Search results for ‘open knowledge foundation’


  • Person

    Jesse Jackson

    Jesse Jackson is a left-wing activist, preacher, former associate of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Democratic Party politician. Jackson was born in 1941 and ordained a Baptist minister in 1968. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1984 and
  • Labor Union

    United Teachers of Dade (UTD)

    The United Teachers of Dade (UTD), an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, is a teachers’ labor union in Miami-Dade County, Florida and one of the largest and most influential local teachers’ unions in the United States.
  • Other Group

    SourceWatch

    SourceWatch is a wiki-style website run by the left-leaning Center for Media and Democracy.1  The website’s content has a liberal bias
  • Person

    Michael Bloomberg

    Michael Bloomberg is a former three-term mayor of New York City and unsuccessful candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Bloomberg, a billionaire financier and media mogul who is among the wealthiest men alive, is also a prominent political donor and philanthropist, pouring billions into left-of-center political campaigns and philanthropic
  • Person

    Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton is a Democratic politician who served as President of the United States from January 20, 1993 until January 20, 2001. He is the husband of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the father of Chelsea Clinton. In December 1998 he was impeached by
  • Person

    Hillary Clinton

    Also see Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign Hillary Clinton is a former First Lady of the United States, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State. She is the wife of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and has run for President twice, losing in the Democratic primaries in 2008 and
  • Non-profit

    Tesseract

    Tesseract (formerly Agenda Project Action Fund) is a left-of-center advocacy organization that runs advertising campaigns against Republican candidates. Its president and founder, Erica Payne, was a co-founder of the Democracy Alliance donor collective. 1
  • Non-profit

    Windward Fund

    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
  • Non-profit

    National Organization for Women (NOW)

    Also see National Organization for Women Foundation (nonprofit) The National Organization For Women (NOW) is a second wave feminist organization formed in the 1960s to support social liberal policies in the name of women.
  • Non-profit

    National Lawyers Guild

    The National Lawyers Guild is a radical-left association of attorneys, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers. Founded from late 1936 to early 1937, the Guild has consistently been identified with radical-left groups and political orientations throughout its history. In its early years the National Lawyers Guild was significantly influenced
  • Labor Union

    International Union of Operating Engineers

    The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a construction-industry labor union.  The IUOE has about 400,000 members in 123 local unions in the United States and Canada and is the 10th largest union in the AFL-CIO.
  • Non-profit

    Hopewell Fund

    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
  • Political Party/527

    Greater Wisconsin Committee

    The Greater Wisconsin Committee is a liberal and Democratic Party-aligned advocacy organization that focuses on supporting left-progressive candidates in Wisconsin elections, in which it is consistently one of the largest spenders. The group is funded by various left-leaning organizations, most prominently labor unions, and is best known for funding attack
  • Non-profit

    Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)

    The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) was an annual conference hosted from 2005 through 2016 by former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton coinciding with the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly.
  • Non-profit

    Ceres

    Ceres is a left-of-center environmentalist group based in Boston, Massachusetts. Ceres claims to make the ‘business case’ for climate action; 1 in practice, this involves leveraging a network of investors totaling more than $32 trillion in
  • For-profit

    Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

    Ben & Jerry’s is a for-profit company based in Vermont that manufactures a variety of ice creams and other frozen desserts. The company supports left-progressive causes by partnering with left-of-center nonprofit organizations and advocating for left-wing social and environmental policy implementation. In 2019, Ben & Jerry’s was the best-selling ice
  • Non-profit

    Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative

    The Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative is a program at San Francisco State University founded and led by controversial professor Rabab Abdulhadi. Abdulhadi’s actions under the auspices of the initiative have led to allegations of antisemitism and resulted in a lawsuit against the university claiming anti-Jewish discrimination was
  • Non-profit

    Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

    Also see Anti-Defamation League Foundation (Non-profit) The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was created as a civil rights advocacy group in 1913. Its historical primary focus has been fighting anti-Semitism.
  • Non-profit

    American Friends Service Committee

    The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a left-of-center, Quaker-related organization that supports left-progressive policy on immigration, criminal justice, and economic issues. AFSC has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy and advocated for several left-wing policies, including abolishing all prisons, defunding law enforcement organizations, and eliminating funding for
  • For-profit

    Abt Associates

    Abt Associates is a for-profit research firm founded by Clark Abt that contracts for governments and private entities.1 The firm grew contracts for federal and state governments on domestic research and project management in education,