Search results for ‘Independent Institute’


  • Person

    David Brock

    David Brock is a political operative, author, commentator, and founder of Media Matters for America and American Bridge 21st Century. Formerly a conservative journalist, Brock became famous as a critic of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Brock later published several confessional pieces denouncing conservative media before becoming a close
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    Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI)

    The Georgian Democracy Initiative is a judicial reform organization based in Tbilisi, Georgia. The group won a freedom of expression case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2021.
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    Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company (APSC)

     The Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company (APSC) was the American arm of Atlantic Philanthropies, the grantmaking foundation of the late Charles “Chuck” Feeney. 1 In
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    Barnacle Strategies

    Barnacle Strategies is a left-of-center independent consulting group that advises environmentalist groups in Canada and the United States. Barnacle Strategies was founded and is managed by Dave Secord, an affiliate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, who was previously the president of strategic grantmaking for the
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    PeoplesHub

    PeoplesHub is a left-of-center, critical race theory-aligned networking and training organization fiscally sponsored by the Social Good Fund. Background PeoplesHub is a digital networking and training organization  fiscally sponsored by the Social Good Fund, a left-of-center nonprofit and donor-advised fund provider based in Richmond, California, that fiscally sponsors
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    We Are All America (We Are All U.S)

    We Are All America (also known as We Are All U.S.) is the left-of-center pro-refugee and immigration advocacy campaign of the National Partnership for New Americans. Background We Are All America was founded in 2017 as a pro-refugee and immigration campaign of the National Partnership for New Americans,
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    Karger Publishers

    Karger Publishers is a Switzerland-based medical and scientific publisher that has published papers in support of left-of-center approaches to transgender medical care for young people and the concept of gender dysphoria.
  • Labor Union

    Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA)

    The Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) is a labor union that represents security guards and other privately employed security professionals in the United States. 1 It
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    Women’s Health Action and Mobilization (WHAM!)

    Women’s Health Action and Mobilization (WHAM!) was a pro-abortion activist group founded in 1989 and based in New York City. WHAM! often partnered with the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in high-visibility demonstrations and civil disobedience to support sexual libertinism, including protests at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and
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    Austin Free Press

    The Austin Free Press is a proposed left-of-center news media outlet to be launched in 2024 and affiliated with the left-of-center Institute for Nonprofit News. The publication is operated by a non-profit and was granted provisional member status by the Institute for Nonprofit News. The organization listed as the
  • Non-profit

    MuckRock

     MuckRock, formally known as the MuckRock Foundation Incorporated, is a non-profit news organization and online platform that facilitates freedom of information requests and investigative journalism. Founded in 2010 by Michael Morisy and Mitchell Kotler, MuckRock aims to promote transparency and accountability in government by empowering citizens to request and access
  • Non-profit

    Say Yes to Education

    Say Yes to Education was a nonprofit organization focused on increasing high-school and post-secondary graduation rates for urban youth by providing student support services from kindergarten through high school and post-secondary scholarships to eligible students. It was formed in 1987 by hedge fund manager George Weiss.
  • Non-profit

    Protect Our Winters (POW)

    Protect Our Winters (POW) is a Colorado-based left-leaning climate advocacy group. It conducts political advocacy through an affiliated 501(c)(4) nonprofit, the Protect Our Winters Action Fund (POW AF). POW supports placing weather dependent wind and solar energy facilities on public lands, stating in an annual report that it
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    Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition)

    Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition) is a left-of-center legal advocacy organization that works to prevent deportation of illegal immigrants. The group was founded as a program of the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs before gaining independent nonprofit status. CAIR Coalition sends representatives to
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    2025 Presidential Transition Project (Project 2025)

    The 2025 Presidential Transition Project, commonly referred to as Project 2025, is a coalition effort of more than 70 conservative organizations to form a presidential transition effort that the New York Times reported at $22 million for the next conservative president.
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    Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT)

    The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is one of the oldest and most influential nonprofit organizations in American education. 1
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    Water Foundation

    Water Foundation is a Sacramento, California-based left-of-center environmentalist grantmaker with a focus on water-related issues. It occasionally takes stances on non-environmental issues as well. Major donors such as the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation provide funds to
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    MacMillan Family Foundation

    The MacMillan Family Foundation (officially known as The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc.) is a grantmaking foundation focused on “cancer and medical research, education, and the arts.” 1 The Foundation also gives to some left-of-center organizations,
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    New Era Colorado Foundation Action Fund

    New Era Colorado Foundation Action Fund is a left-of-center abortion-advocacy and “youth voters” organizing group founded in 2006 in Boulder, Colorado. It is the advocacy counterpart for New Era Colorado Foundation, which encourages voter turnout among Democratic-leaning constituencies in Colorado.
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    CSG Action

    CSG Action (formerly the Alliance for Self-Governance) is the 501(c)(4) nonprofit lobbying arm of Citizens for Self-Governance. CSG Action aims to empower citizens by providing information and training on civic engagement that will positively impact community life. CSG Action also engages in lobbying efforts to influence policies intended to benefit