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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 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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The Arab American Association of New York (AAANY) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization which focuses on immigration policy, criminal justice policy, and other issues impacting the Arab American community in New York City. The organization also provides social service programs for Arab American New Yorkers, including immigration services and adult-education
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The Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was founded in 19911 by the Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, which was founded in
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American Families United is a group of American citizens 1
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nearly 100-year-old left-leaning activism organization focused on issues related to civil liberties. During its history, the ACLU has aligned with the ideological Left, becoming a “hub of liberal activism” which declared its intent to spend $25 million attacking Republican candidates during the
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Randi Weingarten is a 30-year union executive who, aside from a brief one-semester stint as a full-time teacher, 1 has almost exclusively served as a union leader. Joining the
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Anne Bartley is a left-of-center activist and funder who was involved in the creation and leadership of numerous liberal advocacy organizations including America Votes, the Threshold Foundation, Democracy Alliance, and Committee on States.
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The International Policy Network US, which does business as the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center based in Portland, Oregon that promotes the use of law and economics methodologies to inform public policy debates. ICLE works with academic affiliates and research centers around
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The Hudson Institute is a right-of-center think tank based in Washington, D.C. The Institute’s scholars conduct research in the areas of defense, international relations, economics, health care, technology, culture, and law and make policy recommendations that support individual freedom, free markets, and economic growth based on technological innovation.
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The Searle Freedom Trust is a private foundation created by Daniel C. Searle, chief executive officer with G.D. Searle, a pharmaceutical company. The trust, which primarily funds center-right public policy organizations, is scheduled to terminate in 2025. Daniel C. Searle Daniel C. Searle was the great-grandson of Gideon Daniel Searle,
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The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation is a major private grantmaking foundation based in Milwaukee. The foundation’s reported net assets totaled approximately $893 million as of December 31, 2017, and it approved a net of about $33.5 million in grant contributions for charitable purposes that year.
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The Lilly Endowment was created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his two sons, J.K. Lilly Jr. and Eli Lilly, who also headed the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company. Although the endowment and the company are legally separate, the endowment remains a substantial shareholder in the company. The
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The Knight Foundation is a left-leaning private foundation that sets a primary emphasis on funding media-related projects. The foundation, which was seeded by the estate of economically conservative newspaper publisher John S. “Jack” Knight, began by endowing chairs in journalism at universities. In the past decade, the foundation has funded
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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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The Atlantic Philanthropies, primarily based in Bermuda, were a collection of principally overseas organizations founded by businessman Charles “Chuck” Feeney in 1982. 1 Due to technicalities of American foundation
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VoteVets Action Fund is the 501(c)4 arm of VoteVets, a left-leaning group identified with current and former military members that focuses on advancing left-of-center policies related to the environment, gay and lesbian rights, immigration, and labor. The action fund works primarily on advocacy of those issues in the political
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Rock the Vote Action Fund is the lobbying affiliate of Rock the Vote, a progressive-aligned organization in the United States which seeks to to engage and “build the political power of young people.” 1
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New York Communities for Change (NYCC) is a New York City-based labor and community organizing group. NYCC is a key agitation force behind the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) “Fight for $15” union organizing efforts, and has received over $7 million from SEIU and its local unions alone
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Community Change Action (formerly the Campaign for Community Change), the advocacy and political counterpart to the Center for Community Change, is an advocacy and grantmaking organization that supports liberal expansionist immigration policies and increase child-care and housing subsidies. Background In 1968, Community Change Action’s charitable counterpart, Community Change
