Ktisis Capital is a Michigan-based left-of-center and critical race theory-aligned donor advisory firm founded and led by Jason Franklin. 1 Background Ktisis Capital is a for-profit left-of-center strategic advisory firm founded in 2015 by

Leveraged Philanthropy is a donor advisory practice founded by Lukas Haynes, the former executive director and CEO of the left-of-center David Rockefeller Fund. 6 Leveraged Philanthropy provides clients with services including investment strategy development, grantmaking

The State Leadership Project is a sister network to the left-of-center Committee on States, a state-level counterpart to the Democracy Alliance. 12 The State Leadership Project is a charitable

Election Day to Every Day (EDED) is a coalition of mostly left-of-center nonprofits and grantmaking foundations that pledge to support election-related organizations after the 2024 election. 22

The Progress Michigan Political Action Fund is a Super PAC associated with Progress Michigan, a left-of-center advocacy organization in Michigan. 28 It receives significant funding from labor unions and is the largest single recipient

State Victory Action is a left-of-center super PAC that supports Democratic Party candidates and policy initiatives at the state level and regularly ranks among the highest-spending state-focused super PACs in the nation.

The National Trust for Local News (NTLN) is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that supports local newspapers and news outlets. 73 The National Trust for Local News was founded in 2021. It later acquired 24 newspapers, websites, and

Collective Renaissance Georgia (formerly Collective Renaissance Guild) is a Black, youth-led organization seeking to create a culture in Georgia of young people actively participating in advocacy for and implementation of left-of-center policies.

The Morino Institute is the private grantmaking vehicle of left-of-center businessman Mario Morino. Morino was one of the first to incorporate venture-capital-style giving to advocacy. He would later bring that mentality to his participation in the left-of-center donor network Democracy Alliance, which supports funding left-of-center causes.

SJS Partners is a left-of-center grantmaking organization with close ties to the Sandler Foundation. 106 SJS Partners was founded in 2019 by James Sandler and his late

Idaho Progressive Investor Network steers donors to left-of-center causes such as expanding Medicaid, increasing funding for public education, and protecting public lands. Idaho Progressive Investor Network was founded by Lauren McLean, a liberal politician in Boise who has served as the city’s mayor since her election in 2019.

West Virginia Watch is an online news outlet located in Charleston, West Virginia launched by States Newsroom. It reports on West Virginia state politics and policies focusing on left-of-center issues such as criminal justice, education, health, labor, the environment, and energy.

The Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) is a left-of-center advocacy organization and think tank founded in 2019 by Georgia Democratic politician Stacey Abrams that is centered around promoting racial equity and “economic power” among minority populations in the American South. SEAP focuses its efforts on 12 southern states and

The Capacity Shop is an organization that helps left-of-center activist groups improve their organizational systems, coordinate efforts across different legal entities, and conduct outreach activities. It is an affiliated charity of New Left Accelerator (NLA) and fiscally sponsored by Social Good Labs.

Guarantee Our Votes Project is a project of the Center for Innovative Policy (CIP), a social-welfare think tank focused on developing and disseminating left-of-center public policy for the state level. 179 Guarantee Our

The Wellspring Committee was a social welfare organization provided funding to advocacy groups that produced ads promoting conservative and Republican Party-aligned causes.

Zinc Collective is a political organization that links tech and data analytics professionals with the intention of maintaining Democratic majorities. The collective is split into two pieces, DigiDems and Blue Leadership Collaborative (BLC). DigiDems pays for tech professionals to work in Democratic campaigns and BLC works to create a campaign

 The Action Lab (officially known as the Center for Law and Human Values) hosts training seminars, concerts, and other events for left of center activists. The Action Lab is closely associated with the Center for Popular Democracy, and operated under its management from 2016 to 2020. History The Action

Donors of Color Network (DOCN) is a left-of-center nonprofit co-founded by Hali Lee, Ashindi Maxton, and Urvashi Vaid in 2016. The group promotes left-of-center social equity initiatives and climate action policies. DOCN is related and works with Donors of Color Action (DOCA).

A22 Network is a project associated with the Climate Emergency Fund that consists of projects that organize environmentalist activists to volunteer for protests at which they block roadways and deface high-profile artworks to call attention demand eliminating carbon emissions.