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Non-profit
CSG Action (formerly the Alliance for Self-Governance) is the 501(c)(4) nonprofit lobbying arm of Citizens for Self-Governance. CSG Action aims to empower citizens by providing information and training on civic engagement that will positively impact community life. CSG Action also engages in lobbying efforts to influence policies intended to benefit
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Non-profit
TurnUp is a left-of-center youth voting initiative created in 2019 by Zev Shapiro, a Massachusetts Democratic youth activist. The organization is a self-described “super-power for social justice change-makers,” despite also claiming to be nonpartisan. 1
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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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For-profit
NextEra Energy is the world’s largest utility company. It has a presence in 49 states and four Canadian provinces. 1 It has two principal business interests, Florida Power & Light Company and NextEra Energy Resources.
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Other Group
Fair Maps Virginia was a left-of-center issue advocacy campaign launched by left-of-center redistricting advocacy group OneVirginia2021 (now known as UpVote Virginia) to promote the passage of a state constitutional amendment in the 2020 elections in Virginia that would establish an independent redistricting commission to draw district lines for state
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Political Party/527
The Common Power PAC is a left-of-center political action committee (PAC) affiliated with Common Power and Common Power Purpose, organizations that promote left-of-center issues and partner with other advocacy groups to support Democratic campaigns across the United States. Common Power is based in Seattle and operates organizing
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Non-profit
The Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network (MUUSJN) is a Unitarian Universalist religious organization that advocates for broadly left-of-center policies on racial, environmental, economic, and LGBT issues, as well as more maximalist left-wing positions on topics including abortion and election security.
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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
Climate Cabinet Action (CCA), sometimes known as the Climate Cabinet Action Fund, is a social welfare group that seeks to “solve climate change” by building left-of-center climate policy-supporting legislative majorities at the state and local levels. The organization’s stated goal is to attain legislative majorities in 30 states, 300 counties,
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Political Party/527
Women’s March Win is the political action committee associated with the left-of-center activist group Women’s March. The PAC was founded in 2020, and spent more than $300,000 supporting Joe Biden against Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. The organization embraces a left-of-center view of America that
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Political Party/527
The Justice Unites Us PAC is a super PAC that drew scrutiny during the 2022 election cycle for its tactics of spending nearly $1 million in a closely contested Democratic congressional primary in Oregon and allegedly legally manipulating its filing schedule to avoid revealing the organization’s donors until after the
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Non-profit
The Cleveland Foundation is a grantmaking foundation based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in the 1910s, the foundation is among the largest grantmaking institutions in the United States with over $3.2 billion in assets under management and over $120 million in annual grants distributed. The foundation bills itself as the “world’s
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For-profit
The Management Action Center is the sister organization of The Management Center (TMC), a left-of-center management consulting and training firm.
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Non-profit
The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) is a research and advocacy organization which publishes reports, informational materials, and other content intended to bolster the influence of Muslim Americans. Founded in 2002, the ISPU maintains a presence in Washington, D.C., and in Dearborn, Michigan, a city with one of
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Non-profit
Psephos is a nonprofit known for founding and managing the National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC), a bipartisan electoral watchdog that includes conservative members like Americans for Tax Reform and left-leaning members like the Brennan Center for Justice. NEDC has also included libertarian members in the past, like
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Non-profit
Media and Democracy Project is a media advocacy organization that urges news outlets and journalists adopt more aggressive left-of-center stances on issues such as abortion, 1 climate change,
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Political Party/527
The State Tea Party Express was launched in October 2011 as an arm of Tea Party Express. 1 The group was reportedly formed as a “social
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Non-profit
Voice for Refuge Action Fund (Voice for Refuge) is a left-of-center activist organization that supports pro-refugee and immigration-expansionist policies at the local, state, and national level. 1 Voice for Refuge claimed that the Trump
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Non-profit
Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) is a judicial institute within Georgetown University Law Center 1 that uses litigation to advance various left-of-center policy priorities.
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Other Group
Culture Surge is a coalition of 900 artists, organizers, and organizations that seek to change politics through artistic production. Though the organization is formally non-partisan, its ideological output tends to be left-of-center. Culture Surge’s website states that its artists are “working together in this vital moment for the survival of our
