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Media Matters for America (MMfA) was established in 2004 by conservative-turned-liberal activist David Brock. MMfA was created as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. MMfA positions itself as a fact-checker, focusing on conservative media bias and inaccuracies. In practice, the organization frequently criticizes opinions of conservative commentators.
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Also see Committee on States (Other Group) and Democracy Alliance Conferences (Other Group) The Democracy Alliance is a collective of left-of-center donors that has been active in orchestrating “the activities of a permanent ‘left infrastructure’” since 2004.
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The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), also known as Popular Democracy, is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) organization involved in voter mobilization and policy development. The CPD’s stated mission is “to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions.” CPD has opposed
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Also see SourceWatch (other group) The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is a Wisconsin-based left-wing media, opposition research, and agitation group. CMD has its origins in the anti-corporate and conspiratorial career of its founder John Stauber and his co-author Sheldon Rampton. While Stauber headed CMD, he and Rampton
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The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a left-of-center Washington, D.C.-based think tank with strong ties to the Democratic Party establishment created in 2003 as the left-of-center alternative to the right-leaning Heritage Foundation. Since its founding, the organization has exerted significant influence within the American political left. The organization
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Founded by former Vice President Al Gore in 2006, the Climate Reality Project (formerly the Alliance for Climate Protection), is a leader in advocating for aggressive policies to combat what it sees as apocalyptic, human-caused global warming.
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The Fair Work Center (FWC) is a labor union-aligned worker center based in Seattle, Washington. 258 It was founded by David Rolf, the founding president of SEIU 775, and often functions as
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Dissenters is an anti-war, Black power activist group founded in 2020. It opposes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), police, and Israel. The group is a pro-Palestinian organization that organizes anti-Israel events on college campuses. 298
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The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (AAACDFI) is a left-of-center racially focused membership organization focused on Black financial and community development through community development financial institutions (CDFIs). The organization works with the federal government on behalf of members to secure grant funding from the Department of Housing and
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The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) is a nonprofit advocacy organization that promotes left-of-center climate and energy policies. CEJA organizes activists and campaigns to advocate against drill sties, power plants, and oil refineries while promoting members to challenge oil and gas lobbyists in order to prevent climate change.
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California Education Partners (Ed Partners) is an education consultancy that says it backs learning and collaboration between California’s school districts. The organization promotes collaborations among California’s school districts to improve, and uses research, expertise to achieve its mission.
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Hatem Al Bazian is an American-Muslim academic, fundraiser, and activist who is also the founder of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli advocacy groups American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and Students for Justice in Palestine responsible for organizing several pro-Palestinian college-campus protests in 2023 and 2024.
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Humanity United Action (HUA) is a political advocacy group founded by billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. It is the sister group of Humanity United. As with other Omidyar-founded organizations, nearly all of HUA’s revenue comes from grants directly from Omidyar and his wife. Though Omidyar’s advocacy efforts primarily
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The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project (TBP) is an education and advocacy organization that encourages and supports the trust-based philanthropy approach developed by the now-defunct Whitman Institute that encourages grantmakers to put more trust in the nonprofit organizations they fund.
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The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is a left-of-center organization that advocates on issues affecting Asian and Pacific Islander American women. Its focus areas include expanded abortion access and health benefits for illegal immigrants. 445
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Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps, is a left-of-center year-long program for 22- to 26-year-old Jews who are “emerging changemakers,” “passionate about social justice,” and interested in a “pluralistic Jewish community.” 468 Corps members match with
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The Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) is a coalition of nonprofits and individuals dedicated to promoting left-of-center environmentalist policies in energy, water and land stewardship, and urban planning. 485 As of
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The Forest Justice Defense Fund (FJDF) is a monetary fund established to pay for the activism of several Atlanta, Georgia-based environmentalist and radical-left groups, including paying for the organization of protests. The fund has supported protesters from the Forest Defenders movement who oppose the construction of a police training
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Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Action is a left-of-center anti-Israel group that is the lobbying and political action arm of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), a self-described Jewish group that opposes U.S. assistance to the state of Israel and supports allowing Palestinians to live on land within Israel vacated
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The Electoral Justice Project is a left-of-center social initiative to mobilize Black voters. It is a project of the Movement for Black Lives, which is a fiscally sponsored project of the Common Counsel Foundation.
