The Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) is a left-of-center public interest law group located in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 2007 and began operations in 2009. Anita Earls, SCSJ’s founder and first executive director, designed it as an organization to help communities and clients with legal assistance,

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is a private foundation based in Houston, Texas. The foundation was founded in 2008 by hedge fund manager John Arnold and his wife, Laura. The foundation focuses on criminal justice and public safety, higher education, health care, public finance, infrastructure, and evidence

 The National Geographic Society is a research and exploration nonprofit best known for publishing National Geographic magazine. Founded in 1888, the Society rose to prominence due to the quality of its research, travel stories, and photography, amassing millions of subscribers for its magazine and eventually branching into other commercial interests.

The Bloomberg Family Foundation is the $7 billion foundation88 created by left-leaning Democratic billionaire and former Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg. Bloomberg,

Hamilton “Ham” Fish V is a liberal activist who has financially supported or published numerous liberal political journals, including The Nation, the New Republic, and the Washington Spectator. In November 2017, Fish resigned as publisher of the New Republic following allegations that he had sexually harassed female

SKDKnickerbocker (SKDK) is a political consulting and public affairs company whose clients include prominent Democratic Party politicians, particularly in the state of New York. SKDK has done consulting work for former President Barack Obama, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), and New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential

Living Cities is a grantmaking and advocacy organization that consists of business and nonprofit organizations. It promotes economic, infrastructure, and development policies that align with left-wing societal objectives. Founded in 2001, Living Cities started out supporting mostly neighborhood-level projects before adopting a broader and more activist approach beginning in 2007.

Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955248) is a Democratic politician and the junior U.S. Senator for Rhode Island, serving since 2007. 249 He

The Niskanen Center is a nominally libertarian 501(c)(3) environmental think tank with ties to center-left environmental groups. The Center was created in January 2015 and was initially headed by Jerry Taylor, a global warming advocate and environmental activist who authored a 2015 report The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax.

The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance is an environmentalist constituency organization, which purports to represent the interests of labor union members who identify as hunters and fishermen. It participates in wildlife conservation projects and advocates in favor of sportsmen’s user-fee programs, such as excise taxes and hunting and fishing licenses. The organization

The Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC) is a donor-advised fund provider established in 1958 that manages funds for 2,700 separate charitable individuals, families and organizations. 368

Keith Ellison is a Democratic politician and lawyer who serves as the Attorney General of Minnesota. 388  He is a former U.S. Representative and Minnesota state

James Simons is a billionaire retired manager of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and mathematician. Forbes lists Simons the second-highest-earning hedge fund manager in 2018. 476 He is a top donor to liberal causes and the Democratic

Bill Clinton is a Democratic politician who served as President of the United States from January 20, 1993 until January 20, 2001. He is the husband of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the father of Chelsea Clinton. In December 1998 he was impeached by

The National League of Cities (NLC) is a left-leaning network of over 19,000 American communities that engages in federal policy advocacy and leads educational programming on behalf of city governments.

The Windward Fund is an environmentalist fiscal sponsor organization in the network of “dark money” organizations controlled by philanthropic consultancy Arabella Advisors. The Fund was created in February 2015 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with startup funding of $5.25 million provided by an unknown source. According to its bylaws, Windward

The Vera Institute of Justice (VIJ) is a left-of-center advocacy organization that agitates against what it characterizes as mass incarceration, racial disparities, and marginalization. Much of its work focuses on immigration and criminal justice issues. 717

The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly the Actors’ Fund of America) is a national philanthropic organization that provides financial support and other services to actors and other artistic professionals.

NOI is defunct. For its successor, see Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) New Organizing Institute (NOI) was a left-progressive group that trained digital organizers and campaigners for the Democratic Party and liberal political causes. The organization, described by a Washington Post reporter as “the Democratic Party’s Hogwarts

International Crisis Group is a foreign policy non-governmental organization dedicated to preventing wars, genocides, and other global conflicts. Its staffers, leaders, and board of trustees members consist of former United Nations employees, foreign policy scholars, and philanthropists such as billionaire left-of-center financier George Soros.