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The California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) is a left-of-center agricultural policy research and advocacy organization that criticizes Californian agricultural systems as racist and colonialist “systems of oppression and extraction.” 1 CIRS was widely
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NGO Source is a collaborative effort between nonprofit technology organization TechSoup and philanthropic network Council on Foundations to persuade the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to relax regulations on international charity registration within the United States. It helps international organizations obtain nonprofit status within the U.S. and aims to
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Non-profit
Biodiversity Funders Group (BFG) is a professional association of philanthropic trustees and private foundation leaders who fund environmentalist causes related to climate change and conservationism. It serves as a donor network for more than 70 formal member organizations. BFG was founded as Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) in 1987
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The African Cities Research Consortium is a think tank focusing on international development in certain cities in Africa that operates out of the University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute in the United Kingdom. It is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Development & Commonwealth Office (FCDO), equivalent to other countries foreign
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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology FactLab (RMIT FactLab) is an Australia-based research hub housed at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology university that works to fight alleged misinformation and disinformation online. 1
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The Mozilla Foundation is a technology-focused nonprofit that wholly owns the Mozilla Corporation and the MZLA Technologies Corporation. 1
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United Women of Color (UWOC) is a left-of-center get-out-the-vote and organizing organization that seeks to mobilize ethnic-minority women and increase their influence in the government decision-making process. 1
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Warehouse Workers for Justice, also known as the Warehouse Workers Justice Center, is a workers’ center that conducts labor organizing campaigns among warehouse workers in the Chicago area. The group opposes business practices by companies such as Walmart and Home Depot, which outsource warehousing to third-party companies that use
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Non-profit
The National Black Food and Justice Alliance (NBFJA) is a coalition of Black food producers and nonprofits that advocate for increasing cooperation and political support for Black farmers. NBFJA claims that Black farmers have been the victims of systemic racism for at least a century, primarily at the hands of
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Other Group
Local Infrastructure Hub is a project of the National League of Cities (NLC) and Bloomberg Philanthropies 1 that provides resources to aid communities, local
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Equal Rights Amendment Project campaigns to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, and conducts research, writes policy briefs, and hosts various events and workshops related to the ERA. History and Activities Equal Rights Amendment Project was founded by Katherine Franke and Suzanne Goldberg in 2021
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Non-profit
All of Us Or None (AOUON) is a community organizing project of the left-of-center Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC). LSPC advocates to the California state legislature 1 on policies that seek to defund
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Non-profit
Warehouse Worker Resource Center (WWRC) is a left-of-center labor organization that campaigns among warehouse workers at companies including Amazon and Walmart in Southern California and California’s Inland Empire region. Although not a labor union, WWRC works in alignment with labor unions and in partnership with the immigrant rights
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Non-profit
TakeRoot Justice (formerly known as the Community Development Project at Urban Justice Center) is a left-of-center legal advocacy, activist, and research nonprofit organization. 1 Based in New York City, it collaborates with over 70 local activist
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Break Through Tech is an educational organization that operates programs aimed at increasing the number of women and non-binary students pursuing degrees in technology-related disciplines such as computer science. The organization was founded by Judith Spitz, the former chief information officer of Verizon who founded the organization’s first programs in
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Non-profit
The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (NYC AVP) is a left-of-center LGBT advocacy group. 1 NYC AVP provides health, financial, legal, and political resources to LGBT people in New York City.
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Non-profit
Independent Media Institute is an advocacy organization that uses journalism and related media disciplines to promote left-of-center messaging and policies. 1 It is best known for its creation and management of the AlterNet journalism
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Other Group
The Horizons Project is a networking initiative for left-of-center activists and advocacy groups. The project presents itself as a counter to perceived “times of increasing political violence” and growing opposition to establishment political institutions. Horizons claims that its goal is to protect democracy while also stating its intent to “reimagine”
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Non-profit
Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR Center) is an organization that is designed to promote and implement the BARR Model in schools. 1 The model is designed to eventually lead
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Non-profit
RAND Corporation is a think tank that aims to influence the policy and decision-making of the United States government, particularly its military. It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California but has locations throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia and employs roughly 1,800 individuals.
