Non-profits (Page 356)


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    United States Heartland China Association (USHCA)

    United States Heartland China Association (USHCA) is an organization that builds relationships between government officials, business leaders, and educational institutions in the United States and China. 1
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    United States Institute of Peace

    The United States Institute of Peace is an institution formed by Congress that partners with government and civil society organizations to prevent conflict abroad. 30
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    United States Student Association

    United States Student Association (USSA) is left-of-center advocacy organization made up of and led by students. The organization has supported increased government intervention in education policy and supported race-based social policy implementation in the education field. 31 The
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    United States Student Association Foundation

    United States Student Association Foundation (USSAF) is a left-of-center student membership group that sought to increase government regulation of education. 43 USSAF has also supported left-of-center policy goals, including the implementation of race-based social
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    United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

    The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is a Jewish religious advocacy organization with a stated mission of supporting synagogues and other related institutions across the United States, in Israel, and elsewhere. While the USCJ identifies itself as part of the Conservative Judaism religious movement, it has also indicated an
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    United to Protect Democracy

    United to Protect Democracy (often shortened to “Protect Democracy”) is a left-of-center litigation and advocacy organization created to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump. The Protect Democracy Project is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of United to Protect Democracy. Political Activities Security from Political Interference in Justice Action of 2019
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    United Vision for Idaho

    United Vision for Idaho (UVI) is a left-of-center organization that attempts to influence public policy in the state of Idaho. The organization organizes campaigns and protests in support of a left-progressive policy agenda, including a universal government-controlled health care system, expanded entitlement programs, universal student loan forgiveness, an end to
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    United Way for Southeastern Michigan

    United Way for Southeastern Michigan is a local chapter of philanthropic United Way, serving communities within southeastern Michigan. 83
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    United Way of Greater Los Angeles

    United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWLA) is a local chapter of United Way Worldwide, which was the largest philanthropic organization in the world until 2016. 84 The organization
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    United Way of the Plains

    United Way of the Plains is a local chapter of United Way Worldwide operating in south-central Kansas. It raises funds, provides direct services, advocates for public policies, and awards grants to organizations and programs associated with health, education, and financial stability. Background The United Way movement began in 1887
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    United Way Worldwide

    United Way Worldwide (UWW) is a philanthropic nonprofit that oversees over 1,800 local United Way groups. UWW and its affiliates are primarily devoted to providing education, healthcare, and income support for low-income individuals. Until 2016, UWW and its affiliates combined took in $5 billion, the most of any charitable federation
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    United We Dream

    The United We Dream Network (UWD) is a left-of-center immigration advocacy organization that opposes the deportation of illegal immigrants, advocates for the full reinstatement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) partial amnesty program, supports defunding the police and ending all enforcement actions by U.S. immigration authorities, and promotes
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    United We Dream Action (UWDA)

    United We Dream Action (UWDA) is the lobbying affiliate of the United We Dream Network, an advocacy group for liberal expansionist immigration policies. It attempts to change legislation and public opinion through rallies, protests, and political endorsements. UWDA aligns with other left-of-center groups and has called for Democrats to
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    United Women of Color (UWOC)

    United Women of Color (UWOC) is a left-of-center get-out-the-vote and organizing organization that seeks to mobilize ethnic-minority women and increase their influence in the government decision-making process. 183
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    United Workers Association

    The United Workers Association (UWA) is a labor-union-aligned  worker center and environmentalist pressure group based in Baltimore, Maryland that promotes left-of-center labor and environmental policy. 211 In 2002, a group of homeless men
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    United Working Families

    United Working Families is a labor union-funded political advocacy organization in Chicago that supports left-wing candidates for Illinois state and Chicago local office. The SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana and the Chicago Teachers Union are both prominent supporters of United Working Families. Though United Working Families stylizes itself
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    UniteWomen.org

    The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism is an organization based in New York that seeks to support a network of affiliated synagogues in North America and Israel. 237
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    Unity Community Center

    The Unity Community Center of South Jersey, known as the Unity Community Center (UCC), is a nonprofit organization founded in Camden, New Jersey, in 1983 by Robert Dickerson and his wife Wanda that serves southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia area. The organization provides arts and music programs to at-risk
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    Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

    Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut is an independent, nonprofit organization with offices in Meriden, Connecticut. The foundation supports the mission of its parent organization, CHART. The foundation has assets of approximately $30 million.
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    University For Peace

    The University for Peace is an intergovernmental organization with university status, established by treaty in 1980 and having its main campus in Costa Rica.