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American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is a network of 350 state colleges and universities. AASCU provides support to its members to increase its admissions of low-income students and students of color and to incorporate civics into the student curricula to encourage “democratic engagement.” It organizes networking events,
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Cleantech Leaders Roundtable (CTLR) is a private membership organization of technology and climate leaders devoted to transitioning to weather-dependent energy, decarbonizing the U.S. economy, and combatting climate change. 1 Activities Cleantech Leaders Roundtable serves as
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The Hellman Foundation is a left-of-center private grantmaking foundation based in and with its primary focus in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2020, the group gave $2,750,000 to the New Venture Fund.
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This is Place Foundation (PLACE) is a global mapping and data intermediary between governments and the private sector. PLACE seeks to produce higher quality, more in depth maps and further chart areas of the world that have been underserved. PLACE’s model collects data from the public and private sectors and
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Techsoup Global is a nonprofit organization that provides discounted technology assistance and software subscriptions to nonprofits with support from a variety of tech companies and left-of-center grantmaking foundations. The group was founded in 1987 by Daniel Ben-Horin, a left-of-center former journalist who previously ran the Media Alliance, an association of
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FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund (FRIDA) is a left-of-center feminist funding organization based out of Canada. FRIDA focuses on various projects through a feminist lens that include art activism, global warming, LGBT interests, and other ventures. FRIDA has funded pro-anarchy groups, queer art, groups fighting development, educational groups for
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Club Z is an educational organization for Jewish teens to promote understanding of the role of Israel to Jewish people. 1 The organization runs bi-monthly educational meetings, speaker events, an annual retreat, and an annual
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Know Your Rights Camp (KYRC) is a left-of-center education-based organization led by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his wife Nessa. It was founded with management help from the Entertainment Industry Foundation and is based on radical-left principles espoused by Malcom X and the Black Panther
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The Carmel Hill Fund is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation headquartered in New York City that funds a variety of nonprofit organizations, charities, and advocacy groups throughout the United States with a focus on programs in New York, Colorado, and Louisiana. The group was founded by New York investment banker William
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B4U-ACT is an advocacy group that refers to itself as resource for mental health professionals who treat persons it calls “minor-attracted people” (MAPs). It claims to “promote a science-informed understanding” about people who are sexually attracted “to children or adolescents,” and seeks to “support them living in truth and dignity.”
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Acton Family Giving is a left-of-center grant maker that supports racial preferences in social policies, LGBT advocacy organizations, and animal liberation and environmentalist groups. Acton Family Giving is a donor-advised fund (DAF) founded in 2014 by billionaire philanthropists Brian and Tegan Acton managed by Fidelity Charitable.
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The Baring Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking foundation based in the United Kingdom that was originally founded as the corporate foundation of Barings Bank, a now-defunct merchant bank. It has been independent since 1995. Background The Baring Foundation was created on March 25, 1969, as the corporate foundation of Barings
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The Mozilla Foundation is a technology-focused nonprofit that wholly owns the Mozilla Corporation and the MZLA Technologies Corporation. 1
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The Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources is a left-of-center environmentalist journalism training nonprofit based out of Madison, Wisconsin. 1 IJNR puts on training programs for editors and reporters who
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The Equation Campaign is an environmentalist group that funded anti-fossil fuel agitation groups. Two great-great-grandchildren of Standard Oil Company founder John D. Rockefeller, Sr. founded the group. The group works to reduce the supply of conventional fuels by funding anti-oil and gas groups. It funded a campaign to end fuel
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AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles (AltaSea) is a nonprofit organization that claims that the world’s oceans could be used to solve civilizational problems concerning food security, climate change, and energy production, collectively referring to such technology as “Blue Economy.” It provides educational resources to students and advocates for
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Non-profit
Warehouse Worker Resource Center (WWRC) is a left-of-center labor organization that campaigns among warehouse workers at companies including Amazon and Walmart in Southern California and California’s Inland Empire region. Although not a labor union, WWRC works in alignment with labor unions and in partnership with the immigrant rights
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Transformative Justice Coalition is an advocacy organization founded in 2015 by Barbara R. Arnwine, a left-of-center racial justice activist. It touts its participation in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which among other things allowed employees to sue their employers based on identity discrimination. Activities Transformative
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The Guardian.org Foundation is the US-based fundraising arm of the Guardian Media Group, publisher of the Guardian newspaper. The foundation receives contributions from individuals and nonprofits and issues grants for left-leaning journalism and advocacy projects. Background The Guardian.org Foundation was founded as a nonprofit funding arm of The Guardian
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Monument Lab is a nonprofit focusing on past, present, and future public monuments and contends that monuments must be changed. Monument Lab produced an audit of United States monuments alleging that they overwhelmingly depict white men, memorialize war and conquest, and misrepresent the history of the country. Monument Lab curated
