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Non-profit
NOI is defunct. For its successor, see Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) New Organizing Institute (NOI) was a left-progressive group that trained digital organizers and campaigners for the Democratic Party and liberal political causes. The organization, described by a Washington Post reporter as “the Democratic Party’s Hogwarts
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Non-profit
Netroots Nation is as an annual convention that aims to train and amplify the efforts of liberal bloggers and online activists.1 The convention has become a
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Non-profit
National Popular Vote (NPV) was founded in 2006 by lottery scratch-card inventor John Koza and election lawyer Barry Fadem to lobby for an “interstate compact” for states to deliver their electoral votes for President to the “winner” of the national popular vote. While Koza and Fadem are both Democratic donors,
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Non-profit
The National Network of Abortion Funds is an umbrella organization that supports organizations that provide financial assistance to women seeking abortions. The network provides its member partners with training, logistical support, and other resources.
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Non-profit
The Miami Workers Center (MWC) is a left-of-center labor advocacy organization funded by George Soros’s Open Society Network. 1 MWC was founded by Tony Romano and Gihan Perera, left-wing professional
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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 Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund is a private foundation making grants to left-of-center organizations associated with health, education, and Jewish philanthropy. 1 Alan Davis, the fund’s president, is
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Non-profit
The Leon Levy Foundation is a private New York City-based grantmaking foundation created from the estate of hedge fund manager Leon Levy. It makes grants to Jewish causes, New York-based institutions, neuroscience research, and in support of archeological ventures. It also has a “human rights” portfolio that makes grants to
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For-profit
Lake Research Partners is a political polling and research firm founded in 1995 by Celinda Lake. The firm is based in Washington, D.C. and has worked with numerous left-leaning organizations and Democratic political candidates. 1
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Non-profit
Just Associates (JASS) is an international feminist activist organization that operates in the United States, Central America, the Netherlands, Southern Africa, and Southeast Asia. 1 Built upon the theory that collective power can
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Non-profit
The JPB Foundation is a private foundation created by Barbara Picower in 2011. It is one of the largest grant-making foundations in the United States. 1 Focused on medical, environmental, and poverty issues, the
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Non-profit
Horizons Foundation is a San Francisco-based grantmaking organization that supports predominately LGBT and left-of-center social causes. 1 Originally founded in 1980 as the philanthropic arm of the Golden Gate Business Association, the organization
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Non-profit
The Hopewell Fund is a 501(c)(3) funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit managed by Arabella Advisors, a Washington, D.C.-based philanthropy consulting firm. The Hopewell Fund manages a number of left-of-center single-issue advocacy groups, including the Economic Security Project and pro-Obamacare Get America Covered. The Hopewell Fund often operates alongside its “sister” nonprofits, primarily
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Non-profit
The Heinz Endowments were formed in 2007 through the merger of the Howard Heinz Endowment, created in 1941, and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment, created in 1986. The endowment’s primary purpose is aiding organizations in western Pennsylvania, but the foundation has a national profile because of its collaborations with other
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Non-profit
The Guttmacher Institute is a pro-abortion policy research organization founded in 1968 as a subsidiary of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). It became an independent organization in 2007. 1 Guttmacher publishes studies that
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Non-profit
The Gruber family Foundation is a foundation created by Jon D. Gruber, a partner in Gruber and McBaine Capital Management, a San Francisco-based investment advisory firm, and Linda W. Gruber. The foundation supports left-of-center women’s organizations including supporters of abortions; journalism organizations including National Public Radio, Mother Jones,
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Political Party/527
The Greater Wisconsin Committee is a liberal and Democratic Party-aligned advocacy organization that focuses on supporting left-progressive candidates in Wisconsin elections, in which it is consistently one of the largest spenders. The group is funded by various left-leaning organizations, most prominently labor unions, and is best known for funding attack
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For-profit
Goldman Sachs is an international investment bank and financial services corporation based in New York City. Since its founding in 1869, the firm has since grown into one of the largest and most influential financial institutions in the world. Since in the 1980s, a number of Goldman Sachs executives have
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Non-profit
Equality California (EQCA) is a left-of-center social-issues advocacy group. It claims to be the largest statewide “LGBTQ+ civil rights organization” in the United States and the only such organization working at the local, state, and national levels focused on California. Equality California is a 501(c)(4) advocacy group. Its charitable arm
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Political Party/527
Emerge America (EA) is a left-of-center candidate training organization that vets and prepares female Democrats who aspire to run for local, state, and federal offices. The organization conducts training to prepare and assist female candidates who choose to run within two to three years of the training. The group was
