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Jeffrey (Jeff) Raikes is a left-leaning millionaire and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, alongside his wife, Tricia Raikes, of the Raikes Foundation. He sits as a chair on of the Stanford University Board of Trustees.
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Non-profit
The Voter Engagement Evaluation Project (VEEP) was a donor collaborative which funneled grants to left-wing voter registration and mobilization groups. VEEP was co-sponsored by the Proteus Fund and Funders Committee for Civic Participation, a donor affinity group for major center-left funders (itself a project of NEO Philanthropy).
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William (Bill) Kristol is a political commentator and the son of left-wing-turned-conservative intellectuals Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb. 1 Since the mid-1990s,
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Winsome McIntosh is the president of the McIntosh Foundation, which primarily funds left-wing environmentalist groups. She helped to found ClientEarth, Rachel’s Network, and The Boat Company. McIntosh has also served on the boards of the League of Conservation Voters, Defenders of Wildlife, and Alliance
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Erin Hill is the executive director of the left-of-center ActBlue PAC and is also the CEO of the advocacy nonprofit ActBlue Civics. Hill also works for ActBlue LLC and the ActBlue charitable arm ActBlue Charities. ActBlue was launched in 2004 as a fundraising platform for left-wing
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Working for Us PAC is a political committee that provided more than $4.7 million in independent expenditures to influence the outcome of elections in favor of Democrats during the four federal election cycles from 2010-2016. In at least two races the PAC spent money in primary elections to oppose Democrats
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Jo Ann Jenkins is the CEO of AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), a large organization representing older Americans which advocates for left-of-center policy. Before taking office in 2014, she was AARP’s chief operating officer. Political and Government Work Jenkins’ early political activities included interning for former U.S. Rep.
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Vanita Gupta is a civil rights attorney, government official, and nonprofit executive. She served as associate attorney general in the Biden Administration from 2021 to 2024, and before that was president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR).
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For more please see Ford Foundation. Since 2013 Darren Walker has been President of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest left-leaning granting foundations in the United States.
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Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM Global Network Foundation) is the primary organizational outgrowth of the more decentralized Black Lives Matter movement. According to an Associated Press report from February 2021, BLM Global Network Foundation was granted tax-exempt status by the IRS in December 2020.
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Perkins Coie is a Seattle-based law firm of more than 1,000 lawyers, roughly 40 of which work for its political law practice that serves Democratic and left-of-center political candidates and non-profit clients. Perkins Coie received at least $26 million for legal fees and related expenses during the 2016 election cycle
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Larry Carter Jr. is a vice president of the American Federation of Teachers union. He is also the president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and School Employees union, a statewide affiliate of the AFT. United Teachers of New Orleans Carter began his teaching career in 1993 at
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Non-profit
The Proteus Action League (PAL) is the 501(c)(4) lobbying and advocacy arm of the Proteus Fund. PAL supports and opposes specific legislation and referenda regarding the death penalty, campaign financing, the LGBT interests, and other issues in which the Proteus Fund is actively involved.
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Neera Tanden is a long-time confidante of the Clinton political family and a former Obama administration aide who served as president and CEO of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a left-of-center think tank cofounded by Democratic Party fixer John Podesta, from 2011 t0 2021. Neera Tanden was
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Steve Rosenthal is a political consultant who works with labor unions, Democratic campaigns, and left-wing organizations. He is an expert in the application of direct voter contact and canvassing, skills he is best known for deploying as the former political director for the AFL-CIO and the former CEO of
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Labor Union
The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO (more commonly abbreviated to MDDC AFL-CIO) is a state federation of labor unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest federation of labor unions in the United States. Founded in 1954, MDDC AFL-CIO claims to
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Non-profit
The Campaign Legal Center is an advocacy group aligned with left-of-center interests that supports strict enforcement of campaign finance laws. Campaign Legal Center attorneys track and participate in a variety of cases around the country involving campaign finance law at the federal, state, and local levels. The Campaign Legal Center
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Non-profit
Virginia Organizing, formerly known as the Virginia Organizing Project, is a political advocacy organization in the state of Virginia. While Virginia Organizing calls itself “non-partisan,” the group receives major funding from left-of-center organizations like Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Johnson Family Foundation, and Surdna Foundation.
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Non-profit
Formed in 1972, the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) is Ohio’s largest state-level environmentalist advocacy organization. 1 OEC is influential in oil, gas,
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Non-profit
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is an environmentalist think tank and policy advocacy organization focused on left-of-center climate policies moving toward a zero-emission environment. Its issue areas include development of advanced nuclear energy, carbon capture, reduction in methane emissions, and increased emissions regulation for conventional power plants. CATF works with
