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Person
Leland Fikes was a prominent Texas oil and gas executive who founded the Leland Fikes Foundation. Fikes died in 1966, and the Leland Fikes Foundation has since been operated by members of the Fikes family since. It has consistently contributed to left-of-center causes and organizations as well as medical
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Non-profit
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the nation’s largest LGBT-interest activist organization and a prominent force in left-of-center politics. Together with the affiliated Human Rights Campaign Foundation charitable arm and super PAC, HRC has built relationships with powerful mostly Democratic Party politicians and major corporations, and has taken a
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Non-profit
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a foundation created by David Packard, cofounder of Hewlett-Packard, in 1964. It supports environmental causes, population control programs, and three programs created by David Packard: the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering. Founder
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Non-profit
The Barbra Streisand Foundation is the primary vehicle for the philanthropy and left-of-center activism of actress and singer Barbra Streisand. Mostly using relatively small donations, under $30,000, the foundation has distributed over $25 million to more than 800 organizations.
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Non-profit
The Pipeline Fund is an organization dedicated to training female, low-income, and racial and ethnic minority candidates to run for office in the United States. The Fund was launched with assistance from political consultancy Civitas Public Affairs
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Other Group
The Alyssa Rodriguez Center (ARC) for Gender Justice is a non-profit that advocates for left-of-center policies regarding transgender issues, particularly those related to housing and incarceration assignments. It operates in New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
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Other Group
New Hampshire Bulletin is a left-of-center online news outlet and an affiliate of national news media network States Newsroom. 1 Background New Hampshire Bulletin is the 22nd offshoot
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Non-profit
GreenLight Fund, Inc. is a left-of-center nonprofit that makes small grants to targeted local and regional charities in 13 cities in the United States. The group was founded in 2004 by Margaret Hall, a long-time nonprofit executive in Georgia and was originally funded by John Simon, a venture capitalist who
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Non-profit
The Dudley Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization founded by the late Gerric “Rick” Dudley, the son Franklin Roosevelt administration official and longtime left-of-center activist Tilford Dudley.
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Non-profit
Black Feminist Future (BFF) on developing Black feminist activist leaders through training and pushing the Black feminist agenda through campaigns and public events. BFF focuses on building leadership among Black women, girls, and gender expansive people.
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For-profit
Ariel Investments is the first Black-founded mutual fund in the U.S. and claims to be the largest minority-owned investment fund in the U.S.
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Non-profit
Until We Are All Free (UWAAF) is a Minnesota-based organization that promotes left-of-center criminal justice policies. The organization is led by individuals who were formerly incarcerated and supports current inmates and those who have been recently released by providing a stipend for materials in prison, connecting former inmates to jobs
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Non-profit
The Evelyn Sharp Foundation is a New York City-based private grantmaking foundation with a focus on the arts. The foundation has funded politically left-of-center arts organizations, including the Dorrance Dance company, which performed at the White House during the 2023 Christmas season and has far-left views such as prison
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Non-profit
Progress Texas Institute is a left-of-center advocacy group. It conducts research and publishes communications on healthcare laws, climate regulation, gun control, voting access, and LGBT issues. 1 Progress Texas Institute is the charitable arm of the lobbying
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Non-profit
The Equality New Mexico Foundation is a left-of-center LGBT advocacy group that is the educational arm of Equality New Mexico. The group conducts a variety of pro-LGBT advocacy efforts and has led pro-transgender issue campaigns while supporting other left-of-center issues such as abortion access. The group is
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Non-profit
The Pritzker Traubert Foundation is a Chicago-based left-of-center private grantmaking foundation belonging to Obama administration Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and her husband Bryan Traubert. In 2021, the foundation donated $200,000 to the New Venture Fund.
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Non-profit
The Sills Family Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking foundation. The group focuses much of its grantmaking on liberal criminal justice policies, more permissive immigration policies, environmentalist issues, and other left-of-center priorities. It has expanded its giving to incorporate more members of the Sills family and has created a rapid
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Non-profit
The Lydia B. Stokes Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking nonprofit that gives to groups such as the Post Carbon Institute and the American Friends Service Committee, groups that promote combatting climate change and other environmentalist polices. Finances The Foundation received $1,224,435 in revenue, paid $632,652 in expenses, and
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Non-profit
Hoffman Brouse Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation founded by Mark Brouse and Lynn Hoffman-Brouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2022, the foundation distributed $67,000 in grants. The largest donations went to organizations focused on the environment and abortion access.
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Other Group
Faith in Women is a Mississippi-based abortion-advocacy organization for religiously affiliated people. The organization was founded by members of the United Methodist Church to promote access to legal abortion. 1 Activities Faith
