Search results for ‘Independent Institute’


  • Non-profit

    Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)

    The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) is a nonprofit fund which awards grants to artistic and cultural endeavors in the Middle East. It promotes a more relaxed approach to traditionally strict Arab cultural norms which is exemplified through both the artistic nature of its projects, as well as
  • Other Group

    Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)

    The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is a non-governmental organization which opposes Israeli law, especially as it applies to treatment of Palestinians. PCHR’s stated mission is to establish Palestine as an independent nation with Jerusalem as its capital and to expel Israeli citizens from the territory.
  • Non-profit

    Red Wine and Blue

    Red Wine and Blue (RWB) is a left-of-center Democratic advocacy and activist training group consisting primarily of “white, college-educated and affluent” suburban mothers.
  • Person

    Mutulu Shakur

    Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Wayne Williams) is an American activist who led far-left Black nationalist and separatist groups in the late 1960s and 1970s. He co-founded the Republic of New Afrika Movement, was a member of New Afrikan Independence Movement, and worked in collaboration with the Black Panther Party.
  • Non-profit

    Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

    The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation is a right-of-center grantmaking foundation headed by Diana Davis Spencer, daughter of investment banker and former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Shelby Cullom Davis and author Kathryn Y. Davis. It is the successor organization to foundations created by her parents. The Foundation supports advocacy groups and
  • Person

    Vijay Prashad

    Vijay Prashad is a Marxist journalist and historian. An ardent supporter of communism, Prashad is the author of many books defending the ideology’s legacy and is a frequent contributor to a number of left-wing news sites and publications.
  • Person

    Michael T. Morley

    Michael T. Morley is a law professor who has written extensively on election and constitutional law. He has contributed to both the conservative-leaning Federalist Society and the National Task Force on Election Crises, an ostensibly nonpartisan commission on election security that criticized President Donald Trump. Morley is
  • Non-profit

    Center for New Democratic Processes

    Center for New Democratic Processes (formerly known as Jefferson Center for New Democratic Processes) is a left-of-center group created by Ned Crosby, the founder of Healthy Democracy and the popularizer of the “Citizens Jury” concept.
  • Government Agency

    Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

    Known as the Bureau of Investigation until 1935, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was created within the Department of Justice in 1908, in defiance of a prior refusal by Congress to fund it. One lawmaker had predicted that the Bureau would become a “central police or spy system
  • Non-profit

    Solidarity Giving

    Solidarity Giving is a left-of-center grantmaking and advocacy donor-advised fund located in Palo Alto, California. The fund was created in 2016 immediately after the election of President Donald Trump to change government systems, laws, and policies nationwide.
  • Non-profit

    Network of enlightened Women (NeW)

    The Network of enlightened Women (NeW) is a right-of-center membership organization that seeks to educate and empower women to be leaders based on the principles of liberty, independent thinking, and intellectual diversity. 1
  • Non-profit

    Jobs to Move America

    Jobs to Move America is a left-of-center advocacy organization connected to organized labor that promotes programs to direct infrastructure funding at the state, local, and national levels to be directed towards providing jobs to local unions in the area. The organization also promotes left-leaning environmental policies on issues such as
  • Non-profit

    Association of American Educators (AAE)

    Association of American Educators (AAE) is a non-union membership organization for educators. It supports school choice policies, including increasing the availability of charter and magnet schools along with programs such as school vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, and education savings accounts (ESAs). Activities Association of American Educators was formed in 1994 as
  • Non-profit

    Down Home North Carolina

    Down Home North Carolina (also known as Down Home NC) is a lobbying organization founded to promote Democratic candidates and left-of-center policies in North Carolina. The organization has ties to left-leaning national organizing group People’s Action as well as similar groups in other states including Michigan United and
  • Other Group

    Safeguarding Democracy Project

    The Safeguarding Democracy Project is a project of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Law School founded by Richard L. Hasen, a prominent election law professor who has criticized voter identification laws and accused Republicans of using the COVID-19 pandemic to keep Democratic voters from voting. In its mission
  • Non-profit

    U.S. Digital Response

    U.S. Digital Response (“USDR”) formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to help state and local governments address immediate digital needs by providing volunteer technical expertise. In 2022, it received a grant as part of a controversial program funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg that raised concerns about private funding
  • Government Agency

    World Health Organization

    The World Health Organization (WHO) is a global health policy agency operating under the United Nations. Established in 1945, the WHO had a largely positive reputation around the world for supporting public health efforts, but the organization has faced numerous criticisms during the COVID-19 pandemic for mishandling policy and
  • Non-profit

    Moody Foundation

    The Moody Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in Texas. Based in Galveston, the foundation supports organizations and causes in the Lone Star State and has several internal programs including the Moody Scholarship Program and Generation Moody Education Initiative. Projects The Moody Foundation, one of the largest private
  • Non-profit

    Mastercard Impact Fund

    The Mastercard Impact Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit founded in 2018 which donates to organizations advancing left-of-center concepts of diversity and inclusion. 1 he fund was originally named the Mastercard Center for
  • For-profit

    Devex

    Devex is a for-profit news outlet based in Washington, D.C., that is geared towards the international aid and development community. The outlet specializes in reporting news that is of interest to those who work in the fields of global development and foreign aid. The focus of Devex’s reporting is issues