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The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is an advocacy group that claims to advocate for non-partisan action on behalf of the Iranian-American community in domestic and foreign policy issues. NIAC pushes for a range of policy positions sympathetic to the Islamic Republic of Iran government, including an end to all
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Non-profit
Third Way Institute is the charitable arm of Third Way, a lobbying and advocacy organization that advocates for “modern center-left ideas.” 95 Third Way Institute was founded in 2005 and helps fund the tax-exempt work
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Non-profit
Also see the similarly named Foundation to Promote Open Society (Nonprofit) The Open Society Foundations (OSF; formally Open Society Institute) is a private grantmaking foundation created and funded by billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros. OSF was founded in 1993 as the Open Society Institute (OSI), which remains the foundation’s
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Non-profit
The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a left-of-center think tank and advocacy group that is active on a variety of public policy issues. It operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with 2020 revenues totaling approximately $6.9 million. Since 2021, its executive director has been Tope Folarin.
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The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is a left-wing litigation and advocacy group focused on immigration, election procedure, and Census and demographic interest issues. Founded in the late 1960s with extensive financial support from the left-wing Ford Foundation which continues through the present day, MALDEF is
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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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Non-profit
The Independent Institute is a nonpartisan public policy think tank that seeks to advance peaceful, free societies through its research and publications. The Independent Institute has seven educational centers that conduct research and present findings as public policy solutions for a wide range of social and economic issues.
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Labor Union
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal worker union with over 300,000 members.602 Affiliated with the AFL-CIO union federation since its founding, AFGE collectively bargains
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Aspen Institute is a left-leaning, Washington, D.C.-headquartered think tank that focuses on convening senior-level professionals, hosting events, and driving dialogue across the business, communications, education, environment, health, criminal justice, philanthropy, and national security affairs sectors. 640
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The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) is a left-of-center government watchdog organization. 686 Initially created to target Defense Department spending, POGO criticizes national-security and homeland-security agencies.
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United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a New York-based organization that aims to inform the public about the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ruling regime, including its intent to possess nuclear weapons, as well as Iran’s role as the world’s largest state sponsor of international terrorism and as a major violator
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Non-profit
The Legal Insurrection Foundation (LIF) is a nonprofit right-of-center news and commentary website that supports free speech and free expression through research and investigative reporting. LIF supports individuals who are targeted by censorship at universities, businesses, and government by calling attention to those who attempt to “cancel” or de-platform individuals
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Other Group
Election Law at Ohio State (ELOSU) is an election law and administration research and education program housed at the Ohio State University (OSU) Moritz College of Law. Its researchers investigate challenges facing election administrators, and the institution shares this research with policymakers to influence legislation pertaining to elections and voting.
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Non-profit
The One World Fund is a grantmaking organization that has provided funding to left-of-center organizations including the New Venture Fund, Truthout, the Democratic Socialists of America Fund, and In These Times.
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Person
Carla Hayden is a senior fellow at the Mellon Foundation and former CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Person
Michele Kang is a businesswoman, investor, and philanthropist, listed in the Forbes “America’s Richest Self-Made Women in 2025,” the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Philanthropy 50” in 2025, and TIME magazine’s “TIME100 Philanthropy 2025.” She has focused much of her business and philanthropic investments in women’s sports.
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Non-profit
The Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation based in New York City. In 2023, the Foundation gave over $35 million to nonprofit organizations focused on education, public policy, the arts, and other social services.
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Non-profit
The Zell Family Foundation is a private family foundation based in Chicago, Illinois founded by the late real estate investor and billionaire philanthropist Sam Zell. It is a major funder in the Chicago area, particularly in education. In 2023, the foundation awarded over $133 million in grants.
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Non-profit
The Town Branch Foundation is a grantmaking foundation created and operated by Jim Walton, the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
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George Washington Armstrong Foundation is a right-of-center private foundation that makes grants in support of free-market education initiatives and to promote conservative principles. 818 The George Washington Armstrong foundation was founded
