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Non-profit
California Calls is a left-of-center nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California, which advocates for state-wide tax increases and runs voter outreach campaigns to that end. Notable pieces of legislation facilitated by the group include Proposition 25, a 2010 measure that overturned a supermajority requirement to pass a state
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Non-profit
The left-of-center Alliance for Youth Organizing (AFYO) was founded by Mathew Singer to promote youth voting and other left-of-center issues. It is the sister organization of the Alliance for Youth Action (AFYA). 14 Backed
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Movement
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a movement ostensibly seeking to reform police conduct especially as it involves use of force against African-American suspects and civilians. The movement has been criticized for appearing to tolerate violent demonstrations in its name,
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Labor Union
The Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU) is a local affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second largest teacher’s union in the country and a member of the AFL-CIO.
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Non-profit
The Atlantic Advocacy Fund is a Delaware-based left-of-center 501(c)(4) pass-through nonprofit associated with Atlantic Philanthropies, a Bermuda-based foundation which makes grants in the United States. Funding Between 2007 and 2015, Atlantic Philanthropy’s 501(c)(4) Atlantic Advocacy Fund provided a series of grants toward several Tides Advocacy projects and
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Non-profit
Association for Union Democracy (AUD) is a pro-union advocacy group focused on improving the internal governance of American labor unions. 120 AUD was founded in 1969 by
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Non-profit
The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) was a nonprofit which advocated for American support of a peaceful two-state solution to the crisis between Palestine and Israel. 147 It was
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Non-profit
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a bipartisan Jewish lobbying group which works to create strong relations between Israel and the United States of America. It specifically focuses its influence on Members of Congress and other advocacy and lobbying groups to promote arms aggreements and other U.S. government support
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Labor Union
American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) is a national labor union that represents over 20,000 principals, superintendents, and administrative faculty. School administrators founded AFSA after the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) organized a strike in New York City in 1960, which resulted in wage increases that made New York
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Non-profit
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a science advocacy organization based in the United States and the largest general science association in the world. It is publisher of the journal Science. AAAS has been accused of promoting a broadly left-leaning policy agenda and associating with front
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Non-profit
The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a labor-union sponsored advocacy group claiming to represent the interests of senior citizens. ARA leadership identifies the corporation as “progressive” and opposes policies that reform programs such as Medicare and Social Security. ARA has state alliances in 38 states that focus on advancing
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Non-profit
Akonadi Foundation is a left-of-center racial-issues grantmaking group based in Oakland, California. The foundation was founded by husband and wife Wayne Jordan and Quinn Delaney, who are major donors to the Democratic Party with strong ties to former President Barack Obama (D). History In 2000, the Akonadi
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Labor Union
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) is a labor union headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, that represents aircraft mechanics at Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Horizon Air. The union was founded in the 1960s to specifically organize on behalf of aircraft mechanics, in contrast to other national unions that represent a
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Non-profit
African American Policy Forum (AAFP) is a far-left think tank dedicated to promoting racial and gender intersectionality in the United States. The organization primarily launches online campaigns to promote specific racial issues, such as highlighting police violence against black women and opposition to bans on teaching critical race theory.
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Non-profit
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was a left-of-center voter outreach and low-income advocacy umbrella group that disbanded in 2010 after accusations of voter fraud and the release of a series of videotapes appearing to show ACORN employees condoning illegal behavior. ACORN was founded in 1970 as a
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Non-profit
The ACLU of Texas is the Texas state-level affiliate of the national American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a prominent social-liberal advocacy, litigation, and campaign advocacy group. The ACLU of Texas supports left-of-center positions through courtroom activism (operated through the ACLU of Texas Foundation) and direct lobbying.
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Non-profit
The A.J. Fletcher Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports various colleges and educational charities in North Carolina. The organization also funds certain left-of-center advocacy organizations. While the A.J. Fletcher Foundation claims to mainly support The Fletcher Academy, a private school in North Carolina, and various charities, the organization gives
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Non-profit
20/20 Vision National Project was a left-of-center 501(c)(4) nonprofit that engaged in advocacy work to promote an environmentalist, anti-war, and anti-nuclear agenda. Founded in 1986, the organization appears to be defunct, as of February 2024. Tax records show the nonprofit ran a deficit of over $70,000 in during the 2018
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Political Party/527
Vote Climate U.S. PAC (Vote Climate) is a left-of-center environmentalist political action committee that wants a climate tax in the U.S. and zero greenhouse emissions. To achieve this goal, Vote Climate scores, identifies, and supports federal and state candidates aligned with this agenda. Vote Climate also offers recruitment tools and
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Non-profit
Virginia Organizing, formerly known as the Virginia Organizing Project, is a political advocacy organization in the state of Virginia. While Virginia Organizing calls itself “non-partisan,” the group receives major funding from left-of-center organizations like Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Johnson Family Foundation, and Surdna Foundation.
