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Alabama Forward is a critical race theory-aligned coalition that supports a variety of Alabama-based left-of-center voter engagement projects and member groups. Background Alabama Forward was founded in 2021 by activist Evan Milligan as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization in Montgomery, Alabama. The group has member organizations, which are a
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The Georgia Muslim Voter Project (GAMVP) is a left-of-center voter registration organization that is focused on increasing voter turnout for Muslim communities. The organization has participated in multiple lawsuits against voting laws in Georgia, most recently against Senate Bill 202 which was enacted in 2021.
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Common Defense Civic Engagement (CDCE) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that claims to be comprised of U.S. military veterans that works to train its members to become leaders in political campaigns related to climate change, anti-militarism, and voting rights. It is the lobbying and electoral advocacy arm of the
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Other Group
Student PIRGs are left-of-center student-led groups which work to increase voter turnout on college campuses. 1 Affiliated with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), the groups focus mainly on toughening environmental regulations, placing
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The Freedom Center for Social Justice is left-of-center organization that promotes faith-centered advocacy for gay, lesbian, and transgender interests. 1 In addition to advocating for LGBT causes through the prism or faith and religion, the
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Vot-ER (also known as A Healthier Democracy) is a left-of-center voter registration and get-out-the vote organization that focuses its efforts on individuals in the healthcare system 1 and seeks to identify low-income and minority voters.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) is a judicial institute within Georgetown University Law Center 1 that uses litigation to advance various left-of-center policy priorities.
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Non-profit
Yarg Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaker that supports programs that works to better teens’ health and make changes to Oregon’s criminal justice system. The foundation was founded by family members of John and Betty Gray, who created the foundation from the couple’s estate.
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The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a left-of-center think tank that supports plant-based and lab-grown alternatives to meat and dairy products by funding scientific research and advocating for corporate and government policies that promote alternative foods.
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The Lynton Foundation is a private nonprofit organization that was founded in 1994 1 and is run by brother and sister
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Common Cause Texas is the Texas state branch of Common Cause, a left-of-center advocacy organization. Common Cause Texas lobbies for changes to the Texas judicial-selection process, campaign finance laws, and election laws. The organization’s executive director said he was “really concerned about violence at the polls” prior to the
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Non-profit
Our Schools USA is a left-of-center educational policy advocacy group that pushes an LGBT-based agenda and works to increase liberal presence on school boards. The group was founded in 2022 after one of its two co-founders lost her run for school board re-election to a member of Moms for Liberty,
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Sea Grape Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations advocating for left-of-center positions on issues including environmentalism, healthcare, immigration, and voting access. 1 The organization is partnered with several left-of-center organizations including Partners
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Person
Eric Bronner is a co-founder and the chief operating officer of Veterans for Political Innovation, an election administration advocacy group that supports open primaries, ranked-choice voting, and other changes to election procedures. Bronner claims not to align with either of the two major political parties and has claimed that electoral
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The Fairmount Group is a marketing firm that works with left-of-center activist groups and Democratic campaigns in advocating for the elimination of restrictions on abortions, particularly for late-term abortions, and organizing LGBT events.
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Change Finance PBC is an investment firm focused on promoting left-leaning environmental and social causes among publicly traded corporations through ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investment products, shareholder activism, and direct engagement. The firm’s primary advocacy issue is climate change mitigation. Background Change Finance operates as a public benefit
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Other Group
Y Combinator is an investor in startup companies and initiatives. It provides $500,000 to each company in which it decides to invest after a vetting process. It invests in companies that have not been launched as well as those that have been in operation for a year or more. Since
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For-profit
Democratic Data Exchange (DDx) is a for-profit entity that enables state Democratic parties, Democratic-aligned campaigns, liberal super PACs, and other left-of-center independent groups that are forbidden to coordinate with each other to share information on individual voters.
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For-profit
Teen Vogue is an online journal publication produced by Conde Nast in 2003 as a spinoff of Vogue to build brand loyalty with adolescent women.
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Non-profit
The Center for Asian Americans United for Self-Empowerment (CAUSE) is a left-of-center advocacy group based in California that organizes get-out-the-vote campaigns to drive voter turnout among Asian American populations in California with a particular focus on the Los Angeles area. The organization also hosts leadership development programs and an annual
