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The Information Futures Lab (IFL) is a left-of-center research and advocacy organization that advocates for news outlets, social media platforms, and government institutions to adopt strategies to combat so-called “misinformation.” The organization was launched in June 2022 and is housed at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is a left-of-center organization that advocates for and reports on freedom of expression and freedom of information in Canada. The organization lists its work in three categories: advocacy and policy work in Canada, international campaigns, and funding programs.
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The Center for Michigan is a public policy nonprofit that operates two news sites: Bridge Michigan, which covers the state, and BridgeDetroit, which focuses on Detroit. Media Bias/Fact Check has rated Bridge Michigan as having a “left-center bias,” which includes taking editorial positions that favor left-of-center perspectives.
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Report for America is an organization that seeks to place journalists in local newsrooms all around the country. The organization is modeled after the U.S. government agency Americorps which sends members to assist on various projects all over the country. Report for America helps newsrooms across the country hire
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The GroundTruth Project (formerly the GroundTruth Initiative) is a 501(c)(3) left-of-center media and journalism nonprofit organization that covers local news. GroundTruth is the fiscal sponsor of Report for America, a group created in 2018 to insert left-leaning journalists into news organizations across the U.S. in order to fill “a
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Science Feedback is a left-of-center publishing organization that operates the blogs Climate Feedback and Health Feedback. Both websites publish opinion articles claiming to assess the scientific merit of popular media articles and scientific claims. Background Science Feedback, registered as a not-for-profit organization in France, was formed in 2015 by Emmanuel
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The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a nonprofit journalism institution located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It owns and controls Times Publishing Company, which publishes the Tampa Bay Times and previously published Congressional Quarterly. Poynter operates the controversial left-of-center PolitiFact fact-checking organization, which was launched by its subsidiary St. Petersburg
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The Haitian American Foundation for Democracy (HAFFD) educates people on the state of Haitians in America and in Haiti, promotes policies that advance their interests, and works to cultivate the next generation of Haitian-American advocates.
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Catalyst4 is a grantmaking nonprofit founded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin primarily with the proceeds from the sale of Tesla stock after Brin had a dispute with Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk.
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Community Movement Builders (CMB) is a Marxist, Black-focused organization calling for defunding the police, ending cash bail, mass releases of prisoners and illegal immigrants from detention centers, decriminalizing minor offenses and drug laws, and removing police from protests, schools, and public housing. CMB is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and insists
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The Charles Butt Foundation is a private philanthropy that donates to pro-public-school and anti-school-choice initiatives in the state of Texas. It was founded by Charles Butt, the billionaire heir to and CEO of the H-E-B grocery chain.
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Charles Butt is the heir and CEO of the Texas-based H-E-B grocery chain and a prominent donor to left-of-center education initiatives, particularly those that champion public schools over private schools, school choice programs, and homeschooling.
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Say Yes to Education was a nonprofit organization focused on increasing high-school and post-secondary graduation rates for urban youth by providing student support services from kindergarten through high school and post-secondary scholarships to eligible students. It was formed in 1987 by hedge fund manager George Weiss.
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The Social Justice Portal Project is a left-of-center think tank at the University of Illinois-Chicago. It is dedicated to connecting academics and intellectuals with community-based organizations and political activists to formulate strategies for social activism.
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The Chrest Foundation is an Irving, Texas-based private grantmaking foundation that serves as the giving vehicle for investors Jeff Jensen and Lou Anne King Jensen. The nonprofit supports causes such as left-leaning criminal justice policy, left-of-center environmental causes, and Turkish nonprofits.
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The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is a government agency that makes grants to art projects and nonprofit organizations in New York State. According to its grant applications, NYSCA prioritizes funding organizations that incorporate critical race theory-inspired concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
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Brennan Bilberry is a partner at law firm Fairmark Partners. He was a spokesman for the campaign of former governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe (D). As of 2024, Bilberry is the registered legal agent of Our American Future Foundation (OAFF), a 501(c)(3) left-of-center advocacy group that was incorporated
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Shift is a consulting and advisory firm based in London that uses design principles to help clients and nonprofit organizations accomplish social goals, including tackling problems surrounding childhood, food security, financial wellbeing, mental health, and COVID-19.
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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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The Investigative Project on Race and Equity is a Chicago-based organization that trains ethnic-minority journalists to conduct data-focused investigative reporting focused on race. Founded in 2023,
