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European Venture Philanthropy Association is a membership association comprised of organizations that practice venture philanthropy and social investment. Some of the organization’s members include the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, David Richards Kaplan Foundation, We Mean Business Coalition, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
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Non-profit
The Philanthropic Ventures Foundation is a nonprofit based in Oakland, California that gives grants to support the arts, housing and the environment focused on the San Francisco Bay Area. 1 The foundation approves
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Social Venture Circle promoted left-of-center views on the economy and business. It focused on providing peer networks to work with business leaders and impact investing to promote social entrepreneurship ventures.
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Pivotal Ventures is a private company created and led by philanthropist Melinda French Gates oriented around investing in organizations that support women’s issues. Background The company’s investment activity is divided into six initiatives, all related to women’s issues: Women in Technology and Innovation, which seeks to increase the number
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Non-profit
Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is a nonprofit investment fund that provides “debt and equity financing” to media companies in war-torn regions and countries with authoritarian governments. 1 MDIF aligns itself with the
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Non-profit
New Profit in a grantmaking and advisory nonprofit providing funds and support for social entrepreneurs. Focused on providing funding for minority groups through equity and social change, New Profit gives to initiatives in health care equity, education, and civics and elections. New Profit has increased its focus on promoting Black,
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Non-profit
The City Fund is an education organization that funds initiatives that promote the growth of charter schools and other school choice organizations. It also funds activist organizations that support increasing charter school access and school choice programs. In June 2022, it was reported that one of the organizations it backed,
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Non-profit
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF) funds the legal defense for law enforcement agents who are prosecuted or fired for actions taken while in the line of duty. The group also works to educate the public on the challenges faced by law enforcement officers and to improve public perception of
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Other Group
Campaign for Our Shared Future Action Fund is a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a lobbying and advocacy group within the left-of-center pass-through funding network managed by Arabella Advisors. Campaign for Our Shared Future Action Fund is the advocacy arm of the Campaign for Our Shared
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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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Non-profit
The Omidyar Network Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam Omidyar. Its sister group, the Omidyar Network, is an LLC that makes philanthropic “impact investments.” Omidyar Network Fund and the Omidyar Network are often referred to interchangeably, and both support
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Non-profit
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund is a non-profit organization that focuses on funding initiatives that promote Latino political engagement. It also promotes left-of-center talking points on immigration, voting rights, the Census, and election administration. NALEO Educational Fund receives most of its revenue from
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Non-profit
Not to be confused with the New Venture Fund project Election Integrity Fund, a left-leaning fundraising group Election Integrity Fund is a 501(c)(4) right-leaning election integrity watchdog group. It was formed ahead of the 2020 election to help prevent fraudulent voting.
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Non-profit
Emergent Ventures is a grant program created by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University to fund for-profit solutions to social issues. 1 It provides grants for projects that support the Mercatus
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Other Group
DefundPolice.org is a central hub for coordinating and sharing resources among organizations dedicated to defunding the police. DefundPolice.org is run by the Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability, a project of the New Venture Fund, which received at least $4 million from George Soros’s Foundation
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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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Non-profit
The Growald Climate Fund was founded in 2007 by Eileen Rockefeller Growald, a descendant of Standard Oil Company founder John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and her husband Paul Growald. Previously named the Growald Family Fund, the organization funds left-of-center environmentalist causes with a focus on environmentalist energy and the
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For-profit
Newsela is an online educational news provider that curates news content for K- 12 students. The startup company offers online subscriptions to school districts that allow students to access the company’s curated news articles and videos. The company was founded in 2013 and is ostensibly nonpolitical but has been criticized
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Non-profit
Funders for Housing and Opportunity is a left-leaning funding collaborative formed in 2018 by nine of the largest left-leaning grantmaking foundations in United States. The organization is a project of the New Venture Fund, a left-of-center project incubator and funder. The organization focuses on funding affordable housing, health care,
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Non-profit
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Civic Engagement Fund is a left-of-center election activism and grantmaking organization. It is a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund. While the organization claims to support civic engagement throughout the entire AAPI community, the organization’s programs focus on increasing AAPI political
