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Other Group
Healthy Democracy Healthy People Initiative (previously known as VoteSAFE Public Health) is a coalition of roughly a dozen public health, health care advocacy, civic engagement, and medical organizations to influence policymakers and influence the politics of public health and the handling of elections. The Initiative sought to introduce novel election
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Non-profit
The Carolyn Foundation is a family foundation run by the descendants of the sister of founder Carolyn McKnight Christian. The foundation supports nonprofits in Minneapolis, Minnesota and New Haven, Connecticut and statewide environmental grants in Minnesota. Carolyn McKnight Christian The Carolyn Foundation was created after the nieces and nephews of
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Other Group
Force Multiplier is a left-of center activism group founded to oppose President Donald Trump. It now raises money via direct donations through Act Blue for Democratic candidates and get-out-the-vote efforts in swing states. 11
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Other Group
Young Global Leaders is a program of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a business league that primarily organizes annual meetings of international business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland. It aims to create a network of potential leaders in business, technology, education, activism, journalism, and politics.
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Non-profit
The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) advocates for government-controlled universal health care. 36 Its focus on improved health care outcomes for specific
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Non-profit
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (also known as SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change) develops and advocates for the adoption of left-of-center “comprehensive” sexual education curricula and opposes abstinence education and parental oversight of sex ed classes in K-12 schools. Background The Sexuality Information and
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For-profit
Civis Analytics is a for-profit data analytics firm that supports Democratic candidates and PACs. Founded in 2013 by a former campaign staffer for President Barack Obama, Civis has become a crucial asset in Democratic campaigning and was employed by most major Democratic presidential candidates in 2020, including President
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Political Party/527
Way to Lead PAC is a left-progressive political action committee founded in 2018 to put progressive candidates in office. 73 A hybrid of federal and state political action committees, the organization targets battleground states in campaigns
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Person
Maria Teresa Kumar is the co-founder and CEO of Voto Latino and a long-time MSNBC contributor. Kumar is a member of the National Task Force on Election Crises.
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Non-profit
The Jewish Communal Fund is a community foundation and administrator of donor-advised funds that promotes and facilitates charitable giving within the Jewish community in the greater New York City area. The organization was founded in 1972 and since has grown to serve donor-advised fund holders across the United States and
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Other Group
The Latinx House is a left-of-center activist organization that primarily advocates for the inclusion of Hispanic Americans in film and entertainment. 127 The Latinx House supports the left-of-center Movement for Black Lives, has expressed
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Non-profit
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is a worldwide association for police officers which provides research, events, awards, guides, and training for police. The IACP hosts an annual conference for police and gives out awards in various categories to notable police officers, both members and non-members.
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Other Group
The Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity, also known as CGRE, is a coalition of leftwing groups promoting abortion rights, organizing at the state and local level, and changes to the judiciary.
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Other Group
1VoteCloser is a left-leaning ostensibly nonpartisan organization that works to increase voter turnout in elections. Its main focus is to provide education on the issues through a series of short videos explaining left-of-center issue stances that are uploaded to the organization’s website by its users. During the 2020 elections, the
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For-profit
TED Foundation Inc. (commonly known as TED or TED Conferences) hosts speeches and discussions on a wide array of topics. It is best known for its “TED Talks,” speeches of no more than 18 minutes given by prominent scientists, businesspeople, artists, and others which have been viewed billions of times
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Other Group
The Audacious Project is a project of the TED Foundation which funds organizations intended to catalyze positive large-scale social impacts. Many of the groups it funds have left-of-center policy goals, particularly related to environmentalism and social justice. From its founding in 2018 to 2020, the Audacious Project spent almost $2
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Non-profit
The Minneapolis Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that views the critical race theory-influenced concept of equity as its “responsibility.” 211 In 2021, the foundation
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Non-profit
Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) is an organization for girls that has traditionally emphasized service, interaction with the outdoors, and self-reliance. 249 Since
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Person
Julie Packard is an environmentalist activist and philanthropist whose father, David Packard was the co-founder of Hewlett Packard. Packard has been the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium since it was founded by her family in the 1970s, and she is the vice-chair of the David and Lucile
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Other Group
Real Voices Media is a left-of-center news aggregator that operates a network of social media, community, and news websites that support Democratic candidates and policy positions. The group is directed by Heather Holdridge, a former digital content manager for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
