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The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is a progressive think tank focused on foreign policy and national security issues. The organization’s leadership is made up of former Democratic administration officials and politicians. CNAS has focused heavily on environmental security issues, including climate change.
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Also see Democracy Fund Voice (Non-profit) The Democracy Fund is a left-of-center public policy-oriented foundation chaired and soely funded by eBay founder and former chairman Pierre Omidyar.1
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The Daily Caller News Foundation has received a grant from New Venture Fund.
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William Hall Janeway is a left-of-center economist and policy advocate. He is the co-founder of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), a think tank founded in 2010 with the financial backing of billionaire financier and left-of-center philanthropist George Soros that pushes for increased government involvement in the
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The John Merck Fund was a left-of-center grantmaking institution that supported left-leaning organizations and policies on subjects such as abortion, “climate justice,” human rights, and nuclear disarmament. 1 It provided substantial grants to organizations such
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Civic Ventures is a Seattle-based 1 left-of-center policy advocacy group of “political troublemakers” that attempts to “build social change” 2
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Voices for Progress Education Fund is an advocacy and coordination group for left-of-center donors and a nonprofit project of the Tides Center. It is affiliated with Voices for Progress, an advocacy project of the Tides Foundation-affiliated Advocacy Fund, and the 527 political action committee Voices for Progress (PAC). The organization works
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The Windward Fund is an environmentalist fiscal sponsor organization in the network of “dark money” organizations controlled by philanthropic consultancy Arabella Advisors. The Fund was created in February 2015 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with startup funding of $5.25 million provided by an unknown source. According to its bylaws, Windward
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Also see Tides Nexus Tides Advocacy (formerly The Tsunami Fund, The Advocacy Fund, and the Tides Advocacy Fund) is a left-of-center advocacy organization associated with the Tides Nexus, a collection of center-left pass-through funders and fiscal sponsorship nonprofits grouped around the Tides Foundation. While Tides Advocacy has
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The Texas Freedom Network (TFN) Education Fund is a left-of-center think tank and nonprofit organization that opposes religious conservatives on issues such as sex education, legal abortion, and Bible study in public schools. 1
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Southern Partners Fund (SPF) is an Atlanta-based foundation and grantmaking organization that has given more than $20,000,000 to left-of-center activist organizations in the American South since its founding in 1998. 1 SPF runs the
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Social Venture Network (SVN) is a now-defunct advocacy group that sought to persuade businesses to adopt left-of-center social and environmental policies. During its years of operation, SVN incubated a variety of other so-called social venture organizations, or groups devoted to promoting progressive politics within the business community.
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The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund is a private foundation making grants to left-of-center organizations associated with health, education, and Jewish philanthropy. 1 Alan Davis, the fund’s president, is
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The Hopewell Fund is a 501(c)(3) funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit managed by Arabella Advisors, a Washington, D.C.-based philanthropy consulting firm. The Hopewell Fund manages a number of left-of-center single-issue advocacy groups, including the Economic Security Project and pro-Obamacare Get America Covered. The Hopewell Fund often operates alongside its “sister” nonprofits, primarily
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The David Rockefeller Fund is a left-of-center philanthropic organization that makes grants related to art, climate change, and criminal justice. Founded in 1989 and expanded in 2001, its grants go to independent organizations as well as initiatives affiliated with established groups like the Tides Foundation and the Arabella
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California Calls is a left-of-center nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California, which advocates for state-wide tax increases and runs voter outreach campaigns to that end. Notable pieces of legislation facilitated by the group include Proposition 25, a 2010 measure that overturned a supermajority requirement to pass a state
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Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) is a left-of-center grantmaking and environmental conservation group. RLF was originally founded to protect California coastlines but has expanded internationally. Most of its efforts are directed toward land conservation, but RLF also engages in political advocacy for environmentalist and left-progressive social-policy goals. RLF was founded with
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The Organize Florida Education Fund (formerly F.I.R.E., Florida Institute for Reform and Empowerment) is a left-of-center advocacy group that trains activists working in the central Florida “I-4 corridor” between Tampa and Orlando. It has frequently worked with other Democratic-aligned and left-of-center organizations in Florida. Organize Florida Education Fund is a
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Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network is a network of businesses, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and individuals who advocate for left-of-center approaches to technology, economic development, climate, and education polices. 1 Joint Venture Silicon
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Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY) is a left-of-center environmentalist organization that advocates, lobbies, and assists implementation of New York state government protections of water, air, food waste, and open spaces using grants from left-of-center foundations and federal and state governmental sources.
