Search results for ‘open knowledge foundation’


  • Non-profit

    Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

    The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is an organization that promotes “social and emotional learning” (SEL) in public education. It works to implement SEL programs in school districts and to build support among parents and educators. The organization defines SEL as an integral part of education and
  • Non-profit

    2nd Vote

    2nd Vote was a right-of-center nonprofit organization that informed consumers about the political values of companies and encouraging them to make consumption choices in line with their own political values.  2nd Vote was launched in 2012 by David L. Black after he learned that March of Dimes donations were being
  • For-profit

    Elias Law Group

    The Elias Law Group is the law firm of Marc Elias, the former long-standing leader of the political law practice at Perkins Coie, a major law firm that serves Democratic politicians. In August 2021, Elias left Perkins Coie with ten partners and three counsels to establish the Elias
  • Political Party/527

    The Black Panther Party

    The Black Panther Party was a communist Black militant organization founded in 1966 that allied with extremist New Left organizations such as Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and communist regimes abroad.
  • Non-profit

    Bill of Rights Institute

    The Bill of Rights Institute (BRI) is a non-partisan educational organization that develops materials and programs on American history, government, and civics based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. BRI offers programs and scholarships for students and professional development for teachers in support of self-governance in a
  • Person

    Jennifer Seibel Newsom

    Jennifer Seibel Newsom is an actor, filmmaker, and nonprofit executive who is married to California Governor Gavin Newsom (D). Newsom has written and directed several left-progressive advocacy documentaries on topics such as gender and economic mobility.
  • Person

    Alexander Friedman

    Alexander “Alex” Friedman is an American finance executive who formerly worked in the Clinton administration. For four years, Friedman also worked as chief financial officer of the left-of-center Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • Non-profit

    VDare

    VDare is an anti-immigration advocacy group and news site founded by Peter Brimelow. VDare is commonly considered an alt-right or white nationalist organization, though Brimelow denies the designations for himself and the group. VDare primarily operates as a “forum” and host for political commentary.
  • Non-profit

    Berger Action Fund (Wyss Action Fund)

    The Berger Action Fund (formerly Wyss Action Fund) is a left-of-center lobbying nonprofit and the advocacy arm of the Wyss Foundation, the grantmaking foundation funded by Swiss billionaire and liberal mega-donor Hansjorg Wyss.
  • Non-profit

    Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy

    The Thomas Jefferson Institute of Public Policy is a right-of-center think tank established to promote individual opportunity and economic progress. The organization advocates for low taxation and the removal of regulatory barriers to economic growth in Virginia.
  • Non-profit

    Judicial Watch

    Judicial Watch is a legal activist group that investigates alleged misconduct by government officials and political figures. The organization primarily relies on public records for its investigations and frequently files federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain information.
  • Person

    Ibram X. Kendi

    Ibram X. Kendi is a professor, activist, and author most known for pioneering the radical-left ideology of “antiracism,” which claims that any racial inequalities are inherently the result of racist policies. Kendi has argued that there is no such thing as being “non-racist,” and that in order to avoid being
  • Non-profit

    Bright Lines Project

    The Bright Lines Project is a left-of-center advocacy group that promotes increased government control over political and advocacy activity by nonprofit organizations. Bright Lines claims that its policy proposals to legislators, regulators, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are “designed to clarify” existing laws.
  • Person

    Michel Foucault

    Michel Foucault was a French philosopher best known for his contributions to post-structuralism and postmodernism. Foucault is often considered one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, particularly due to the emergence of critical theory. Foucault’s philosophical work focused on the idea that knowledge and power are inseparable.
  • Non-profit

    Milken Institute

    The Milken Institute is a center-left think tank founded and initially endowed by billionaire philanthropist and former securities trader Michael Milken. The Institute conducts policy research and organizes programs on a number of issues including public health, environmentalism, economic policy, and globalization. Outside of its research programs, the Milken Institute
  • Government Agency

    World Bank

    The World Bank refers to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), two of the five institutions under the umbrella of the World Bank Group.  The World Bank provides grants and loans to low- and middle-income countries with the goal of promoting economic
  • Government Agency

    Biden-Harris Transition

    The Biden-Harris Transition refers to the process of transitioning the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. As part of that
  • For-profit

    The Atlantic

    The Atlantic is a left-of-center literary, political, and ideas magazine that publishes ten issues per year. It was founded as The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 by several prominent American literary figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  • Non-profit

    Fund for Trans Generations

    The Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) is a collaborative or “pooled” fund that provides funding to transgender activists and advocacy organizations. The FTG provides grants for activists who promote left-of-center policy on transgender issues, intersectional feminism, and other left-progressive social-policy and economic campaigns.
  • Non-profit

    National Bail Fund Network

    The National Bail Fund Network (NBFN) is a network of over 80 separate community bail and bond funds.  The NBFN is not an organization in itself, but rather a list of local bail funds. The list is maintained and hosted by the Community Justice Exchange, a fiscally sponsored project of