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Person
Susan Pritzker is a philanthropist, feminist, and political activist focused on left-of-center issues and redistribution of wealth. She married Nicholas Pritzker, a member of the family that started Hyatt Hotels Corporation and one of America’s richest families, and has spent over 45 years involved in philanthropy and activism. In
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Person
Silvia Federici is a Marxist and feminist writer and teacher who is on the governing council of the socialist organization Progressive International. 1
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The Chicago Torture Justice Center (CTJC) is a left-of-center organization that advocates for reparations for victims of police torture, including individuals as well as their families. The organization was originally founded to seek compensation for victims of Jon Burge, a former commander in the Chicago Police Department who is believed
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Emancipate NC is a North Carolina based left-of-center criminal justice policy organization. The organization has advocated for defunding the police, eliminating cash-bail, ending incarceration for juvenile criminal offenders, and limiting incarceration for adult criminal offenders.1 Emancipate NC is
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Voter Justice Project is a fiscally sponsored project of the left-of-center New Venture Fund, which is managed by left-leaning philanthropic consulting company Arabella Advisors. 1 It supports the restoration of voting
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Results for America is a policy advocacy group that aims to influence government workers and politicians to adopt programs it asserts will lead to more equitable outcomes. It subscribes to the left-of-center doctrine of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and critical race theory-influenced concepts, such as systemic racism.
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Classical Uprising (CU) brings classical music to people where they gather as a means of popularizing classical music. The organization’s name was chosen as a call to challenge existing norms and support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and LGBT people.
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The Jewish Leadership Project is a right-leaning group founded by pro-Israel activists Charles Jacobs and Avi Goldwasser in 2022 that contends establishment Jewish organizations fail to understand the nature of anti-Jewish bigotry in the United States.
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The Portland Association of Teachers is a left-of-center teachers’ union representing educators in the Portland, Oregon public school district. The union represents around 3,500 teachers within the Portland Public School system, which serves 49,000 students. The union has supported a variety of left-of-center issues and causes in its history and
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Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is a cross-industry service-sector labor union primarily located in located in the American South. 1 USSW formed in November 2022
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The Texas State Teachers Association is a left-of-center teachers union representing public school educators in Texas. The union is affiliated with the left-of-center National Education Association and is one of two major statewide teachers’ unions in Texas, the other being the Texas AFT affiliated with the American Federation
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Dorrance Dance is a left-wing tap dance performance nonprofit located in New York City. The group attained notice among political watchers for having appeared in a December 2023 holiday-themed musical video filmed at the White House during the Biden administration.
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The William T. Grant Foundation is a donor nonprofit that gives between five and six-figure annual donations to universities, such as Duke University, to fund programs such as Duke’s “Making Black Reparations in America,” on controversial public-policy topics. The foundation also gives grants to policy and media groups like
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Hoffman Brouse Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation founded by Mark Brouse and Lynn Hoffman-Brouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2022, the foundation distributed $67,000 in grants. The largest donations went to organizations focused on the environment and abortion access.
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Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Chicago is the Chicago branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy organization for Muslims in the United States. The founders of the national CAIR organization have been suspected of supporting radical groups, particularly Hamas.
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Education Reform Now (ERN) is a left-of-center education activist organization. ERN supports the far-left Black Lives Matter movement,
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Adasina Social Capital is an investment advisory firm that focuses its investments on left-of-center social advocacy involving race, gender, economic equality, and climate. 1 It developed the Adasina Social Justice Investment Criteria to create investment
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Alliance for the Great Lakes is a Chicago, Illinois-based environmentalist nonprofit with a focus on the Great Lakes. In March 2021, it announced a left-of-center, identity politics influenced framework of environmental justice is its top priority.
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Foreign Policy for America (FP4A) is a left-of-center foreign policy advocacy organization that was founded in 2017 in response to the election of President Donald Trump. 1
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Common Justice is a Brooklyn-based criminal justice advocacy organization that promotes efforts to defund the police and end the incarceration of criminals, including violent felons. 1 The
