Search results for ‘common cause’


  • Non-profit

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

    The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a science advocacy organization based in the United States and the largest general science association in the world. It is publisher of the journal Science. AAAS has been accused of promoting a broadly left-leaning policy agenda and associating with front
  • Non-profit

    Akonadi Foundation

     Akonadi Foundation is a left-of-center racial-issues grantmaking group based in Oakland, California. The foundation was founded by husband and wife Wayne Jordan and Quinn Delaney, who are major donors to the Democratic Party with strong ties to former President Barack Obama (D). History In 2000, the Akonadi
  • Non-profit

    ACLU of Iowa

    The ACLU of Iowa, formerly known as Iowa Civil Liberties Union, is the Iowa affiliate of the left-leaning American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Though nominally nonpartisan, the ACLU of Iowa has historically supported left-leaning demographic and special interest groups such as communists, labor unions, LGBT people, and anti-war and
  • Other Group

    United for Action

    United for Action is a volunteer group of liberal activists that organize protesters against domestic energy production and in support of an extremist environmentalist agenda.
  • Non-profit

    U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

    The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), co-founded by Rick Fedrizzi, Mike Italiano, and David Gottfried in 1993, is a private membership-based nonprofit organization that promotes environmentalism in building design, construction, and operation. Much of USGBC’s activity is based on promoting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. Federal, state,
  • Labor Union

    National Nurses United

    National Nurses United is a Washington, D.C.-based labor union representing nurses that is known for its far-left-of-center stances on various issues. The organization was founded in 2009 when several nurses’ unions merged. 1 It
  • Non-profit

    Massachusetts Peace Action

    Massachusetts Peace Action (MPA) is the Massachusetts branch of Peace Action, a nonprofit which supports a nonintervention foreign policy and nuclear disarmament. The MPA trains activists, organizes protests, and lobbies elected officials and political candidates to advocate for its goals. MPA represents itself as a “nonpartisan” organization, but has
  • Non-profit

    Institute for Policy Studies

    The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a left-of-center think tank and advocacy group that is active on a variety of public policy issues. It operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with 2020 revenues totaling approximately $6.9 million. Since 2021, its executive director has been Tope Folarin.
  • Non-profit

    Friends Committee on National Legislation

    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is an activist and lobbying organization associated with the Religious Society of Friends (also known as the Quakers) that advocates for a broad range of left-of-center policies, economic programs, and social causes. The committee was founded in 1943 by members of the Religious
  • Non-profit

    Corporate Accountability International

    Corporate Accountability International is a left-wing advocacy organization founded in 1977 to lead a boycott of Nestlé after it ran a marketing campaign for infant formula that contributed to the deaths of children.
  • Non-profit

    Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN)

    The Chesapeake Climate Action Network, is the Capital Area chapter of U.S. Climate Action Network and Climate Action Network-International (CAN-I).  It was founded in July 2002 with a seed grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
  • Non-profit

    Unitarian Universalist Association

    The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is an organization of congregations descended from earlier liberal Christian congregations characterized by their liberal attitude towards religious teachings and belief in promoting left-of-center values and societal causes. Unitarian Universalists emphasize the “diverse” sources of their teachings, which include world religions and secular philosophy, and
  • Non-profit

    Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)

    Physicians for a National Health Program is a left-of-center advocacy group that supports a government-run single-payer health care system for the United States. The organization operates in two capacities: as a research group that publishes studies supporting government-run healthcare and as an activism arm for building support for such policies.
  • Other Group

    Occupy Wall Street

    Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest demonstration that took place in lower Manhattan, from September 17 through November 15, 2011.1 The New York “occupation,”
  • Non-profit

    National Partnership for Women and Families (NPWF)

    The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) is a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group. The group, which is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization under IRS tax rules, takes left-of-center stances on abortion, economics, and judicial nominations. The group is critical of Republicans and supports left-of-center policies. Background The NPWF was founded
  • Non-profit

    National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)

    The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), formerly known as the Lesbian Rights Project, is a left-of-center legal advocacy organization that provides pro bono legal services for LGBT causes and advocates for policy changes in related issue areas. Founded in 1977 by lawyer Donna Hitchens, NCLR frequently files amicus curiae
  • Non-profit

    National Abortion Federation (NAF)

    The National Abortion Federation is the official professional association of abortion practitioners. Its membership is mostly American, though it has membership in Colombia and Mexico. The federation claims that over half of women in the United States who get an abortion go through a federation member.
  • Non-profit

    League of Women Voters (LWV)

    The League of Women Voters of the United States (abbreviated as LWV or “the League”) is a 501(c)(4) organization that lobbies and advocates on a number of left-leaning issues.
  • Non-profit

    Jewschool

    Jewschool is a left-of-center Jewish blog that publishes opinion writings on various topics including religion, politics, culture, and Israel. 1 The organization was created by Daniel Sieradski, a radical-left activist whom left-wing Jewish media outlet The Forward has
  • Non-profit

    Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

    The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a large and prominent advocacy organization for Muslims in the United States.1 Throughout its history, CAIR has been suspected of supporting