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James Gollin is a former investment fund executive and current Democratic donor who is active in a number of left-of-center political causes. Gollin is involved in activist nonprofits focused on environmentalism, Democratic Party politics, and political causes in South and Central America. He is married to fellow donor and activist
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Talia Lavin is an “extremism researcher” for the left-of-center media criticism organization Media Matters for America, a position she’s held since July 2018. Lavin has also been a freelance writer for publications such as the Washington Post and Lilith magazine.
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For more information, see American Bridge 21st Century (Super PAC) American Bridge 21st Century Foundation is the 501(c)(4) advocacy arm of American Bridge 21st Century, a PAC created by Democratic Party operative David Brock to attack Republican politicians. American Bridge 21st Century Foundation is a major donor to
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Kelly Craighead is the CEO of the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) and former president of Democracy Alliance, a major donor clearinghouse for Democratic and left-wing donors and advocacy organizations. Craighead started her political career in the Clinton White House and is reportedly a close associate and friend
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Kyle Herrig is an activist and attorney who serves on the boards of, or as an adviser to, various left-of-center advocacy projects. Several projects he serves with are connected to the New Venture Fund, a nonprofit organization created and managed by philanthropic firm Arabella
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Laurie Zeller, sometimes written as Laurie Hirschfeld Zeller, is currently a Denver-based non-profit consultant. She has served as an executive at several left-wing organizations in Colorado. Zeller has been involved in left-wing causes since the 1980s. She was executive director of the Colorado Democracy Alliance. As of early 2019,
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Non-profit
The Lewis Foundation is a private foundation primarily funded by its president Adam J. Lewis. 1 Adam Lewis is the son of the late billionaire Peter B. Lewis, the former
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The Colorado Independent is a left-of-center political news website focused on Colorado. The site frames stories and publishes opinion pieces in ways that demonstrate support for liberal expansionist immigration policy including legal status for illegal immigrants, environmentalist initiatives, and gun control. The website was founded by the left-of-center American
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The Kendeda Fund is the private philanthropic foundation created by Diana Blank in 1993. Blank, the ex-wife of Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, was not known to be the Fund’s principal donor until 2015.
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Ezra Reese is the Political Law Chair for the Elias Law Group, a DC-based law firm created by American attorney Marc Elias that focuses on, “electing Democrats, supporting voting rights, and helping progressives make change.”
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Correct the Record was a super PAC created to support the 2016 presidential candidacy of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by providing opposition research on her opponents in the election. The PAC was run by Clinton ally David Brock as part of a network designed to boost
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The Dwoskin Family Foundation is the personal private foundation of Democratic Party donors Albert Dwoskin and his wife, Claire. In addition to funding left-of-center organizations, the Dwoskin Family Foundation is a prominent financer of anti-vaccine groups, including the National Vaccine Information Center, which CNN calls “the loudest voice” in
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Social Security Works is a social welfare organization that lobbies for left-of-center policy reforms related to Social Security. It is the convening member of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition, a network of left-progressive groups advocating expansions of welfare programs. History Social Security Works was founded in 2010
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CREDO Mobile Super PAC is no longer in operation; for its successor, see CREDO Victory Fund The CREDO Mobile Super PAC was founded in 2012 by CREDO Mobile as part of the company’s mission to support left-of-center causes. The PAC raised millions during the 2012 and 2014 election
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Perkins Coie is a Seattle-based law firm of more than 1,000 lawyers, roughly 40 of which work for its political law practice that serves Democratic and left-of-center political candidates and non-profit clients. Perkins Coie received at least $26 million for legal fees and related expenses during the 2016 election cycle
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Karl Frisch Associates (KFA) was a for-profit consulting firm owned and operated by left-of-center activist and Democratic operative Karl Frisch that existed from 2014 to 2015. 1 KFA’s clients included the
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Karl Frisch is a Democratic politician and political operative who has worked with several left-progressive political campaigns and organizations as a communications director, press secretary, and field director at the federal level. He is member of the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia and sits as chair of the board’s
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Non-profit
ClimateTruth.org, formerly known as Forecast the Facts, is a campaign that began to pressure television weather forecasters to accept man-made global warming and promote it as a cause of weather events that later expanded to pressuring news organizations to block comment from climate change skeptics. It also pressures businesses to
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Doug Phelps is the president and executive director of the controversial left-wing organizing entity known as the Public Interest Network. Phelps holds a number of additional roles inside the left-progressive movement in addition to his position with Public Interest Network, a collection of over 15 national groups that work
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Non-profit
The Mai Family Foundation is the private foundation of Vincent A. Mai, a South Africa-born investment banker who is the current chairman and CEO of Cranemere, LLC, a former employee of the leveraged buyout firm AEA Investors, and past managing director of Lehman Brothers. In 2017 the Mai Family Foundation
