Non-profits (Page 292)


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    Sierra Club

    The Sierra Club is one of the nation’s oldest and largest environmentalist organizations. The group has recently risen in prominence as a political force, backing efforts to curtail the use of all fossil fuel energy sources and proven zero-emissions technologies. Despite having taken money from the natural gas industry to
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    Sierra Club Foundation

    The Sierra Club Foundation is the education and fundraising arm of the Sierra Club. The organization provides fundraising support for the Sierra Club and other environmentalist organizations. The organization supports the environmental movement by providing grants to various campaigns. Among the campaigns the foundation supports are a campaign to
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    Sierra Club Voter Education Fund

    The Sierra Club Voter Education Fund is the branch of the Sierra Club, the nation’s oldest environmental group and a major center-left advocacy organization, responsible for educating the public about climate issues in the lead-up to elections.
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    Sierra Health Foundation

    The Sierra Health Foundation is a progressive organization focused on reducing health disparities between racial and ethnic groups in California. The Sierra Health Foundation was one of the original donors to fund the creation of the California Black Freedom Fund (CBFF) at the end of 2020. The CBFF is
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    Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management

    The Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management is a non-profit which seeks to increase funding for non-profits and public agencies throughout the state of California.
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    Sierra Nevada Alliance

    The Sierra Nevada Alliance (SNA) is an organization that coordinates the efforts of locally based groups that work to restore and preserve the local and Sierra Nevada Mountain wide environment often at the expense of the economy. It is primarily funded by grants from the State of California.
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    Sightline Institute

    Sightline Institute is a left-of-center think tank that advocates for environmentalist and economically progressive policies in the Pacific Northwest.
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    Sightsavers

    Sightsavers is a charity that provides medical treatments mostly regarding blindness and visual impairment to poor individuals. Sightsavers operates in more than 30 countries in Africa and Asia and has conducted more than 8.8 million cataract surgeries since its founding in 1950.
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    Signal Fire

    Signal Fire is a nonprofit organization focused on merging the arts and environment for future advocacy projects. It is a supporter of the Green New Deal.
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    Sigrid Rausing Trust

    The Sigrid Rausing Trust is a grant-making organization that provides funding for several programs that support efforts towards defending human rights, protecting marginalized populations from violence and discrimination, and environmental advocacy. 1
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    Sikh Coalition

    The Sikh Coalition is a left-of-center advocacy group that lobbies for increased visibility and representation of the American Sikh community, with a focus on including Sikh studies in K-12 public school curricula. the group’s activities also include legal advocacy representing Sikhs facing employment discrimination, campaigns to allow for the open
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    Silence Is Violence

    Silence is Violence is a criminal justice policy advocacy group based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It promotes left-of-center concepts such as “equity” and claims more community therapy programs will reduce violent crime. 1 Silence is
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    Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)

    The Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) is a left-of-center grantmaking organization with over $11 billion in assets. The Foundation conducts most of its grantmaking through donor-advised fund (DAF) accounts established with oversight from individual donors who can advise how their gifts are distributed for charitable purposes. SVCF has drawn criticism
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    Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation (SVLG Foundation)

    The Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation (SVLG Foundation) is the foundation associated with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. The SVLG Foundation provides research on issues such as left-of-center racial activism, equity, the environment, energy, education, health care, land use, housing, and transportation.
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    Silicon Valley Rising

    Silicon Valley Rising (SVR) is a project of Working Partnerships USA, a left-wing community organizing organization, and the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council, a regional labor union federation under the AFL-CIO. SVR organizes campaigns to support the implementation of left-of-center labor policy in Silicon Valley, California. SVR
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    Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2

    Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, also known as SV2, is a donor-advised fund that connects tech moguls with philanthropic initiatives throughout the United States. Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund was founded in 1988 by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, who worked as the organization’s chair until 2008. She is the wife of venture
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    Sills Family Foundation

    The Sills Family Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking foundation. The group focuses much of its grantmaking on liberal criminal justice policies, more permissive immigration policies, environmentalist issues, and other left-of-center priorities. It has expanded its giving to incorporate more members of the Sills family and has created a rapid
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    Silver Valley Community Resource Center (SVCRC)

    Silver Valley Community Resource Center (SVCRC), also known as Silver Valley Action 1 is an environmentalist activist organization that advocates for environmentalist policies in the
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    Simon Fraser University

    Simon Fraser University is an academic institution based in British Columbia that focuses on research and knowledge development with a goal of, “advancing an inclusive and sustainable future.” 1 The university has campuses
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    Simons Foundation

    The Simons Foundation is a private foundation founded by left-leaning Renaissance Technologies hedge fund founder James Simons and his wife, Marilyn. The Foundation funds research in four broad areas: mathematics and physical sciences, life sciences, autism research, and “Outreach & Education.” The Foundation conducts its own research through the Flatiron