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Corridor Partners is a left-of-center consultancy group focused on providing clients with environmentalist-aligned strategies to address climate change, including promoting the reduction and elimination of the use of conventional energy sources. Background Corridor Partners is a for-profit consultancy group that advises donors and other clients on strategies to achieve left-of-center
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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust is the private grantmaking foundation of the late real estate developer and philanthropist Bernard Spitzer and his wife, Anne, whose children include former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D). The foundation is a major contributor to left-of-center nonprofits. Background Formed in 2001
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William (Bill) J. Roberts is a left-of-center political activist, environmentalist, and philanthropist who works as the principal consultant of Corridor Partners consultancy firm. He is also a board member of League of Conservation Voters (LCV), a left-of-center environmentalist political advocacy group, and has held leadership positions at both
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Win Florida, Inc. is a 501(c)(4) left-of-center grantmaking group that promotes left-wing causes in Florida by donating to voter registration groups and PACs. The organization was terminated in 2018 and is now defunct. Leadership Win Florida was led by its president Carlos Odio, a superdelegate for the Democratic National Convention
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Alexis McGill Johnson is the acting President and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She entered the role on July 16, 2019 following the departure of Leana Wen.
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Nima Shirazi is a vice president at Spitfire Strategies, a Democratic-aligned political consultancy. He also sits on the board of the left-of-center Proteus Fund. He previously worked as a communications strategist for Atlantic Philanthropies and as a senior fellow and founding member of the Narrative Initiative. As a regular foreign
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Eric Ward is executive director of the Western States Center, a left-wing policy advocacy group. He is also on the board of Proteus Fund. He previously worked as a program officer for the Ford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, and Center for New Community.
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Sara Gould is a philanthropy consultant and program design strategist. She previously worked as director of the Economic Development Project for the Ms. Foundation for Women in New York, associate director of Caring Across Generations, and senior fellow for Atlantic Philanthropies.
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The Themis Fund is a center-left donor collaborative that channels grants from foundations to anti-death penalty litigation nonprofits. The Themis Fund is a project of the Proteus Fund, a major funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit. Background The Themis Fund provides small grants to support litigation to outlaw capital punishment
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Partners for Dignity and Rights (formerly known as the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative) is an activist organization that advocates for left-of-center policies regarding economics, social issues, health care, housing, education, and labor unionism. The organization supports left-leaning policies including government-run health care and the Green New Deal.
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Lynn Fahselt is the co-founder and executive director of ReThink Media. She has worked as a communications consultant to several left-of-center organizations, including the Carnegie Corporation, the Open Society Institute, the Proteus Fund, the Piper Fund, the Atlantic Philanthropies, Fenton, and the Ploughshares
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The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) develops policy recommendations through research projects, including those on election integrity and analyzing various Russian state-backed communications. The Alliance for Securing Democracy is led by Laura Thornton and consists of an advisory council of more than a dozen individuals including John Podesta, former
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John Koza is a left-leaning California mathematician, businessman, and registered Democratic voter. Koza is the co-founder, chair, and a member of the board of directors of National Popular Vote, an organization attempting to replace the state-by-state Electoral College in Presidential elections with a plurality-at-large national vote. Anti-Electoral College Advocacy
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The Latino Engagement Action Fund (LEAF) is the sister organization of the Latino Engagement Fund (LEF) – a left-of-center grantmaking organization which backs initiatives aimed at the Hispanic community and the campaigns of candidates who claim to represent the interests of Hispanic voters. The LEAF and LEF are affiliated
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Protect the Investigation was an initiative created by a coalition of left-of-center organizations in order to help advance the since-disproven belief that President Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government. The initiative intended to advance public support for the theory and support for the corresponding investigation
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Health Care Voter is a left-of-center healthcare advocacy organization created in 2017 to block the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”). The group is closely connected with professional Democratic Party politics; Health Care Voter co-chair Brad Woodhouse is a longtime Democratic Party
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The Make It Work Campaign was a three-year campaign that began in 2014 targeting the 2016 election season. 1 The main focuses were on women’s economic advancement issues. It also sought to “update the narrative around
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Richard Kirsch is a left-of-center advocacy operative and author currently directing the Proteus Fund’s Our Story Hub project. He is most notable for his prior service as national campaign manager and co-founder of the Health Care for America Now campaign, a liberal advocacy effort that is credited
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Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an environmentalist think tank based in Colorado. It was established in 1982 by activist Amory Lovins. Lovins has been an opponent of zero carbon nuclear energy and, along with other RMI researchers, has repeatedly criticized nuclear power.
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Ken Grossinger is a left-wing political consultant working for Democracy Partners as director of the firm’s Impact Philanthropy and Donor Advising Division. He previously worked as a political strategist for the Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO.1 He
