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Non-profit
Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) is an electoral policy advocacy group which provides grants and conducts research ostensibly to increase voting security and increase voter turnout. The organization was created in the wake of the 2016 election in response to foreign interference and alleged low voter turnout; in
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Other Group
Stop Funding Hate is an online campaign to discourage companies from advertising in populist-conservative-leaning media outlets, mostly in the United Kingdom. Stop Funding Hate launches social media campaigns against targeted companies, accusing them of facilitating the promotion of “hate,” particularly against immigrants and Muslims. The group has compiled an Ethical
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Non-profit
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) is a cross-party think tank focusing on federal fiscal policy and the budget deficit. Former U.S. Rep. Robert Giaimo (D-CT) and former U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon (R-OK) started the CRFB in June 1981.
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Non-profit
Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) is a group focused on organizing, training, and promoting elected prosecutors, including State’s and District Attorneys,1 who adopt lenient, left-progressive approaches to criminal justice. It is
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Non-profit
Candid is an organization that collects data, conducts research, and publishes news on nonprofit organizations. It was established in February 2019 by a merger of GuideStar and Foundation Center. Candid has offices in New York City, Williamsburg, Washington, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Atlanta. With a budget of $40 million, Candid
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Non-profit
Reform Immigration for America was an organization that was in support of liberal expansionist changes to U.S. immigration policy. The organization advocated for legal status for illegal immigrants and other changes to U.S. immigration law to make it easier for people to enter, live in, and work in the country.
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Person
Lawrence Mishel is an author, economist, and former president of the left-of-center and labor-union-aligned Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Mishel has written a number of books on economic policy and has contributed to various left-of-center media outlets.
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Person
David Plouffe is a Democratic political strategist who currently is a board member and strategist for ACRONYM, a left-of-center advocacy nonprofit specializing in voter mobilization through digital outreach. He also works as the president of policy and advocacy at the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, an LLC which provides seed funding
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Non-profit
Democracy Labs is a group that provides polling data and voter file information to liberal and progressive politicians running for office and to support left-of-center activists. Democracy Labs is a project of Tides Advocacy, a fiscal sponsorship nonprofit for lobbying organizations associated with the Tides Nexus network of liberal nonprofits. According
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Non-profit
Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) is an American nonprofit progressive political advocacy organization. Founded in 1996, the organization bills itself as “the strategy center for the progressive movement.” 1 The organization signed a petition
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Person
Tuti Scott is a philanthropic officer whom previously served as the interim CEO of the Tides Foundation, a left-of-center pass-through funding nonprofit. 1 She held the interim position from September 2019 through 2020 when
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Non-profit
The Environmental Voter Project is a lobbying organization that seeks to increase voter turnout among American environmentalists. Billionaire Jeremy Grantham, a British financier who pushes environmentalist causes, has primarily bankrolled the organization. The group raised $475,00 in 2017 which rose to $1.5 million in 2018.
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Non-profit
GenderAvenger is a left-of-center feminist advocacy group that uses social pressure tactics to gain equal levels of participation for women in every public activity. 1
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Non-profit
AgroEcology Fund is a left-of-center environmentalist-aligned project that advocates for issues regarding small farms and other agricultural issues. The organization supports small farmers and opposes industrial agriculture primarily through grantmaking. 1 The organization is a fiscally
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Political Party/527
Unite America (UA) is a political organization based in Denver, Colorado that supports moderate-left candidates for elective office and advocates for changes in laws affecting the election process that UA claims will benefit centrist candidates but that are also supported by left-of-center and radical-left interests. Unite America is a “hybrid
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Person
Andrea Batista Schlesinger is a liberal activist, consultant, and advocacy nonprofit executive, and has been a partner at left-leaning urban policy consultancy HR&A Advisors since 2017. 1 She was formerly executive director of the
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For-profit
Participant (formerly known as Participant Media) is a film production company founded by Jeffrey Skoll, a left-leaning billionaire who was formerly the president of eBay.
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Person
Arlene Blum is a mountaineer, scientist, author, and environmentalist activist. She is the founder and executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute, an advocacy group that opposes the use of certain chemicals, and a research associate in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Non-profit
The Climate Investigations Center (CIC) is a center-left environmental journalism group critical of oil and natural gas producers. It is a project of Our Next Economy, a limited liability company (LLC). CIC has received substantial funding from the Sustainable Markets Foundation, a left-of-center environmentalist pass-through grantmaker funded by
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Non-profit
The Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees is a nonprofit umbrella organization that financially supports a variety of controversial foreign policy advocacy groups, including many that promote anti-Israel views or support dictatorial Middle East regimes.
