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Chhaya Community Development Corporation is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) nonprofit activist group located in New York City.
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Chicago Abortion Fund provides support to women seeking abortions, especially those from states with restrictive abortion laws. 1
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The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) is a left-of-center public-interest law firm focused on issues of sexual violence and exploitation. The organization supports the partial decriminalization of sex work and an “intersectional” approach that frames issues such as widespread and systemic racism, transphobia, and other forms of oppression as
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The Chicago Annenberg Challenge was a Chicago public-school reform project funded in 1995 by a $49.2 million 2-to-1 challenge grant from the Annenberg Foundation. The grant was matched by pledges from three Chicago foundations and public funding from the Illinois 1988 School Reform Act.
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Chicago Community Trust (CCT) is a community foundation and provider of donor-advised funds that provides grants to social programs and nonprofits including advocacy groups on the left-of-center primarily in the Chicago city area, but also nationwide. The organization is one of the largest providers of donor-advised funds in the United
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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is a global affairs think tank, describing itself as “an independent, nonpartisan organization that provides insight – and influences the public discourse – on critical global issues.”
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The Chicago Foundation for Women is a left-of-center grantmaking organization focused on efforts in the Chicago area. Echoing left-leaning rhetoric about systemic inequities, it offers liberal donors the opportunity to direct their contributions to organizations that serve LBTQ women, women of color, and young women and girls through its Giving
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The Chicago Media Project (CMP) funds and produces documentary films, frequently with a left-of-center political perspective. The organization is credited with providing one-third of the funding for Icarus, a film about state-sponsored athletic doping by the Russian Federation that received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2018
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Chicago Public Media (CPM) is a left-of-center media nonprofit that operates the WBEZ FM radio station, a National Public Radio affiliate, in the Chicago area. In 2022 it acquired the Chicago Sun-Times and became the largest nonprofit news organization in the U.S.
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The Chicago Torture Justice Center (CTJC) is a left-of-center organization that advocates for reparations for victims of police torture, including individuals as well as their families. The organization was originally founded to seek compensation for victims of Jon Burge, a former commander in the Chicago Police Department who is believed
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Chicago Votes is a left-of-center get out the vote organization in Chicago that focuses on increasing the youth and prisoner vote in the city. It is the charitable partner organization to the advocacy group Chicago Votes Action Fund.
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Chicago Wilderness is a nonprofit that focuses on environmental issues in and around the Chicago area.
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Chick-fil-A Foundation is the corporate giving arm of Chick-fil-A, one of the largest restaurant chains in the world. In recent years, it has been targeted for boycotts by LGBT activists and left-progressive elected officials because it gave money to organizations that opposed same-sex marriage or supported traditional Christian views on
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Chicken and Egg Pictures is an organization providing financial support to left-aligned female nonfiction filmmakers. Founded in 2005, the organization was originally a fiscally sponsored project of the left-wing Tides Center. Chicken and Egg Pictures became an independent organization in 2016, though its fund at Tides Center remains active.
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Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) is a coalition of executives from more than 200 large corporations that advocates for expanding corporate philanthropic and left-leaning “social responsibility” programs and initiatives, especially relating to racial diversity and climate change. The group was founded by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman and a
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Chiefs for Change (CFC) is an educational-leadership-training organization. Controversy In 2022, CFC selected Robert Runcie to serve as its interim “chief in residence.” Prior to this appointment, Runcie had served as Broward County county’s school superintendent in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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Children Now is a left-of-center organization based in Oakland, California that supports higher state spending on education and health care for children. It also advocates for increased welfare-state spending in general.
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Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) is a left-of-center activist and networking organization that focuses on providing programs and resources to children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. The organization was founded in 1990 and has a modest budget with a mostly volunteer staff. COLAGE operates several affinity
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The Children of War Foundation is a grassroots organization that advocates for healthcare and education reform towards helping communities impacted by conflicts. 1
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Children’s Advocacy Alliance is an advocacy group that seeks to improve the quality of life of children in Nevada.
