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Common Cause is a 501(c)(4) progressive advocacy group focusing on campaign finance law, so-called “fair redistricting,” and general liberal policy. Common Cause describes itself as “a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to restoring the core values of American democracy, reinventing an open, honest and accountable government capable of solving today’s challenges
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350.org is a large environmentalist activist organization that has a presence in 188 countries. Focused on online campaigning, 350.org opposes new oil, gas, and coal exploration and development and calls for “[revoking] the “social license” of the fossil fuel industry and “[taking] money out of the companies that are heating
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Also see Tides Nexus The Tides Foundation is a major center-left grantmaking organization and a major pass-through funder to numerous left-leaning nonprofits. The San Francisco, California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit was founded in 1976 by Drummond Pike, a professional political activist who has since retired from the organization, to funnel
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For more information, see Tides Nexus The Tides Center is a left-of-center nonprofit created to manage the fiscal sponsorship services of its “sister” organization, the Tides Foundation. Both groups are part of the Tides Nexus of pass-through and fiscal sponsorship nonprofits based in San Francisco, California.
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National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a New York City-based think tank which advocates for liberal labor and employment legislation. The union-backed group, formed in 1974, advocates for steep increases in the minimum wage and other restrictions on employers.
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Media Matters for America (MMfA) was established in 2004 by conservative-turned-liberal activist David Brock. MMfA was created as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. MMfA positions itself as a fact-checker, focusing on conservative media bias and inaccuracies. In practice, the organization frequently criticizes opinions of conservative commentators. In November 2023, MMfA was
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The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a research institution funded, chaired, and promoted by labor unions and labor union supporters. The Institute distributes research studies supporting the labor union agenda by promoting international trade restrictions,
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Also see SourceWatch (other group) The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is a Wisconsin-based left-wing media, opposition research, and agitation group. CMD has its origins in the anti-corporate and conspiratorial career of its founder John Stauber and his co-author Sheldon Rampton. While Stauber headed CMD, he and Rampton
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The Management Center (TMC) is a left-of-center management consulting and training 1 firm that seeks to advance the critical race theory-influenced concept of social justice. In its programming, TMC coaching helps managers adopt far-left
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (JFGP) is a charitable organization dedicated to furthering the priorities of the Jewish community through philanthropy and direct services. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it has operated since 1901.
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EarthShare is a national fundraising federation that raises money for left-of-center environmentalist organizations. The organization helps employers set up a payroll-deduction program that enables employees to donate either directly to EarthShare or have their money funneled to a nonprofit organization that is affiliated with EarthShare. The organization’s main product is
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Dan O’Sullivan is a career left-of-center labor organizer. He currently works as the director of communications for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the largest and most influential labor unions in the United States with deep ties to the Democratic Party establishment. Previously, he worked as a
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A Better Chicago (ABC) is a venture philanthropy group, organized as a charitable non-profit, that currently maintains a portfolio of eleven Chicago area youth and education organizations. According to its 2017 disclosures, ABC had an annual budget of over $3.5 million.
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Legal Services NYC provides legal services to low-income individuals in New York City and New York state, and advocates for left-wing legal policies. The organization is based in Manhattan with offices in the other four boroughs of New York City. Legal Services NYC was founded with direct support from federal
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Mark Zuckerberg is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Facebook. Zuckerberg founded the company while at Harvard with classmates Andrew McCullum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, and Eduardo Saverin. He and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are also active left-of-center advocacy philanthropists; in 2015, the couple founded the philanthropic limited liability
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Priscilla Chan is a philanthropist, a physician, and the wife of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. In 2015, the couple founded the philanthropic limited liability company Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative; its charitable arm, the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation; and its political arm, Chan Zuckerberg Advocacy. Chan was born in Braintree,
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Misti Sangani is a philanthropic advisor and strategist who has worked since 2019 for Bank of America Private Bank, a division of Bank of America. She was previously chief philanthropy officer of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a large donor-advised-fund provider that tends to align with left-progressive causes.
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The Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation (SSDGFF) is a California-based, private, 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit founded and primarily funded by billionaire Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. The SSDGFF operates programs intended to assist women in workplace environments, help people facing personal difficulties, and provide college scholarships to
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Goldman Sachs is an international investment bank and financial services corporation based in New York City. Since its founding in 1869, the firm has since grown into one of the largest and most influential financial institutions in the world. Since in the 1980s, a number of Goldman Sachs executives have
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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is a New Jersey-based grantmaking foundation that has supported left-leaning advocacy groups with annual grants that total at least $2 million. In 2021, the foundation gave at least $2.4 million total to left-of-center groups, including grants of $100,000 or more to Amalgamated
