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Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a foreign policy institute based in Washington, D.C., that focuses its research and advocacy on national security and foreign policy issues. FDD supports an activist foreign policy for the United States and advocates on issues that it considers priorities for American foreign policy.
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Council on Foundations is a membership association of more than 850 global grantmaking foundations and corporations. The council provides policy insights, legal assistance, networking, and development opportunities for members at its annual conference.
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For the university, see Central European University (Nonprofit) Central European University Budapest Foundation (CEUBF) operates as the host of Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary. It determines the budget and provides for the educational, research and general operations of the university. The foundation also maintains CEU’s public
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The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (Astraea) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization that has funneled over $31 million to bolster Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI) political organizations.
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The Angelica Foundation is a left-of-center foundation located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that funds left-of-center projects around immigration, environmentalism, and other topics. The foundation was extremely critical of the policies of former President Donald Trump, stating that Trump launched a “war against immigrants.”
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Arcus Operating Foundation is an arm of the left-of-center nonprofit Arcus Foundation which organizes conferences, leadership programs, and research publications to advocates for LGBT issues. 1
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Asia Society is a New York City-based international nonprofit with a focus on left-of-center topics such as sustainability 1 and climate policy in U.S.-Asia relations.
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The UPS Foundation is the corporate foundation of United Parcel Service. The foundation supports the United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, charities in the Atlanta area and, increasingly, organizations that support minorities, women, and the environment. In addition, the foundation provides in-kind donations of shipping and logistical
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The Taube Family Foundation is one of two foundations created by Thaddeus “Tad” Taube, a real estate Investor and entrepreneur. The foundation supports philanthropic projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and center-right nonprofits, most notably the Hoover Institution. The Taube Family Foundation and its affiliate, the Taube Foundation
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The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation is a private foundation founded by Richard DeVos, Sr. and his wife Helen in 1970. It is associated with the DeVos family, who operate a number of other nonprofit organizations. It supports right-leaning advocacy organizations, education, health care, charities, and Christian organizations, among other
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The Marcus Foundation was created by Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot. The foundation’s primary philanthropic effort was $250 million to the creation of the Georgia Aquarium, which opened in 2005. The foundation supports medical research; nonprofits in Atlanta, Georgia and Boca Raton, Florida; nonprofits in Israel and the
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The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation is a major private grantmaking foundation based in Milwaukee. The foundation’s reported net assets totaled approximately $893 million as of December 31, 2017, and it approved a net of about $33.5 million in grant contributions for charitable purposes that year.
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The Knight Foundation is a left-leaning private foundation that sets a primary emphasis on funding media-related projects. The foundation, which was seeded by the estate of economically conservative newspaper publisher John S. “Jack” Knight, began by endowing chairs in journalism at universities. In the past decade, the foundation has funded
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The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (EMKF) is a major philanthropic foundation primarily focused in the Kansas City area. EMKF funds some left-of-center groups and a few right-of-center groups, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute. EMKF has more than $2.5 billion in assets.
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The Dorothy D. and Joseph A. Moller Foundation was created by Joseph A. Moller, a veteran of World War I and World War II whose wealth came from working for the Pure Oil Company, cattle ranching, and investing. The foundation, which is administered by Hillsdale College, gives grants to military
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People For the American Way Foundation is the charitable arm of People For the American Way, a progressive advocacy organization in the United States. In 1980-81, American film producer and left-wing activist Norman Lear, along with liberal former U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan (D-Texas) and other aligned business interests, founded
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Founded in 1999 as the 501(c)(3) educational counterpart of the 501(c)(4) corporation, the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation provides research and other support to left-of-center groups seeking to use state-level ballot referenda to change laws and constitutions. The organization’s revenue grew substantially 2004 to 2013, from $180,116 to $1,270,552.
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Since its founding in 1950, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) has become well-known for its philanthropic campaigns on youth issues and public health.1. These include long-term funding for research to eradicate trachoma
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The Obama Foundation is a nonprofit organization formed in 2014, near the end of President Barack Obama’s second term in office, to press for liberal projects and to both oversee the design and construction of the Obama Presidential Center within Jackson Park in Chicago, Illinois. A federal review of
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The Walton Family Foundation is the primary charitable outlet of the Walton family, the heirs to Sam Walton’s Walmart fortune. With a combined net worth of $196 billion as of March 2020, the Waltons are the wealthiest family in the world.
