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GreenLight Fund, Inc. is a left-of-center nonprofit that makes small grants to targeted local and regional charities in 13 cities in the United States. The group was founded in 2004 by Margaret Hall, a long-time nonprofit executive in Georgia and was originally funded by John Simon, a venture capitalist who
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Stoneleigh Foundation is a left-of-center, youth-oriented nonprofit that provides fellowships and directly funds youth-oriented organizations. The Foundation seeks to provide non-criminal approaches to minor crimes, end zero tolerance disciplinary policies in schools, and provide funding for preventative programs instead of criminal penalties. The Foundation funds organizations that seek to end
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The Latino Community Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that funds organizations focused on the Latino community and its issues. Formerly an “affinity group” of United Way of the Bay Area and supporting organization of the San Francisco Foundation, the Latino Community Foundation became an independent, statewide organization
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Person
Tom Morello is a musician best known as the lead guitarist of the now-defunct band Rage Against the Machine and a left-wing political activist. Morello is on the Council of Advisors for Progressive International, a left-of-center organization of international socialist political parties and socialist-aligned activist groups that aims to
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Shari Redstone is an entertainment industry executive and president of National Amusements, chair of the board of Paramount Global, and co-managing partner of the venture capital firm Advancit Capital. Shari Redstone’s father, Sumner Redstone, became a multi-millionaire purchasing stock in entertainment companies and movie studios.
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Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali is a real-estate investor, philanthropist, and Democratic Party donor who has reportedly purchased artwork from Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.
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The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust is a right-leaning watchdog organization. 1 The organization launched in 2012 as the Free Market American Educational Foundation.
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Michael P. Polsky is the CEO and founder of Invenergy, which claims it is the “largest privately held global developer, owner and operator of renewable energy.”
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Mark Levin is a nationally syndicated radio host. He also hosts the Fox News show, Life Liberty & Levin. Levin is a New York Times bestselling author and is the editor-in-chief of the Conservative Review. 1
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The Arkansas Education Association (AEA) is a left-of-center teachers’ union representing public-school teachers in Arkansas. The union is the Arkansas state affiliate of the National Education Association. Unlike other teachers’ unions, the union does not collectively bargain on behalf of teachers due to the Arkansas legislature passing legislation that
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Foreign Policy for America (FP4A) is a left-of-center foreign policy advocacy organization that was founded in 2017 in response to the election of President Donald Trump. 1
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Reinier Beeuwkes is a scientist, biomedical-pharmacy entrepreneur, and Democratic Party philanthropist. Between 2016 and 2020, Beeuwkes and his wife, Nancy Beeuwkes, have collectively made $1,752,100 in contributions to the Democratic Party and left-of-center organizations. 1 A large sum
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Informing Democracy is a left-of-center research organization and advocacy group formed in 2022 that publishes information on election laws and certification processes, while also publishing information about Republican state and local officials and election administrators whom the organization deems a “threat” to democracy. The organization focuses its research on politically
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The purpose of the project was to provide information and research for election officials at the state and local level in coordination with federal officials to prevent foreign interference in the 2020 election from hostile foreign governments and non-state actors. The project published resource guides about blocking the hacking of
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The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a left-of-center think tank that supports plant-based and lab-grown alternatives to meat and dairy products by funding scientific research and advocating for corporate and government policies that promote alternative foods.
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Mary Miner is a California-based donor and funder of many left-of-center organizations and political candidates. She is the widow of the late Oracle co-founder Robert Miner, who died of cancer in 1994. She and her family founded the Baker Street Foundation, a left-of-center foundation based in San Francisco
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Tambourine is a private grantmaking foundation founded by Ben Silbermann and his wife Divya Silbermann. Ben Silbermann is a billionaire donor and former technology executive who cofounded the social media sharing site Pinterest and served as its CEO from its founding until stepping down from the company in 2022.
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The Federation of Gay Games is an LGBT advocacy group that hosts the Gay Games sporting event every four years. The Gay Games was founded by Olympic decathlete Tom Waddell in 1982 and held its first event from August 28 to September 5 in San Francisco, California that year. Participants
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Courage for America is a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group created to oppose the Republican house majority elected in 2022.
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The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) is an advocacy organization which works to increase the influence of LGBT individuals and activist initiatives in corporate America and American society. It also pushes for favorable treatment of businesses that cater to sexual and gender-identity minorities.
