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Non-profit
The Center for International Policy is a non-profit public policy research and advocacy think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City. It was founded in 1975 in response to the Vietnam War. Funding Donors to CIP Between 1999 and 2018, CIP received over $20 million from foundations:
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Non-profit
The Brookings Institution is an American think tank aligned with the political establishment which conducts research and policy analysis on foreign policy, metropolitan policies, and economics. The Institution has its main office in Washington, D.C. 2 The
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Non-profit
The Atlantic Advocacy Fund is a Delaware-based left-of-center 501(c)(4) pass-through nonprofit associated with Atlantic Philanthropies, a Bermuda-based foundation which makes grants in the United States. Funding Between 2007 and 2015, Atlantic Philanthropy’s 501(c)(4) Atlantic Advocacy Fund provided a series of grants toward several Tides Advocacy projects and
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Non-profit
The Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative is a program at San Francisco State University founded and led by controversial professor Rabab Abdulhadi. Abdulhadi’s actions under the auspices of the initiative have led to allegations of antisemitism and resulted in a lawsuit against the university claiming anti-Jewish discrimination was
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Non-profit
The Women Donors Network (WDN) is a left-of-center donor networking group for female advocacy funders. The claims over 200 donor members who contribute over $175 million to left-of-center causes each year.
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Non-profit
The Native Organizers Alliance (NOA) is a left-of-center Native American activist group fiscally sponsored by Alliance for a Just Society, a part of left-wing community organizing group People’s Action. 85 NOA is a participating
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Non-profit
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice is a left-of-center health and environmentalist advocacy group that works with marginalized communities to conduct activism on environmental, social, economic, racial, and climate issues. 118
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Other Group
Defend Our Future is an environmentalist youth-activist organization which was acquired by the Climate Action Campaign (CAC) in 2024 from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
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Non-profit
America’s Voice is an immigration activist organization that advocates for citizenship for illegal immigrants residing in the United States and supports the issuance of state-issued drivers licenses to illegal immigrants
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Other Group
52Feminists.com was a web-based project featuring short profiles of women (a few men are included) who market themselves as feminist entrepreneurs. Most of those profiled were Americans working in corporate or creative industries, charities, or feminist non-profit organizations. Several are business owners promoting their companies or professional services. A few
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Non-profit
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) conducts scientific research in an effort to increase the quality, quantity, and length of human life. OISM’s laboratory research includes protein biochemistry, diagnostic and preventative medicine, nutrition, and aging. It also performs work intended to improve basic education and emergency preparedness.
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The Atlantic Philanthropies, primarily based in Bermuda, were a collection of principally overseas organizations founded by businessman Charles “Chuck” Feeney in 1982. 229 Due to technicalities of American foundation
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Non-profit
The Energy Action Fund (previously called the Green Tech Action Fund) is a left-of-center environmental advocacy nonprofit and the lobbying and advocacy arm of the Energy Foundation, a major pass-through funder to environmentalist organizations and causes. The group was formed in 2008 to conduct advocacy activity and make grants
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Non-profit
NEO Philanthropy Action Fund (formerly Public Interest Projects Action Fund) is the lobbying and election-related advocacy arm of left-of-center funding pass-through NEO Philanthropy (formerly Public Interest Projects). It provides financial support to left-of-center lobbying and election-related advocacy groups including Asian Americans Advancing Justice, NextGen Climate Action, and
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Non-profit
Freedom to Marry Action (FTM Action) was a lobbying organization associated with Freedom to Marry, which advocated for securing state recognition and normalization of same-sex marriage across the United States. From 2011 to 2015, FTM Action spent more than $1.6 million lobbying for same-sex marriage.
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For-profit
Note: This profile will be updated regularly as more information emerges on Arabella Advisors’ acquisition by Sunflower Services. Arabella Advisors, commonly called “Arabella,” or the “Arabella network,” is a left-leaning philanthropic consulting company that provides strategy, advocacy, impact investing, and management services to high-dollar foundations, nonprofits, corporations,
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Non-profit
The Piper Fund is a campaign finance reform donor collaborative hosted by the Proteus Fund, a center-left funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit. The Piper Action Fund is the advocacy arm of the Piper Fund and is hosted by the 501(c)(4) Proteus Action League. Both the Piper Fund and
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For-profit
New Media Ventures (NMV) is a left-of-center organization that invests in newly established nonprofits that seek to use advocacy and social media to advance left-wing policies. The group is a fiscally-sponsored project of Tides Advocacy, a left-of-center advocacy organization associated with the Tides Nexus
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Non-profit
Freedom to Marry (FTM) advocated for the for state recognition and normalization of same-sex marriage across the United States. The organization was disbanded in 2016 after the Supreme Court in 2015 struck down laws prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages in Obergefell v. Hodges.
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Non-profit
The Earth Island Institute (EII) is an environmentalist advocacy organization that serves as an incubator and fiscal sponsor for left-of-center environmental advocacy campaigns. It also engages in litigation, leadership training, and publishes a quarterly magazine.
