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The 20/20 Vision Education Fund was the 501(c)(3) affiliate of 20/20 Vision National Project. The left-of-center 20/20 Vision Education Fund tracked proposed federal legislation and supported environmentalist, anti-military, and nuclear disarmament causes. According to the Internal Revenue Service, 20/20 Vision’s tax-exempt status was automatically revoked in 2013 for not
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Jobs with Justice Education Fund (JWJEF) is a project of Jobs with Justice (JWJ), a left-of-center labor group primarily funded by labor unions
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The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation was created by Winthrop Rockefeller, the youngest son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who served two two-year terms as governor of Arkansas between 1967 and 1971. The foundation primarily funds social service programs in Arkansas. While Winthrop Rockefeller had served as a Republican, the Foundation vows
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The Windward Fund is an environmentalist fiscal sponsor organization in the network of “dark money” organizations controlled by philanthropic consultancy Arabella Advisors. The Fund was created in February 2015 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with startup funding of $5.25 million provided by an unknown source. According to its bylaws, Windward
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) is one of the nation’s largest philanthropic organizations. Founded in 2002, it engages in diverse investments, grants, and guidance with its partners. 1
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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) is the litigation and legal policy affiliate of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). LDF uses strategic litigation and legal advocacy to advance a left-of-center agenda focused on issues related to African American and ethnic minority interests.
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The Hopewell Fund is a 501(c)(3) funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit managed by Arabella Advisors, a Washington, D.C.-based philanthropy consulting firm. The Hopewell Fund manages a number of left-of-center single-issue advocacy groups, including the Economic Security Project and pro-Obamacare Get America Covered. The Hopewell Fund often operates alongside its “sister” nonprofits, primarily
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The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund is a private foundation that provides grants primarily to left-of-center activist groups, with a focus on supporting liberal expansionist immigration policy, LGBT interests, education, and organizations in the San Francisco Bay area.
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The Commonwealth Fund is a health care policy-focused private foundation. It funds research on and advocacy for health care systems, frequently taking a left-of-center perspective on state intervention in the medical system
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The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is a left-wing litigation and advocacy group focused on immigration, election procedure, and Census and demographic interest issues. Founded in the late 1960s with extensive financial support from the left-wing Ford Foundation which continues through the present day, MALDEF is
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The J Street Education Fund is an advocacy group associated with the lobbying organization J Street focused on Jewish-American issues and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular. The group has left-of-center stances on a variety of issues and is the sister organization to J Street and the J Street
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For the 501(c)(4), see Color of Change (Nonprofit) The ColorOfChange.org Education Fund (CoCEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Oakland, California. The CoCEF is a partner organization of ColorOfChange.org (Color of Change), a prominent, left-wing lobbying group for African-American interests. Since the Anthony “Van” Jones and James
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The Common Cause Education Fund is the 501(c)(3) partner organization of Common Cause, an influential and controversial 501(c)(4) advocating for left-of-center causes headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Common Cause Education Fund exists to raise tax-deductible dollars from liberal donors and foundations that can be used to support the progressive
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MomsRising Education Fund is the fundraising and political advocacy arm of the left-of-center organization MomsRising. The organization argues for an expansion of the welfare state such as paid family and medical leave and other left-of-center policies such as gun control, amnesty for illegal immigrants and expansion of immigration quotas,
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This organization has merged into the Center for Cultural Power. For information on its activities after the merger, see that profile. Founded in 2011, Citizen Engagement Lab (CEL) Education Fund is a left-of-center California-based nonprofit that specializes in creating subsidiary left-of-center advocacy and coalition interest groups through a practice
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Note: USAction Education Fund merged to form People’s Action Institute in 2016 USAction Education Fund was the 501(c)(3) fundraising arm of USAction, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy umbrella for 22 state community organizing affiliates. In 2016, the two groups merged with allied center-left organizations to form People’s Action
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For the associated 501(c)(4), see Greenpeace (nonprofit) Greenpeace Fund, Inc. is the non-profit 501(c)(3) arm associated with Greenpeace. It raises money to support the operations and the mission of Greenpeace. It also engages in public education and makes grants in order to support their environmentalist agenda. Among the goals
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Also see League of Conservation Voters (nonprofit) The League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) is the educational arm of the League of Conservation Voters, an environmentalist advocacy group that endorses left-wing candidates for public office. It seeks to educate the public on environmental issues and build support
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The Piper Fund is a campaign finance reform donor collaborative hosted by the Proteus Fund, a center-left funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit. The Piper Action Fund is the advocacy arm of the Piper Fund and is hosted by the 501(c)(4) Proteus Action League. Both the Piper Fund and
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The Democracy Initiative Education Fund (DIEF) is the nonprofit arm of the Democracy Initiative, a major left-progressive advocacy group coalition. DIEF has received grants and contributions from major left-of-center foundations including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Proteus Fund, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
