Search results for ‘open society’


  • Non-profit

    The Black Collective, Inc

    The Black Collective is a left-of-center activist organization based in southern Florida that is connected to the larger Black Lives Matter movement. It has staunchly opposed several policies of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), particularly his support of a state law passed in 2021 designed to prevent public
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    Immigration Equality

    Immigration Equality is an LGBT-focused immigration advocacy group that provides legal assistance for LGBT asylum seekers. 1 The group also challenges federal immigration regulations and lobbies for liberal expansionist immigration policy.
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    FP21

    FP21 is a foreign policy think tank based in Berkeley, California. The group is largely nonpartisan and focused on organizational and methodological reforms in the U.S. Department of State and the diplomatic corps. However, FP21 supports left-wing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) reforms in the government. FP21’s flagship publication,
  • Non-profit

    Free the Ballot

    Free the Ballot! Incarcerated Voter Family Network (referred to simply as Free the Ballot) is a left-of-center activist organization that seeks to end what the group identifies as “mass incarceration” in Pennsylvania.
  • Other Group

    Council for Global Equality

    Council for Global Equality is a Washington, D.C.-based LGBT advocacy group comprised of a variety of left-of-center and LGBT organizations, including Human Rights Campaign and Open Society Foundations. 1 The Council
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    First Draft News

    First Draft News was a collective of left-wing media organizations that pushed for news publications to implement guidelines for sourcing and presenting information to combat so-called “misinformation.” Founded in 2015, the collective included tech giant Google and the foreign-affairs publication Bellingcat. First Draft shut down in 2022 and handed
  • Non-profit

    Information Futures Lab (IFL)

    The Information Futures Lab (IFL) is a left-of-center research and advocacy organization that advocates for news outlets, social media platforms, and government institutions to adopt strategies to combat so-called “misinformation.” The organization was launched in June 2022 and is housed at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
  • Non-profit

    MediaJustice

    MediaJustice (formerly Center for Media Justice) is a left-of-center activist group that opposes corporate media mergers and advocates for control of the media by minority racial, gender, and socioeconomic groups. The organization was formally founded in 2009 by Malkia Devich-Cyril, Amy Sonnie, and Jen Soriano.
  • Other Group

    My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Alliance

    My Brother’s Keeper (MBK), also known as the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, is a networking organization for teenage and young adult men of Black and other ethnic minority backgrounds. It also pushes for policies which it perceives to be beneficial to minority groups. MBK was founded in February 2014 by
  • Non-profit

    International Step by Step Association (ISSA)

    International Step by Step Association (ISSA) is a Netherlands-based 1 international membership association of early childhood-focused professionals primarily located in Europe and Central Asia.
  • Other Group

    Harlem Children’s Zone – COVID-19 Relief and Recovery

    Harlem Children’s Zone – COVID-19 Relief and Recovery is a program of Harlem Children’s Zone, an educational organization based in Harlem, New York. In July 2020, MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, listed Harlem Children’s Zone – COVID-19 Relief and Recovery as one of 116
  • Non-profit

    Asian Community Development Council

    The Asian Community Development Council (ACDC) is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based organization that provides services to Asian and Pacific Islander residents of Nevada. 1 The organization conducts outreach
  • Non-profit

    Fair Representation in Redistricting

    Fair Representation in Redistricting (FRR) is a coalition of left-of-center donors and foundations that aims to influence how states draw legislative and congressional maps in order to favor likely Democratic voters. It is a project of the New Venture Fund, a nonprofit in Arabella Advisors’ multi-billion-dollar network.
  • Non-profit

    Minnesota Youth Collective (MYC)

    Minnesota Youth Collective (MYC) is a left-of-center advocacy organization focusing on young people, particularly people of color and LGBT youth. Minnesota Youth Collective supported a failed Minneapolis ballot initiative to abolish the police and promoted the most restrictive rent control policies in the country. MYC has raised money for
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    Dangerous Speech Project

    The Dangerous Speech Project is a project of the New Venture Fund to promote online censorship. The Dangerous Speech Project advocates for censoring speech that it argues can lead to violence. It defines speech as any form of human expression and argues that any speech that can inspire violence
  • Non-profit

    Women’s Foundation of California

    The Women’s Foundation of California is a left-of-center, feminist-aligned foundation based in California. It has received financial support from various private grantmaking foundations including Bank of America, Akonadi Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Microsoft, New Venture Fund, California Endowment, Blue Shield of California Foundation,
  • Non-profit

    Timap for Justice

    Timap for Justice is a nonprofit organization based in Sierra Leone that employs paralegals to provide legal assistance to individuals dealing with disputes or awaiting trial.
  • Other Group

    Breaking the Silence

    Breaking the Silence is an Israeli Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) comprised of veteran members from the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) that advocates to “expose the public to the daily reality of the occupation and Israeli military rule over the Palestinian civilian population” through collecting testimonials of IDF soldiers that have served
  • Non-profit

    More Perfect Union Action

    More Perfect Union Action is a pro-labor-union advocacy group affiliated with the More Perfect Union Foundation. Together, the two organizations publish the More Perfect Union news website, which is geared to building up support for labor unions and other left-of-center causes. The news outlet was formed by an advisor to
  • Non-profit

    More Perfect Union Foundation

    More Perfect Union Foundation is the charitable arm of the More Perfect Union Action, a pro-labor union advocacy group. Together, the two organizations publish the More Perfect Union news website, which is geared to building up support for labor unions and other left-of-center causes. The news outlet was formed by