The Funding Exchange was a left-of-center grantmaking membership organization that was focused on providing funds to community activist-led organizations that dissolved in 2018. The national organization also administered donor-advised funds (DAFs) and had its own grantmaking program, which eventually led to concerns about the national organization competing with its own

The Ameson Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation (sometimes known as “Ansheng”) is an American nonprofit that facilitates education-based cultural exchange between China and the United States. The organization was founded and run by the China-based for-profit company Ambright Education Group.  

Global Exchange is a left-of-center nonprofit advocacy group that works on environmental issues and economic policy. As of 2025, Global Exchange runs several advocacy campaigns such as the People’s Movement for Peace and Justice, which focuses on policy related to gun control, immigration, and climate issues. The group also claims

Democratic Data Exchange (DDx) is a for-profit entity that enables state Democratic parties, Democratic-aligned campaigns, liberal super PACs, and other left-of-center independent groups that are forbidden to coordinate with each other to share information on individual voters.

Community Justice Exchange is a radical-left organization that works on criminal-justice related issues. Among the goals of the organization is the abolition of prisons and other forms of incarceration. It also seeks the abolition of policing and any form of legal supervision. It is a fiscally sponsored project of the

China-U.S. Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) seeks to build relations between the United States and China. 72 It is funded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as part of its United Front

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a right-of-center nonprofit think tank that also functions as the nation’s largest voluntary membership association for state legislators. It also offers membership to private sector companies and think tanks. The group authors a variety of publications and utilizes member task forces to adopt

Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN) is a left-of-center environmental and economic policy advocacy organization. LiKEN is a self-described “link-tank” that works to connect communities and local-level organizations with non-profit groups and government agencies to influence public policy.

Stop Funding Hate is an online campaign to discourage companies from advertising in populist-conservative-leaning media outlets, mostly in the United Kingdom. Stop Funding Hate launches social media campaigns against targeted companies, accusing them of facilitating the promotion of “hate,” particularly against immigrants and Muslims. The group has compiled an Ethical

Deadly Exchange (DX) is a project of the left-of-center organization Jewish Voice For Peace (JVP) which seeks to end counter-terrorism training exchanges offered by the Israeli military to U.S. law enforcement officers. DX alleges that “racist, militarized” practices have increased among U.S. police as a result of the training

Biodiversity Funders Group (BFG) is a professional association of philanthropic trustees and private foundation leaders who fund environmentalist causes related to climate change and conservationism. It serves as a donor network for more than 70 formal member organizations. BFG was founded as Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) in 1987

The Circle for Justice Innovations (CJI) is a center-left criminal justice advocacy group. CJI was started as a project of the The Funding Exchange, 198 but has been under the fiscal sponsorship of the

California Calls is a left-of-center nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California, which advocates for state-wide tax increases and runs voter outreach campaigns to that end. Notable pieces of legislation facilitated by the group include Proposition 25, a 2010 measure that overturned a supermajority requirement to pass a state

Resource Generation (RG) is a left-of-center organization which organizes and encourages wealthy young people to “devote a portion of their financial assets to left-of-center causes.”

Larry Ellison is an American businessman best known as the founder and long-time leader of Oracle Corporation, one of the world’s largest enterprise software companies. He was born on August 17, 1944. Ellison was adopted at nine months by his aunt and uncle in Chicago after contracting pneumonia. Raised

The Snider Foundation was a private foundation established in 1977 by Ed Snider, founder of the Philadelphia Flyers National Hockey League team. The Foundation intended to promote what it viewed to be core American values, including the principles of limited government, individual liberty, and free enterprise. The Foundation also supported

Conservation Northwest, also known as Conservation NW, is an environmentalist nonprofit in Seattle, Washington, that advocates for protecting wildlands, building wildlife migration corridors, restoring endangered species, and reforestation. 326  

The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS Foundation) sets corporate financial reporting standards for capital markets around the world through its two independent standard-setting boards, the International Accounting Standards Board and the International Sustainability Standards Board.

Sustainable Pennsylvania (Sustainable PA) is a municipal certification project jointly administered by the Pennsylvania Municipal League (PML) and Sustainable Pittsburgh (Sustainable PGH). The project has provided guidelines for local governments to help them promote and implement left-of-center environmental policies and practices regarding land use, transportation, energy, water, operations, waste, and

The Gulf Coast Homeless Coalition is an organization based in Galveston, Texas that operates programs under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which finances local nonprofits in homeless relief efforts. The Coalition operates in Galveston, Brazoria, Chambers, and Liberty Counties.