The Dorot Foundation is a private foundation that supports left-of-center advocacy in the United States and Israel. It was founded and has been operated by members of the Ungerleider family. In the early 2010s, trustees involved in the bankruptcy proceedings surrounding the Bernie Madoff investment scandals sued an Ungerleider family-associated

The Economic Security Project (ESP) is a left-of-center initiative that advocates for the federal government to distribute “unconditional cash for Americans” through a universal basic income program. 28 It is housed within the Hopewell Fund, a 501(c)(3)

The Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles (JCF Los Angeles) is a grantmaking organization supporting nonprofit programs which support Jewish communities in California, across the United States, and around the world. While most of the foundation’s grants are awarded to Jewish community organizations, the

Stanley “Stan” Greenberg is a Democratic pollster and political strategist. He is a founding partner of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and co-founder of Democracy Corps, both Democratic polling, political research, and consulting firms.

The Economic Innovation Group is a research organization that focuses on economic advancement for entrepreneurs and economically challenged demographics. In the wake of the 2008-2009 recession, a group of entrepreneurs including Napster co-founder Sean Parker and angel investor Ron Conway launched the group to promote alternative methods of economic

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) is a left-of-center labor union that claims to represent more than 200,000 educators in New Jersey. 110 The union is affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA),

John Podesta is a Democratic political operative who has served as White House Chief of Staff in the Clinton administration, Counselor to the President in the Obama administration, and chair of the Hillary Clinton 2016 Presidential campaign. He is also the co-founder and former president of the Center

Robert Reich is a left-of-center lawyer, professor, author and public figure who served as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1997. As Secretary of Labor Reich promoted most of the generally centrist economic policies of the administration, such as the North Atlantic Free Trade

The Sarah Scaife Foundation was created by Sarah Mellon Scaife, the niece of industrialist, philanthropist, and former Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon. Under her son and successor, Richard Mellon Scaife, the foundation supports center-right public policy organizations. Sarah Mellon Scaife Sarah Mellon Scaife, according to a 2016 essay by Carnegie

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (Broad Foundation) is a philanthropic foundation funded by California billionaire Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe. From 1999 through 2016 the Broad Foundation provided grants totaling at least $1.5 billion, 87 percent of which went to three areas: K-12 education, science and health, and

The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace is a think tank that is a division of Stanford University. The organization began as an archive that includes a great many documents dealing with the history of the Soviet Union, as well as the papers of prominent right-of-center intellectuals, including those

The Capital Research Center (CRC) is a right-leaning nonprofit think tank specializing in the study of policy affecting and influence exercised by nonprofit organizations. The organization was founded in 1984 by Willa Ann Johnson, a Reagan administration official and then-senior vice president of the Heritage Foundation.

The Tully and Elise Friedman Fund is a foundation created by Tully M. Friedman, a San Francisco-based investment banker. Friedman is a trustee of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute and has endowed a chair at the Hoover Institution, a right-leaning think tank housed at Stanford University. Tully M.

The Searle Freedom Trust is a private foundation created by Daniel C. Searle, chief executive officer with G.D. Searle, a pharmaceutical company. The trust, which primarily funds center-right public policy organizations, is scheduled to terminate in 2025. Daniel C. Searle Daniel C. Searle was the great-grandson of Gideon Daniel Searle,

The Marcus Foundation was created by Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot.  The foundation’s primary philanthropic effort was $250 million to the creation of the Georgia Aquarium, which opened in 2005. The foundation supports medical research; nonprofits in Atlanta, Georgia and Boca Raton, Florida; nonprofits in Israel and the

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation is a major private grantmaking foundation based in Milwaukee. The foundation’s reported net assets totaled approximately $893 million as of December 31, 2017, and it approved a net of about $33.5 million in grant contributions for charitable purposes that year.

The Lilly Endowment was created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his two sons, J.K. Lilly Jr. and Eli Lilly, who also headed the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company. Although the endowment and the company are legally separate, the endowment remains a substantial shareholder in the company. The

The Lakeside Foundation is a California-based private foundation. It was founded in 1956. The organization contributes mostly to educational and health related non-profits. In addition to those charitable contributions, the organization donates to a handful of center-right advocacy causes. Leadership The Lakeside Foundation does not report compensating any of its

The Kovner Foundation is the philanthropic vehicle of Bruce Kovner, founder of the Caxton Corporation hedge fund. Kovner, who has been a trustee of the American Enterprise Institute since 1989, was chairman of the AEI board from 2002-08, and has been a trustee of the Manhattan Institute and

The Knight Foundation is a left-leaning private foundation that sets a primary emphasis on funding media-related projects. The foundation, which was seeded by the estate of economically conservative newspaper publisher John S. “Jack” Knight, began by endowing chairs in journalism at universities. In the past decade, the foundation has funded