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Kirsten Collings is deputy director and chief financial officer of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) and a board member of Green Corps, a left-of-center environmental advocacy group affiliated with the Public Interest Network.
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Ken Grossinger is a left-wing political consultant working for Democracy Partners as director of the firm’s Impact Philanthropy and Donor Advising Division. He previously worked as a political strategist for the Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO.1 He
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The Economic Security Project (ESP) is a left-of-center initiative that advocates for the federal government to distribute “unconditional cash for Americans” through a universal basic income program. 1 It is housed within the Hopewell Fund, a 501(c)(3)
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Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation is a grantmaking organization that funds left-of-center organizations through its programs. It is a part of the Blaustein Philanthropic Group, a collection of four family foundations that belong to the heirs of Louis Blaustein, a Lithuanian Jew who co-founded the American Oil Company (Amoco)
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WestWind Foundation is a Virginia-based private foundation that gives grants to domestic and international environmentalist and pro-abortion-rights organizations. WestWind reports to give grants to more than 50 non-governmental organizations that promote pro-abortion activities. 1 The organization
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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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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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Virginia Democracy Forward is an organization that was formed in 2016 to support left-of-center policies and candidates in congressional, state, and local elections in Virginia. 1 Background Virginia Democracy Forward, also known as VADF, was founded in Northern
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The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) is a left-of-center watchdog organization that advocates tougher enforcement of environmental laws. The EIP has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. It is composed of former U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement attorneys, analysts, public interest lawyers, and investigators. The EIP assists
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MacKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Formerly known as MacKenzie Bezos, she is recognized as the third-wealthiest woman in the world after a divorce settlement left her with an estimated $37 billion.
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The Windward Fund is an environmentalist fiscal sponsor organization in the network of “dark money” organizations controlled by philanthropic consultancy Arabella Advisors. The Fund was created in February 2015 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with startup funding of $5.25 million provided by an unknown source. According to its bylaws, Windward
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The Virginia League of Conservation Voters (Virginia LCV or VA LCV) is a left-of-center environmental advocacy organization headquartered in Richmond that promotes left-of-center environmental policies and supports Democratic candidates for public office throughout Virginia. The organization is one of many state-level affiliates of the League of Conservation Voters, a
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Food and Water Watch (FWW) is an environmentalist organizing group involved in campaigns against natural gas development, bottled water, and genetically modified foods, among other things. The organization is best known for its campaigns against shale gas exploration in New York and Colorado, though it also was deeply involved in
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The New Venture Fund (NVF) is a 501(c)(3) funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit that makes grants to left-of-center advocacy and organizing projects and provides incubation serves for other left-of-center organizations. The fund focuses primarily on social and environmental change, issuing grants for a variety of projects that include conservation, global
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The Energy Foundation, also known as the United States Energy Foundation, is a left-of-center “pass through” charitable foundation founded by and supported by a network of left-wing organizations. The Foundation began in January 1991 as a $20 million collaborative between the Pew Charitable Trusts, Rockefeller family foundations, and
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The Sierra Club is one of the nation’s oldest and largest environmentalist organizations. The group has recently risen in prominence as a political force, backing efforts to curtail the use of all fossil fuel energy sources and proven zero-emissions technologies. Despite having taken money from the natural gas industry to
