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The Equity Lab (formerly the Fellowship for Race and Equity in Education) is a left-wing advisory firm that advises individuals and institutions to address the concepts of race, equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI) to create a critical race theory-inspired society filled with an “equitable, anti-racist citizenry.” Founded in 2014 to
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Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) is an activist nonprofit organization seeking to recruit and train Black educators, and it embraces a left-leaning ideology. CBED has stated that schools can be incubators for cruel and violent forces and espouses recruiting and training teachers to be social justice advocates using the
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The Emes Project, LLC, is a Seattle-based left-of-center initiative designed to “steward Sheri and Howard Schultz’s philanthropic efforts” at the left-of-center Schultz Family Foundation and support the Schultz’s work on policy advocacy and business ventures. 1
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The Rockbridge Network is a coalition of Republican donors founded by Christopher Buskirk, the editor of American Greatness.
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The Predistribution Initiative (PDI) pressures investors and financial institutions to comply with left-of-center policy and social objectives, particularly those related to environmentalism and race and class. Founded by a team of career investors and financial managers in 2019, the initiative highlights corporate practices that do not sufficiently support environmental,
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Gary Community Investments (GCI; also known as Gary Community Ventures) is the parent organization of both the Gary Community Investment Company and the left-of-center Piton Foundation, which invests in both for profit and non-profit organizations focusing on issues facing children and families in Colorado. The organization was founded by
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Matt Dalio is the son of billionaire investor Ray Dalio and is said to have a growing interest in the operation of his nonprofit Dalio philanthropies. 1
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The Thiel Foundation was founded in 2006 by tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook. 1
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Peter Thiel is a technology investor and a mega-donor to Republican Party candidates. 1 Thiel co-founded PayPal in 1998 and in 2004 was the first outside investor in Facebook. He was on the Facebook
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Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker is an American billionaire, Democratic politician, left-of-center philanthropist, co-founder of the Pritzker Group, and co-director of the Pritzker Family Foundation. In 2018, he was elected the 43rd governor of Illinois, taking office in January 2019. Background Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker is a member of the wealthy
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Nika Soon-Shiong is the daughter of billionaire scientist and businessman Patrick Soon-Shiong. 1 She is a consultant for the World Bank Group and
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Leading Educators (LE) is a critical race theory-aligned educational nonprofit that purports to create better educational outcomes for minority students by teaching left-of-center concepts about racial equity through mentoring. 1 In April 2021, LE released
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Communities In Schools (CIS) is an education advocacy and assistance organization which promotes the expansion of taxpayer-funded benefits programs offered through the public education system. In particular, the organization pushes for more existing social services to be integrated with public schools and placed under the control of the school system.
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Xan Tanner (also known as Alexander Tanner) is the co-founder of Panorama Education, an education analytics company. Tanner is the son-in-law of Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland. In 2021, the connection between the two came under scrutiny as Panorama’s curricula have been criticized by right-leaning journalists
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Chase Koch is the son of billionaire Charles Koch of Koch Industries. He is the president of Koch Disruptive Technologies and chairman of Stand Together Ventures. 1 Media reports have cast him
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Edward “Ed” W. Scripps Jr. is a businessman and philanthropist from Seattle. He is one of the heirs to the E.W. Scripps family fortune. Scripps and his wife Christy are major supporters of civic causes such as universities and other civic causes.
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Lukas Walton is the grandson of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart. As of February 2022, Forbes ranks Walton as the 41st wealthiest living person. 1 Walton serves on the board of several nonprofit organizations created
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Builders Vision is an environmentalist-aligned venture capital firm that was founded by Walmart heir Lukas Walton. It makes investments and gives charitable donations to support the development of environmentally friendly technology and practices.
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Jennifer Rainin is a left-of-center filmmaker and philanthropist from the San Francisco Bay area. She is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, a private grantmaking foundation that is named for her father. In addition to the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, she is the co-founder of the
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Stewart Paperin is a career investor and left-of-center philanthropy manager. He is the managing director of LionRock Partners and the Leopard Rock Property Group, which invests in a variety of ventures, most notably real estate. Paperin previously spent years working for and overseeing organizations within the Open Society Network,
