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The Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation is a left-of-center special-interest law firm. The Foundation files lawsuits against companies who produce pollutants and the state of Pennsylvania in order to demand more environmental regulations and restrictions. The Foundation’s biggest victory was a lawsuit against the state of Pennsylvania that sought to ban
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Barbara Sargent is a left-of-center philanthropist living in California. Along with her husband, Tom Sargent, Sargent has formed multiple left-of-center foundations. Most notably, Sargent formed the Kalliopeia Foundation, a left-of-center grantmaking organization that funds environmentalist policies, left-of-center Native American interests, and expanded immigration policies. Sargent has poured over $67,625,194
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The International Labor Organization (ILO) is an agency of the United Nations that promulgates standards for worker protection. The ILO is a tripartite organization in which all programs, policies, and standards must be approved by representatives of governments, employers, and workers.
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The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is a public interest law firm that specializes in Native American tribal law and representation. Since its founding in 1970, NARF has been one of the most prominent organizations involved in litigation affecting Native American tribes and the development of American Indian law. Founding
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Edgar Villanueva is a left-of-center activist, author and nonprofit executive who is the founder and principal of the Decolonizing Wealth Project, a far-left community organizing group that funds advocacy by activist groups, especially those associated with Native American communities and the Black Lives Matter movement. Villanueva founded the
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The Bobolink Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation created by former Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO and George W. Bush administration Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and his wife, Wendy. It focuses on the conservation of landscapes and wildlife, especially in grasslands and coastal areas throughout the Americas. Overview
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Person
Roger Milliken, Jr. is an environmentalist and major left-of-center donor based in Maine. He is the husband of Margot Milliken and the son of late major conservative donor and textile tycoon Roger Milliken. Milliken, a timber company owner, is an avid environmentalist. He is the former chair of
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Omidyar Network is an LLC created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam Omidyar to make philanthropic “impact investments.” Its sister group, the Omidyar Network Fund is a 501(c)(3) grantmaking foundation. Omidyar Network and the Omidyar Network Fund are often referred to interchangeably, and both support
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The Biden-Harris Transition refers to the process of transitioning the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. As part of that
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Also see Sea Change Foundation (Nonprofit) Nathaniel “Nat” Simons is a billionaire, hedge fund manager, and major donor to left-of-center causes and organizations, much of it through the Sea Change Foundation, a San Francisco-based grantmaking foundation he co-founded in 2006 with his wife, Laura Baxter-Simons.
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Woodtiger Fund is a Pennsylvania-based foundation that primarily funds environmentalist projects, especially opposition to natural gas exploration. The organization also funds environmentalist journalism and wildlife conservation projects. The fund is an offshoot of the Wallace Global Fund, which traces its roots to a foundation created by former U.S. Vice
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Movement
See also: For a more complete list of public figures who promoted collusion claims, please see this resource from the Capital Research Center. Starting at least by July 2016 and continuing through March 2019, the FBI and then the office of Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert
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Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship (CRS) was founded in 1999 as the REP Environmental Education Foundation, changing its name in 2012. CRS is the charitable arm of Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP), which has been doing business as ConservAmerica since 2012. Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship attempts to be a critical
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Conservative Energy Network is an advocacy organization that connects state-based ostensibly right-of-center environmentalist organizations. Founded and led by political strategist and consultant Mark Pischea,1 CEN promotes anti-pollution and clean energy policies from ideologically conservative premises, including an
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Person
MacKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Formerly known as MacKenzie Bezos, she is recognized as the third-wealthiest woman in the world after a divorce settlement left her with an estimated $37 billion.
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The Rudolf Steiner Foundation (better known today by its business name RSF Social Finance) is a financial services organization which receives its funding from a group of investors and uses its resources to issue loans and grants to a variety of businesses and advocacy groups with left-of-center missions.
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John Gilroy is director of the U.S. Public Lands program with Pew Charitable Trusts. Gilroy formerly worked as a campaign staffer for the center-left advocacy group New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) and as executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.
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The Simons Foundation is a private foundation founded by left-leaning Renaissance Technologies hedge fund founder James Simons and his wife, Marilyn. The Foundation funds research in four broad areas: mathematics and physical sciences, life sciences, autism research, and “Outreach & Education.” The Foundation conducts its own research through the Flatiron
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The 444S Foundation is an environmentalist grantmaking organization associated with the family of the late former Sierra Club president Edgar Wayburn.
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The Wyncote Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking foundation run by the heirs to the Otto Haas family estate. The foundation is primarily focused on supporting environmentalist advocacy groups and non-profits promoting public journalism and broadcasting, while also supporting the arts, conservationists, and health service organizations.
