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Tesseract Research Center (formerly “the Agenda Project”) is a left-of-center research group. It is the charitable arm of Tesseract, a political and lobbying communications organization that runs advertising campaigns against Republican candidates. Its president and founder, Erica Payne, was a co-founder of the Democracy Alliance donor collective.
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Texans Against Gerrymandering is a left-of-center advocacy organization that opposes Republican-led redistricting efforts in the state while favoring independent redistricting commissions as a substitute. 16 TAG was listed as a member of the
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The Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) is a nonprofit advocacy group that campaigns in opposition to the oil and gas industry in Texas and opposes other industries in the chemicals and manufacturing sectors. The group is a supporter of the Green New Deal and supports the full abandonment
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The Texas Civic Engagement Table was a left-of-center advocacy organization that advocated developing a network of nonprofit organizations to increase civic engagement efforts within the state. The group was founded in 2010 by Alexa Wesner, a Democratic Party donor and early supporter of the Obama 2008 presidential campaign.
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The Texas Civil Rights Project is a is a left-leaning legal organization that provides legal services to illegal immigrants and opposes election integrity measures. James C. Harrington founded in the Texas Civil Rights Project in 1990. He was a supporter of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. The
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Texas Defender Service is a community advocacy organization that seeks to abolish the death penalty within the state of Texas. 47
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The Texas Drought Project is a conservation group focused on educating people in Texas about Climate Change. 48 It signed a petition supporting the Green New Deal.
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The Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC) is a grant-making organization comprised of 50 foundations involved in supporting advocacy for increased taxpayer funding for public education in Texas. 50 Its strategies include lobbying for more
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The Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI) is an advocacy group funded by energy and solar companies in Texas that promotes the expansion of weather-dependent solar and wind energy within the state. The organization was founded in 2015 and claims to promote energy efficiency policies in order to save energy
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Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services is an educational nonprofit that promotes enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. 69 The group has opposed the use of carbon free nuclear energy.
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The Texas Fair Defense Project is a litigation and policy advocacy nonprofit located in Austin, Texas.
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The Texas Family Project (TFP) is a right-of-center group that opposes drag shows for children, explicit materials in and out of schools, and “gender affirming care” practices aimed at children. 73 The organization invites political
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The Texas Freedom Network is a left-of-center lobbying organization that opposes religious conservatives on issues such as sex education, legal abortion, and Bible study in public schools. The group was founded by former Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards (D).
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The Texas Freedom Network (TFN) Education Fund is a left-of-center think tank and nonprofit organization that opposes religious conservatives on issues such as sex education, legal abortion, and Bible study in public schools. 105
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Texas Harm Reduction Alliance is a left-of-center nonprofit advocacy and community services organization based in Austin, Texas that focuses on distributing harm-reduction products related to drug use such as the overdose-reversal drug Narcan, syringes, testing strips, and other products.
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The Texas Homeless Network (THN), also known as the Homeless Network of Texas, is a membership organization that advocates for policies and provides research it argues will reduce homelessness in Texas. THN focuses in part on promoting “intersectional assistance” based on the left-of-center principle of intersectionality through legislation targeted at
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Texas Humane Legislation Network (THLN) is an animal liberation advocacy group which focuses on legislation involving animal rights in the state of Texas. THLN lobbies and participate in partisan activities, allowing the group to influence legislation in support of its animal rights agenda.
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Texas Impact is a left-progressive 501(c)(4) organization which encourages religious people to advocate for left-wing public policy positions.138
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The Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy is the 501(c)(3) research and educational sister organization of Texas Impact.139
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Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) is a nonprofit legal office, providing legal aid and conducting advocacy work in the state of Texas. The organization provides free legal services to low-income residents in Texas. 140 Programs
