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Non-profit
Open Progress was a left-of-center text messaging and social media platform designed to connect volunteers to potential Democratic voters. Open Progress provided targeted messaging to potential voters, assisted in voter turnout in targeted states, and in 2020 assisted local organizations with promoting and providing vaccinations against COVID-19. After five years,
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Government Agency
Known as the Bureau of Investigation until 1935, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was created within the Department of Justice in 1908, in defiance of a prior refusal by Congress to fund it. One lawmaker had predicted that the Bureau would become a “central police or spy system
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Political Party/527
The Southern Progress Fund works to elect left-of-center statewide and state legislative candidates in the South. The Southern Progress Fund initially had support of the Democracy Alliance and was chaired by former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove (D). After involvement in some races in the South in 2013-2014, the
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Non-profit
The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute (DBI) is a Christian intellectual organization which hosts discussions on political issues among clergy and other institution leaders. Its leadership and views tend to support left-of-center political goals, especially concerning gun control and abortion. The organization is named after a German Lutheran pastor who was executed
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Non-profit
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the migration agency of the United Nations (UN). It serves as the coordinator and secretariat of the UN Network on Migration.
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Person
Robert “Rob” Weiner is a trial lawyer, adjunct professor, legal consultant, and legal strategist. He is an advocate for voting issues, focusing on voting rights and voter redistricting. He is on the staff of the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a left-of-center election administration advocacy group. Career Rob Weiner is
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Non-profit
Catholic Charities USA (CCU) is an umbrella group for local charities throughout the United States affiliated with the Catholic Church. It is the largest social safety net provider in the United States after the federal government.
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Other Group
Markers for Democracy is a Democratic-aligned get-out-the-vote organization that focuses on Congressional elections and state legislative races. 1 It is part of the Field Team 6 coalition, a pro-Democratic Party get-out-the-vote group that
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Person
Kate Shaw is a professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and a left-of-center political commentator. She frequently comments on legal and election-related issues. In addition to being a law professor, Shaw is a legal analyst for ABC News. She is also the co-host of the
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Person
Theodore M. Shaw is a left-of-center American law professor who has criticized voting ID laws, efforts to protect election integrity, and state bans on teaching critical race theory. Shaw previously worked at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education
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Person
Loida Tapia is the director of public engagement for the office of the Michigan Secretary of State, where she started in February 2019. 1 Tapia started in politics working for Barack Obama’s 2008
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Non-profit
U.S. Vote Foundation (“USVF”) is a voter education and outreach group that continuously builds a database of information on state voter registration rules. In 2020, more than three million Americans “were served” by U.S. Vote. 1
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Person
Michael Steele is a Republican politician and pundit who formerly served as the lieutenant governor of Maryland and as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Steele is considered an economic conservative and gained popularity as an African American conservative. However, his tenure as chairman of the RNC was
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Government Agency
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a global health policy agency operating under the United Nations. Established in 1945, the WHO had a largely positive reputation around the world for supporting public health efforts, but the organization has faced numerous criticisms during the COVID-19 pandemic for mishandling policy and
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Non-profit
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an organization that provides training, expertise, and mentoring via video conference in a variety of fields but primarily focuses on medicine. Project ECHO began in New Mexico to provide medical expertise to health care professionals in underserved areas and has expanded to
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Person
Matthew Masterson is a member of the left-of-center advisory group National Task Force on Election Crises, and frequent author for the Virality Project, a think tank designed to assess and control the flow of ideas and information disseminated to the general public through social media. Masterson is the former
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Non-profit
The Mastercard Impact Fund is a grantmaking nonprofit founded in 2018 which donates to organizations advancing left-of-center concepts of diversity and inclusion. 1 he fund was originally named the Mastercard Center for
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For-profit
Civis Analytics is a for-profit data analytics firm that supports Democratic candidates and PACs. Founded in 2013 by a former campaign staffer for President Barack Obama, Civis has become a crucial asset in Democratic campaigning and was employed by most major Democratic presidential candidates in 2020, including President
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Non-profit
The Jewish Communal Fund is a community foundation and administrator of donor-advised funds that promotes and facilitates charitable giving within the Jewish community in the greater New York City area. The organization was founded in 1972 and since has grown to serve donor-advised fund holders across the United States and
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Person
Tammy Patrick is a former Arizona election official who studies, writes, and speaks about election administration in the United States. She advocates for more ballot-drop boxes, more early voting, and additional mail-in voting, even calling for prepaid postage on absentee ballots mailed to voters. She is on the board of
