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Also see successor groups: State Innovation Exchange, SIX Action (Non-profits) The Progressive States Network (PSN) was a left-of-center organization, which included electoral groups, business associations, educational institutions, and advocacy organizations.
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PowerPAC is a left-of-center lobbying organization based in San Francisco that specializes in voter mobilization. The organization was founded by liberal activist Steve Phillips and largely funded by left-of-center philanthropist Susan Sandler.
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The Open Society Policy Center (OSPC) is a lobbying group associated with the Open Society Network and the Open Society Foundations, the principal advocacy philanthropic efforts of left-of-center financial billionaire George Soros. From May 2002 to April 2023, OSPC has reported spending over $161 million on lobbying.
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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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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 Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) is one of the largest of the state Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) organizations, a series of left-of-center policy research and advocacy groups that operate under the national U.S. Public Interest Research Group (US-PIRG). Both US-PIRG and MASSPIRG fall under the umbrella
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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 Leadership Conference Education Fund is the affiliated education arm of the left-of-center advocacy group Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The organization advocates for left-wing views on voting rights, civil rights, and other issues. The organization receives large amounts of donations from left-of-center foundations including the
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The Hopewell Fund is a 501(c)(3) funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit managed by Arabella Advisors, a Washington, D.C.-based philanthropy consulting firm. The Hopewell Fund manages a number of left-of-center single-issue advocacy groups, including the Economic Security Project and pro-Obamacare Get America Covered. The Hopewell Fund often operates alongside its “sister” nonprofits, primarily
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GiveGreen is an environmental advocacy group that promotes environmental candidates. Democracy Alliance Democracy Alliance is a collective of wealthy left-progressive donors that meet at semi-annual conferences for the purpose of providing a list of recommended recipients to major donors. GiveGreen is on Democracy Alliance’s list; it is described as
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Faith in Public Life is a left-of-center policy advocacy organization which focuses on economic and social issues. The organization is made up of politically liberal clergy and faith leaders. Faith in Public Life was originally a project of Center for American Progress (CAP), a large liberal think tank with
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The CrossCurrents Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization founded in 2006 in Washington, D.C. The organization maintains a low public profile; the Foundation does not even have a website. CrossCurrents Foundation was founded by Ken Grossinger, a Democratic political consultant and director of the Impact Philanthropy and Donor Advising
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Courage Campaign (CC) is a left-of-center organization that uses grassroots lobbying methods to bring attention to progressive issues such as immigration, net neutrality, and social justice. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Los Angeles, California. The organization signed a petition supporting the Green New Deal and
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The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) is a left-of-center think tank that primarily focuses on union-aligned labor policy. The organization is based on “high road,” a left-of-center political strategy oriented toward egalitarianism, environmentalism, and democracy. COWS has attracted controversy over accusations of using state funds for political advocacy. The organization
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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 California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) is a left-of-center environmentalist political activist group, and a regional branch of the nationwide League of Conservation Voters (LCV). They work by endorsing candidates, providing awards, and publishing a blog about environmental issues. The CLCV is led by President Glen Dake a
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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,
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The Angelica Foundation is a left-of-center foundation located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that funds left-of-center projects around immigration, environmentalism, and other topics. The foundation was extremely critical of the policies of former President Donald Trump, stating that Trump launched a “war against immigrants.”
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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
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Tesseract Research Center (formerly “the Agenda Project”) is a left-of-center research group. It is the charitable arm of Tesseract, a political and lobbying communications organization that runs advertising campaigns against Republican candidates. Its president and founder, Erica Payne, was a co-founder of the Democracy Alliance donor collective.
