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Rob Stein was a Democratic political operative best known as a co-founder of Democracy Alliance, a collective of left-of-center donors seeking to establish a permanent “left infrastructure” since 2004. Stein formulated the strategic vision for the organization and also helped found its-state based counterpart, Committee on States. In
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Rob Reiner is a Hollywood actor and filmmaker, perhaps best known for his portrayal as Mike “Meathead” Stivic on the 1970s-era television show “All In the Family.” He has since gone on to have a long career as an actor, director, and producer.
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Randi Weingarten is a 30-year union executive who, aside from a brief one-semester stint as a full-time teacher, 1 has almost exclusively served as a union leader. Joining the
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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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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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The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI) is a non-partisan public policy think tank that advocates for greater economic choice and individual responsibility in New York. MI conducts research, publishes a quarterly magazine, City Journal, and has developed initiatives on college campuses in support of free-market ideas that shape political
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The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is an advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. It sprang from a predecessor group called the Institute for Humane Studies of Texas, which was established in 1984.
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The Hudson Institute is a right-of-center think tank based in Washington, D.C. The Institute’s scholars conduct research in the areas of defense, international relations, economics, health care, technology, culture, and law and make policy recommendations that support individual freedom, free markets, and economic growth based on technological innovation.
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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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The Capital Research Center (CRC) is a right-leaning nonprofit think tank specializing in the study of policy affecting and influence exercised by nonprofit organizations. The organization was founded in 1984 by Willa Ann Johnson, a Reagan administration official and then-senior vice president of the Heritage Foundation.
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The American Conservative Union (ACU) Foundation, or CPAC Foundation, is a nonprofit political organization that aims to educate citizens about conservative principles and advocate for conservative policies.
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The William H. Donner Foundation is a family foundation controlled by 29 descendants of William Henry Donner (1864-1953). Although best known for its grants to center-right advocacy organizations, it appears to have reduced this grantmaking in the past decade to increase grants for animal protection and environmentalist causes. History Donner
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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 Searle Freedom Trust is a private foundation created by Daniel C. Searle, chief executive officer with G.D. Searle, a pharmaceutical company. The trust, which primarily funds center-right public policy organizations, is scheduled to terminate in 2025. Daniel C. Searle Daniel C. Searle was the great-grandson of Gideon Daniel Searle,
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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 Koret Foundation is a charitable foundation located in San Francisco that supports community and educational institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Foundation also makes substantial contributions to support the Jewish community and promote strengthened relations between the United States and Israel. The Foundation has made a number
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The John William Pope Foundation is a family foundation based in North Carolina that derived its wealth from Variety Wholesalers, a regional retail store chain. Under the leadership James Arthur “Art” Pope, son of John William Pope, the Pope Foundation supports both national and North Carolina-focused center-right organizations and charities
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The Howard Charitable Foundation was formed in 1999 in Seattle, Washington. 1 The foundation’s namesake, Robert S. Howard, was the president of Howard Publishing, a family-owned publisher of 16 daily newspapers.
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The Ed Uihlein Family Foundation is the primary philanthropic vehicle of Richard Uihlein, founder of the Uline packaging and office supply firm and great-grandson of the co-founder of Schlitz Brewing. As a philanthropist, Uihlein has contributed to a variety of center-right nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on organizations supporting the
