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Robert Kraft is the CEO of the Kraft Group, the largest private paper and packaging company in the United States, and the owner of the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Kraft has been described as a “lifelong Democrat,” and he has mostly donated to Democratic candidates and
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Carbon Tracker Initiative (Carbon Tracker) produces research advocating for reductions in fossil fuel use through corporate investment policies that aligns with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing. Through a series of reports, Carbon Tracker has attempted to link investment capital with global warming and has pushed for regulations
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The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Family Foundation is a private foundation that mainly funds various “Stone Centers” at large universities in the United States and abroad, which support economic and policy research related to wealth inequality. Background and Activities The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Family Foundation
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America Abroad Media (AAM) is an international media organization that produces documentaries, educational programming, and dramatic programming promoting the values of critical thinking, women’s empowerment, and pluralism for international audiences. 1 AAM maintains partnerships
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Women’s Information Service (WISE) (commonly known as WISE) is a New Hampshire-based nonprofit that primarily provides services and support to female and LGBT victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. WISE also engages in limited outreach, advocacy, and education initiatives. WISE claims to have helped over 10,000 victims and provided
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The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation is a grantmaking nonprofit supported by billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb. The foundation supports both left-of-center and right-of-center organizations, and its recipients include nonprofits that seek to promote education, organizations defending women’s rights internationally, Jewish American cultural groups, neoconservative foreign-policy groups, and
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The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is a prominent Jewish advocacy group that engages in global diplomacy (including meeting with officials from over 110 countries annually), political advocacy, and the communication of Jewish values to the public.
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IssueVoter is an online service which provides summaries of proposed legislation in Congress. It also offers a platform for constituents to send comments to their representatives. Founded by Maria Yuan, a former state senate campaign manager, IssueVoter describes itself as nonpartisan and claims that its summaries of legislation are unbiased
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United Palestinian Appeal (UPA) disburses resources, funds, and undertakes construction projects for the benefit of populations in the Palestinian territories as well as refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, and other countries. UPA also makes donations to advocacy organizations, such as A.M. Qattan Foundation. Background United Palestinian Appeal is a
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Barbara Hostetter is a Boston, Massachusetts-based philanthropist. She is the wife of billionaire cable television entrepreneur Amos Hostetter. She is the co-founder of the Barr Foundation, which gives to various projects around the Boston area related to the arts and combating climate change.
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Miles Rapoport is a left-wing activist and Democratic politician who served as Secretary of State of Connecticut and ran the left-of-center advocacy groups Demos and Common Cause. He is currently the executive director of 100% Democracy, an advocacy group for mandatory voting based on a book of the
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Workers Circle (formerly known as the Workmen’s Circle) is a Jewish cultural organization that supports left-of-center social justice politics. Originating in 1900 as a mutual-aid society, the Workers Circle rose to 84,000 national members with a strong base in socialist, communist, and labor-union politics. Throughout the 20th century, the organization’s
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National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) is the trade association representing the propane gas industry including producers, retailers, and transporters. NPGA works to promote safety and standards in the industry and works with state legislatures and regulators on bills and new guidelines. In its educational efforts, National Propane Gas Association holds
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Glenn Singleton is a consultant and author who provides race-focused education, training, and consulting for schools, colleges and universities, government entities, and corporate clients in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Singleton’s work is based on the premise that the gap between Black student performance and white student
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Christensen Fund is a private foundation originally started to acquire art that focuses on assisting indigenous people and communities internationally. In the United States, the fund makes grants to Native American populations but has also supported left-of-center nonprofits. Christensen Fund has encouraged racial reparations payments in California and supports left-of-center
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The People’s Advocacy Institute is a left-of-center activist group that focuses on criminal justice policy and the implementation of a new criminal justice system. 1 People’s Advocacy Institute has received grants from various left-of-center organizations including
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Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Yass is an American investor, co-founder of the Susquehanna International Group, and vice chairman of the libertarian-aligned think tank Cato Institute. As of April 2023, Forbes estimates his total new worth at roughly $28.5 billion.
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The Innocence Project is a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that it claims would help prevent wrongful convictions, including limiting surveillance, restricting the use of jailhouse informants, restricting how law enforcement can solicit eyewitness testimony, restricting how forensic evidence can be used in criminal cases, requiring interrogations to be
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FairVote Action is the advocacy arm of FairVote. The organization supports ranked-choice voting, universal voter registration, and abolition of the Electoral College, and lowering the legal age to vote to 16 years old.
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Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA) is a nonprofit association representing public housing authority directors before Congress and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). PHADA provides input on legislation and federal regulations to increase funding for public housing and seeks to change laws and regulations to
