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The Russell Sage Foundation is a left-leaning social science research funder founded in 1907 with a $10 million grant from Margaret Olivia Sage, a progressive activist and the widow of railroad tycoon Russell Sage. Its first 57 years focused on a variety of industrial, labor, and social science research and
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The Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities (KGCfPP) is a moderately left-of-center think tank based in Las Vegas that focuses on Nevada education, budget, health care, and social welfare policy.
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Person
Audrey Cappell is the founder of Foundation for a Just Society (FJS), a left-of-center organization which makes grants to smaller LGBT advocacy organizations across the globe. Cappell is the daughter of hedge fund manager and left-of-center mega-donor James Simmons. Much of the funding for FJS comes from the
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Oceans 5 is a left-of-center environmentalist organization sponsored by the liberal Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA). 1 Oceans 5 has donated close to $80 million to create marine sanctuaries worldwide and to prevent fishing and exploration
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Lockwood Strategy Lab is a left-of-center digital ad consultancy for political campaigns. Lockwood was founded by ACRONYM and PACRONYM president Tara McGowan, both of which she founded just after the creation of Lockwood Strategy Lab. Lockwood began doing political consulting for local and state campaigns for various
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Tara McGowan is a Democratic political operative best known as the head of the “ACRONYM” network of Democratic Party-aligned outside advocacy groups, which is known to include the social-welfare advocacy group ACRONYM, the political action committee (PAC) PACRONYM, the left-of-center media outlet Courier Newsroom, and the digital
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Priorities USA Foundation is the charitable arm of Priorities USA, a major Super PAC that supports Democratic candidates and opposes Republican candidates. Founded in 2017, the Foundation primarily funds litigation against voter integrity laws and promotes research to advocate for fewer voting requirements.
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Pathfinder International is a major left-of-center birth control and population control funding and advocacy nonprofit. Pathfinder was founded in 1957 as “The Pathfinder Fund” by Charles James “C.J.” Gamble, a close friend of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and major advocate for population control and birth control policies. Pathfinder
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Aaron Eske is a left-wing activist senior vice president for the left-of-center political consulting firm M&R Strategic Services (MRSS), board member for the environmental litigation group EarthRights International (ERI), and founder of the socially liberal magazine Double Issue. Eske worked as press secretary for former Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
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Ellen Spencer Susman is a career journalist married to Stephen Susman, one of the most successful trial lawyers in America. Together the Susmans have founded, support, and participate in multiple left-of-center organizations and are top fund raisers for Democratic Party causes and candidates. Personal Background Born in 1950, Ellen
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The Committee for a Fair Judiciary (Committee) is a left-of-center organization that advocates for a left-progressive judiciary by leveraging connections with Congress, particularly the Senate, and the Executive branch.
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The Marcy and Leona Chanin Foundation is a private foundation based in the state of Florida. Marcy Chanin, who is now deceased, was the president of Chanin Management, Inc., based out of New York, New York. Chanin Management specialized in the building of the art-deco stylized structures like the Chanin
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The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is a public interest law firm that focuses on racial and economic issues in the state of Mississippi. The center has also provided legal support for left-of-center causes such as challenging pro-life laws in the state
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The Raikes Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking foundation that financially supports youth-serving institutions focused on areas of education and youth homelessness. The Raikes Foundation has joined with other left-of-center organizations in taking a public stance denouncing and criticizing President Donald Trump.
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The Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust (Prince Charitable Trusts) is made up of three left-leaning arts and social activism funds which support both apolitical and left-leaning non-profit groups in Washington, D.C.; Newport, Rhode Island; and Chicago, Illinois. It was established in 1947 by investor Frederick Henry Prince and his wife,
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ACRONYM is a left-of-center political and advocacy organization designed to launch voter mobilization and digital advertising programs while also working on communications for left-progressive causes. 1 ACRONYM advances a left-of-center agenda at the
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The March for Science is a left-of-center movement that advocates for environmentalist policies and opposed Trump administration initiatives. March for Science endorses left-of-center policies including abortion access,1 expansionist approaches
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The Virginia Civic Engagement Table is a coalition of left-of-center advocacy groups that functions as a hub for environmentalist anti-conventional energy organizations, expanded voting rights, expanded abortion, and protection of illegal immigrants. The organization is the Virginia branch of State Voices, a nationwide coalition of left-leaning nonprofits that has
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The AG Foundation, formerly known as the Agnes Gund Foundation, is the private foundation created by left-of-center philanthropist and arts patron Agnes Gund. Most of the foundation’s grantmaking goes towards supporting the arts. Founding and History The AG Foundation was established in 1988 as the Agnes Gund Foundation by
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The Kaphan Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization founded by Sheldon Kaphan, Amazon’s first employee. The Foundation funds a variety of left-of-center causes and organizations, including Planned Parenthood, groups seeking to overturn the Citizens United Supreme Court decision and abolish the Electoral College, and various environmentalist organizations. The
