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Mark Anthony Gooden is an educator whose research includes educational leadership and critical race theory-aligned anti-racism in schools. After an initial career teaching mathematics, Gooden’s focus shifted to educational leadership, equity and race, and diversity programs. In the past decade, Gooden began teaching at seminars and doing consulting work on
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Ayn Rand Institute is a right-of-center educational organization dedicated to spreading Objectivism, the ideas and philosophy of Russian-born author Ayn Rand. Background Rand’s philosophical system, Objectivism, advocates for “selfishness” (which she defined as the pursuit of personal happiness above all else) and specifically states that “altruism is evil.” Instead, Rand
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Equity and Transformation (EAT) is a left-progressive nonprofit organization that advocates for expanded government-controlled social programs for unemployed individuals in Chicago. EAT advocates for policy that is designed to implement so-called racial equity based on the alleged exclusion of African Americans from the labor force.
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) is a survey and advisory organization that analyzes nonprofit groups on behalf of major donors to analyze donation effectiveness and donor relationships. Founded in 2001, CEP conducts surveys and studies of nonprofits to gauge the recipient organizations’ perceptions of donor effectiveness, donor transparency, and
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See also: For a more complete list of public figures who promoted collusion claims, please see this resource from the Capital Research Center. Starting at least by July 2016 and continuing through March 2019, the FBI and then the office of Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert
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FSG Inc., also known as FSG Social Impact Advisors, is a non-profit which provides charitable consulting services to corporations, schools, community organizations, government agencies, and private charitable foundations. The organization was founded in 2000 by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, two Harvard Business School professors. FSG has 144 employees in
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Pathfinder International is a major left-of-center birth control and population control funding and advocacy nonprofit. Pathfinder was founded in 1957 as “The Pathfinder Fund” by Charles James “C.J.” Gamble, a close friend of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and major advocate for population control and birth control policies. Pathfinder
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World Beyond War (WBW) is a fiscally-sponsored project of the Alliance for Global Justice that advocates the abolition of war worldwide. Its advisory board includes Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin and former U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). World Beyond War has 32 chapters in 11 countries, along with 99 global affiliates.
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The Voter Registration Project, also knowns as Everybody Votes, is a voter mobilization group which targets African-American, Latino, Native American, low-income, and other voter groups likely to lean left-of-center. The organization claims to be non-partisan, but is run by individuals with long-standing connections to left-of-center non-profits, including the AFL-CIO
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The United Nations Foundation is a private charitable nonprofit organization that supports the initiatives and advocacy of the United Nations. CNN founder and environmentalist activist Ted Turner created the Foundation in 1997 with a ten-year, $1 billion pledge.
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The Mertz Gilmore Foundation is a New York-based grantmaking organization that focuses primarily on environmentalism and New York City community and cultural activities. Publishers Clearing House founder Harold Mertz,
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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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The Center for International Policy is a non-profit public policy research and advocacy think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City. It was founded in 1975 in response to the Vietnam War. Funding Donors to CIP Between 1999 and 2018, CIP received over $20 million from foundations:
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Association for Union Democracy (AUD) is a pro-union advocacy group focused on improving the internal governance of American labor unions. 1 AUD was founded in 1969 by
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Abt Associates is a for-profit research firm founded by Clark Abt that contracts for governments and private entities.1 The firm grew contracts for federal and state governments on domestic research and project management in education,
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The National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE) is a center-left ecumenical organization that advocates for liberal environmental policies. Funding Donors to NRPE FoundationAmountYearGrant Description PB and K Family Foundation$10,0002017General support Wallace Global Fund II$40,0002016Project support for Climate Movement building work Kendeda Fund$75,0002014Charitable event Mertz Gilmore Foundation$50,0002012Strengthening Consensus Program and
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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a far-left political activist group in the United States, and the largest socialist organization in the country with approximately 78,000 members as of August 2023.
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The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is an advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. It sprang from a predecessor group called the Institute for Humane Studies of Texas, which was established in 1984.
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The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (EMKF) is a major philanthropic foundation primarily focused in the Kansas City area. EMKF funds some left-of-center groups and a few right-of-center groups, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute. EMKF has more than $2.5 billion in assets.
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State Voices is a left-of-center advocacy group founded in 2008. 1 State Voices connects advocacy and activist organizations to each other so they can collaborate in “state tables” on mutual policy goals.
