Search results for ‘google news initiative’


  • Non-profit

    National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)

    National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is a left-of-center association that focuses its efforts on the concept of “media literacy.” 1
  • Non-profit

    TechFreedom

    TechFreedom is a libertarian-leaning tech policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. It supports technological innovation and the freedom to use the internet (both “socially” in terms of the content people post and “fiscally” in terms of the ability to monetize that content) without heavy government regulation through education and
  • Person

    Julie Ann Su

    Julie Ann Su 1 is a left-of-center labor activist and attorney who has served as
  • Person

    Glenn Singleton

    Glenn Singleton is a consultant and author who provides race-focused education, training, and consulting for schools, colleges and universities, government entities, and corporate clients in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Singleton’s work is based on the premise that the gap between Black student performance and white student
  • Other Group

    Schmidt Futures

    Schmidt Futures is a scientific research firm and social philanthropy founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy Schmidt in 2017. It dedicates its funds to scientists, researchers, and programs that work on artificial intelligence (AI), synthetic biology, and other STEM-related projects. Schmidt Futures
  • Other Group

    Rebellion Defense

    Rebellion Defense is a software development firm that specializes in advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the U.S. national defense. Former Google CEO and left-of-center philanthropist Eric Schmidt sits on its board.
  • Movement

    The Twitter Files

    In late November 2022, billionaire Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk announced he would be releasing “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression.” He allowed six independent journalists, many of them with left-leaning backgrounds, access to internal Twitter documents and communications covering a period beginning in 2016 when
  • Person

    Eric Braverman

    Eric Braverman is an American businessman with an extensive track record in the left-of-center philanthropic industry. He is the chief executive officer of Schmidt Futures, a grantmaking project of Eric Schmidt, the former executive chairman of the tech giant Google and its parent company Alphabet. Braverman is
  • Other Group

    Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (Stanford d.School)

    The Hasso Platner Institute of Design at Stanford University, also known as the d.School, is an academic school within Stanford University centered around “design thinking” that conducts engineering and design projects in technology, consumer goods, business processes, and more. The school was founded in 2004 by mechanical engineering professors at
  • For-profit

    Patagonia

    Patagonia is an apparel company known for its activism, including donating 1 percent of its revenue to more than 1,000 nonprofits. 1 Though Patagonia is best known for supporting environmentalist causes, the company also
  • For-profit

    Civic Eagle

    Civic Eagle is a for-profit company that sells Enview, a federal and state-level legislation tracking and explaining service to businesses, nonprofits, lobbying groups, and law firms, From its founding in 2019 to May 2022, Civic Eagle had served more than 2,000 users
  • For-profit

    Morgan and Morgan

    Morgan and Morgan is a personal injury law firm based in Orlando, Florida founded and led by Democratic political donor John Morgan. The firm is heavily focused on personal injury, medical malpractice, and class action lawsuits. The firm is among the largest personal injury law firms in the United
  • Person

    Paul Tudor Jones

    Paul Tudor Jones is an American billionaire investor and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Tudor Investment Company and conducts his philanthropic work through the Robin Hood Foundation and Everglades Foundation. Tudor Jones has historically supported both Republican and Democratic politicians, and has praised both President Donald
  • Other Group

    Civic Responsibility Project

    The Civic Responsibility Project (CRP) is a project of the New Venture Fund, one of the funds managed by  Arabella Advisors, a left-of-center consultancy that is considered one of the largest “dark money” networks in the United States. Its status as a project ensures that no separate public
  • Non-profit

    Zephyr Institute

    The Zephyr Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit academic center that supports Stanford University students, scholars, and young professionals. Zephyr focuses its studies on understanding the human person, the common good, and the nature of the good life, especially as they are affected by changing social, cultural, and technological trends.
  • Person

    Chris Larsen

    Chris Larsen is a philanthropist and billionaire who has founded multiple companies including Ripple Labs, which provides an electronic payments protocol. 1 Ripple Labs has been embroiled in litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Other Group

    TurboVote

    TurboVote is a software program that assists various communities, particularly colleges and corporations, with voter registration. TurboVote is a project of left-leaning advocacy group Democracy Works and has been contracted by major colleges and universities across the United States to conduct school-sponsored voter registration drives. It has also partnered
  • Other Group

    SEA Change

    Not to be confused with Sea Change Foundation or Sea Change Leadership PAC. SEA Change, also known as STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) Equity Achievement Change, is a pressure group which works to reshape science and engineering programs at colleges, universities, and schools to conform to
  • For-profit

    EAB

    EAB is a consulting firm that conducts research on the efficacy of school operations and advances left-progressive ideology in educational institutions nationwide. The company was founded in 2007 as the Education Advisory Board, a division of the Advisory Board Company, and shortened its name to EAB in 2014.
  • Non-profit

    GenderCool Project

    The GenderCool Project works toward the promotion, elevation, and acceptance of transgenderism and non-binary sexuality among children. 1 GenderCool Project came to public attention in 2022 after email correspondence from within insurance