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Not to be confused with the Laura and John Arnold Foundation Arnhold Foundation is the left-of-center philanthropic organization of the late Henry Arnhold, a banker from New York City. Arnhold had employed George Soros at the Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder bank for a decade, helping launch Soros’s
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Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (better known by its acronym, BDS) is an international campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel as the expression of the Jewish people’s right to national self-determination by isolating the country economically through consumer boycotts, business and government withdrawal of investment, and legal sanctions. Critics allege
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Person
Terry McAuliffe is a Democratic Party politician and fundraiser1 most notable for serving as the 72nd Governor of Virginia.
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Also see Democracy Fund Voice (Non-profit) The Democracy Fund is a left-of-center public policy-oriented foundation chaired and soely funded by eBay founder and former chairman Pierre Omidyar.1
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Person
Howard Zinn was a professor of history at Boston University and a left-wing political activist who described himself as “something of an anarchist, something of a socialist” and “maybe a democratic socialist.”
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David Lawrence Geffen, a Hollywood mogul and major donor to Democratic Party politicians and liberal causes, established the David Geffen Foundation for his charitable philanthropy in 1987. Geffen fully funds the foundation, which focuses primarily on public health, education, arts and culture, LGBT issues and the Los Angeles community. David
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Person
Sheldon Whitehouse (born 19551) is a Democratic politician and the junior U.S. Senator for Rhode Island, serving since 2007. 2 He
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The Righteous Persons Foundation (RPF) is a nonprofit organization, established by American filmmaker Steven Spielberg, that uses art and storytelling to advocate social justice for the Jewish community. 1 It makes grants for Jewish
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The New York Times (NYT or Times) is a newspaper and digital media brand published by The New York Times Company. Founded in 1851, the Times has long been one of the most prestigious and highest-profile newspapers in the world.
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The JPB Foundation is a private foundation created by Barbara Picower in 2011. It is one of the largest grant-making foundations in the United States. 1 Focused on medical, environmental, and poverty issues, the
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The ACLU of Iowa, formerly known as Iowa Civil Liberties Union, is the Iowa affiliate of the left-leaning American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Though nominally nonpartisan, the ACLU of Iowa has historically supported left-leaning demographic and special interest groups such as communists, labor unions, LGBT people, and anti-war and
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Non-profit
Refugees International is a left-of-center advocacy group that aids and protects displaced people, while recommending refugee resettlement and policies to the U.S. government, foreign governments, and the United Nations (UN). The group claims to be independent because they do not accept government or UN funding.
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Other Group
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest demonstration that took place in lower Manhattan, from September 17 through November 15, 2011.1 The New York “occupation,”
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Mi Familia Vota (Spanish for “My Family Votes”) is a left-leaning voter activation and engagement group that seeks to increase the political influence of left-leaning Latino communities by helping immigrants become citizens and increasing Hispanic voter participation. MFV operates in Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida, states which, after New
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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is a minor left-wing political party in the United States that was created in 1921 as the result of a forced merger between two rival communist factions, each founded in 1919. As of 2014 it reported only a few
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Also see Americans for Democratic Action Education Fund (nonprofit) Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is a left-of-center 501(c)4 political advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. The group was founded in 1947 as a response to defections by extreme-left-wing activists from the mainstream Democratic fold under President Harry Truman by
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Person
William Budinger is a businessman, inventor, and center-left political activist. He sits on the board of Third Way, the Breakthrough Institute, and the Aspen Institute, and is a donor to the Lincoln Project, the Democratic National Committee, and the 2020 Presidential campaign of Joe
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Non-profit
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a membership society that hosts programs and publishes scientific studies in the United States. Established by a Congressional charter in 1863, NAS operates as an independent nonprofit organization that advises the federal government on scientific issues and conducts studies on its behalf.
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Non-profit
Organizing for Action (OFA) was an advocacy group that was the lineal descendant of the campaign organizations supporting the election of former President Barack Obama, Obama for America and Organizing for America. OFA was a 501(c)(4) devoted to preserving and building on the Obama agenda.
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Non-profit
The Center for Public Integrity is a left-of-center investigative journalism group headquartered in Washington, D.C. While the organization is ostensibly nonpartisan for tax purposes, a majority of its investigations center around sensationalizing activity of Republicans and conservatives both inside and outside of government. The group publishes news articles and has
