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Non-profit
The Center for Progressive Leadership (CPL) is a defunct left-of-center activist training organization. From its founding in 2003 to its dissolution in 2012, the center put as many as 6,000 aspiring liberal group organizers through its various programs. These programs instructed organizers on activism tactics and connected them with potential
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For-profit
Morgan and Morgan is a personal injury law firm based in Orlando, Florida founded and led by Democratic political donor John Morgan. The firm is heavily focused on personal injury, medical malpractice, and class action lawsuits. The firm is among the largest personal injury law firms in the United
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Non-profit
The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) is a major philanthropic organization backed by major players in the film industry, the music industry, and other American entertainment industries. Founded in 1942 by several leading figures in Hollywood, the foundation claims to have raised more than $1 billion throughout its existence and contributes
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Person
Symone Sanders-Townsend is a political commentator and Democratic Party strategist who hosts “Symone,” an MSNBC weekend program. 1 She was previously the chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris and worked on the 2020 presidential
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Non-profit
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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Non-profit
Red Wine and Blue (RWB) is a left-of-center Democratic advocacy and activist training group consisting primarily of “white, college-educated and affluent” suburban mothers.
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Person
Cheria Honkala is a left-of-center activist who has been active since the early 1990s, advocating for wealth redistribution to fund government-controlled health care as well as socialized housing, child-care, and food programs. She was the running mate of Green Party candidate Jill Stein during the 2012 presidential election.
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Political Party/527
The Southern Progress Fund works to elect left-of-center statewide and state legislative candidates in the South. The Southern Progress Fund initially had support of the Democracy Alliance and was chaired by former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove (D). After involvement in some races in the South in 2013-2014, the
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Other Group
Not to be confused with Sea Change Foundation or Sea Change Leadership PAC. SEA Change, also known as STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) Equity Achievement Change, is a pressure group which works to reshape science and engineering programs at colleges, universities, and schools to conform to
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Non-profit
The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute (DBI) is a Christian intellectual organization which hosts discussions on political issues among clergy and other institution leaders. Its leadership and views tend to support left-of-center political goals, especially concerning gun control and abortion. The organization is named after a German Lutheran pastor who was executed
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Non-profit
The Mastercard Impact Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit founded in 2018 which donates to organizations advancing left-of-center concepts of diversity and inclusion. 1 he fund was originally named the Mastercard Center for
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Person
Paul Rosenzweig is an American lawyer, academic, and former national security official. He held a senior position at the Department of Homeland Security under former President George W. Bush during his second term in office. Immediately after leaving federal government service, Rosenzweig founded Red Branch Consulting, a homeland
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Person
Elizabeth (Liza) Goitein is an attorney and public policy professional who currently directs the Liberty and National Security Policy portfolio at the Brennan Center for Justice, a left-of-center advocacy group and public interest legal center located at New York University. Much of Goitein’s professional work centers around the analysis
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Non-profit
Southern Elections Fund (SEF) is a left-progressive organization which seeks to mobilize Black voters and elect left-progressive candidates for office in the South. 1 SEF was originally
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Person
Aileen Adams is chair of the board of the Weingart Foundation, a left-of-center California grantmaking institution. She was appointed to high-ranking positions in the administrations of former President Bill Clinton, former California Governor Gray Davis (D), and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D). She has
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Non-profit
The American Spectator Foundation is the parent organization of the magazine American Spectator. The conservative commentary magazine was founded by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. 1 In the 1990s, it began to investigate
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Non-profit
Panorama Global is a left-of-center pass-through funder that bundles grants to a range of nonprofits involved in LGBT-interest causes, left-leaning Latino voter engagement, education, and other advocacy causes as well as human welfare issues like mental health. Panorama Global has close ties to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Person
Gigi Sohn is an academic and advocate for left-of-center internet policy, particularly “net neutrality.” In October 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Sohn to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She has faced opposition from Republicans due to a perceived bias against conservatives based on
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Non-profit
The E Pluribus Unum Fund is a center-left public policy think tank that was founded by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D) in 2018 that operates outreach and educational programs supporting left-leaning racial and economic policies in the American South. The organization’s national advisory board includes former President
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Person
Rakim Brooks is a left-leaning attorney who since July 2021 has been the president of the Alliance for Justice, a left-leaning legal policy advocacy organization known for its advocacy on behalf of left-leaning federal judicial nominees and opposition to Republican-nominated judicial nominees. Brooks previously worked for the American
