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NorthLight Foundation (previously the Dan and Sheryl Tishman Family Foundation) is a left-of-center environmentalist grantmaking fund. It was founded in 2011 by real estate heir Daniel Tishman and his wife Sheryl with an endowment from the John L. Tishman Fund, which was originally established to support “education and scholarship.”
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Soros Foundation-Moldova is a local grantmaking organization based in Moldova and is part of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grantmaking network founded by philanthropist George Soros. 1
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Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan (SFK) is a local grantmaking organization based in Kazakhstan and is part of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grantmaking nonprofit network founded by philanthropist George Soros. 1
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The Foundation for Middle East Peace is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation that focuses on issues surrounding Israel and the Palestinian territories. It takes anti-Israel positions and has provided grants to various anti-Israel organizations and organizations that promote the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel.
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The Open Estonia Foundation (OEF) is a not-for-profit foundation, established through the support of philanthropist George Soros, that supports efforts to improve democratic and civil society initiatives within the country of Estonia.
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Open the Government (OTG) is a coalition of left-of-center organizations that promote various changes to open records and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws, as well as left-of-center racial preference policies. The group was founded in 2008 and has operated campaigns criticizing the federal government’s counter-terrorism and surveillance programs. The
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Open Source Election Technology Institute (OSET Institute) is a left-leaning technology research and development institute that works with election officials to address what it identifies as challenges of election technology infrastructure and election technology security.
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The Women’s Foundation of California is a left-of-center, feminist-aligned foundation based in California. It has received financial support from various private grantmaking foundations including Bank of America, Akonadi Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Microsoft, New Venture Fund, California Endowment, Blue Shield of California Foundation,
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More Perfect Union Foundation is the charitable arm of the More Perfect Union Action, a pro-labor union advocacy group. Together, the two organizations publish the More Perfect Union news website, which is geared to building up support for labor unions and other left-of-center causes. The news outlet was formed by
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Americas Society, with its business-oriented counterpart the Council of the Americas, is a cultural and arts focused organization founded by David Rockefeller, Jr. to promote cooperation and understanding in the Americas. Americas Society hosts musicians, artists, writers, and scholars in the United States from throughout the Western Hemisphere. Through
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Non-profit
Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF) is an advocacy group based in Egypt that supports artists, journalists, researchers, and other content creators, and seeks to reform the education systems of Egypt and other Arab countries. In addition to its presence in the Middle East, the ADEF is also active within the
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European Foundation Centre (EFC) was an international membership association of foundations and corporate funders across Europe. 1 Founded by seven major European philanthropic foundations in 1989, EFC ceased to exist as an independent
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Network of European Foundations (NEF) is a collective of left-of-center European grantmaking foundations. Its primary function is to grant funds pooled by foundations in its network, and partners with other non-governmental organizations and associations across Europe. 1
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China-U.S. Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) seeks to build relations between the United States and China. 1 It is funded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as part of its United Front
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New Orleans Coalition on Open Governance (NOCOG) was a former coalition of differing groups in New Orleans founded at the urging of George Soros’ Open Society Network. The coalition was formed to support the re-building of the city after Hurricane Katrina and focused on economic and criminal justice
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The 1956 Institute Foundation is a private organization in Hungary that was created to document the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the conditions Hungarians lived in under Soviet Communist domination during the Cold War. From 1995 to 2010, it was adopted as a publicly owned foundation in Hungary to educate
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The Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE) is a nonprofit founded in January 2015. The group works with governments and private organizations to use data for left-of-center social agendas. CODE’s president, Joel Gurin, is the former Chair of White House Task Force on Smart Disclosure under President Barack Obama
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The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, previously known as the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, is a nonprofit organization which owns and runs Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s historical estate. The Foundation states that its vision is to use Thomas Jefferson’s legacy to revisit history in light of “national and global dialogues.”
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The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation is a right-of-center grantmaking foundation headed by Diana Davis Spencer, daughter of investment banker and former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Shelby Cullom Davis and author Kathryn Y. Davis. It is the successor organization to foundations created by her parents. The Foundation supports advocacy groups and
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The Koch Family Foundation is a private foundation created by Fred Koch and Mary Koch, the parents of Charles, David, William, and Frederick Koch. Fred Koch founded Winkler-Koch, an industrial firm that later became Koch Industries. The foundation is run by Elizabeth Koch, wife of Charles Koch, and
