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Chicago Community Trust (CCT) is a community foundation and provider of donor-advised funds that provides grants to social programs and nonprofits including advocacy groups on the left-of-center primarily in the Chicago city area, but also nationwide. The organization is one of the largest providers of donor-advised funds in the United
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Also see Jonathan Soros (Person) The Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation (JJASF) is a grantmaking foundation created in 2009 by left-wing philanthropist Jonathan Soros and his wife, Jennifer Allan. Jonathan Soros is the chairman of the JJASF and the third child of left-leaning billionaire activist George
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The Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC) is a donor-advised fund provider established in 1958 that manages funds for 2,700 separate charitable individuals, families and organizations. 1
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Popplestone Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation. In addition to making direct grants, it also gives to the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, a provider of donor-advised funds that increase donor anonymity.
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American Federation of Teachers Education Fund (AFTEF) is the educational and charitable branch of the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest labor union in the United States principally representing teachers. The primary goal of the organization is to advocate for teachers’ union-aligned public education policies in the United States.
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SourceWatch is a wiki-style website run by the left-leaning Center for Media and Democracy.1 The website’s content has a liberal bias
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Lisa Graves is a left-of-center activist who previously served as executive director at the Center For Media and Democracy (CMD) from 2009-2017, where she continues as a senior research fellow.1 Graves
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Third Way Institute is the charitable arm of Third Way, a lobbying and advocacy organization that advocates for “modern center-left ideas.” 1 Third Way Institute was founded in 2005 and helps fund the tax-exempt work
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Also see Anti-Defamation League (Non-profit) The Anti-Defamation League Foundation (ADLF) is an endowment management foundation established in 19761 to support the operations of its parent organization, the left-leaning
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Tesseract (formerly Agenda Project Action Fund) is a left-of-center advocacy organization that runs advertising campaigns against Republican candidates. Its president and founder, Erica Payne, was a co-founder of the Democracy Alliance donor collective. 1
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United Way Worldwide (UWW) is a philanthropic nonprofit that oversees over 1,800 local United Way groups. UWW and its affiliates are primarily devoted to providing education, healthcare, and income support for low-income individuals. Until 2016, UWW and its affiliates combined took in $5 billion, the most of any charitable federation
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Stonewall Community Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that promotes and funds left-of-center LGBT groups and issues. It is financially supported by some large corporate institutions, including TikTok and American Express, and supports a wide range of left-of-center groups focused on access to abortion and LGBT issues.
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NOI is defunct. For its successor, see Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) New Organizing Institute (NOI) was a left-progressive group that trained digital organizers and campaigners for the Democratic Party and liberal political causes. The organization, described by a Washington Post reporter as “the Democratic Party’s Hogwarts
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Movement Alliance Project (formerly Media Mobilizing Project) is a left-wing community organizing outfit in Philadelphia that funds a variety of left-leaning policy campaigns and organizations. The organization was founded in 2005 to organize left-progressive campaigns around poverty, criminal justice, and public schools. The organization manages several projects including the People’s Media
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MapLight is a left-of-center research organization that reports on legislative affairs and uses an online database to track financial activity in politics. It publishes newsletters; issues an online voter guide, Voter’s Edge; and builds software to make campaign donations more accessible for public viewing. The Democracy Alliance, a donor
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The Guttmacher Institute is a pro-abortion policy research organization founded in 1968 as a subsidiary of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). It became an independent organization in 2007. 1 Guttmacher publishes studies that
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Community Labor United is a left-of-center advocacy organization based in the greater Boston area that is aligned with local left-of-center advocacy organizations and labor unions. The organization promotes pro-labor union policies and operates campaigns and programs advocating for left-leaning policies at the state and federal level. The organization is funded
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (CJPGB) is a dedicated to strengthening the Jewish way of life and improving conditions for the Jewish community of the Boston, Massachusetts area and elsewhere. Major programs include building a broader and deeper engagement in Jewish life, caring for the aged, and supporting environmentalist
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The Campaign Legal Center is an advocacy group aligned with left-of-center interests that supports strict enforcement of campaign finance laws. Campaign Legal Center attorneys track and participate in a variety of cases around the country involving campaign finance law at the federal, state, and local levels. The Campaign Legal Center
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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
