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For-profit
Alper Strategies and Media is a Democratic consulting firm created in 2017 by longtime Democratic strategist Jill Alper, with headquarters in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. 1 Alper Strategies was involved in a 2020 election
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Person
Saul Alinsky (1909-1972) was a leading political activist and theorist, social critic, self-described “radical,” and an architect of the modern Left’s structure and approach to advocacy and electioneering. Alinsky pioneered “community organizing,” a form of coalition-building centered on aligning the common goals of multiple interest groups too small or electorally
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For-profit
Panorama Education is a Boston-based education service company that combines the use of data and surveys to help develop curriculum for than 1,500 school districts across 50 states. 1 The company’s curricula have been criticized
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at independent agencies of the United States government. Nominations and Appointments AmeriCorps Michael D. Smith is Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service). He most recently served as Executive Director of the My Brother’s
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the Executive Office of the President. Nominations and Appointments Jen O’Malley Dillon is White House Deputy Chief of Staff. She was Campaign Manger for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, and prior to that for Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 campaign. She was a
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Person
Dan Gilbert is an American billionaire investor and businessman. He is the founder of Quicken Loans, now called Rocket Companies, which is the largest home mortgage lending firm in the United States. He is also the majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team. As of August 2021, Gilbert had
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Non-profit
The Gilbert Family Foundation is a philanthropic organization that primarily invests in projects intended to benefit the population and government of Detroit, Michigan. It also funds research in medical fields such as gene therapy, vision restoration, and curing neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerve pathways
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For-profit
Uber Technologies is an American technology company best known for its ridesharing and restaurant delivery services. Founded in 2009, Uber became one of the most successful startups in history and a leading company in Silicon Valley. As of January 2021, Uber was valued at over $80 billion.
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Nominations and Appointments Michele Chang was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy at the U.S. Economic Development Administration until 2022.
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Non-profit
The Horowitz Family Foundation is a grantmaking organization that gives to organizations which provide social services to various groups of people. Its founder Felicia Horowitz is a longtime left-progressive activist and advocate for left-of-center policy.
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Person
Sam Bankman-Fried is an American-born investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder of FTX, a cryptocurrency futures exchange based out of Hong Kong. He also founded the digital currency trading firm Alameda Research. In 2021, leading business publication Forbes estimated that Bankman-Fried has a net worth of at least
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Non-profit
The Michigan Center for Election Law and Administration (MCLEA), originally the Richard Austin Center for Election Law and Administration, was founded in 2008 by now-Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D). The MCLEA claims to be nonpartisan, but is run by Democratic operatives and hires Democratic consulting firms. MCELA did
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Non-profit
The Melville Charitable Trust is a private grantmaking foundation. It was created by the Melville family, whose wealth came from the Melville Corporation, a national retailer that evolved into the CVS drugstore chain. The trust is dedicated to fighting homelessness, and funds local and national public policy programs on housing
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Person
Robert Smith is a billionaire American businessman, financier, and philanthropist who amassed his fortune as the founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. As of April 2021, Smith was the wealthiest Black American, with a net worth of $6 billion.
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Non-profit
The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) is a left-of-center grantmaking organization and one of the largest community foundations in the state of Arizona. The ACF has approximately $903 million in assets as of March 2020 and has provided $853 million in grants since 1978.
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Person
Nicco Mele is a nonprofit manager and university instructor. He is the former Chair of the board for Democracy Works, an activist group which works to increase the voter participation among left-of-center demographics and receives funding from leading left-of-center philanthropic institutions, such as the MacArthur Foundation and the
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Non-profit
The Center for Michigan is a public policy nonprofit that operates two news sites: Bridge Michigan, which covers the state, and BridgeDetroit, which focuses on Detroit. Media Bias/Fact Check has rated Bridge Michigan as having a “left-center bias,” which includes taking editorial positions that favor left-of-center perspectives.
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Person
Michael S. Regan is a left-of-center environmental activist who is serving as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Biden administration. Previously, Regan was Secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality under Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC).
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Person
Alexander “Alex” Friedman is an American finance executive who formerly worked in the Clinton administration. For four years, Friedman also worked as chief financial officer of the left-of-center Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Political Party/527
Mind the Gap (MTG) is a left-wing super PAC dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win elections. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from Silicon Valley executives “who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the Democratic Party”
