Courage Campaign (CC) is a left-of-center organization that uses grassroots lobbying methods to bring attention to progressive issues such as immigration, net neutrality, and social justice. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Los Angeles, California. The organization signed a petition supporting the Green New Deal and

Council on Foundations is a membership association of more than 850 global grantmaking foundations and corporations. The council provides policy insights, legal assistance, networking, and development opportunities for members at its annual conference. 22

The Common Counsel Foundation (CCF) is a nonprofit foundation consisting of a group of grantmaking funds which donate to over 300 left-of-center advocacy groups each year.55 CCF was the former fiscal sponsor

The Chicago Annenberg Challenge was a Chicago public-school reform project funded in 1995 by a $49.2 million 2-to-1 challenge grant from the Annenberg Foundation. The grant was matched by pledges from three Chicago foundations and public funding from the Illinois 1988 School Reform Act.

Ceres is a left-of-center environmentalist group based in Boston, Massachusetts. Ceres claims to make the ‘business case’ for climate action; 91 in practice, this involves leveraging a network of investors totaling more than $32 trillion in

The High Road Strategy Center (HRSC), formerly known as the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), is a left-of-center think tank that primarily focuses on union-aligned labor policy. The center gets its name from the concept “high road,” a left-of-center political strategy oriented toward collectivist prosperity, environmentalism, and social democracy.

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a left-of-center public policy advocacy organization that focuses primarily on poverty and racial equity.

The Stephen Case Foundation (also known as the Case Foundation) is a private foundation that gives grants to organizations that support charitable and center-left social initiatives. Background Jean and Steve Case founded the Stephen Case Foundation in 1997 after serving in executive positions at America Online.

The California Wellness Foundation is a grantmaking foundation created in late 1990 and endowed in early 1992 because of the conversion of non-profit California health insurer Health Net into a for-profit health insurance corporation. Announcing the terms of the 1992 endowment, California Wellness stated that it had become the “largest

The Brookings Institution is an American think tank aligned with the political establishment which conducts research and policy analysis on foreign policy, metropolitan policies, and economics. The Institution has its main office in Washington, D.C. 208 The

The Atlantic Advocacy Fund is a Delaware-based left-of-center 501(c)(4) pass-through nonprofit associated with Atlantic Philanthropies, a Bermuda-based foundation which makes grants in the United States. Funding Between 2007 and 2015, Atlantic Philanthropy’s 501(c)(4) Atlantic Advocacy Fund provided a series of grants toward several Tides Advocacy projects and

The Angelica Foundation is a left-of-center foundation located in Santa Fe, New Mexico that funds left-of-center projects around immigration, environmentalism, and other topics. The foundation was extremely critical of the policies of former President Donald Trump, stating that Trump launched a “war against immigrants.”

Actors’ Equity Association, often referred to as “Actor’s Equity” or “Equity,” is a labor union for live stage performers and stage managers. Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO union federation.267 Equity

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE; sometimes styled SEIU Local 1199 or just 1199) is a large local union of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) representing employees of hospitals throughout the northeast United States. The union wields a great deal of political power in New York State and

Climate Group is an international network of corporations and other groups that advocate environmentalist policies. 371 Since 2004, the group has received grants from several left-of-center organizations including the John D. and Catherine T.

Refugees International is a left-of-center advocacy group that aids and protects displaced people, while recommending refugee resettlement and policies to the U.S. government, foreign governments, and the United Nations (UN). The group claims to be independent because they do not accept government or UN funding.

The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a left-of-center think tank and advocacy group that is active on a variety of public policy issues. It operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with 2020 revenues totaling approximately $6.9 million. Since 2021, its executive director has been Tope Folarin.

GRID Alternatives is an environmentalist organization that specializes in installing solar power systems in the U.S., Mexico, Nicaragua, and Nepal. Headquartered in Oakland, California, GRID has multiple offices in California, in Colorado, and in the Mid-Atlantic region.

GreenWave Organization Corp, also known as GreenWave, is a left-of-center organization that promotes and funds regenerative ocean farming techniques, particularly the cultivation of seaweed and shellfish through aquaculture methods. The organization also supports policy frameworks for aquaculture expansion, with operations spanning North American coastal regions. GreenWave has received funding from

The Florida Institute for Health Innovation (formerly known as the Florida Public Health Institute) is a tax-exempt charitable organization based in West Palm Beach, Florida. It performs community-level health research throughout Southeast Florida and claims to provide impartial analysis of healthcare issues for the purpose of impacting public policy.