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The 3 Percent Project (3% Project) is a Canadian climate change advocacy group. It’s a project of the Canada-based Foundation for Environmental Stewardship.
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Patrick Young is one of the main organizers of Shut Down DC, an environmentalist activist coalition that conducted demonstrations blocking roadways in Washington, D.C. in September 2019.
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Heather Podesta is a Democratic-aligned lobbyist and lawyer who runs Invariant Group, the largest female-owned lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. Podesta and her firm have worked for a range of organizations across the political spectrum. Though Podesta and her staff have worked in nearly every industry, her firm focuses primarily
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Justin Gillis is an op-ed writer for the New York Times on environmentalism and an author on climate change awareness. Formerly, he worked at The Associated Press, The Miami Herald, and The Washington Post.
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Chino Cienega Foundation (CCF) is a California-based private grantmaking foundation that funds environmentalist activism and advocacy related to the effects of the Vietnam War. Chino Cienega maintains no paid staff, but is completely run by its board of directors and advisory board.
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Flora Family Foundation (FFF) is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation focused on two main program areas, which it refers to as the “Climate Protection Program,” and the “Gap Program.” Between 2017 and 2019, the Foundation contributed over $3 million to organizations focused on climate change, especially in regards to limiting the
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The D.N. Batten Foundation contributes millions to a broad array of organizations including left-of-center environmentalist groups focusing on climate change, and other environmentalist priorities. 1 The foundation is founded by, named after and led by Dorothy Batten, the daughter and
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EarthRights International (ERI) is a left-of-center litigation nonprofit created in 1995 that provides pro bono legal representation in environmental lawsuits. The group is run by its two co-founders, Burmese political activist Ka Hsaw Wa and his wife, Katie Redford.
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The Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that promotes the adoption of local policy initiatives developed through the lens of race. It was previously known as Equity Atlanta but changed its name in 2010. PSE is an offspring of, and works with, the left-of-center PolicyLink to
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Take Back the Court (formal name: Take Back the Court Foundation) is a left-of-center advocacy group which aims to add seats to the United States Supreme Court once Democrats gain control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in order to effectively nullify Republican Supreme Court appointments. Take
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The Columbia Journalism Review is a magazine and website published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism that monitors the news media industry. Though it claims not to identify with a political point of view, it has affiliations with openly left-leaning media outlets such as The Nation and
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MacKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Formerly known as MacKenzie Bezos, she is recognized as the third-wealthiest woman in the world after a divorce settlement left her with an estimated $37 billion.
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The 11th Hour Project is the main grant-making vehicle of the left-of-center Schmidt Family Foundation of former Alphabet (Google) CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy Schmidt. It chiefly supports nonprofit organizations that focus on environmentalist advocacy and international development issues. Background Founded in 2006, the
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Founded by R. Stanton and Dorothy Avery with a donation of a portion of the wealth generated from the Avery-Dennison company they founded, the Durfee Foundation funds sabbaticals for non-profit leaders, provides support for innovators’ efforts to solve Los Angeles-area community problems, aids students and communities in scientific research of
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The Henry P. Kendall Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization. The foundation supports environmentalist organizations and other projects throughout the New England area. The foundation is also active in public school and university grantmaking. The children of industrial manager Henry P. Kendall founded the institution in 1957, focusing its activities
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The GroundTruth Project (formerly the GroundTruth Initiative) is a 501(c)(3) left-of-center media and journalism nonprofit organization that covers local news. GroundTruth is the fiscal sponsor of Report for America, a group created in 2018 to insert left-leaning journalists into news organizations across the U.S. in order to fill “a
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Clif Bar Family Foundation is the corporate philanthropy of Clif Bar and Company, a manufacturer of snack foods. It funds a number of left-of-center advocacy groups, especially those with an environmentalist outlook. Company In 1992, Clif Bar and Company was founded as a food business targeting cyclists: Gary Erikson, himself
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LightBox Collaborative is a nonprofit and philanthropic consulting firm based in San Francisco. The firm works with a variety of organizations advocating for left-of-center social and economic policy, with an agenda that includes LGBT rights, civic engagement, immigration, the environment, and labor rights.
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Steven Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who served as U.S. Secretary of Energy in the Barack Obama administration. Chu is a leading advocate for aggressive left-leaning environmentalist legislation to combat climate change. Chu is famous for some of his unconventional ideas for combating climate change; most notable,
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More Than Scientists is a left-of-center organization of scientists and others who are calling for left-progressive environmentalist policies to counter climate change. It was founded by Seattle-area angel investor and former Apple and Microsoft computer scientist Eric Michelman. The organization is an outgrowth of the Climate Change Education
