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Note: USAction is no longer in operation and merged to form People’s Action in 2016 USAction was a left-of-center advocacy nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. The group was created by activist Heather Booth in 1999 as a successor to the scandal-ridden consumer advocacy group Citizen Action, which
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Note: USAction Education Fund merged to form People’s Action Institute in 2016 USAction Education Fund was the 501(c)(3) fundraising arm of USAction, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy umbrella for 22 state community organizing affiliates. In 2016, the two groups merged with allied center-left organizations to form People’s Action
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USAHello (formerly Refugee Center Online) is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Portland, Oregon, which provides information and resources to refugees and migrants who move to the United States.26
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USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy (often shortened to USC Schwarzenegger Institute) is a policy research organization housed at the University of Southern California. The institute focuses primarily on climate change. Other policy areas include education, economics, and voter mobilization.
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The USPC Peace Education Fund is affiliated with the U.S. Peace Council, a member organization of the World Peace Council. 32 All three organizations
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Utah Moms for Clean Air is a nonprofit advocacy organization centered on environmental issues. They are supporters of the Green New Deal.
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Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is an organization that advocates for the human rights of the Uyghurs, an ethnically and culturally Turkic Muslim group of people who live in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
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V-Day is a feminist advocacy campaign focused on ending violence against women founded by Eve Ensler, a writer best known as author of The Vagina Monologues.
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The V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation is a private foundation which funds environmentalist organizations.
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Valhalla Foundation (Valhalla) is a nonprofit foundation located in Woodside, California that focuses on early childhood education, medical research funding, environmental issues, and equity. It collaborates with other nonprofits, its two main partners being The Audacious Project and Blue Meridian Partners. The Valhalla Foundation was founded in 2003
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Valley Health Foundation (VHF) is a nonprofit that supports the Santa Clara County public health system. It was founded in 1988 under the name Valley Medical Center Foundation to support a public hospital, the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
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The Valley Watch Inc. is an organization focused on issues related to the environment in the Ohio Valley. It is a supporter of the Green New Deal. Valley Watch has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy.
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Not to be confused with the similarly named H. van Ameringen Foundation. The van Ameringen Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that funds prevention, advocacy, and treatment in the area of mental health, among other special interests of the board members. The van Ameringen Foundation was established in 1950
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The Vandenberg Coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that intends to protect U.S. national security by advocating for a strong American foreign policy. The Coalition is comprised of foreign policy scholars and leaders who seek to advance national security, prosperity, and freedom.
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Vanguard Charitable is the fourth-largest manager of donor-advised funds (DAFs) and the 17th largest grantmaking organization in the United States as of 2017. 139 Founded by the commercial investment firm Vanguard in
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The Vanguard Public Foundation was formed in 1972 as a grantmaking foundation to support left-of-center oriented programs. The organization’s nonprofit status was suspended when it was discovered that the previous president, Hari J. Dillon, diverted funds from the organization into his own account.
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VDare is an anti-immigration advocacy group and news site founded by Peter Brimelow. VDare is commonly considered an alt-right or white nationalist organization, though Brimelow denies the designations for himself and the group. VDare primarily operates as a “forum” and host for political commentary.
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The Venceremos Brigade is a radical-left activist group that organizes trips to communist-ruled Cuba as a way for sympathetic Americans to demonstrate their solidarity with the country’s government and their opposition to related United States government policies. As of 2024, it is a fiscally-sponsored project of The People’s Forum,
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The Vera Institute of Justice (VIJ) is a left-of-center advocacy organization that agitates against what it characterizes as mass incarceration, racial disparities, and marginalization. Much of its work focuses on immigration and criminal justice issues. 296
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Vera R. Campbell Foundation is a grantmaking foundation located in Los Angeles, California. Its grants are allocated primarily to left-leaning Los Angeles-based organizations that focus on education, the arts, social services, and public policy. The foundation has no full-time employees.