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Working Partnerships USA (WPUSA) is a left-of-center community and labor activist organization that works in San Jose, California and the broader Silicon Valley region. It supports left-of-center policies related to labor practices and development in the region. WPUSA cofounded the group Silicon Valley Rising, a coalition of left-of-center community
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South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council is the Silicon Valley local AFL-CIO federation representing 101 unions in Santa Clara and San Benito Counties in California. The Council represents a number of labor unions including locals of the AFSCME, AFT, SEIU, and Unite Here.
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The Social Justice Fund Northwest (also styled Social Justice Fund NW) is a funder of left-of-center activism and advocacy projects in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming initially founded in 1978 as “A Territory Resource” (ATR). The group developed a model of left-wing activist organizing-fundraising known as
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The Skoll Foundation was founded by billionaire philanthropist Jeffrey Skoll. 1 Mr. Skoll is also the founder of Participant, a firm that produces films such as An Inconvenient Truth, the 2006
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ReThink Media, founded in 2008, is a combination public relations firm, advocacy organization, and pass-through funding entity for left-of-center organizations. It uses messaging techniques through all forms of media to promote the left-of-center framing of issues related to national security, ethnic and religious minority interests, and left-of-center electoral legislation. ReThink
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Netroots Nation is as an annual convention that aims to train and amplify the efforts of liberal bloggers and online activists.1 The convention has become a
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The National Lawyers Guild is a radical-left association of attorneys, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers. Founded from late 1936 to early 1937, the Guild has consistently been identified with radical-left groups and political orientations throughout its history. In its early years the National Lawyers Guild was significantly influenced
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National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) is a network of labor unions and labor advocacy nonprofits. The network exists to advise its member groups on strategy and on the mobilization and organization of day laborers and their supporters within the wider organized labor movement.
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Midwest Academy is a prominent national training center for left-of-center activists. It has hosted training sessions around the United States since its founding in 1973. 1 The Academy claims to have trained more 25,000 activists across
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The Miami Workers Center (MWC) is a left-of-center labor advocacy organization funded by George Soros’s Open Society Network. 1 MWC was founded by Tony Romano and Gihan Perera, left-wing professional
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International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing fire fighters and other government workers based in Washington, D.C. 1 IAFF is a
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The Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO is a Rock Tavern, New York-based labor union federation that serves as a local affiliate of the AFL-CIO (AFL-CIO). In February 2021, the federation hosted a virtual event that featured participants who advocated for expelling police unions from the AFL-CIO and other
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The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) sponsors initiatives that advance left-of-center causes, particularly those that it claims will benefit Black voters, and that trains policymakers and activists who support these policies. Founded in 1976, the foundation is affiliated with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), an alliance of Black Democratic members
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The Center for International Policy is a non-profit public policy research and advocacy think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City. It was founded in 1975 in response to the Vietnam War. Funding Donors to CIP Between 1999 and 2018, CIP received over $20 million from foundations:
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Association for Union Democracy (AUD) is a pro-union advocacy group focused on improving the internal governance of American labor unions. 1 AUD was founded in 1969 by
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The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a left-of-center think tank and advocacy group that is active on a variety of public policy issues. It operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with 2020 revenues totaling approximately $6.9 million. Since 2021, its executive director has been Tope Folarin.
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Grassroots International (GI) is a left-of-center environmental advocacy and grantmaking nonprofit organization. Grassroots International provides grants to groups in developing counties and funds organizations that are anti-capitalist, groups that oppose the United States as an imperial power, groups that hold that there is a white supremacy problem in the world,
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The Endangered Species Coalition is a left-of-center environmentalist and animal liberation coalition. The coalition is comprised of leaders from environmentalist non-profits, executive agency employees, university professors, representatives of environmentalist-aligned investment firms, and consulting firms. 1 The Endangered Species Coalition advances
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Auburn Seminary is a nondenominational religious seminary that is affiliated with the theologically liberal Presbyterian Church USA. It is tied to left-wing religious movements and left-of-center social justice advocacy. The seminary, unlike most other seminaries, does not offer undergraduate degrees or train pastors to minister to their flocks. Instead,
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East Point Peace Academy is a nonprofit organization that trains its participants in nonviolent activism.
