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Spark Climate Solutions (Spark) is an environmentalist organization supporting left-of-center climate change policies. It was founded in October 2021 with an initial focus on methane removal and methane reduction. It works with others in the climate change field on research and development, building a network of climate change scientists, funding
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The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) is a left-of-center California-based policy and research organization that advocates for policies it believes will reduce gun violence and increase leniency in the criminal justice system . Founded in 2017, NICJR is a member of the African American-led Coalition to Advance Public Safety,
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Clean Up the River Environment (CURE) is a left-of-center environmentalist advocacy group that works to influence energy policies and the political climate in rural Minnesota. CURE’s “Equity Statement” says that it works to alter systems that drive problems with both the environment and society, and that “CURE must practice equity,
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Steve Jurvetson is a venture capitalist who supports the left-of-center Audacious Project, 1 which he has called a “bold adventure in social philanthropy.”
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American Opportunity is a lobbying group funded in large part by billionaire media executive, former New York mayor, and unsuccessful presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, a major financial contributor to numerous left-of-center causes and Democratic Party political campaigns. The organization attracted media attention in March 2023 after launching a large-scale
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Mike Cannon-Brookes is an Australian technology billionaire who has expanded his interest and investment from software to various environmentalist activism concerns. These efforts have ranged from an attempt to take over Australia’s largest power company and carbon emitter to force it to close coal-fired power plants, to experiments with alternative
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Ballmer Group is a philanthropy founded by Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, who is among the richest people in the world. It was co-founded by his wife Connie Ballmer. Organizations funded by the Ballmer Group include Color of
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Change the Ref (CTR) is an activist group that promotes gun control. Founders Manuel and Patricia Oliver combine art, disruption, and activism to encourage people to vote against politicians who support the Second Amendment right to bear arms and to engage in advocacy for gun control. Founder Manuel Oliver has
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Climate Imperative Foundation is a San Francisco-based environmentalist advocacy group focused on climate change. It is a charitable organization that survives off donations. Its major donors include the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which gave it a $20,000,000 grant in 2021. As of 2023, the Foundation’s president was Hal
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FairVote Action is the advocacy arm of FairVote. The organization supports ranked-choice voting, universal voter registration, and abolition of the Electoral College, and lowering the legal age to vote to 16 years old.
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Schmidt Futures is a scientific research firm and social philanthropy founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy Schmidt in 2017. It dedicates its funds to scientists, researchers, and programs that work on artificial intelligence (AI), synthetic biology, and other STEM-related projects. Schmidt Futures
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18by Vote is a youth-voter outreach organization that operates in six states. 1 Its activists are funded by grants from the left-of-center political action committee Progressive Turnout Project, and it circulates petitions in support
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Rebellion Defense is a software development firm that specializes in advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the U.S. national defense. Former Google CEO and left-of-center philanthropist Eric Schmidt sits on its board.
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Meridian Energy Group is a private, venture-capital-backed company based in North Dakota that constructs and operates fuel refineries. It is notable for its “environmental and social and governance” directives. Background Meridian Energy Group is a private venture capital-backed company founded in 2012 in Belfield, North Dakota that specializes in
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Valhalla Foundation (Valhalla) is a nonprofit foundation located in Woodside, California that focuses on early childhood education, medical research funding, environmental issues, and equity. It collaborates with other nonprofits, its two main partners being The Audacious Project and Blue Meridian Partners. The Valhalla Foundation was founded in 2003
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OZY Media is a left-of-center media company notable for controversies involving alleged deceptive activity including impersonation of a YouTube executive, as well as an announcement of closure followed by an unexpected relaunch three days later in 2021. Background OZY (sometimes styled Ozy or Ozy Media) was launched by former
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Sureel Sheth is a mergers, acquisitions, and major investor advisor for technology companies. He is a general partner with JMI Equity, a venture capital and business advising firm with offices in the Washington, D.C. area and California. He also sits on the board of directors of the Center for
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In late November 2022, billionaire Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk announced he would be releasing “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression.” He allowed six independent journalists, many of them with left-leaning backgrounds, access to internal Twitter documents and communications covering a period beginning in 2016 when
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Eric Braverman is an American businessman with an extensive track record in the left-of-center philanthropic industry. He is the chief executive officer of Schmidt Futures, a grantmaking project of Eric Schmidt, the former executive chairman of the tech giant Google and its parent company Alphabet. Braverman is
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Alameda Research was an investment firm focused on cryptocurrency founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. It went bankrupt in 2022 after revelations that Alameda and its sister company, crypto exchange FTX, engaged in dubious business practices that led to criminal charges against Bankman-Fried and co-CEO Caroline Ellison. Leadership Sam Bankman-Fried
