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CASA de Maryland (also called CASA) is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) immigration advocacy organization that helps immigrants, most often of Central American extraction, find employment, regardless of their legal status in the United States. CASA’s executive director has told workers he will never turn their names over to federal immigration officials.
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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. 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. Background The CLC was founded
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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,[81] for stoking racial tensions, [82] and for
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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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Asia Society is a New York City-based international nonprofit with a focus on left-of-center topics such as sustainability [162] and climate policy in U.S.-Asia relations. [163] [164] Asia Society operates as a think tank and hosts two policy institutes, the Asia Society Policy Institute
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The United We Dream Network (UWD) is a left-of-center immigration advocacy organization that opposes the deportation of illegal immigrants, advocates for the full reinstatement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) partial amnesty program, supports defunding the police and ending all enforcement actions by U.S. immigration authorities, and promotes
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Non-profit
Mi Familia Vota (Spanish for “My Family Votes”) is a left-leaning voter activation and engagement group that seeks to increase the political influence of left-leaning Latino communities by helping immigrants become citizens and increasing Hispanic voter participation. MFV operates in Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida, states which, after New
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Non-profit
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is a left-wing litigation and advocacy group focused on immigration, election procedure, and Census and demographic interest issues. Founded in the late 1960s with extensive financial support from the left-wing Ford Foundation which continues through the present day, MALDEF is
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Non-profit
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is a left-of-center organization founded in 1929 that advocates on behalf of left-of-center Hispanic interests. LULAC’s initiatives are executed through programming, political advocacy, and individual member participation at the local level. Earlier in 2018, LULAC’s leadership suffered after the organization’s former president
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Non-profit
Ipas is a global abortion advocacy group operating in dozens of countries around the world to support pro-abortion laws, health clinics, and abortion education. Ipas supports left-wing political positions, including late-term abortion, legalizing self-induced abortions, and changing American foreign aid rules to permit the U.S. government to fund organizations that
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Non-profit
Doctors for America (DFA), originally named Doctors for Obama, is a left-of-center activist organization that recruits and organizes physicians and medical students to promote left-of-center policies in healthcare. The organization was founded in 2008 by Dr. Vivek Murthy, a staffer for Obama’s New England steering committee [423] to
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Non-profit
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a large and prominent advocacy organization for Muslims in the United States.[455] Throughout its history, CAIR has been suspected of supporting political Islamist movements, especially the Muslim Brotherhood.[456] In 1994, a year before the United States labeled the Palestinian
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Non-profit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nearly 100-year-old left-leaning activism organization focused on issues related to civil liberties. During its history, the ACLU has aligned with the ideological Left, becoming a “hub of liberal activism” which declared its intent to spend $25 million attacking Republican candidates during the
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Person
Norman Lear is a television producer who created a number of politically charged television shows, including “All in the Family,” “Maude,” and “The Jeffersons.” [691] Lear is a self-admitted liberal and an advocate for a left-wing political agenda, including higher taxes[692] and abortion.[693] When
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Person
Michael Kieschnick is the president and CEO of CREDO Mobile, a cellular service company than channels one percent of its revenues into left-of-center causes. Kieschnick has been involved with numerous left-wing groups, including the Real Justice PAC, the League of Women Voters, and NextGen Climate. Kieschnick
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Person
Jonathan Soros is a prominent liberal donor. The son of liberal finance billionaire and political donor George Soros, Jonathan spent many years managing his father’s varied financial interests,[797] and in recent years, has taken a prominent role in his father’s left-of-center political endeavors hoping to parlay his
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Non-profit
The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is an advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. It sprang from a predecessor group called the Institute for Humane Studies of Texas, which was established in 1984.
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Non-profit
The Searle Freedom Trust is a private foundation created by Daniel C. Searle, chief executive officer with G.D. Searle, a pharmaceutical company. The trust, which primarily funds center-right public policy organizations, is scheduled to terminate in 2025. Daniel C. Searle Daniel C. Searle was the great-grandson of Gideon Daniel Searle,
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Non-profit
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a membership society that hosts programs and publishes scientific studies in the United States. Established by a Congressional charter in 1863, NAS operates as an independent nonprofit organization that advises the federal government on scientific issues and conducts studies on its behalf.
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Non-profit
NEO Philanthropy Action Fund (formerly Public Interest Projects Action Fund) is the 501(c)(4) lobbying and election-related advocacy arm of left-of-center funding pass-through NEO Philanthropy (formerly Public Interest Projects). It provides financial support to a number of other left-of-center lobbying and election-related advocacy groups. Political Activities Americans for Financial Reform
