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Person
Gina McCarthy is a Democratic environmentalist bureaucrat who served as the White House National Climate Advisor under President Joe Biden and was the former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama. McCarthy is a lifelong environmental bureaucrat who has worked in a variety of
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Person
Ben Wyskida is a communications and media strategist who has worked for a variety of left-of-center advocacy groups and grantmaking organizations. He is currently the vice chairman of NEO Philanthropy, a New York-based nonprofit that acts as a fiscal sponsor and funding intermediary for left-of-center causes. Wyskida was previously
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Non-profit
The Institute for Family Studies (IFS) is a think tank which promotes right-of-center policies intended to improve family formation and child care. The institute also supports conservative perspectives towards marriage and family structure. In addition to research and advocacy, IFS tracks statistics such as birth rates and income levels in
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Non-profit
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) is the activist training and educational foundation arm of Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a libertarian advocacy nonprofit associated with the billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch and his late brother David. The organization was formed in 2004 from a split of
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FreedomWorks was a right-of-center advocacy organization that promoted limited government and low taxes, along with many other issues traditionally aligned with the Tea Party Movement strain of conservative activism that emerged in opposition to the Obama administration. The organization was originally founded as Citizens for a Sound Economy in
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Non-profit
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a libertarian advocacy nonprofit associated with billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch and his late brother David. The organization was formed in 2004 after Citizens for a Sound Economy split into Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks. AFP engages in direct grassroots lobbying events
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Non-profit
The Center for Growth and Opportunity (CGO) at Utah State University is a non-partisan think tank that conducts economic research in order to develop policy solutions that it claims will create economic growth and empower individuals.
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Person
Anne Filipic is a Democratic political operative and nonprofit executive who was director of the White House Office of Management and Administration in the Biden Administration until 2022.
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The Population Connection Action Fund PAC is a left-leaning political action committee that donates to Democratic congressional candidates who support left-leaning policies regarding abortion, contraceptive use, and environmentalism. 142 The organization
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Other Group
The Sex Workers Project (SWP) is a program of the Urban Justice Center that provides legal representation and other services to prostitutes. The program also advocates for the nationwide decriminalization of prostitution.
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The Atlantic is a left-of-center literary, political, and ideas magazine that publishes ten issues per year. It was founded as The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 by several prominent American literary figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Non-profit
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an advocacy organization that supports persecuted journalists and political prisoners around the world, financially assisting those in prison or in danger. Aside from providing support for journalists in danger, CPJ has taken critical stances on freedom of the press in the United States.
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Other Group
The Trafalgar Group is a group of “allied companies” that provide political and corporate surveys for market research. 224 Trafalgar is best known for predicting Republican election upsets, particularly Donald Trump’s presidential election. In 2020, Trafalgar
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Non-profit
The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) is a left-of-center organization that advocates for prison and criminal justice policy changes. It opposes for-profit prison operations238 and works
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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 an advocacy group focused on organizing, training, and promoting elected prosecutors, including State’s and District Attorneys,331 who adopt lenient, left-progressive approaches to criminal justice. It
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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.
