Non-profits (Page 247)


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    People’s Lobby

    People’s Lobby is a Chicago based left-of-center organization which has spent thousands in support of the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Marie Newman, a Democratic primary candidate for the House of Representatives in Illinois. The organization receives the majority of its funding, to the tune $50,000 in 2018, from
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    People’s Support Foundation (PSF)

    People’s Support Foundation (PSF) is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that is run by far-left activist and CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans. Beginning in 2020, PSF began making grants almost entirely to the left-of-center People’s Welfare Association, which makes grants overseas.
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    People’s Welfare Association (PWA)

    People’s Welfare Association (PWA) is a social welfare grantmaking organization that is heavily funded by the left-of-center private foundation People’s Support Foundation (PSF). 1 Since its founding in 2019,
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    Peoples College of Law

    Peoples College of Law is a law school located in Los Angeles, California. It is notable for the priority it places on left-of-center activism among students and graduates, and for its historic connections to the American radical left especially through the radical-left-aligned National Lawyers Guild.
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    Pepperwood Foundation

    The Pepperwood Foundation is a centrist organization focused on encouraging the scientific exploration of nature, and conservation; it is generally apolitical.
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    Perception Institute

    The Perception Institute began as a project of the Institute for America’s Future to use research to release reports, conduct trainings, and otherwise advocate for left-of-center perspectives on racial, gender, and other alleged biases in American culture and society.
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    Period, Inc.

    Period, Inc. (styled PERIOD; formerly Camions of Care) provides menstrual hygiene products to people unable to afford them and works to oppose stigmatization of menstruation.
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    Perkins Hunter Foundation

    Perkins Hunter Foundation is a private foundation that primarily makes grants to left-of-center, youth-focused, and education-oriented organizations. 1 Thomas Perkins, Alec Perkins, and Jamel Perkins are the Perkins Hunter Foundation’s directors.
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    Perls Foundation

    The Perls Foundation is a grantmaking foundation founded by art dealer Klaus Perl. The foundation funds many left-of-center groups, including the Public Citizen Foundation, the ACLU, and United for a Fair Economy. Founding and History The Perls Foundation was founded by the art dealer Klaus Perls and
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    Pershing Square Foundation

    Pershing Square Foundation (PSF) is a nonprofit organization that funds higher education, organizations that provide social services, and left-of-center advocacy organizations. 1
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    Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)

    Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) is a California-based environmental advocacy and community organizing group. PANNA’s core objective is to oppose the production and use of many commercial pesticides and genetically engineered foods, as well as the agricultural corporations that employ these practices.
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    Pesticide Watch

    Pesticide Watch is a left-leaning advocacy group that opposes the use of pesticides. In 2014, it argued against using pesticides to fight mosquitos carrying the West Nile Virus.
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    Pesticide Watch Education Fund

    Pesticide Watch Education Fund was a left-of-center public policy group affiliated with the Pesticide Watch advocacy organization. The Education affiliate communicates the group’s opinions on the risks associated with modern agricultural technology. Pesticide Watch Education Fund opposed the spraying of pesticides to kill mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus
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    Peter G. Peterson Foundation

    The Peter G. Peterson Foundation was created by Peter G. Peterson, who served as secretary of commerce in the Nixon administration and co-founded Blackstone, a mergers-and-acquisitions firm. The Peterson Foundation supports center-left, center, and center-right organizations that support reducing the national debt and curtailing the growth of Social Security and
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    Peterson Institute for International Economics

    The Peterson Institute for International Economics, until 2006 the Institute for International Economics, is a private and non-profit think tank focused on international economics, based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by C. Fred Bergsten in 1981, and is led by Adam S. Posen.
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    Pew Center for the States

    The Pew Center on the States was a research program of the left-of-center Pew Charitable Trusts. It was in place from 2007 until 2012 and was headed by Pew Charitable Trusts’ current CEO Susan Urahn.
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    Pew Charitable Trusts

    The Pew Charitable Trusts is a public charity formed in 2003 from the merger of seven foundations created by the Pew family, which made its money in the oil business.  It operates the Pew Research Center as a subsidiary. Originally founded as the family foundation of conservative- and Republican-leaning
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    Pew Research Center

    The Pew Research Center is a research institution focusing on questions of public policy and national culture. It is a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts. The center conducts research in seven areas. Each section of the Pew Research Center includes analytical reports and polling. The Center was founded
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    PFLAG

    Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national LGBT advocacy group with 375 chapters across the United States. Its leaders have strong ties with the Democratic Party and broader left-of-center political advocacy. PFLAG was founded in 1973 as a support group for gay individuals and their
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    PFLAG National

    For more on this organization, see PFLAG. Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a left-of-center activist network and corporation that offers services and scholarships to LGBT individuals, and advocates for policies that benefit the LGBT community.