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Non-profit
The Michigan Economic Development Foundation (MEDF) is an advocacy group that provides its corporate donors with access and influence on elected and appointed officials in Michigan through its financial support for the state’s economic development initiatives.
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Non-profit
Michigan Energy First (MEF) is a nominally independent nonprofit group that is allegedly funded by the largest energy utility in Michigan, DTE Energy. 17 MEF often operates
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Non-profit
The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition (MEJC) is a nonprofit that promotes left-leaning climate and energy policies influenced by critical race theory-aligned concepts of “environmental justice.” 30 It takes a maximalist approach
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Non-profit
The Michigan Fair Elections Institute, also known as Michigan Fair Elections or MFE, is a federated network of grassroots organizations, leaders, and activists that supports free and fair elections in Michigan. 51 MFE aims to
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Non-profit
Michigan Families for Economic Prosperity (MFEP) is a Democratic-aligned “dark money” advocacy group that was active in the 2018 election cycle, campaigning against incumbent Republican U.S. House members. The group is a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a funding and fiscal sponsorship organization for left-progressive electoral and lobbying
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Non-profit
Michigan Families for Opportunity is a left-leaning economic policy advocacy group that aims to increase the minimum wage and advocate for a government mandate for paid sick leave within the state of Michigan. It is a fiscal project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a “social welfare” nonprofit criticized as
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Non-profit
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light (MIIPL) is a left-of-center faith-based environmental advocacy and activism organization which is part of the Interfaith Power and Light national network. 72 Its
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Non-profit
Michigan League for Public Policy (MLPP) is a left-of-center racial-policy advocacy organization. The organization pushes liberal agendas based on economic equity, healthcare reform, and other issues primarily in the state of Michigan. 83 MLPP is funded
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Non-profit
The Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) is a left-of-center environmentalist advocacy group that promotes the use of solar and wind energy
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Non-profit
Michigan Liberation is an advocacy and lobbying organization that promotes lenient, left-wing criminal justice policies in Michigan and supports Democratic Party candidates who align with its policy goals. 137
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Non-profit
The Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) is a membership-based advocacy group that supports the development and growth of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) initiatives for itself state-level nonprofit organizations as well as the state government.
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Non-profit
Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health (MOASH) is a K-12 sexual health and education organization based in Lansing, Michigan. The organization has spoken in support of LGBT education for young people,
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Non-profit
The Michigan People’s Campaign is a grassroots organizing group that advocates for left-of-center policies while organizing local communities to support the campaigns of Democratic Party candidates in Michigan. 182
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Non-profit
The Michigan Solidarity Bail Fund is a left-of-center revolving fund which provides bail money for individuals charged with crimes in the state of Michigan. Founded in March of 2018, the Fund covers the bail for charged individuals and receives the money back once their criminal cases have concluded, provided that
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Non-profit
The Michigan Student Power Alliance (MSPA) is a left-of-center “radical youth” student advocacy nonprofit. The group began as an informal coalition of student organizers known as the “Michigan Student Power Network,” and has since evolved through multiple structural changes. As of June 2025, the group claims to be the only
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Non-profit
Michigan Transition 2019 was a transition and inaugural committee set up after the election of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) and funded by donations from utility companies, lobbying firms, labor unions, trade associations, and other donors with an interest in public policy in Michigan.
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Non-profit
The Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network (MUUSJN) is a Unitarian Universalist religious organization that advocates for broadly left-of-center policies on racial, environmental, economic, and LGBT issues, as well as more maximalist left-wing positions on topics including abortion and election security.
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Non-profit
Michigan United is a left-of-center advocacy group in Michigan that focuses on expanding protections for illegal immigrants, in addition to promoting left-of-center policy on criminal justice, the environment, and health care.
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Non-profit
Michigan Voices is a left-leaning voter mobilization group that coordinates the efforts of other left-leaning activist groups in Michigan. The group is part of the nationwide coalition State Voices, which organizes state-based political advocacy groups.
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Non-profit
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC) is a consulting group that claims to provide critical race theory-aligned diversity and “antiracist” training and seminars to school districts. MAEC has been called “one of the country’s most prominent antiracist auditing nonprofits.” The group provides “technical training” to schools across the country, often in the
