Search results for ‘open society’


  • Non-profit

    The Marshall Project

    The Marshall Project is a left-of-center media outlet focused on criminal justice policy. Founded in 2013 by Neil Barsky, Marshall Project is often compared to ProPublica for its structure and mission.
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    Common Defense Civic Engagement (CDCE)

    Common Defense Civic Engagement (CDCE) is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that claims to be comprised of U.S. military veterans that works to train its members to become leaders in political campaigns related to climate change, anti-militarism, and voting rights. It is the lobbying and electoral advocacy arm of the
  • Other Group

    Organizing Resilience

    Organizing Resilience is an effort within the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, an ideologically motivated donor-advised fund provider associated with Amalgamated Bank, a financial institution associated with the Service Employees International Union’s Workers United division, that coordinates national and local networks to allow left-of-center organizations, government officials, and
  • Person

    Lina Khan

    Lina Khan is a legal academic and bureaucrat serving as of 2023 as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Prior to assuming her role in June 2021, Khan was an associate law professor at Columbia University Law School. Khan is a long-time left-of-center antitrust activist.
  • Other Group

    Democracy Funders Network (DFN)

    The Democracy Funders Network (DFN) is a collaboration initiative for left-leaning grantmakers. Members of the network coordinate their philanthropic efforts and identify causes in which to invest their money. Causes that DFN and its members support include the perceived threat of right-leaning populist movements and the alleged need to restructure
  • Person

    Elizabeth Spiers

    Elizabeth Spiers is a left-of-center journalist and media consultant who is the founder of The Insurrection, a political consulting firm that specializes in polling and digital strategies. Previously, Elizabeth Spiers served as the editor-in-chief of the New York Observer, founded financial news site Dealbreaker, and was the founding editor of
  • Other Group

    Global Dialogue

    Global Dialogue is a London-based 1 philanthropic support program that was originally founded to support human rights-focused organizations. 2 The
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    Action Lab

     The Action Lab (officially known as the Center for Law and Human Values) hosts training seminars, concerts, and other events for left of center activists. The Action Lab is closely associated with the Center for Popular Democracy, and operated under its management from 2016 to 2020. History The Action
  • Non-profit

    Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR)

    Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR) is a left-of-center legal advocacy clinic housed at the City University of New York School of Law’s clinical arm, Main Street Legal Services. The clinic was founded in 2009 by Razmi Kassem, a law professor at the CUNY Law School who in 2022
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    Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Maryland Nonprofits)

    Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Maryland Nonprofits) assists nonprofit groups throughout Maryland by providing training, budget and legislative advice, and consulting services. Maryland Nonprofits has argued that structural racism pervades public and private sector organizations, advances teaching about colonialism in the United States, and called the killing of George Floyd
  • Non-profit

    Donors of Color Network (DOCN)

    Donors of Color Network (DOCN) is a left-of-center nonprofit co-founded by Hali Lee, Ashindi Maxton, and Urvashi Vaid in 2016. The group promotes left-of-center social equity initiatives and climate action policies. DOCN is related and works with Donors of Color Action (DOCA).
  • Non-profit

    Liberation Ventures

    Liberation Ventures (LV) is a fiscally sponsored project of PolicyLink that gives grants to nonprofits that promote race-based reparations in the United States. LV primarily focuses on encouraging cultural change but seeks the eventual enactment of reparations policies at the federal level. Goals According to Liberation Ventures, the United
  • Non-profit

    Fenomenal Funds

    Fenomenal Funds is a left-of-center funding collaborative that directs funds from major left-of-center grantmaking foundations to 44 separate funds that are members of the Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds (INWF), a left-of-center global network of local and national women’s funding groups. It is a fiscally-sponsored project of the
  • Non-profit

    Soros Foundation-Moldova (SFM)

    Soros Foundation-Moldova is a local grantmaking organization based in Moldova and is part of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grantmaking network founded by philanthropist George Soros. 1
  • Non-profit

    Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan (SFK)

    Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan (SFK) is a local grantmaking organization based in Kazakhstan and is part of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), a grantmaking nonprofit network founded by philanthropist George Soros. 1
  • Non-profit

    Foundation for Middle East Peace

    The Foundation for Middle East Peace is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation that focuses on issues surrounding Israel and the Palestinian territories. It takes anti-Israel positions and has provided grants to various anti-Israel organizations and organizations that promote the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel.
  • Non-profit

    South Asian Network (SAN)

    South Asian Network (SAN) is an organization that provides support services, education, and advocacy to southern California South Asians in a variety of South Asian languages on the topics of health, violence and abuse, immigration, and civic engagement. SAN works in conjunction with other left-of-center South Asian and immigrant advocacy
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    Save the Children USA

    Save the Children USA, also known as Save the Children Federation, Inc., is a humanitarian organization that provides health and education programs to support at-risk children and their families. 1 Save
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    Roma Education Fund

    The Roma Education Fund is a non-governmental organization (NFO) that advocates for providing educational opportunities for members of the Roma community in Europe. The group was formed through donations by several foundations and institutions including the Open Society Foundations and The World Bank.
  • Other Group

    Social Watch

    Social Watch is an international network of activist groups which promotes left-wing wealth redistribution programs and cultural values. Founded in 1995, the network describes itself as holding national governments, non-government organizations (NGOs), and the United Nations (UN) accountable for making progress towards implementing its preferred economic and societal principles,