Search results for ‘economic policy institute’


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    National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)

    The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is an organization that supports left-of-center policy goals in the United States and Israel. The Council claims 180,000 members across 60 chapters in its 30-state policy network and action teams in seven states.
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    National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

    The National Coalition of Black Civic Participation (sometimes called the National Coalition or NCBCP) is an advocacy group that focuses on increasing voter turnout and activism among African Americans and other underserved communities. The organization also professes to promote left-of-center social and economic policy under the guise of “social and
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    9to5, National Association of Working Women

    9to5 (also known as 9to5, National Association of Working Women) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1973 in Boston during the rise of the Women’s Movement by Karen Nussbaum (now head of AFL-CIO affiliate Working America) and Ellen Cassedy.
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    Simon Rosenberg

    Simon Rosenberg is a left-of-center political operative and the founder and president of New Democrat Network and the New Policy Institute, a liberal think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. His political career includes work on Democratic presidential campaigns and various political consulting positions, including an
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    Rachel Pritzker

    Rachel Pritzker Hunter is the president and founder of the Pritzker Innovation Fund. 66 She is a member of the Pritzker political family of billionaires
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    Norman Lear

    Norman Lear is a television producer who created a number of politically charged television shows, including “All in the Family,” “Maude,” and “The Jeffersons.” 82 Lear is a self-admitted
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    Michael Vachon

    Michael Vachon serves as a spokesman for billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros and as Chairman of the Soros Fund Management. 121 He is active on the
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    Jonathan Soros

    Jonathan Soros is a prominent liberal donor. The son of liberal finance billionaire and political donor George Soros, Jonathan spent many years managing his father’s varied financial interests,141 and in
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    Anne Bartley

    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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    Anna Burger

    Anna Burger has spent nearly her entire 40-year career working for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) joining in 1972.203 Labeled as the “Queen of Labor,”
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    Albert J. Dwoskin

    Albert J. Dwoskin is a real estate developer, activist, and major left-of-center donor to the Democratic Party and left-wing causes who resides in Virginia. In addition to being a major donor to left-wing candidates and causes,
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    Mountain States Legal Foundation

    The Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) is a public-interest law firm. MSLF’s mission is to protect individual liberty, property rights, and support the principles of limited government by litigating cases to protect citizens’ Constitutional rights.
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    Independent Women’s Forum

    The Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) is a right-of-center nonprofit organization that focuses on policy concerning women. The forum  grew out of the “Women for Judge Thomas” group, which supported the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991.
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    Hoover Institution

    The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace is a think tank that is a division of Stanford University. The organization began as an archive that includes a great many documents dealing with the history of the Soviet Union, as well as the papers of prominent right-of-center intellectuals, including those
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    William H. Donner Foundation

    The William H. Donner Foundation is a family foundation controlled by 29 descendants of William Henry Donner (1864-1953). Although best known for its grants to center-right advocacy organizations, it appears to have reduced this grantmaking in the past decade to increase grants for animal protection and environmentalist causes. History Donner
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    William E. Simon Foundation

    The William E. Simon Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation that intends to help inner-city youth and families gain greater access to education and other community-based services. The Foundation’s goal is to empower families to find independence and personal success so they may more fully participate in a free, democratic
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    Taube Family Foundation

    The Taube Family Foundation is one of two foundations created by Thaddeus “Tad” Taube, a real estate Investor and entrepreneur. The foundation supports philanthropic projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and center-right nonprofits, most notably the Hoover Institution. The Taube Family Foundation and its affiliate, the Taube Foundation
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    Searle Freedom Trust

    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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    Roe Foundation

    The Roe Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation created by Thomas A. Roe, chairman of the board of Builder Marts of America. Roe was a trustee of the Heritage Foundation, and his grants created the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies. Roe also founded the State
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    Lilly Endowment

    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