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Anand Giridharadas is an American writer best known for his critical views on American and global elites, whom he believes use philanthropy and lackluster reform efforts to avoid or obscure the perpetration of structural economic inequality. Career After graduating from the University of Michigan in 20013 with a degree in
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John Seitz, a former investment manager, is the founder and CEO of Foundation Financial Research LLC, a foundation-focused financial analytics firm with three divisions: FoundationMark, FoundationIQ, and FoundationAdvocate. Background Prior to founding Foundation Financial Research, Seitz worked for various nonprofit organizations through an Outsourced Chief Investment Office and also
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FoundationMark is a division of Foundation Financial Research LLC, a grantmaker-focused financial analytics firm founded and operated by John Seitz, a former investment manager and consultant. Background FoundationMark’s parent company is Foundation Financial Research, a limited liability company founded on February 5, 2015 by John Seitz, a former investment
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The Opportunity Matters Fund is a political action committee that is aligned with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). 1 Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder of
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Governing for Impact (GFI) is a secretive left-of-center regulatory policy think tank created in 2019 to “prepare a new administration for transformative governance” by writing left-leaning regulatory recommendations for federal bureaucratic agencies.
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Emily Tow is president, executive director, and on the board of directors to her family’s nonprofit the Tow Foundation. Emily has guided the Tow Foundation to focus more on criminal justice matters in recent years, funding projects that support releasing prisoners early and ending cash bail. Under her guidance,
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The American Spectator Foundation is the parent organization of the magazine American Spectator. The conservative commentary magazine was founded by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. 1 In the 1990s, it began to investigate
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Stacy H. Schusterman is a left-of-center philanthropist and energy and real estate executive who is the chair of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, which is among the largest grantmakers in the United States. Schusterman is the daughter of Charles Schusterman, an oilman who died in 2000, and
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The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, also known as Principles for Responsible investment or PRI, is a non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations that urges global money management firms and financial services providers to pledge to adhere to left-of-center Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment principles.
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Lukas Walton is the grandson of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart. As of February 2022, Forbes ranks Walton as the 41st wealthiest living person. 1 Walton serves on the board of several nonprofit organizations created
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LOR Foundation is a rural community development fund and conservationist organization based in the American Mountain West. 1 It was founded by Amy Wyss, the daughter of Swiss billionaire entrepreneur and liberal philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss,
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Amy Wyss is a billionaire and daughter of Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss. Hansjorg founded the medical device manufacturer Synthes and supports liberal political groups and environmentalist projects through his private foundation, the Wyss Foundation.
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Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP) is an educational development and diversity consultancy based at Columbia University that receives public school funds. 1
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617MediaGroup is a left-of-center communications firm with headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Its clients include labor unions, Democratic and other left-progressive political candidates, and left-of-center advocacy organizations. Senior leadership at 617MediaGroup all have prior work experience with progressive organizations, unions, or Democratic political figures. Jeff Hall, founder and president, was director
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David Prouty is a labor union attorney who sits as a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Prior to his appointment by President Joe Biden, he worked as general counsel for Service Employees International Union 32BJ. He previously worked for AFSCME, the Union
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Seth Andrew is a former left-of-center political operative, former advisor to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in the Obama administration, and founder of several educational organizations including Democracy Prep Public Schools and Democracy Builders Fund.
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Tanya Coke is a lawyer and left-of-center criminal justice activist who works as the director of the Gender, Racial and Ethnic Justice program at the Ford Foundation. 1 She previously worked at George
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Solution Tree, Inc. is a company that provides professional development services for K-12 educators. The company’s products include education conferences, customized solutions for professional learning, books, videos, and online courses. 1 Solution Tree sells
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Law School Transparency is an educational research and advocacy organization that provides tools about admissions and rankings for prospective law students. The organization also advocates for increased transparency around law school admissions, and acts as a watchdog around perceived predatory practices by law schools. The organization has championed class-action lawsuits
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John W. Allen is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Greater China Corporation as well as several other China-related business ventures. 1 Allen was a former trustee of the left-of-center Open Society Institute, a
