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O’Brien Garrett is a major Washington, D.C.-based fundraising and political consulting firm founded by Democratic political operative Frank O’Brien in 1987. It was previously known as O’Brien McConnell Pearson and branded as OMP Direct. Yvonne Garrett later joined the firm as a partner after serving as vice president for client
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Margaret Sanger was a prominent advocate for contraception, eugenics, population control, and abortion best known for founding the American Birth Control League, the immediate predecessor of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Sanger popularized the term “birth control” as central to her larger philosophy of Birth Control (later
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The Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation associated with liberal activist couple Larry Lebowitz, a hedge fund manager, and Naomi Aberly, the chair of the board of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Grantmaking The Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation supports a number of left-of-center organizations and advocacy causes; appropriately given
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The Denver Foundation is a private charity that specializes in managing and administering grants from donor-advised funds and other charitable fund formats. The group was established in 1925 and is particularly focused on helping donors in the Denver area. Because of the donor-advised nature of so many of the foundations
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The Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation established by the late entrepreneur Morris “Marty” Silverman. The foundation disburses grants to academic, Jewish, and veterans causes, along with programs for children and the elderly.
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The Hull Family Foundation is a left-of-center private foundation founded by millionaire investor Blair Hull and run by him and his children. The foundation donates to many left wing groups, including NARAL, the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Nicole Berner is a left-of-center activist currently working as general counsel for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) as a partner in the labor union-side labor law firm James and Hoffman PC.
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MacKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Formerly known as MacKenzie Bezos, she is recognized as the third-wealthiest woman in the world after a divorce settlement left her with an estimated $37 billion.
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Ellen Pao is the former interim CEO of Reddit and the founder of Project Include. She rose to national prominence after suing her former employer, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, for gender discrimination; she lost the case.
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Jennifer Ann Allan Soros is the wife of Jonathan Soros, the third child of liberal finance billionaire George Soros and his first wife, Annaliese Witschak. Jennifer and her husband have given millions of dollars to left-of-center causes, Democratic Party candidates, and the abortion provider Planned Parenthood Federation
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John R. Taylor is the managing partner of the private philanthropy consulting firm Wellspring Advisors and the founder of its associated left-of-center foundation, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. Taylor previously worked for Berger & Montague P.C. from 1989-1997 and as a litigator for Dechert LLP from 1986 to 1989.
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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust is the private grantmaking foundation of the late real estate developer and philanthropist Bernard Spitzer and his wife, Anne, whose children include former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D). The foundation is a major contributor to left-of-center nonprofits. Background Formed in 2001
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Agnes Gund is an heiress and philanthropist known for her work as a patron of the arts and as a funder of left-of-center causes. She is the chair of the left-of-center organization Art for Justice Fund, which works to release inmates and works to reduce prison sentences. In addition
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Florence Elizabeth “Beth” Lynk is a left-leaning political activist, advocate, strategist, and communications specialist. She supports left-progressive policies including abortion,1 government-funded health care,
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The Falconwood Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation led and funded primarily by investor Henry G. Jarecki. 1 The Foundation provides grants to numerous left-of-center organizations and causes ranging
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The Perception Institute began as a project of the Institute for America’s Future to use research to release reports, conduct trainings, and otherwise advocate for left-of-center perspectives on racial, gender, and other alleged biases in American culture and society.
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Citizen Change is a political advocacy project launched in 2004 by popular musicians P. Diddy, Mariah Carey, 50 Cent, and Mary J Blige that encouraged young people to vote. The project’s primary activity was the “Vote or Die” campaign. The executive director of Citizen Change was Alexis McGill Johnson, the
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Alexis McGill Johnson is the acting President and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She entered the role on July 16, 2019 following the departure of Leana Wen.
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Grassroots Solutions is a left-of-center political consulting firm. 1 Grassroots Solutions has received tens of millions of dollars2 to support the
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Gender Funders CoLab (formerly Philanthropy Advancing Women’s Human Rights, or PAWHR) is a left-progressive network which provides funding to feminist and gender identity social change initiatives in what it calls the “Global South and East.” 1
