Non-profit

Vision First Project

Project of:

New Venture Fund

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The Vision First Project is an initiative of the left-of-center advocacy and funding clearinghouse New Venture Fund to that supports widespread abortion access. It creates pro-abortion activities and then actively promotes them. 1

Funding

It receives funding primarily from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, an environmentalist private foundation that has provided at least $2 million to the project. 2 Other donors include the progressive Ettinger Foundation,3 and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a major funder of population control advocacy. 4 5

Vision First is a member of the Abortion Care Network that receives funding from the Open Society Foundations, the principal philanthropic venture of liberal billionaire George Soros. 6 The Abortion Care Network supports an association of abortion providers that ensure rural areas can have easy access to abortions. 7

Leadership

Marta Vucci is the Senior Program Manager from New Venture Fund assigned to Vision First. 8

Margarida Jorge is a left-progressive consultant that works with Vision First. Jorge was the national field director at Health Care for America Now,9 which was one of the architects and key supporters of Obamacare. 10

References

  1. “New Venture Fund.” The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. 2018. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.packard.org/grants-and-investments/grants-database/new-venture-fund-58/.
  2. 990-PF: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Return of a Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2015, Part XV https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941655673/201633079349100928/IRS990PF
  3. A 990-PF: Ettinger Foundation, Return of a Private

    Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2015, Charitable Contributions https://www.citizenaudit.org/2017_03_PF/06-6038938_990PF_201512.pdf/

  4. “New Venture Fund.” The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. 2018. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.packard.org/grants-and-investments/grants-database/new-venture-fund-58/.
  5. “Discover The Networks.” Discover the Networks | David and Lucile Packard Foundation (DLPF). Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/organizations/david-and-lucile-packard-foundation-dlpf.
  6. Open Society Foundations. Communities Against Hate: Front-Line Organizations. Open Society Foundations. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/30fc518e-d1da-4306-8578-8afb39c37a42/communities-against-hate-front-line-organizations-20170313.pdf.
  7. [1] “ACN Abortion Care Network Acn: About Abortion Care Network.” Abortion Care Network. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.abortioncarenetwork.org/about-acn/.
  8. “Marta Vucci’s Email & Phone: Vision First @ New Venture Fund’s Senior Program Manager Email.” RocketReach. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://rocketreach.co/marta-vucci-email_8947439.
  9. [1] “Americans for Tax Fairness.” Americans For Tax Fairness. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://americansfortaxfairness.org/about/.
  10. “Discover The Networks.” Discover the Networks | Health Care for America Now (HCAN). Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/organizations/health-care-for-america-now-hcan.
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