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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
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Non-profit
The European Climate Foundation is a left-of-center non-profit that funds climate change-orientated advocacy organizations in Europe. Its governing body contains high-ranking members of large foundations and organizations including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (also known as the Hewlett Foundation), the Bloomberg Family Foundation (Bloomberg Philanthropies), the
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Non-profit
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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Non-profit
The National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) is one of the largest charities in the United States, functioning as a management organization for left-of-center social impact investment and donor-advised fund (DAF) accounts. 1 Donor-advised fund management
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For-profit
Sonen Capital is a left-of-center investment management firm that advises its clients to invest in companies that adhere to a left-of-center environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda. Sonen Capital also provides portfolio management services and assists companies and foundations in transitioning to entirely ESG-aligned portfolios.
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Non-profit
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order (also known as the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph) is a Catholic clerical religious congregation that advocates for left-of-center policy implementation in the private and public sector. It operates in seven U.S. states, Nicaragua, and Panama as a division of the
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See Also: Larry Fink (Person) BlackRock is the world’s largest investment management company, with nearly $7.5 trillion in managed assets as of January 2020.
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Person
William McDonough is an architect, educator, public speaker, author, entrepreneur, and consultant involved in four primary areas of activity: environmentalist-aligned architecture, innovation of environmentally friendly products, a product registration system for products developed by third parties, and a Design for the Circular Economy.
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Person
Mark Suzman is the CEO of the left-of-center Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to becoming CEO of the Foundation in February 2020, Suzman worked at the Foundation for thirteen years in a number of positions, including chief strategy officer. Before joining the Foundation, Suzman worked for the
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Person
Richard Wiles is an environmental activist who supports pushing litigation against energy and fossil fuel companies due to the cost of climate change. 1 Wiles oversees the
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Non-profit
The Climate Docket is a left-of-center environmentalist news site that focuses on so-called climate liability lawsuits brought against conventional energy companies. 1 Although the site presents itself as a fact-based journalism organization, the staff and leadership
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Non-profit
The Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) is a left-of-center environmentalist organization that advocates in support of left-of-center policy aimed at addressing climate change. CCI has claimed that the world has less than 15 years before facing consequences of “existential proportions” related to climate change and has estimated that the United
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Non-profit
The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is a United Kingdom-based non-profit foundation that focuses on providing financial support to climate-change initiatives, environmentalist organizations, and to groups tackling various issues concerning children. 1
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Christopher Hohn is an English hedge fund manager and billionaire philanthropist with a personal fortune of £1.2 billion (approximately $1.56 billion) as of 2019
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Non-profit
Conservative Energy Network is an advocacy organization that connects state-based ostensibly right-of-center environmentalist organizations. Founded and led by political strategist and consultant Mark Pischea,1 CEN promotes anti-pollution and clean energy policies from ideologically conservative premises, including an
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Non-profit
The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is a left-of-center advocacy group that provides training and other support resources to mid-career environmentalist activists. ELP aims to create new models for environmental leadership that would “emphasize diversity, collaboration across sectors, personal sustainability, and effective communication,” while also training new activists to “shape the
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Person
Michael Dorsey is an environmentalist activist and writer, former board member for of the environmentalist group Sierra Club, and co-founder of the far-left advocacy group Sunrise Movement. Sunrise Movement is the lead organization behind the “Green New Deal,” a policy program critics have called a “radical, top-down, socialist makeover
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Non-profit
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation was created by Hilton Hotels founder Conrad N. Hilton and greatly expanded by Hilton’s son, Barron Hilton. The foundation historically has supported Catholic religious sisters and programs that aid the poor in developing countries, though it has made an increasing emphasis on public policy, particularly
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Non-profit
The We Mean Business coalition is a European-American coalition of advocacy groups that aims to get private business to take action on climate change and achieve net zero carbon emissions and to push governments to adopt environmentalist policies. It is a project of the New Venture Fund, a grantmaking and
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Non-profit
For more information, see Tides Nexus The Makeway Foundation, previously titled the Tides Canada Foundation, is a Vancouver, Canada-based nonprofit associated with the Tides Nexus, a collection of center-left pass-through grantmaking and fiscal sponsorship nonprofits based in San Francisco, California. Despite its name, Makeway Foundation is an IRS-designated
