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Quinn Delaney is a philanthropist, fundraiser, and major donor to left-of-center causes and Democratic politicians. In 2000, Delaney and her husband, real estate mogul Wayne Jordan, co-founded the Akonadi Foundation, a left-of-center racial justice grantmaking group primarily focused in Oakland, CA. Delaney has raised and personally donated millions
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Paul Egerman is a retired software engineer and political activist. A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he co-founded Interpretive Data Systems (later IDX), a medical information software company in 1974. After 20 years as COO, the company went public and Egerman retired. Egerman later co-founded and was CEO
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Patricia “Pat” Stryker is a billionaire heiress from Colorado. 1 In recent years Stryker has been one of the nation’s top political donors, giving more than $11 million to Democratic political candidates
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Norman Lear is a television producer who created a number of politically charged television shows, including “All in the Family,” “Maude,” and “The Jeffersons.” 1 Lear is a self-admitted
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Naomi Aberly is a left-of-center activist best known for chairing the board of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). She is an activist donor for a number of left-of-center and liberal PACs and candidates for public office. Aberly also sits on the board of directors for State Innovation
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Michelle Ringuette is a left-of-center political operative and organizer who since 2013 has worked as an official at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) where she has the title of assistant to the president for labor, government relations, and political affairs. She has worked in public relations and as
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Michael Kieschnick is the president and CEO of CREDO Mobile, a cellular service company than channels one percent of its revenues into left-of-center causes. Kieschnick has been involved with numerous left-wing groups, including the Real Justice PAC, the League of Women Voters, and NextGen Climate. Kieschnick
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Mary Kay Henry serves as the international president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Henry worked for the union almost continuously since 1979, 1 holding 18 different
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Keith Mestrich is a left-of-center banking executive and former labor union official who promotes the role of financial institutions with left-of-center political principles as partners to implement left-wing policy initiatives. Mestrich is currently transitioning out of his position as president of Amalgamated Bank, a financial institution owned by
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Judith Avery is the daughter of R. Stanton Avery, the founder of Avery Dennison Corporation and the inventor of self-sticking labels. 1
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Jonathan Soros is a prominent liberal donor. The son of liberal finance billionaire and political donor George Soros, Jonathan spent many years managing his father’s varied financial interests,1 and in
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Jared Polis is a liberal politician, internet businessman, and political donor. From 2009 to 2018, he served as the Democratic U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 2nd district, which is dominated by the university town of Boulder. In the 2018 midterm election, Polis was elected governor of Colorado. Polis earned a fortune
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Anna Burger has spent nearly her entire 40-year career working for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) joining in 1972.1 Labeled as the “Queen of Labor,”
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The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (often shortened to U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce, or U.S. Chamber) is the world’s largest business federation. The Chamber is the largest lobbying group in the country and generally supports right-of-center policies, though during the Trump and
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Vanguard Charitable is the fourth-largest manager of donor-advised funds (DAFs) and the 17th largest grantmaking organization in the United States as of 2017. 1 Founded by the commercial investment firm Vanguard in
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The San Francisco Foundation (SFF) is one of the nation’s largest community foundations. It is focused on “racial equity and economic inclusion” in the San Francisco Bay area.1 In 2023 SFF
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The Hirsch Family Foundation (HFF) is a private family foundation based in Dallas Texas. HFF funds a wide variety of charitable initiatives including scholarships, medical research, the arts, Jewish community interests, and foreign policy research. Between 2010 and 2017, HFF donated more than $5.2 million to the Center for European
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The Carson Family Charitable Trust is a private grantmaking foundation started by private equity advisor Russell L. Carson, a founding partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe. 1 The 501(c)(3)
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The Annenberg Foundation is a private foundation headquartered in Pennsylvania and Los Angeles, California, which focuses grants in the greater Los Angeles area as well as nationally. The foundation was founded by billionaire publisher and Nixon administration U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Annenberg, who was among the most prominent
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For the related superPAC, see Priorities USA (PAC) (Political Party/527) Priorities USA is a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization affiliated with the liberal super PAC Priorities USA Action. Senior Obama administration staffers Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney created the organization in 2011 to advocate for liberal issues in conjunction with
