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Person
Nicholas “Nick” Hanauer is a progressive donor, venture capital investor, and political commentator. Hanauer is an activist for extreme increases in the minimum wage, a fervent financial supporter of gun control, and a multimillionaire jet-setter.
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Political Party/527
MoveOn Political Action, which jointly operates MoveOn.org with its associated 501(c)(4) organization MoveOn Civic Action, describes itself as “the largest independent, progressive, digitally-connected organizing group in the United States.”1 MoveOn Political Action gathers donations from
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Non-profit
The National Jobs for All Coalition is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Lynbrook, New York. The organization is known for its advocacy of far-left economic policies such as a $15 minimum wage, higher taxes, and a guaranteed annual income for all Americans.
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Non-profit
The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is a Pennsylvania-based, nominally right-leaning nonprofit that promotes left-of-center environmentalist policies to otherwise conservative Christians. 1
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Person
Pierre Omidyar is the founder of the multinational e-commerce corporation eBay, a philanthropist, and a financier of left-wing organizations, including investigative journalism projects. Omidyar is a funder of left-wing politics; as such, he gave $100,000 to the NeverTrump PAC, a group opposed to 2016 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Other Group
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society (BKC) is an organization based at Harvard University which studies the rise of the internet and its relationship to governance, advocating for a number of left-of-center legal reforms to address the changing digital landscape.
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For-profit
Arabella Advisors (commonly called “Arabella”) is a philanthropic consulting company that guides the strategy, advocacy, impact investing, and management for high-dollar left-leaning nonprofits and individuals. 1 Arabella provides these clients with a number of services that ease
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Non-profit
The Piper Fund is a campaign finance reform donor collaborative hosted by the Proteus Fund, a center-left funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit. The Piper Action Fund is the advocacy arm of the Piper Fund and is hosted by the 501(c)(4) Proteus Action League. Both the Piper Fund and
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Non-profit
Organizing for Action (OFA) was an advocacy group that was the lineal descendant of the campaign organizations supporting the election of former President Barack Obama, Obama for America and Organizing for America. OFA was a 501(c)(4) devoted to preserving and building on the Obama agenda.
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Non-profit
America Votes is a left-of-center lobbying and advocacy coalition that supports left-of-center issue advocacy and expanding voting access.1 America Votes bills itself as the “Coordination Hub of
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Non-profit
American Lung Association is an advocacy organization whose primary mission since its founding in 1904 is advocacy for improving lung health, reducing the burden of lung cancer on patients, and running anti-tobacco campaigns.
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Non-profit
The North Carolina-based Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR)1 utilizes legacy monies from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco fortune to fund North Carolina-based liberal agendas and organizations. It is one of numerous foundations created in
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Non-profit
Also see Oxfam America Advocacy Fund (Non-profit) Oxfam America is the American nonprofit arm of the worldwide group Oxfam International, which advocates for expanded international aid programs worldwide. 1 Oxfam America’s programs focus
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Non-profit
The ClimateWorks Foundation is a left-of-center “pass-through” funding entity that distributes funds from donors to environmentalist advocacy groups around the world. Many of these nonprofits lobby for emissions taxes, restricting coal use, international climate treaties with strict enforcement mechanisms, and diminishing the use of cars.
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Non-profit
The Bauman Family Foundation is a foundation that has donated millions of dollars to left-of-center causes over the past decade.1 The foundation
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Non-profit
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF) is one of the charitable entities associated with billionaire Berkshire Hathaway investor Warren Buffett, who funds the Foundation. Founded in 1964 as the Buffett Foundation, STBF was later renamed for Warren’s late first wife Susan, whose estate granted the Foundation over $2 billion.
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Non-profit
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a controversial watchdog of extremist groups. It has been criticized for its financial practices and for characterizing non-violent conventional conservative organizations as equivalent to violent extremists. SPLC was co-founded in 1971 by Morris Dees, a lawyer and direct marketing expert and fellow
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Non-profit
The Skoll Global Threats Fund is a private grantmaking foundation and a controlled entity of the Skoll Foundation, both of which are funded by billionaire philanthropist Jeffrey Skoll.1 Skoll is
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Non-profit
The Sandler Foundation is a left-of-center philanthropy organization founded in 2001 by billionaire bankers Herbert and Marion Sandler. It has given approximately a billion dollars in grants to support organizations like the media group ProPublica and the think tank Center for American Progress.
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Non-profit
People for the American Way is a left-of-center advocacy group formed in 1981 by liberal Hollywood television producer Norman Lear, ostensibly to oppose the conservative principles espoused by Christian conservative televangelists.
