects around the world. ¹⁵

In 2023, NoVo gave $1,900,000 to Kashif Incubator, ¹⁵ a film artist support project that features on its website a land acknowledgment identifying the United States as part of “Turtle Island,” a Native American term for the North American continent. It further states that the U.S. is based on “Stolen Land. Stolen People.” ¹⁰¹

In 2023, NoVo gave $500,000 to MADRE to support its “Advancing Climate Justice” project. ¹⁵

In 2023, NoVo gave $1,500,000 to The Land Institute, ¹⁵ which advocates for the replacement of modern agriculture with regenerative farming. ¹⁰²

In 2023, NoVo gave $2,000,000 to Magic Canoe to promote environmentalist storytelling. ¹⁵

In 2023, NoVo gave $900,000 to the Third Coast Activist Resource Center to fund a film project. ¹⁵

In 2023, NoVo gave $750,000 to Thousand Currents, ¹⁵ a group that funds left-leaning projects in developing nations. ¹⁰³

1. “FAQs.” NoVo Foundation. Accessed March 12, 2019. https://novofoundation.org/about-us/faqs/.
2. Novo Foundation, Return of a Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2023, Part XIV Line 3 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/470824753/202442979349101314/full
3. Novo Foundation, Return of a Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2023, Part VII Box 1 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/470824753/202442979349101314/full
4. “People.” NoVo Foundation. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://novofoundation.org/about-us/people/.
5. V-Day, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2016, Part VII Section A
6. Buffett, Peter. “The Charitable-Industrial Complex.” The New York Times. July 26, 2013. Accessed March 12, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/the-charitable-industrial-complex.html?_r=0.
7. Tanoria, Yuvika. “Warren Buffett donated Berkshire shares worth $2.9 billion to charities.” Finance Rewind. 2020. Accessed July 21, 2020. https://financerewind.com/news/warren-buffett-donated-berkshire-shares-worth-2-9-billion-to-charities/
8. Hirsch, Emily, and Judy Harris Kluger. “Nonprofits Fighting Gender Violence Have Struggled since Losing Buffetts’ Funding. They Urgently Need More Support.” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 26, 2022. https://www.philanthropy.com/article/nonprofits-fighting-gender-violence-have-struggled-since-losing-buffetts-funding-they-urgently-need-more-support.
9. Funk, Josh. “Warren Buffett donates more than $750 million to his family charities.” Fox 11 News, Accessed November 23, 2022. https://fox11online.com/news/nation-world/warren-buffett-donates-more-than-750-million-to-his-family-charities-billionaire-investor-berkshire-hathaway-stock-annual-donations-gates-foundation-susan-thompson-buffett-abortion-rights-planned-parenthood-foundation-giving-holidays
10. Bilger, Micaiah. “Warren Buffett Donates $750 Million to Foundations That Will Funnel Money to Planned Parenthood.” LifeNews.com, December 1, 2022. https://www.lifenews.com/2022/12/01/warren-buffett-donates-750-million-to-foundations-that-will-funnel-money-to-planned-parenthood/
11. “Berkshire Hathaway Inc.. News Release.” Yahoo! Finance, June 28, 2024. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/berkshire-hathaway-inc-news-release-105900723.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAENQGa3BXXMceDNlaqHFSqw0w2cb8CrNItkd_UeG_RHm-wwW-hrbjFlQGgK6XUbJn8MdH7ncl4yUwIk_PRVtWGjykjMg9okRvJ8M_Smm-FUIU_kfC0JFsWso-3Kl5u6HDERHFdwtY1V2AYbmkG8ufwUP8yJ7W2HqgkIqTFAlugtk&_guc_consent_skip=1719578362.
12. “Buffetts Poised to Become among Most Significant Forces in Philanthropy: The North State Journal.” The North State Journal, September 23, 2024. https://nsjonline.com/article/2024/09/buffetts-poised-to-become-among-most-significant-forces-in-philanthropy/.
13. “Peter Buffett’s Novo Foundation, Prolific Funder of Hudson Valley Nonprofits, to Get $144M Windfall from Father Warren .” Hudson Valley One , November 27, 2024. https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2024/11/26/peter-buffets-novo-foundation-serial-hudson-valley-nonprofit-funder-to-get-144m-windfall-from-father-warren/.
14. “NoVo Foundation 990-PF” Accessed March 12, 2018. http://novofoundation.org/wp-content/files_mf/1515021788990PF2016.pdf
15. “Novo Foundation, Full Filing – Nonprofit Explorer.” ProPublica. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/470824753/202442979349101314/full.
16. “Fiscally Sponsored Projects.” Community Initiatives. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://communityin.org/our-projects/support-a-project/.
17. “Recent Grants – Milwaukee County.” Greater Milwaukee Foundation. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org/grants/recent-grants/recent-grants-milwaukee-county/.
18. “Current Grantees.” Ms. Foundation for Women. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://forwomen.org/grants-2/current-grantees-fy15/.
19. “Ms. Foundation for Women to Honor Ava DuVernay, Elaine Welteroth at 30th Annual Gloria Awards.” Ms. Foundation for Women. February 28, 2018. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://forwomen.org/30th-gloria-awards/.
20. Callahan, David. “Inside NEO Philanthropy: An Unusual Funding Group Works to Unify the Social Justice World.” Inside Philanthropy. June 30, 2015. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/6/30/inside-neo-philanthropy-an-unusual-funding-group-works-to-un.html.
21. French, David. “#BelieveWomen Is in a State of Legal Collapse.” National Review. February 18, 2019. Accessed March 19, 2019. https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/believewomen-is-in-a-state-of-legal-collapse/.
22. “EROC Condemns DeVos Policy Rollback.” END RAPE ON CAMPUS. September 22, 2017. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://endrapeoncampus.org/new-blog/2017/9/22/eroc-responds-to-devos-policy-rollback?rq=devos.
23. Markay, Lachlan. “Over 100 Left-Wing Groups Sourced to DC Dark Money Outfit.” Washington Free Beacon. October 22, 2015. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://freebeacon.com/issues/over-100-left-wing-groups-sourced-to-d-c-dark-money-outfit/.
24. “The New Majority Fund.” New World Foundation. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://newwf.org/grantmaking-initiatives/new-majority-fund-building-power-local-level/.
25. “Climate Action Fund.” New World Foundation. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://newwf.org/grantmaking-initiatives/climate-action-fund-environment-energy-health-in-the-21st-century/.
26. Markay, Lachlan. “Warren Buffett-Funded Group Signs on as Democracy Alliance ‘Partner’.” Washington Free Beacon. November 30, 2015. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-buffett-funded-group-signs-on-as-democracy-alliance-partner/.
27. Severns, Maggie. “Inside a Secretive Billionaire Club’s Plan to Help Democrats Take Congress.” POLITICO. November 02, 2018. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/02/2018-elections-outside-money-democrats-democrat-alliance-soros-steyer-956032.
28.  Markay, Lachlan. “Warren Buffett-Funded Group Signs on as Democracy Alliance ‘Partner’.” Washington Free Beacon. December 01, 2015. Accessed October 09, 2018. https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-buffett-funded-group-signs-on-as-democracy-alliance-partner/.
29. “Fund for Trans Generations’ Latest Grantees Focus on Health, Healing, and Safety.” Borealis Philanthropy. February 14, 2019. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://borealisphilanthropy.org/fund-for-trans-generations-latest-grantees-focus-on-health-healing-and-safety/.
30. “Mission & History.” National LGBTQ Task Force. Accessed March 15, 2019. http://www.thetaskforce.org/about/mission-history.html?_ga=2.245627204.1591745468.1552674558-421457831.1552674558.
31. “Current Task Force Actions.” National LGBTQ Task Force. Accessed March 15, 2019. http://www.thetaskforce.org/current-task-force-actions.html.
32. “Grantee Partners.” NoVo Foundation. Accessed February 17, 2019. https://novofoundation.org/radicalhope/grantee-partners/.
33. “Detroit REPRESENT!” Allied Media Projects. Accessed February 17, 2019. https://www.alliedmedia.org/detroit-represent.
34. “Black LGBTQIA Migrant Project Launches to Build Community Power.” Transgender Law Center. December 13, 2017. Accessed February 17, 2019. https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/14158.
35. Kelly, Kate. “The Constitution Doesn’t Prohibit Discrimination Against Women. Here’s How to Change That.” Teen Vogue. October 29, 2018. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-united-states-constitution-needs-an-equal-rights-amendment.
36. “The ERA Is Queer and We’re Here For It!” ADVOCATE. February 23, 2019. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/2/23/era-queer-and-were-here-it.
37. “Rwanda: Ensure Access to Safe Legal Abortions.” Equality Now. May 21, 2012. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.equalitynow.org/rwanda_ensure_access_to_safe_legal_abortions.
38. “Reproductive Justice Media Reference Guide.” Forward Together. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://forwardtogether.org/tools/media-guide-abortion-latinx-community/.
39. “Strong Families New Mexico.” Forward Together. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://forwardtogether.org/programs/state-national-action/strongfamiliesnm/.
40. “Abortion Rights: Infographics on What You Need to Know.” Global Fund for Women. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/abortion-rights-infographic/#.XIgAJhNKiu4.
41. “Global Gag Rule – One Year on.” IPPF. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.ippf.org/resource/global-gag-rule-one-year.
42. “IPPF Welcomes UN Human Rights Committee Assertion on Access to Safe Abortion.” IPPF. November 01, 2018. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.ippf.org/news/un-access-safe-abortion.
43. “Economic Justice for Women.” Rockefeller Family Fund | Economic Justice for Women. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.rffund.org/programs/economic-justice-for-women.
44. “Programs.” Rockefeller Family Fund | Programs. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.rffund.org/programs.
45. Jennifer Buffett and Peter Buffett, email message to NoVo partners. https://mailchi.mp/bafd8ccd97f4/novos-executive-director-to-step-down-at-the-end-of-2122457?e=744c5ddcc6.
46. Peter Buffett, “NoVo at 14. Continuing to learn.,” @isound77 (blog), May 14, 2020, https://medium.com/@isound77/novo-at-14-continuing-to-learn-3a2087bdeb1.
47. “Board.” The Center for Popular Democracy. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://populardemocracy.org/about-us/board.
48. “Minimum Wage Going up.” The Colorado Independent. November 09, 2016. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2016/11/09/minimum-wage-colorado/.
49. Hellmann, Melissa. “Another Victory for Workers in Seattle – This Time It’s Their Schedules.” Truthout. October 20, 2016. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://truthout.org/articles/another-victory-for-workers-in-seattle-this-time-it-s-their-schedules/.
50. Howley, Patrick. “The Warren Tribe.” Washington Free Beacon. May 16, 2012. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/the-warren-tribe/.
51. Jones, Sarah. “How Trumpcare’s Failure Sets the Stage for Single-Payer.” The New Republic. March 28, 2017. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://newrepublic.com/article/141651/trumpcares-failure-sets-stage-single-payer.
52. “Our History.” Institute for Policy Studies. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://ips-dc.org/about/history/.
53. Lord, Bob. “Bernie Sanders’ 77 Percent Estate Tax for Billionaires Is Not Enough.” Institute for Policy Studies. February 17, 2019. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://ips-dc.org/bernie-sanders-77-percent-estate-tax-for-billionaires-is-not-enough/.
54. Pizzigati, Sam. “Taxing the Rich Is Bold – Can It Be Sustainable Too?” Institute for Policy Studies. February 07, 2019. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://ips-dc.org/taxing-the-rich-is-bold-can-it-be-sustainable-too/.
55. Petersen-Smith, Khury. “Progressives Should Support Open Borders – With No Apology.” Institute for Policy Studies. February 21, 2019. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://ips-dc.org/progressives-should-support-open-borders-with-no-apology/.
56. “Issues.” International Labor Rights Forum. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://laborrights.org/Issues.
57. “Change Walmart, Change the Economy – Jobs With Justice.” Jobs With Justice. Accessed March 14, 2019. http://www.jwj.org/our-work/change-walmart-change-the-economy.
58. “Caring Across Generations – Jobs With Justice.” Jobs With Justice. Accessed March 14, 2019. http://www.jwj.org/our-work/caring-across-generations.
59. “Reproductive Justice Media Reference Guide.” Forward Together. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://forwardtogether.org/tools/media-guide-abortion-latinx-community/.
60. “Exposing Unionbusters.” Jobs With Justice. Accessed March 15, 2019. http://www.jwj.org/our-work/issues/exposing-unionbusters.
61. “Improving Labor Law.” Jobs With Justice. Accessed March 15, 2019. http://www.jwj.org/our-work/issues/improving-labor-law.
62. “History.” Miami Workers Center. Accessed March 15, 2019. http://www.miamiworkerscenter.org/index.php?page=historyhttp://www.miamiworkerscenter.org/index.php?page=history.
63. “What Is the Femme Agenda.” Miami Workers Center. Accessed March 15, 2019. http://www.miamiworkerscenter.org/index.php?page=what-is-the-femme-agenda.
64. Manheim, Jarol B. “The Emerging Role of Worker Centers in Union Organizing.” U.S. Chamber of Commerce. November 2013. Accessed March 13, 2019. https://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/documents/files/wfi_emerging_role_of_worker_centers_11-21-2013.pdf
65. “Safety Net.” Community Change. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://communitychange.org/campaign/safety-net/.
66. “Alliance for a Just Society.” Alliance for a Just Society. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://www.allianceforajustsociety.org/campaigns/.
67. “Home.” Center for Economic Democracy. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://economicdemocracy.us/.
68. “Who We Are.” Cooperation Jackson. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://cooperationjackson.org/intro.
69. “Home.” New Economy Coalition. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://neweconomy.net/.
70. The Democracy Collaborative. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://www.democracycollaborative.org/.
71. “Title IX Under the Trump Administration: Know Your Rights.” Know Your IX. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.knowyourix.org/college-resources/know-your-rights/.
72. Saul, Stephanie, and Kate Taylor. “Betsy DeVos Reverses Obama-era Policy on Campus Sexual Assault Investigations.”; The New York Times. September 22, 2017. Accessed March 11, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/devos-colleges-sex-assault.html.
73. “$30,000 Action Award from Novo Foundation for Social-Emotional Learning.” Foundation for Portland Public Schools, June 6, 2022. https://www.foundationforpps.org/2022/06/30000-grant-from-novo-foundation-for-social-emotional-learning-in-classrooms/
74. “Reparations.” The Movement for Black Lives. Accessed February 18, 2019. https://policy.m4bl.org/reparations/.
75. “Economic Justice.” The Movement for Black Lives. Accessed February 18, 2019. https://policy.m4bl.org/economic-justice/.
76. “Invest-Divest.” The Movement for Black Lives. Accessed February 18, 2019. https://policy.m4bl.org/invest-divest/.
77. “Endorsing Organizations (continued).” The Movement for Black Lives. Accessed February 18, 2019. https://policy.m4bl.org/more-endorsers/.
78. “Movement Strategy Center (MSC).” Chorus Foundation. Accessed February 18, 2019. http://chorusfoundation.org/what-we-fund/movement-strategy-center-msc/.
79. “The Peer Network is the movement infrastructure for non-extractive finance.” The Working World. Accessed February 18, 2019. https://www.theworkingworld.org/us/peer-network/.
80. James, Taj. “Let’s Talk Movement Building.” Movementstrategy.org. December 2, 2015. Accessed February 18, 2019. https://movementstrategy.org/real-solutions-on-climate-right-now/.
81. “Our Platform for Real Food.” Heal Food Alliance. Accessed February 18, 2019. https://healfoodalliance.org/strategy/the-real-food-platform/.
82. “NoVo Foundation.” Facebook, March 18, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2682792851844025&id=246992865424048&rdid=BHN3B6s7HvcsFo0Y.
83. “Immigration Reform.” Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC). Accessed February 18, 2019. https://floridaimmigrant.org/our-work/immigration-reform/.
84. “Detentions & Deportations.” Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC). Accessed February 17, 2019. https://floridaimmigrant.org/our-work/detentions-deportations/.
85. “Civic Engagement.” Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC). Accessed February 18, 2019. https://floridaimmigrant.org/our-work/citizenship/active-citizens/.
86. “Freedom for Detained Refugees Project.” Human Rights First. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/campaigns/freedom-for-detained-refugees-project.
87. “Campaigns.” Human Rights First. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/campaigns.
88. Beaty, Thalia, and Josh Funk. “Giving Away a Fortune: What Could Warren Buffett’s Adult Children Support?” WJTV, September 16, 2024. https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/ap-giving-away-a-fortune-what-could-warren-buffetts-adult-children-support/amp/.
89. “MSU’s Indian Law Clinic Receives Funding to Continue Supporting Native Families and Tribes.” MSUToday, August 8, 2024. https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/msu-indian-law-clinic-receives-funding-to-continue-supporting-native-families-and-tribes.
90. “MSU Law Professor Named AALS Litigation Section Practitioner of the Year:”  Michigan State University College of Law. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://www.law.msu.edu/news/2023/prof_fort_aals_litigation_practitioner_of_the_year.html.
91. “News.” Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://tribalcleanenergy.org/news/.
92. “Our Programs.” First Nations Development Institute. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://www.firstnations.org/our-programs/.
93. Cooper, Sean. “What Happens When a Buffett Buys Your Town?” Tablet Magazine, July 13, 2021. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/buffett-kingston-sean-cooper.
94. Sveikauskas, Geddy. “Transforming Local Agriculture – Hudson Valley One.” Hudson Valley One – Independent news & entertainment of the Hudson Valley, January 22, 2019. https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2015/05/07/transforming-local-agriculture/.
95.  Solomon, Will. “Can a Billionaire’s Son Save Local Media-and a City?” The American Prospect, January 12, 2022. https://prospect.org/power/can-billionaires-son-save-local-media-peter-buffett-kingston/.
96. Shaw, Zac. “Dramatic Disagreement between Novo Foundation and Homeless Outreach Group Leads to Arrest, Protests – Hudson Valley One.” Hudson Valley One – Independent news & entertainment of the Hudson Valley, September 9, 2022. https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2022/08/30/dramatic-disagreement-between-novo-foundation-and-homeless-outreach-group-leads-to-arrest-protests/.
97. “Our Campaigns.” MomsRising. Accessed March 15, 2019. https://www.momsrising.org/campaigns.
98. “Shaped the Way Progressive Foundations Deployed Resources to Strategically Effect Public Policy.” National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.ncrp.org/timeline/shaped-the-way-progressive-foundations-deployed-resources-to-strategically-effect-public-policy.
99. “Reframed “strategic Philanthropy” around Equity and Social Justice.” National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy. Accessed March 14, 2019. https://www.ncrp.org/timeline/reframed-strategic-philanthropy-around-equity-and-social-justice.
100. Ross, Chuck. “Billionaire Progressives Fund Weather Underground Terrorist’s Ivy League Think Tank.” Washington Free Beacon, August 25, 2021. https://freebeacon.com/democrats/billionaire-progressives-fund-weather-underground-terrorists-ivy-league-think-tank/.
101. “Where Radical Access + Potential Meet.” Kashif Filmmaking Incubator. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://www.wearekashif.com/.
102. “Natural Systems Agriculture.” The Land Institute. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://landinstitute.org/.
103. “Home.” Thousand Currents. Accessed December 28, 2024. https://thousandcurrents.org/.