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For-profit
Goldman Sachs is an international investment bank and financial services corporation based in New York City. Since its founding in 1869, the firm has since grown into one of the largest and most influential financial institutions in the world. Since in the 1980s, a number of Goldman Sachs executives have
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Labor Union
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) advocates for the interests of Black and other ethnic minority union members within the larger labor movement, and works to bring attention to national and international issues relating to labor and race.
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Non-profit
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank and research institution created to support American foreign policy and national security during the height of the Cold War.
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Non-profit
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is a left-of-center economic policy think tank. It has historically supported left-of-center Democratic policies, such as the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and payroll tax increases.
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Labor Union
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE; sometimes styled SEIU Local 1199 or just 1199) is a large local union of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) representing employees of hospitals throughout the northeast United States. The union wields a great deal of political power in New York State and
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Non-profit
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (known as the Wilson Center), located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968. The Wilson Center says it wants to maintain a forum for informed dialogue,
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Non-profit
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), co-founded by Rick Fedrizzi, Mike Italiano, and David Gottfried in 1993, is a private membership-based nonprofit organization that promotes environmentalism in building design, construction, and operation. Much of USGBC’s activity is based on promoting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. Federal, state,
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Non-profit
Refugees International is a left-of-center advocacy group that aids and protects displaced people, while recommending refugee resettlement and policies to the U.S. government, foreign governments, and the United Nations (UN). The group claims to be independent because they do not accept government or UN funding.
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Non-profit
The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a left-of-center think tank and advocacy group that is active on a variety of public policy issues. It operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with 2020 revenues totaling approximately $6.9 million. Since 2021, its executive director has been Tope Folarin.
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Non-profit
Community Initiatives is an organization that subsidizes the administrative expenses of left-of-center organizations. Community Initiatives refers to itself as a “fiscal sponsor” of other non-profit organizations because it provides free services including establishing nonprofit legal status, supporting on-call legal counsel, administering grants, filing taxes, and managing accounting, benefits, payroll, and
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Non-profit
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a far-left political activist group in the United States, and the largest socialist organization in the country with approximately 78,000 members as of August 2023.
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Government Agency
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent U.S. government agency that has traditionally managed and administered American foreign aid, financial support for developing nations, humanitarian assistance programs, climate-related issues,
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Government Agency
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) is an independent entity within the executive branch of the United States government. It is comprised of the Inspectors General (IG) of federal agencies and designated federal entities. It was established by the IG Reform Act of 2008 to
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Person
Mary Kay Henry serves as the international president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Henry worked for the union almost continuously since 1979, 1 holding 18 different
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Person
Jared Polis is a liberal politician, internet businessman, and political donor. From 2009 to 2018, he served as the Democratic U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 2nd district, which is dominated by the university town of Boulder. In the 2018 midterm election, Polis was elected governor of Colorado. Polis earned a fortune
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Person
Dirk Wiggins is the CEO of echo19, a Washington, D.C.-based telecommunications platform that consults for and assists left-of-center political and advocacy groups. He is also the chairman of the board for Code for Progress. 1 Wiggins
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For-profit
BerlinRosen (also styled Berlin Rosen) is a for-profit public relations and campaign communications consulting firm headquartered in New York City that works for Democratic campaigns, progressive nonprofit organizations, and labor unions, with a focus on New York. Founded in 2005 by former Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
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Person
Rahm Emanuel is an American politician who served as the 55th mayor of Chicago from 2011 through 2019.1 Emanuel has served in several senior positions in government, including Senior Advisor to President Bill Clinton,
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Non-profit
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth (Equitable Growth) is a research and grantmaking organization that advances left-of-center economic policies, particularly policies that claim to reduce economic disparities. The Center funds research that supports its agenda and works to make its findings accessible to lawmakers.
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For-profit
Arabella Advisors (commonly called “Arabella”) is a philanthropic consulting company that guides the strategy, advocacy, impact investing, and management for high-dollar left-leaning nonprofits and individuals. 1 Arabella provides these clients with a number of services that ease
