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David Rockefeller Jr. is a great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the eldest son of David Rockefeller, Sr., and one of “the cousins” in the Rockefeller family. He has had major roles in the Rockefeller family’s organizations including the Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Family Fund, Rockefeller Capital Management,
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Scott Fitzmorris is co-chair of the Wallace Global Fund, a prominent supporter of left-wing causes, particularly environmentalist groups. In January 2022, Fitzmorris was named one of the “most powerful heirs in philanthropy” by Inside Philanthropy.
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Robin Beck is a left-of-center nonprofit organization operative currently working as the president of his family’s Max and Anna Levinson Foundation. As one of nine grandchildren of the group’s founders, Max and Anna Levinson, Robin took over the group in 2019.
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Edward “Ed” W. Scripps Jr. is a businessman and philanthropist from Seattle. He is one of the heirs to the E.W. Scripps family fortune. Scripps and his wife Christy are major supporters of civic causes such as universities and other civic causes.
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Christy Scripps is a philanthropist from Seattle. She is married to Ed Scripps, who is one of the heirs to the E.W. Scripps family fortune. Scripps and her husband Ed are major supporters of civic causes such as universities and other civic causes.
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Regan Pritzker is a member of the wealthy and politically involved Pritzker family and a donor to left-leaning political causes and candidates. Pritzker is on the board of directors of the left-of-center nonprofits Libra Foundation and Kataly Foundation.
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William H. or Bill Scripps is a businessman and philanthropist from the San Diego, California, area. He is an heir to the E.W. Scripps family fortune. Scripps and his wife Kathy are major supporters of universities and other civic causes. Their giving vehicle is the William and Kathryn Scripps Family
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The World Economic Forum is a business league that primarily organizes annual meetings of international business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland under the direction of its founder and executive director, University of Geneva business professor Klaus Schwab. Due in part to the group’s ties to influential figures in international
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Hillman Family Foundations is a collection of 18 left-of-center grantmaking organizations that fund other organizations and causes predominantly in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. 1 Some of the foundations also operate in California, New York, and
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The Blue Earth Alliance is an environmentalist and left-of-center social-policy grantmaking nonprofit that fiscally sponsors projects by independent photographers and documentary producers. As of 2021, the Blue Earth Alliance claims to have supported over 130 multimedia projects, on topics ranging from the theory of manmade global warming and so-called “environmental
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The Ethan Allen Institute (EAI) is a non-partisan, free-market think tank based in Vermont. EAI produces research and education aimed to influence public policy that supports free enterprise, limited government, and individual liberty. 1 It is
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Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund is the lobbying arm of Defenders of Wildlife, an environmentalist advocacy group formed in 1947 to advocate against trapping that has adopted a broader agenda, especially relating to climate change. The fund is based in Washington, D.C. and is housed in the same building
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State Street Global Advisors is a large investment management company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts that manages more than $3.89 trillion in global assets. The firm is among the largest money management firms in the world and employs 40,000 employees across 40 global offices. The firm was founded in 1978 and
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Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) is an environmental, social, governance (ESG) investment initiative to combat climate change which represents organizations with assets totaling $130 trillion. GFANZ’s goal is to achieve net-zero global greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the average global temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050.
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Intentional Endowments Network (IEN) is a membership organization of over 200 endowments, foundations, investment consultants and managers, and nonprofits involved in environmentalist initiatives, as well as racial justice and economic equality. 1 IEN is
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Health and Environmental Funders Network is a left-of-center network that mobilizes philanthropic activities related to environmentalist concerns. 1 Activity From its founding in 1999 to 2009, Health and Environmental Funders Network worked on
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Votebeat is an online media platform under the Civic News Company that reports on local elections across the United States from a left-of-center perspective. The platform publishes content by corporate sponsors and prominent donors in addition to its routine reporting. Votebeat also states that it times its reporting to match
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The Transnational Institute is a left-wing to far-left research and advocacy group located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with a legal status equivalent that of a 501(c) nonprofit organization in the United States. Originally founded as an international branch of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) from 1973
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The Kanter Family Foundation is a left-leaning grantmaking foundation operated by the descendants of the late Burt Kanter, who amassed a personal fortune while service as a notable tax attorney to celebrities and billionaires. The foundation’s board includes Burt Kanter’s son Josh, a left-leaning wealth advisor and donor who uses
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Josh Kanter is a left-leaning wealth advisor who uses his inherited family fortune to fund a variety of left-leaning causes, advocacy groups, and Democratic campaigns. Shortly after moving to Utah from Chicago, Kanter became very involved in promoting left-leaning causes in the state. Kanter is the founder of the
