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Zachor Legal Institute is a legal think tank and advocacy organization that aims to combat boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel; antisemitic activities; and anti-Israel movements in the United States in the commercial, university, and government sectors.
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Effective Institutions Project (EIP) is a working group of academics, businesses, philanthropic groups, and policy makers who seek to improve the quality of decision making at institutions, especially left-of-center philanthropies. Effective Institutions Project looks at altruistic factors and technological competence along with strategy models for determining how to improve decision
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The Sentencing Project is a criminal justice activism organization. 1 Since its founding in 1986 as a legal assistance and training organization for prisoners with
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The Siegel Family Endowment is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation that was founded in 2011 by technology entrepreneur David M. Siegel, co-founder of financial services company Two Sigma. The foundation focuses on technology and training programs as well as funding research and development projects connected to various nonprofit organizations. The foundation
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The Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law is a project of the New York University (NYU) School of Law that claims to address alleged racial biases in the legal system. The Center conducts research, creates publications, and hosts or sponsors various events. Activities The Center is a project housed
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Alabama Forward is a critical race theory-aligned coalition that supports a variety of Alabama-based left-of-center voter engagement projects and member groups. Background Alabama Forward was founded in 2021 by activist Evan Milligan as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization in Montgomery, Alabama. The group has member organizations, which are a
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The Georgia Muslim Voter Project (GAMVP) is a left-of-center voter registration organization that is focused on increasing voter turnout for Muslim communities. The organization has participated in multiple lawsuits against voting laws in Georgia, most recently against Senate Bill 202 which was enacted in 2021.
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Force the Issue NJ is a left-of-center nonprofit organization in New Jersey that develops and hosts web sites and online tools that support liberal causes and organizations 1 and publishes endorsements for
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Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR) is a left-of-center legal advocacy clinic housed at the City University of New York School of Law’s clinical arm, Main Street Legal Services. The clinic was founded in 2009 by Razmi Kassem, a law professor at the CUNY Law School who in 2022
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Greater Washington Community Foundation is a left-of-center community foundation located in Washington, D.C. that provides funds to a wide array of left-of-center organizations. Like most community foundations, the organization offers opportunities for donors to create managed gift funds within the organization from which they can direct gifts. It controls more
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The Madrona Foundation is a private foundation based out of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2004. 1 It funds left-of-center advocacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
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Witness Against Torture (WAT) is a grassroots volunteer activist organization that began in 2005 with the goal to close the U.S. detention center at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba and to release the remaining detainees. Each January, WAT fasts, organizes protests, and conducts civil resistance before the White
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (JFGP) is a charitable organization dedicated to furthering the priorities of the Jewish community through philanthropy and direct services. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it has operated since 1901.
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David Menschel is a left-of-center defense lawyer and president of the Vital Projects Fund, which advocates for liberalizing criminal justice policies including by abolishing the death penalty. Menschel is a graduate of Yale Law School and lives in Portland, Oregon. Background David Menschel graduated with a B.A. from Princeton
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Princeton Area Community Foundation is a New Jersey-based grantmaking organization that also helps families, individuals, businesses, and organizations create permanent charitable trusts. The foundation also administers those funds, awards grants and scholarships, and promotes philanthropy.
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Out for Justice (sometimes styled as Out 4 Justice) is a left-of-center organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, oriented around criminal justice issues, particularly those affecting the ability of individuals with criminal records to gain access to education, employment, and the electoral franchise. Background Out for Justice was founded as a
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The Oregon Sex Workers Committee advocates for the decriminalization of prostitution and related activities. It organizes events that promote this agenda and claims to represent the interests of those who have been variously exploited by capitalism, harassed by police, or charged criminally for engaging in presently illegal sexual activities.
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Sea Grape Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations advocating for left-of-center positions on issues including environmentalism, healthcare, immigration, and voting access. 1 The organization is partnered with several left-of-center organizations including Partners
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The Asian Law Alliance is a California-based Asian-American-oriented public interest law firm that supports left-of-center immigration, voting, and welfare policy objectives. Background In 1975, a group of individuals who would later cofound the Asian Law Alliance considered the possibility of founding a community law office in Santa Clara County, California
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REFORM Alliance is a criminal justice advocacy organization that focuses on left-of-center policy change to reform the probation and parole laws in the United States, primarily at the state levels. It was founded by rappers Meek Mill and Jay-Z, along with six billionaires.
