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The Heritage Foundation is a right-of-center policy think tank founded in 1973 that researches and recommends policies such as free markets, limited government, a strong national defense, and courts that adhere to the original meaning of the U.S. Constitution.
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The Charles Koch Institute (CKI) is a libertarian-leaning nonprofit educational organization located in Arlington, Virginia, that is the principle funding vehicle for public policy-related giving for billionaire businessman and donor Charles Koch. The organization was founded by Koch and has close ties to many right-leaning organizations that have received
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The Susquehanna Foundation is the corporate foundation of Susquehanna International Group, an options-trading company located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The foundation supports libertarian causes and school reform in Philadelphia. Two of Susquehanna’s partners, Arthur Dantchik and Jeffrey Yass, also give through the Claws Foundation. Much of Susquehanna’s grantmaking reflects
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The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded by Libertarian Party activist Ed Crane, libertarian economist Murray Rothbard, and businessman Charles Koch, the organization conducts policy research in support of libertarian policies and has been credited with bringing libertarianism into the political mainstream.
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The Calvert Institute for Policy Research is a right-of-center nonprofit organization that operates as a public policy think tank located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Institute frequently publishes reports and commentary on political issues ranging from economic regulation to foreign policy.
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Four Directions is a left-of-center Native American get-out-the-vote advocacy organization that was formed after the 2002 U.S. Senate election in South Dakota. 1 Four Directions
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Drawn Together (sometimes styled Drawn Together SD) is a project of the left-of-center League of Women Voters based in South Dakota. The project aims to build support for legislation that would allow select high-ranking federal officials to appoint registered voters in South Dakota to a commission that would determine
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The Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is a left-of-center research center that promotes research that aligns with “antiracism,” an ideology pioneered by left-wing academic and activist Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi’s theory holds that all racial inequalities in the United States can be attributed to “racist” policies and institutions
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All Voting is Local (AVL) is a project of the left-of-center Leadership Conference Education Fund that is focused on reducing barriers to voting and increasing voter turnout, specifically among left-leaning demographic groups in battleground states. AVL works to reduce voter wait times, promote mail-in voting, and increase the number
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Amber McReynolds is a left-of-center vote-by-mail advocate and member of the United States Postal Service board of governors, appointed in 2021 by President Joe Biden as an “independent,” a legal designation that observers dispute.
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A Call to Men (styled A CALL TO MEN) is a left-of-center campaign sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors that claims to prevent violence against women and girls by advocating for men to reject traditionally masculine values.
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The Biden-Harris Transition refers to the process of transitioning the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. As part of that
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ProGeorgia is a left-of-center nonprofit group that drives civic participation and voter engagement among traditionally left-of-center constituencies. The organization coordinates multiple local groups’ efforts and messaging in favor of left-of-center causes. 1 Director Tamieka Atkins was one
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Winning Connections is an elections consulting firm that caters to Democratic and left-of-center politicians, organizations, and causes, primarily by organizing phone drives, patch-through calls, and robo-texting to potential voters or politicians. Winning Connections works on environmentalist policy, gaming, gun control, immigration policy, abortion advocacy, healthcare, education, and labor policy. According
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Wallis Annenberg is the president of the Annenberg Foundation, a multibillion-dollar private foundation which funds various left-of-center political groups and causes in the Greater Los Angeles area and throughout the nation. According to the Annenberg Foundation’s 2018 tax return, the foundation has over $1.4 billion in assets, putting it
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The National Bail Fund Network (NBFN) is a network of over 80 separate community bail and bond funds. The NBFN is not an organization in itself, but rather a list of local bail funds. The list is maintained and hosted by the Community Justice Exchange, a fiscally sponsored project of
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The Independence Foundation is a private foundation endowed by steel industrialist William H. Donner that split from the William H. Donner Foundation to continue the Donner Foundation’s Philadelphia programs after the Donner Foundation moved to New York. In addition to supporting cultural institutions in Philadelphia, the Independence Foundation funds
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Secure Justice is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that advocates against what it deems to be state and corporate overreach, especially as they relate to policing, prisons, and surveillance. Secure Justice further supports an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda to promote left-of-center policy through corporate action.
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The Orr Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Saratoga, California. It was founded in 2008 as a charitable grantmaking organization. Dominic Orr is currently the president of the organization and has been since its founding. The Foundation is known for giving financial support to a number of left-of-center
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Nebraskans for Independent Redistricting is a coalition sponsored by several left-of-center organizations in support of a ballot initiative to create an independent redistricting commission in Nebraska. 1 The group,
