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Urban Alchemy (UA), a left-of center nonprofit, was founded in 2018 as a workforce development agency that hires former convicts while also trying to address the effects of homelessness in urban areas and unkept public spaces. The organization takes part in a variety of city or state-led programs by providing
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Urban Green Council is an organization that seeks to make the construction and energy usage of buildings in New York City more efficient. The organization is funded through a network of foundations and corporate sponsors. 16
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The Urban Institute is a non-profit that was originally founded by President Lyndon Johnson and group of his handpicked cohorts to provide research supporting his administration’s liberal entitlement programs.
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The Urban Justice Center is a left-leaning legal foundation and advocacy organization located in New York City. Urban Justice Center runs legal assistance clinics in concert with the offices of New York City politicians,52
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The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a nonprofit research and education organization with offices in Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, London, and Frankfurt.
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The Urban Leadership Institute is an education advocacy organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. 59
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The Urban League of Greater Madison is an organization that seeks to support African American communities through programs designed to increase their access to education and employment opportunities. 60
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Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI) is a nonprofit organization based in southwest Detroit, Michigan. It uses its funding to sponsor development, including park development, of vacant lots, and has several youth programs. 61 Background Urban
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The Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) is a network of government professionals representing communities across the United States and Canada. Its focus is on addressing left-of-center climate and sustainability issues at the community level. USDN provides training, resources, and networking opportunities to its members.
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Urban Tilth is a left-of-center environmentalist organization based in Richmond, California. Urban Tilth positions itself as an urban agricultural organization, thought it has ties to far-left environmentalist organizations and has frequently engaged in political activism. Founded in 2005, Urban Tilth manages seven community gardens throughout San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley.
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Urban Triage is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that advocates for critical race theory-inspired “racial equity” approaches and various forms of racial reparations. It advocates for abolishing capitalism, which it asserts is white supremacy.
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URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity is a left-of-center pro-abortion and gender-activist organization. It has chapters at colleges and universities in Alabama, California, Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, and Texas. 120
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism (formerly Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights) is an advocacy organization based in California that claims to be a support group for “women, trans and nonbinary” left-of-center activists. In 2024, it claimed to have provided funds for left-of-center groups and individuals on policy
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The Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights is an organization based in California that partners with global women’s movements to support women and transgender people’s rights. 155
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The US Human Rights Network is a national network composed of over 200 self-identified grassroots human rights organizations and over 700 individuals working to strengthen what they regard as the protection of human rights in the United States.
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The US Labor Against the War (USLAW) is a network of labor unions founded to oppose the war in Iraq in 2003, and currently works to oppose the demilitarization of U.S foreign policy. 156
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The US-China Strong Foundation is an organization based in Washington D.C. that seeks to improve US-China relations. 158
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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.184
