The Funding Exchange was a left-of-center grant making membership organization that funded community activist-led organizations. The national organization also administered donor-advised funds and had its own grant making program, which eventually led to concerns about the national organization competing with its own local member foundations and contributed to the decision

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. 1 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

The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) was founded in late 2014 to promote the progressive agenda at the state level amid substantial losses for progressives in state legislative elections. A merger of several progressive organizations, including the American Legislative Issue Campaign Exchange (ALICE), the Progressive States Network (PSN) and its affiliated

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, 1 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.”

The Black Harm Reduction Network (BHRN) is a partnership between the Legal Action Center (LAC), the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), and the National Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC). 1 The network

Art2Action is a New York-based theater that promotes artists of color, women, LGBT individuals, and veterans. 1 The nonprofit has received over $400,000 in general support grants from the left-of-center Ford Foundation.

Michael Milken is a billionaire financier and former securities trader. According to Forbes, Milken has a net worth of $6.5 billion as of July 2024 due to his investments in more than one asset management firm, hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity.

Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI) is an academic, research, and advocacy organization established at the University of San Diego (USD) focused on children’s issues. It advocates at the state and federal levels for improvements to the child protection and foster care systems and addresses issues concerning child abuse and sexual exploitation,

The Institute for Climate and Society (ICS) is a left-of-center organization in Brazil founded in 2015 that promotes carbon-emission reductions and other environmentalist policies within Brazil. The group was founded in part due to the Paris Climate Agreement and seeks to “finance and catalyze the climate agenda in Brazil.” The

Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) is an organization of left-of-center philanthropic organizations and nonprofits that support left-of-center conceptions of racial equity 1

The Peter E. Haas, Jr. Family Fund is a left-of-center family foundation founded by Peter E. Haas, the former chairman and CEO of Levi Strauss and Co. and a descendant of the company’s founder, Levi Strauss. The fund is operated by the Marin Community Foundation but incorporated as a