Search results for ‘common cause’


  • Non-profit

    United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

    The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF; formerly the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) is an agency of the United Nations (UN). Its stated mission is to support the health, education, rights, and overall welfare of children around the world. The agency was founded in the aftermath of the
  • Non-profit

    National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice

    The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (also known as Latina Institute) is an advocacy group that supports abortion and health care policies that make it easier for women to have abortions.
  • Non-profit

    Liberty Initiative Fund

    The Liberty Initiative Fund is a libertarian-leaning organization that promotes ballot initiatives it characterizes as advancing economic liberty and government accountability. 1 Key issues for ballot measures include stronger voter ID laws, term limits
  • For-profit

    Patagonia

    Patagonia is an apparel company known for its activism, including donating 1 percent of its revenue to more than 1,000 nonprofits. 1 Though Patagonia is best known for supporting environmentalist causes, the company also
  • Non-profit

    Restoration of America

    Restoration of America (formerly Restoration Action) is the advocacy arm of the right-of-center Restoration PAC. According to The Daily Beast, following the 2020 election, Restoration of America has spent millions of dollars on ads opposing Democratic Congressional incumbents and on its subsidiary, Voter Reference Foundation, which advocates for election
  • Non-profit

    Moms for America

    Moms for America is a right-leaning education advocacy organization. 1 Moms for America says it is committed to the principles of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
  • Non-profit

    More Perfect Union Action

    More Perfect Union Action is a pro-labor-union advocacy group affiliated with the More Perfect Union Foundation. Together, the two organizations publish the More Perfect Union news website, which is geared to building up support for labor unions and other left-of-center causes. The news outlet was formed by an advisor to
  • Non-profit

    More Perfect Union Foundation

    More Perfect Union Foundation is the charitable arm of the More Perfect Union Action, a pro-labor union advocacy group. Together, the two organizations publish the More Perfect Union news website, which is geared to building up support for labor unions and other left-of-center causes. The news outlet was formed by
  • Non-profit

    Women’s Congressional Policy Institute (WCPI)

    The Women’s Congressional Policy Institute (WCPI) is an advocacy group supporting policies related to women’s health, life for women in foreign countries, and conditions for working women. The institute also runs a fellowship program which aims to increase the number of women working in the field of policymaking, as well
  • Other Group

    Los Brown Berets Milwaukee

    Los Brown Berets Milwaukee is an advocacy and community service group for the Milwaukee Latino community. 1 It is
  • Other Group

    Fossil Free Media (FFM)

    Fossil Free Media (FFM) is an environmental activist group that calls for public relations and advertising agencies to stop working with oil companies.
  • Non-profit

    Carolina Federation

    The Carolina Federation is an organization dedicated to electing North Carolina politicians from the left wing of the Democratic Party. 1 The organization supports politicians who support a more active government role in regulating the economy
  • Non-profit

    Cure Violence Global (CVG)

    Cure Violence Global (CVG) is an organization that uses disease-control methods to analyze violent crime and argues violence should be conceived of as a disease or epidemic and treated as such. 1 Dr. Gary Slutkin,
  • Non-profit

    Entertainment Industry Foundation

    The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) is a major philanthropic organization backed by major players in the film industry, the music industry, and other American entertainment industries. Founded in 1942 by several leading figures in Hollywood, the foundation claims to have raised more than $1 billion throughout its existence and contributes
  • Other Group

    International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS)

    The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, better known as INTERIGHTS, was a London-based human rights legal organization established in 1982. The organization closed in 2014. 1 Two of the primary
  • Other Group

    Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

    The Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression was founded in 1972 by social activist Brian Verdin. 1 The organization today professes
  • Person

    Rachel Laser

    Rachel Laser is the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS), a left-of-center advocacy group. She formerly worked for Planned Parenthood, the National Women’s Law Center, Third Way, and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. For two years, Laser
  • Non-profit

    We Are

    We Are (also known as Working to Extend Anti-Racist Education) is a left-of-center consultancy that holds workshops and provides training for educators in the Chatham County, Durham County, Lee County, Orange County, and Wake County school districts of North Carolina.
  • Labor Union

    International Union of Electrical Workers

    The International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) was a left-of-center labor union chartered by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). It negotiated labor protections for electrical and radio workers and organized several strikes, most notably the Westinghouse strikes of 1955-56 and the General Electric (GE) strikes of 1960
  • Non-profit

    Gender Spectrum Charitable Fund

    The Gender Spectrum Charitable Fund, commonly shortened to Gender Spectrum, was an organization that promoted transgender ideology among youth. It provided resources, conferences, and “social groups” for families of children experiencing gender dysphoria.