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The Women’s Law Project (WLP) is a left-of-center organization that uses litigation to challenge laws that regulate and limit abortions. 1 The WLP has represented children under the age of 18 who seek to obtain an
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Force the Issue NJ is a left-of-center nonprofit organization in New Jersey that develops and hosts web sites and online tools that support liberal causes and organizations 1 and publishes endorsements for
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Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR) is a left-of-center legal advocacy clinic housed at the City University of New York School of Law’s clinical arm, Main Street Legal Services. The clinic was founded in 2009 by Razmi Kassem, a law professor at the CUNY Law School who in 2022
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Yarg Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaker that supports programs that works to better teens’ health and make changes to Oregon’s criminal justice system. The foundation was founded by family members of John and Betty Gray, who created the foundation from the couple’s estate.
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Greater Washington Community Foundation is a left-of-center community foundation located in Washington, D.C. that provides funds to a wide array of left-of-center organizations. Like most community foundations, the organization offers opportunities for donors to create managed gift funds within the organization from which they can direct gifts. It controls more
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The Werner-Kohnstamm Family Giving Fund (WKF) is a family philanthropy focused on left-of-center immigration policy. It is managed by trustees Edward Kissam and Jo Ann Intili. It is organized as a donor-advised charitable giving fund within Fidelity Charitable.
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The Madrona Foundation is a private foundation based out of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2004. 1 It funds left-of-center advocacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
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Witness Against Torture (WAT) is a grassroots volunteer activist organization that began in 2005 with the goal to close the U.S. detention center at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba and to release the remaining detainees. Each January, WAT fasts, organizes protests, and conducts civil resistance before the White
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (JFGP) is a charitable organization dedicated to furthering the priorities of the Jewish community through philanthropy and direct services. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it has operated since 1901.
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David Menschel is a left-of-center defense lawyer and president of the Vital Projects Fund, which advocates for liberalizing criminal justice policies including by abolishing the death penalty. Menschel is a graduate of Yale Law School and lives in Portland, Oregon. Background David Menschel graduated with a B.A. from Princeton
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Princeton Area Community Foundation is a New Jersey-based grantmaking organization that also helps families, individuals, businesses, and organizations create permanent charitable trusts. The foundation also administers those funds, awards grants and scholarships, and promotes philanthropy.
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Public Citizen Texas (PCT) is a branch of the left-of-center Public Citizen, founded by left-wing consumer advocate and politician Ralph Nader. It advocates, lobbies, and supports local and state action in favor of weather-dependent solar and wind energy production and against the use of oil, gas, and coal.
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Out for Justice (sometimes styled as Out 4 Justice) is a left-of-center organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, oriented around criminal justice issues, particularly those affecting the ability of individuals with criminal records to gain access to education, employment, and the electoral franchise. Background Out for Justice was founded as a
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The Oregon Sex Workers Committee advocates for the decriminalization of prostitution and related activities. It organizes events that promote this agenda and claims to represent the interests of those who have been variously exploited by capitalism, harassed by police, or charged criminally for engaging in presently illegal sexual activities.
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Climate Defiance is a climate activist group founded in March 2023 focused on young adults. The group engages in direct disruption such as strikes, blockades, and mass occupations to gain media and public attention. In the initial three months since its creation, Climate Defiance has organized several disruptive protests, all
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Sea Grape Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations advocating for left-of-center positions on issues including environmentalism, healthcare, immigration, and voting access. 1 The organization is partnered with several left-of-center organizations including Partners
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The Asian Law Alliance is a California-based Asian-American-oriented public interest law firm that supports left-of-center immigration, voting, and welfare policy objectives. Background In 1975, a group of individuals who would later cofound the Asian Law Alliance considered the possibility of founding a community law office in Santa Clara County, California
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REFORM Alliance is a criminal justice advocacy organization that focuses on left-of-center policy change to reform the probation and parole laws in the United States, primarily at the state levels. It was founded by rappers Meek Mill and Jay-Z, along with six billionaires.
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Y Combinator is an investor in startup companies and initiatives. It provides $500,000 to each company in which it decides to invest after a vetting process. It invests in companies that have not been launched as well as those that have been in operation for a year or more. Since
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Abortion Fund of Ohio is an abortion fund founded in 1992 as Women Have Options to provide financial assistance for women seeking an abortion, 1 including transportation, housing, and legal assistance.
