Not to be confused with the Bermuda-based Atlantic Philanthropies (Nonprofit) The Atlantic Foundation is a New Jersey-based philanthropic organization founded by J. Seward Johnson, Sr. in 1963. Primarily providing artistic and other apolitical grants and donations, it has provided many left-leaning grants since receiving funds from the Pacific Foundation

Jason Franklin is a co-founder of the left-of-center Solidaire Network. 21 Franklin has spent over twenty years engaged with left-progressive philanthropy.

In the Public Interest (ITPI) is left-of-center research and policy group that opposes privatization and defends government-provided goods and services. It publishes research, blogs, and other forms of communication to help other left-leaning policy organizations and elected officials. It is a project of the PowerSwitch Action (formerly Partnership for

Citizens Action Coalition (formerly Citizens Energy Coalition) is a political advocacy organization that lobbies for left-of-center causes, especially environmentalist policies, in Indiana. It was formed in 1974 when several labor unions, churches, nonprofits, and other organizations, united by their shared environmentalist outlook and concern that utility companies were exploiting consumers,

NETWORK Advocates for Catholic Social Justice is a left-of-center social advocacy group organized by politically left-of-center Catholic nuns. NETWORK is an outspoken critic of Republican policies. The group first rose to prominence with its 2012 “Nuns on the Bus” tour in opposition to then-Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan

Stop Handgun Violence is a lobbying group that that advocates for increased gun control legislation, specifically against the rights of Massachusetts handgun owners. Alongside typical lobbying activities, the organization specializes in billboard advertisements, due to its President, John Rosenthal, owning a prominent billboard next to Boston’s Fenway Park.

WESPAC (Westchester People’s Action Coalition) Foundation is a left-of-center nonprofit that supports advocacy movements for social reformation. Founded in 1974, WESPAC advocates for progressive social change in Westchester County, New York, and beyond. 110 It is

The Canary Coalition was a left-of-center environmentalist organization based in Sylva, North Carolina that was active from 1999 through 2020. 159 Background

Center for Story-Based Strategy (formerly SmartMeme) is a left-of-center organization that advises advocacy campaigns to create stories or narratives and to use literary elements to persuade individuals to support its advocacy and to disparage its political opponents.

The Quadrivium Foundation (legal name Quadrivium) is a left-leaning grantmaking foundation that provides funding to social and political research groups. It is associated with James and Kathryn Murdoch, the most notable left-leaning family members of Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch. Quadrivium works with Unite America Institute and a

Also see First Trump Administration The Trump 2016 presidential campaign formally began on June 16, 2015, when real estate mogul and media personality Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States.

Erich Pica is a left-of-center environmentalist currently working as president of the United States branch of Friends of the Earth and its lobbying arm Friends of the Earth Action.

Sludge is an online investigative journalism outlet that attempts to expose special interest spending in politics, particularly targeting entities that oppose left-of-center environmentalist, defense, and social policies. Sludge launched in 2018 using the controversial and struggling blockchain-based journalism platform Civil. 

GateHouse Media is the largest publisher of daily newspapers in the United States, as measured by number of distinct publications. 330 It is owned by New Media Investment Group, and as of 2019 was publishing 146 daily

Motivote is a software company that serves clients including businesses, colleges and universities, and left-of-center advocacy groups. The company operates a get-out-the-vote platform that encourages voter turnout among young voters with an emphasis on voters on college campuses and allows users to complete tasks including voting and voter registration to

The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is a left-leaning environmentalist organization that advocates against businesses which produce conventional energy sources (such as oil and natural gas), paper products, and consumer goods. Founded in 1985, RAN frequently ties its mission to the identity politics common on the American Left.

The Venceremos Brigade is a radical-left activist group that organizes trips to communist-ruled Cuba as a way for sympathetic Americans to demonstrate their solidarity with the country’s government and their opposition to related United States government policies. As of 2024, it is a fiscally-sponsored project of The People’s Forum,

Guillermo Quinteros is a program director at the left-of-center Solidago Foundation. His father was a university professor in Peru until a Cold War-era coup by a Communist-aligned military dictatorship; Quinteros later moved to Honduras and Mexico, becoming a left-wing activist.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is the formal governing body of the Republican Party in the United States. The committee is responsible for supporting Republican nominees for President and Vice President of the United States as well as providing support to Republican Party nominees for the U.S. House of Representatives

The Passport Foundation is a left-of-center San Francisco, California-based grantmaking institution, founded by financier John H. Burbank III and his wife, Alison Carlson.