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Labor Union
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest union for government workers other than teachers in the United States. Founded in 1932 in Wisconsin, a state that was for decades a stronghold of organized labor, AFSCME represents over 1.3 million government workers and over 188,000
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Non-profit
The St. Paul and Minnesota Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking organization that focuses on “operationalizing” the critical race theory-influenced concept of equity. 1 The community foundation is the largest in the state
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Non-profit
The Pro-Democracy Campaign (PDC) is a left-of-center nonprofit that funds voter mobilization, electoral security, and other election-related issues throughout the United States. The New York Times and Politico describe the PDC as well as its sister group, the Pro-Democracy Center, as secretive and “quiet” despite the scale of their
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Non-profit
Women’s Emergency Network is an abortion fund and abortion advocacy organization located in South Florida. It partners with abortion clinics and provides financial assistance to individuals seeking abortions. It is part of the National Network of Abortion Funds.
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Other Group
Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) is a nationwide voter education and activation network focused on college student voter participation. 1 Though SLSV describes itself as nonpartisan, its leadership is aligned with the Democratic Party,
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Other Group
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) is a left-of-center LGBT advocacy coalition that is coordinated by the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project and is comprised of over 50 organizations. 1
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Non-profit
The Cowles Charitable Trust is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation based in Staten Island, New York founded by Gardner “Mike” Cowles, Jr., a co-owner of the Cowles Media Company. Background The Cowles Charitable Trust was established in 1948 by Gardner “Mike” Cowles, Jr., a newspaper editor, publisher, and co-owner of the
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Non-profit
CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health is a Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit abortion provider. The Memphis clinic stopped performing abortions after a state-level ban on abortions took affect after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision allowed states to set policy on abortion. The group opened another abortion clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, where
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Non-profit
The Howard Gilman Foundation is a nonprofit grantmaking foundation located in New York City founded in 1981 by Howard Gilman, a former paper company executive and philanthropist who died in 1998 and left much of his wealth to the foundation. The foundation primarily funds arts organizations, mostly focused on arts
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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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Non-profit
The Mellen Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation based in Connecticut. The foundation rewards grants to organizations that advocate for abortion access, 1 increased funding for public
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Person
Anne Wojcicki is co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. She was previously married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and while they were married they co-led the Brin Wojcicki Foundation. 1 Anne Wojcicki
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Non-profit
Guarantee Our Votes Project is a project of the Center for Innovative Policy (CIP), a social-welfare think tank focused on developing and disseminating left-of-center public policy for the state level. 1 Guarantee Our
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Person
Sam Coppersmith is a director of Advancing Arizona, a left-of-center advocacy organization in Arizona. He is also a practicing attorney and a former Democratic politician, having served as U.S. Representative for Arizona’s 1st district. Career Coppersmith received an A.B. in economics from Harvard and a J.D. from Yale
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Non-profit
Free and Fair Elections USA is a Democratic Party-aligned activist organization and independent expenditure committee. 1 Free and Fair Elections USA supports various voter registration efforts
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Non-profit
The Way to Win Action Fund (WWAF) is an affiliate of Way to Win, a left-of-center activism hub which also manages the Way to Lead PAC and Way to Rise, a left-of-center strategy group which directs funding from donors and institutions to local activists and political organizations.
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Non-profit
The Suwinski Family Foundation is a Pittsford, New York-based private grantmaking foundation belonging to former corporate executive and Cornell University professor Jan Suwinski and his wife Susan that donates largely to left-leaning causes.
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Non-profit
The Florida Interfaith Coalition for Reproductive Health and Justice is a Florida-based coalition of people of faith who advocate left-of-center policies such as expanded abortion access and comprehensive sex education for teenagers.
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Non-profit
Fos Feminista is a left-of-center international women’s advocacy organization that was formed in 2021 as the result of a merger between the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), the Center for Health and Global Equality (CHANGE), and the International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR). The group operates in the
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Other Group
The Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity (SACReD) is a left-of-center advocacy organization comprised of pro-abortion religious organizations and individual churches that promotes left-of-center abortion policy. The alliance is a project of NEO Philanthropy, a New York-based nonprofit that serves as a fiscal clearinghouse for left-of-center causes. NEO
