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Non-profit
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 Get America Covered.
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Non-profit
Harvard University is one of the oldest, most prestigious, and most powerful universities in the world. Founded in 1636, the university maintains a $40.9 billion academic endowment, the largest in the world, as of April 2021.
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For-profit
Goldman Sachs is an international investment bank and financial services corporation based in New York City. Since its founding in 1869, the firm has since grown into one of the largest and most influential financial institutions in the world. Since in the 1980s, a number of Goldman Sachs executives have
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Non-profit
Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship is a Minneapolis-based left-of-center organization that offers workshops, public dialogue sessions, and one-on-one meetings for community organizing. 175 The Sabo Center also
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Non-profit
Courage Campaign (CC) is a left-of-center organization that uses grassroots lobbying methods to bring attention to progressive issues such as immigration, net neutrality, and social justice. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Los Angeles, California. The organization signed a petition supporting the Green New Deal and
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Non-profit
Council on Foundations is a membership association of more than 850 global grantmaking foundations and corporations. The council provides policy insights, legal assistance, networking, and development opportunities for members at its annual conference.
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Non-profit
The Common Counsel Foundation (CCF) is a nonprofit foundation consisting of a group of grantmaking funds which donate to over 300 left-of-center advocacy groups each year.243 As of January 2021, CCF is
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Non-profit
The Chicago Annenberg Challenge was a Chicago public-school reform project funded in 1995 by a $49.2 million 2-to-1 challenge grant from the Annenberg Foundation. The grant was matched by pledges from three Chicago foundations and public funding from the Illinois 1988 School Reform Act.
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Non-profit
Ceres is a left-of-center environmentalist group based in Boston, Massachusetts. Ceres claims to make the ‘business case’ for climate action; 278 in practice, this involves leveraging a network of investors totaling more than $32 trillion in
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Non-profit
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) is a left-of-center think tank that primarily focuses on union-aligned labor policy. The organization is based on “high road,” a left-of-center political strategy oriented toward egalitarianism, environmentalism, and democracy. COWS has attracted controversy over accusations of using state funds for political advocacy. The organization
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Non-profit
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a left-of-center public policy advocacy organization that focuses primarily on poverty and racial equity.
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Non-profit
The Stephen Case Foundation (also known as the Case Foundation) is a private foundation that gives grants to organizations that support charitable and center-left social initiatives. Background Jean and Steve Case founded the Stephen Case Foundation in 1997 after serving in executive positions at America Online.
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Non-profit
The California Wellness Foundation is a grantmaking foundation created in late 1990 and endowed in early 1992 because of the conversion of non-profit California health insurer Health Net into a for-profit health insurance corporation. Announcing the terms of the 1992 endowment, California Wellness stated that it had become the “largest
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Non-profit
The Brookings Institution is an American think tank aligned with the political establishment which conducts research and policy analysis on foreign policy, metropolitan policies, and economics. The Institution has its main office in Washington, D.C. 380 The
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Non-profit
The Atlantic Advocacy Fund is a Delaware-based left-of-center 501(c)(4) pass-through nonprofit associated with Atlantic Philanthropies, a Bermuda-based foundation which makes grants in the United States. Funding Between 2007 and 2015, Atlantic Philanthropy’s 501(c)(4) Atlantic Advocacy Fund provided a series of grants toward several Tides Advocacy projects and
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Non-profit
The Angelica Foundation is a left-of-center foundation located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that funds left-of-center projects around immigration, environmentalism, and other topics. The foundation was extremely critical of the policies of former President Donald Trump, stating that Trump launched a “war against immigrants.”
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Labor Union
Actors’ Equity Association, often referred to as “Actor’s Equity” or “Equity,” is a labor union for live stage performers and stage managers. Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO union federation.439 Equity
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Labor Union
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE; sometimes styled SEIU Local 1199 or just 1199) is a large local union of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) representing employees of hospitals throughout the northeast United States. The union wields a great deal of political power in New York State and
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Non-profit
Climate Group is an international network of corporations and other groups that advocate environmentalist policies. 539 Since 2004, the group has received grants from several left-of-center organizations including the John D. and Catherine T.
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Non-profit
Refugees International is a left-of-center advocacy group that aids and protects displaced people, while recommending refugee resettlement and policies to the U.S. government, foreign governments, and the United Nations (UN). The group claims to be independent because they do not accept government or UN funding.