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Political Party/527
Voices for Progress PAC is a political action committee and coordination group for left-of-center donors. It is affiliated with Voices for Progress, an advocacy project of the Tides Foundation-affiliated Advocacy Fund, and the Voices for Progress Education Fund, a nonprofit project of the Tides Center. Voices for Progress PAC makes donations
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Non-profit
The Hub Project is a left-of-center advocacy and research organization established by former Obama administration officials in 2017 that works with other groups to promote left-of-center policy. The group acts as an “incubator for groups backing Democrats and their causes.”
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Political Party/527
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) is a Democratic Party PAC (political action committee) conceived in late 2016 by political operatives in the Democratic Party and the Obama administration, including President Barack Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder. It officially launched on January 12, 2017.
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Non-profit
New Democrat Network (NDN) is a left-of-center think tank and advocacy group. Originally associated the moderate “New Democrat” wing of the party, it has shifted toward supporting more-liberal candidates and policy positions. History and Work New Democrat Network is a self-described liberal think tank and advocacy organization.
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Political Party/527
Not to be confused with the similarly named 501(c)(4) advocacy group NextGen Climate Action Also see Steyer Network NextGen Climate Action Committee is the unlimited-contribution independent expenditure committee (known as a Super PAC) for NextGen America, an organization associated with left-wing environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer that
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Person
Eric Kessler is founder, principal, and senior managing director of Arabella Advisors, a Washington, D.C.-based philanthropic consultancy that caters to left-leaning clients. Arabella Advisors also manages a number of center-left funding and fiscal sponsorship organizations, including 501(c)(4) Sixteen Thirty Fund, 501(c)(3) New Venture Fund, 501(c)(3) Hopewell
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Person
Morris Pearl is a left-of-center financier and activist. He is the board chair of The Patriotic Millionaires, an organization of wealthy individuals who advocate for higher taxes on high-income Americans. The group also pushes for other left-leaning economic and social policies such as an increased minimum wage. Pearl also
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Non-profit
The Vera Institute of Justice (VIJ) is a left-of-center advocacy organization that agitates against what it characterizes as mass incarceration, racial disparities, and marginalization. Much of its work focuses on immigration and criminal justice issues. 1
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Labor Union
The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers (often shortened to Roofers) is an AFL-CIO-affiliated construction union. It has a relatively small membership in comparison to other construction-industry trades unions, with 18,428 working members and 3,803 retiree members.
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Non-profit
Third Way is a left-of-center think tank 1 based in Washington, D.C., that believes the center-left is the “only real path” for the future in the United States.
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Non-profit
The California Endowment is a left-leaning grantmaking organization founded in 1996 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation chartered by the State of California.1 It bills itself as the largest private health
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Non-profit
The Peggy Browning Fund provides funding, employment, and networking opportunities to law students interested in working for labor unions, practicing labor law, and engaging in labor advocacy. It is named for Margaret “Peggy” Browning, the first labor lawyer to be appointed a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
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Non-profit
Also see the similarly named Foundation to Promote Open Society (Nonprofit) The Open Society Foundations (OSF; formally Open Society Institute) is a private grantmaking foundation created and funded by billionaire financier and liberal philanthropist George Soros. OSF was founded in 1993 as the Open Society Institute (OSI), which remains the foundation’s
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Non-profit
The National Lawyers Guild is a radical-left association of attorneys, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers. Founded from late 1936 to early 1937, the Guild has consistently been identified with radical-left groups and political orientations throughout its history. In its early years the National Lawyers Guild was significantly influenced
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Non-profit
The Kresge Foundation is a left-of-center advocacy-philanthropic organization based in Troy, Michigan. The organization funds left-of-center and liberal organizations which support causes such as illegal immigration, aggressive environmentalism, and race issues. The organization holds almost $4 billion in assets, making it one of the largest private foundations in the country;
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Non-profit
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a nonprofit research and advocacy group focused on issues relating to both technological and global security. History The FAS was founded in 1945 by atomic researchers following the “detonation of the atomic bomb.”
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Non-profit
Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) is a left-of-center environmental activist group made up of associated organizations from around the world. The organization was launched as a project of Movement Strategy Center, a left-wing nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California with a history of working with organizations that identify themselves as
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Non-profit
The Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund is the 501(c)(4) sister organization of the Center for Popular Democracy.1 The organization has advocated for increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court,
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Non-profit
PEN America is a left-of-center organization dedicated to promoting its conception of free speech and journalism. It supports academic freedom and freedom of speech on college campuses but is also opposed to attempts by parents to influence what books are used in children’s educations and is opposed to government measures
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Non-profit
MADRE is a left-of-center grantmaking organization based in New York City. MADRE advocates viewing all policies and actions through a feminist lens. MADRE advocates for left-wing environmental policies seeking to end all oil, natural gas, and coal emissions and blames the military for being a large polluter. MADRE has expressed
