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Non-profit
The Center for Leadership, Equity, and Research (CLEAR) is a left-of-center non-profit education consultancy organization that promotes left-of-center agendas on race and social policy in the education system.
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For-profit
The Center for Equity and Inclusion is a left-of-center for-profit management consulting organization created in 2015 and based in Portland, Oregon. It is involved in promoting critical race theory-aligned racial ideology. 1
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For-profit
The Equity Collaborative is a left-leaning consulting firm that provides critical race theory-aligned diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting services to schools and other organizations. It is perhaps most notable for contracting with the Loudoun County, Virginia school board to conduct a controversial “equity study” that led to public outrage and
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Political Party/527
The Squad Victory Fund is a political action committee that was created to support the re-election campaigns of U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a group of socialist and other left-wing members of Congress known as “The
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Non-profit
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice is a left-leaning voter mobilization group that aims to coordinate the efforts of other left-leaning activist groups in Louisiana. The group is associated with State Voices, a nationwide coalition of left-leaning nonprofits that has created a voter mobilization infrastructure for supporting liberal causes.
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Non-profit
Pershing Square Foundation (PSF) is a nonprofit organization that funds higher education, organizations that provide social services, and left-of-center advocacy organizations. 1
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Non-profit
Stop Deficit Squawks is an advocacy campaign managed by a coalition of left-of-center groups, which advocates in support of key elements of the Biden administration’s “Build Back Better Agenda.” The coalition also campaigns against right-of-center and deficit-reduction organizations, particularly the centrist Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which
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Non-profit
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) is a non-partisan, public policy think tank focused on expanding economic opportunity for those with incomes or wealth below the U.S. median. To achieve this, FREOPP advocates for equal opportunity through public policies that use the principles of individual liberty, free enterprise,
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Non-profit
The Susquehanna Foundation is the corporate foundation of Susquehanna International Group, an options-trading company located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The foundation supports libertarian causes and school reform in Philadelphia. Two of Susquehanna’s partners, Arthur Dantchik and Jeffrey Yass, also give through the Claws Foundation. Much of Susquehanna’s grantmaking reflects
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Non-profit
Equity and Transformation (EAT) is a left-progressive nonprofit organization that advocates for expanded government-controlled social programs for unemployed individuals in Chicago. EAT advocates for policy that is designed to implement so-called racial equity based on the alleged exclusion of African Americans from the labor force.
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For-profit
The Equilar Diversity Network is a left-of-center initiative dedicated to promoting diversity in corporate board membership. The group is a project of Equilar, a for-profit consulting firm that specializes in creating executive compensation tracking and governance tools for corporations, nonprofits, colleges and universities, media outlets, and law firms. The company
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Non-profit
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) is a project of the left-of-center Tides Foundation that is focused on promoting so-called “intersectional” social and racial ideologies by educating philanthropic organizations on giving to advance left-of-center racial policies.
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Non-profit
The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge is an initiative launched by Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, that is designed to expand the power and influence of women in the United States. The challenge was launched in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. The goal
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Non-profit
National Council on Teacher Quality is a research and advocacy organization supporting increased rigor in teacher training programs.
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For-profit
Squadbuck is a small, for-profit consulting firm consisting of a few former Obama administration officials and labor union activists, most of whom have also worked directly in Democratic politics. The company is headed by Ruthanne Buck, who served as Chief of Staff for Legislation and Congressional Affairs in the
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For-profit
Sequoia Voting Systems is a subsidiary of Dominion Voting Systems, a for profit company based in Canada that manufactures digital voting machines, supplying the machines to a large portion of U.S. voters. The company has been forefront in a number of scandals based in its connection to the far-left government
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Government Agency
The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute is a training agency under the United States Department of Defense that conducts training around ethnic diversity, racial sensitivity, and equal opportunity. The department was originally founded as the Defense Race Relations Institute in the 1970s as an effort to smoothen race relations
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Person
Laura Quinn is the president and co-founder of Catalist, a data firm that services both left-of-center nonprofits and Democratic candidates and officeholders. She has held numerous positions for Democratic candidates and officeholders, most prominently as Deputy Chief of Staff for former Vice President Al Gore. Quinn has also
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Person
Luz Vega-Marquis is the president and chief executive officer of the Marguerite Casey Foundation. Previously she worked as the executive director at the Community Technology Foundation of California, and worked for four years as the vice president and chief operating officer at the National Economic Development and Law Center.
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Non-profit
Equality Virginia (EV), formerly Virginians for Justice (VJ), is a left-of-center organization that promotes LGBT-interest policies and legislation. EV advocates for same-sex marriage, adoption by gay and lesbian parents, and legislation to stop bullying and discrimination against LGBT people. Equality Virginia is organized as a charitable non-profit and provides “the
